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9:37

Weekly Challenge #1044 – PICK TWO Fever, Shoulder,...

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2026/04/26

LizzieRichard Lewie Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Family portrait RICHARD The House Sitter “It’s just a dead plant. Look, when you asked me to house sit, I thought you just wanted me to keep an eye on the place. You should have made it clear you expected me to do other stuff too, like watering your precious plants!” “Oh, it was precious? Seriously, how much? For a silly miniature tree? You must be crazy!” “No, don’t go giving me the

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1:17

Play time

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/04/25

After we had grass rolled out on our front yard, I would let our cats out to roll around and play and stock out there. I got an Apple AirTag on a collar in case they would run off. They roll on the grass and the sun beams. They claw the trees. They look so happy. I let them in the backyard as well and they explore. I had to put planks of wood on either side of the shed to keep them from burrowing under there. It’s time to come in. I pick them up and they complain loudly.

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1:12

Seagulls

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/04/24

I live near the bay, and when I go to the beach, I see pelicans and eagles and other birds hunting for fish on the water. I like to watch them striding along the shore or flying above, ducking their head under the water and pulling out a fish or swooping down. It’s just so graceful and peaceful to watch. It’s certainly more enjoyable than when I bring some snacks to the beach and I get mobbed by seagulls. One time I brought a burger and fries and I got set up on the moment I opened the paper

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1:22

Receding water

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2026/04/23

It hasn’t rained here in Pleasant Valley for a while. The stream that goes under the old library bridge is dry. The pond in the park, you can tell from how the bank is exposed from the receding water. The almanac said that this year would be wetter than usual, but nobody believes it. Sundays, Pastor Smith leads the congregation to pray for rain, but it doesn’t rain. And then one day the skies went dark, the winds blew hard, and we were in the middle of a hurricane. Not all at once Lord, said Pastor

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1:11

Cross

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2026/04/22

When I walk through the park that used to be a golf course, there are a lot of houses with their backyards facing the former cart paths and fairways and greens. I’d try not to snoop, but some people put decorations out just for the benefit of people walking and cycling and playing the frisbee golf course. And then there’s a house with the 7 foot crucifix and some solar powered spotlights that light it up at night. Whether it’s a symbol of their faith and devotion or a thinly veiled threat to

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1:20

Shared Fear

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/04/21

Jake and Molly carved their initials in the grand oak in Somerville Park. The sheriff talked to their parents. They agreed on a punishment. The magistrate waved his hand in front of Jake’s eyes, and then he waved it in front of Molly‘s. And then he left. Is that it? said Jake. The sheriff nodded and he left. Jake shrugged and said let’s go to the park, Molly. She agreed and they walked hand-in-hand. But when they got to the park entrance, they stopped both were overcome by dark fear. Trembling, they

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1:08

Crossing Turtles

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2026/04/20

During my daily walks, I see various creatures. Squirrels and birds and rabbits and turtles. This morning, I saw a turtle by the side of the road. And even though it’s Saturday morning, there’s a few cars going by. I pondered whether to pick up the turtle and carry it to the other side. But then, what if the turtle is just looking and doesn’t wanna go to the other side. And if I carry that turtle over, it will need to walk back across the road. If only this were a chicken, I’d make a joke out

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10:47

Weekly Challenge #1043 – An empty deodorant can

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2026/04/19

Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is PICK TWO Fever Shoulder Torpid Hairbrush A dead plant LIZZIE Beach towel, sunglasses. An empty deodorant can? She’d stopped using spray deodorants ages ago, when being environmentally friendly was a thing. Suddenly, the can beeped. She quickly tossed it away, but her guilty made her pick it up again. Then, a red dot appeared exactly when her ex walked up. “Hello!” For some reason, he took the can from her

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1:16

George walks

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2026/04/18

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate. During his downtime, he liked to walk around the neighborhood. Which wasn’t very difficult when the ship was out at sea since ships are small and walking around a ship isn’t difficult to do. Sometimes he’d walk around twice, sometimes even walking one end of the gang plank and then the other. Sometimes the shipmates wish he would just go all the way over the plank. When they were in dock, he’d walk around the taverns and houses and warehouses

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1:10

Twin masks

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2026/04/17

Molly and Mindy were identical. Except that Molly wore a tragedy mask everywhere while Mindy wore a comedy mask. Anyone who got to know them… really got to know them, they knew that Molly was the happy one while Mindy was the serious one. But if you really got to know them, you knew not to bring this up with them. Molly and Mindy each kept a razor in their left boot. And if you brought up the thing with the masks, they’d draw their razors and cut your throat. As you bleed out, each

