Fifty Words

Sam writes exactly fifty word stories Monday through Friday.

Jan 28

the thing he wrote

After writing it from his heart, he killed it himself, just to be safe, and started over, stripping it of lovingly-crafted adverbs and drowning its passive voice in poison. Across the anvil of grammar he struck with the hammer of pathos until it glowed hot and bright, ready for battle.


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    that last sentence is killer.
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