25-Word Stories

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A place for very short stories by me:

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Then the lot fell on Princess Hannath, so she went to the dark cave. Angry, the Dragon shouted, “Come on! Princesses don’t have much meat!”

 

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Through the jungle, running, running, running, chased by hostile natives, the chasm before him, nowhere else to turn, Alan leaped, & reached for a vine.

 

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"Where are we going?" The child asked his mom.
"To the stars," she answered, "to the stars."
The countdown ended, & the rocket shot upwards.

 

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The laser bolts flashed across the ship’s bow, & Drake turned towards the black hole. Anything was better than being caught by the Empire’s thugs.

 

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Cursed to wander nightly till doomsday, the ghost ship moaned as it crossed the still dark waters. How much longer? Shall this go on forever?

 

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It flew, burning everything within miles. The knight journeyed to its cave. The dark dragon growled; the knight prepared his weapon: a bottle of Tums.

 

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King the German shepherd had just turned two, had a girlfriend, & they were planning a family. His owners & vet, however, had another idea.

 

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As the cloud on the horizon grew, the fisherman knew this would not be the day he hoped for. Soon he fought for his life.