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8:21

Weekly Challenge #1041 – Classic

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2026/04/05

LizzieRichard Tom Serendipidy Planet Z The next topic is Chip RICHARD Might as well jump So, my mate John from the tribute band, Fan Halen, was feeling the show needed jazzing up a bit. It needed more energy, more of a rock n roll vibe. He asked me for some tips. I mulled a few ideas around in my mind, eventually suggesting that maybe he should give the classic stage dive a shot. We decided he should try it at the next gig. All was going well, right up until that moment. John is the only guy I

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1:43

The race to the bottom

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/04/04

Art critics are racists. Take two neo-expressionist artists: Cy Tombly and Jean Basquiat. Both made rudimentary art, scribbles and scrawled words. They described Twombly as brilliant, sublime, and amazing. Praising garbage. And they described Basquiat as chaotic, primitive, untrained, and child-like. A graffiti-spraying amateur. Which, to be fair, he was. A homeless drug addict scraped off the sidewalk by Andy Warhol, caged up in a basement, and pumping out art for the dealer upstairs to

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1:20

Disappear

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2026/04/03

My parents are dead. My father’s brother, my gay uncle, had no children. And before that, the name was what some clerk wrote down. At the immigration desk in the port of San Francisco. When my great-grandfather said Zigmund. And he heard Simon. So, nobody in the old country. Not that any would have survived what happened there. I have no children. My brother does. He has a daughter. But she will take on the name of whatever husband or wife she takes. Her children will have their name. And my

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1:02

Small town walk

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/04/02

It’s a small town, and the grocery store, pharmacy, and a few restaurants are about seven minutes walk. So, unless I’ve got a lot of groceries to pick up, I like to walk. I mean, I walk two or three times a day for exercise and it’s working. The other night, I walked to the pharmacy to pick something up and they had already closed early. And I laughed. I hadn’t run out of pills yet, so I could wait till tomorrow, and I enjoyed the walk there, and I enjoyed the walk back, and I’ll walk there again

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1:08

Robot hot dog vendors

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/04/02

A lot of people have opinions on the robot umpires, but I’m looking forward to robot hot dog vendors. Because I don’t want to wait for that shouting guy to walk around with the hot dogs. Nor do I want to get up and go get a hot dog. I know I can order a hot dog and have it delivered to me, but that guy often has a bunch of orders in his route and ends up taking as long as the shoutong guy walking around. Just put a cannon on the roof, aim it, and I’ll catch it.

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1:29

Render unto Ralph

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/04/01

Jesus may have said to render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s, but when it came to his next-door neighbor Ralph, he said screw that creep. Ralph was always dumping his lawn clippings over the fence on to Jesus’ yard. And he parked his chariot in a way that blocked Jesus’ driveway. He once caught Ralph with his mail, and Ralph said he was just coming over to hand it to Jesus. Yeah, right. Jesus never believed that Judas betrayed him. He thought it was Ralph. Judas confessed, but

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1:11

It’s a von trapp

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/03/31

I was sitting by a stream when an old man carrying a worn out map, walked up to the stream, crossed it, and made a mark on his map. I’ve done it, he shouted. I finally done it. I got up and walked to the stream edge and asked him done what I’ve climbed every mountain and forwarded every stream, he said. I did everything that singing bitch told me to do, and I finally done it. He showed me the map, and sure enough, every mountain and stream had been marked with ink. Congratulations, I said. And we

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11:47

Weekly Challenge #1040 – PICK TWO Cover band, Slow...

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/03/30

Lewie Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Classic LEWIE As the tour guide brought the group through a museum, a cheesy cover band was in one room playing ambient music of slicing, shredding, and melting cheese on a grill, another member was stretching mozzarella, while another was intensely focused curing a wheel of cheddar. The exhibit itself was full of various sculptures of hats, swords, animals, flowers, and more. They were colorful and seemed to wave in the

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1:26

It spreads

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/03/28

I guess it isn’t working out so well.Protestors without masks. People coming across the border for health care. Kids being kids. Fingerpointing. Blame. Fools in stores refusing to wear masks. Beaches. Parks. Going out when we don’t have to. (You know, like my third grocery run of the week.) Or when we’re sick. I see the neighbors doing laundry without masks. Or going to their cars or walking their dogs. Dumbasses. Not washing our hands. We’re fat. We’re

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1:27

The package never boils

The 100 Word Stories Podcast ·

2026/03/27

Two months ago, they launched a new series of video cards. But they didn’t make enough of them, so they were impossible to get. Unless you went through a scalper on eBay, of course. And they were damned expensive. For the past two months, barely any of the cards get to the stores. Scalpers keep snapping them up. But, thankfully, the prices are coming down. I did the math, and finally ordered one. I bookmarked the shipping tracker. It’s up in a browser tab. Every five minutes, I hit

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