I had time today to do this little quick dark story up for the Friday Fictioneers and thought if I took all my short stories of 200 words or less and put them into a collection would anyone purchase to read? I’d like to think I’m getting good at these. Thoughts?
Crime scene tape long weathered away. The only remains of the murders is this shell of a building. The town nominated the old market as a shelter during disasters since it was the only building with its own well and generator. The owner, old man Cecil owned the store but it was his daughter that ran the deli. Each week a newly sliced deli sandwich cleverly named such as ‘Texas Two Step Brisket,’ combo would be featured on the menu, ‘for a LIMITED TIME’ always preceded the title. The dark truth of multiple victims followed the headlines, ‘Deli Sliced Nightmare.’
Word Count: 100
© Jo Creative PTSD Gal
A Creative PTSD Gal 
Makes one wonder why they would risk using it as a shelter..
Nice job you, not so sweet, Jo!!
And there are a few who have published compilations of their short stories (I’ve read a couple of them 😉 )
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Thank you Dale, I’m also going to look into publishing or thinking about compilations. I’m better at the short than the longer tales.
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Same here.
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I’ll have a tongue sandwich, please. (I never knew how my parents ate that. blech). Good tale
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HAHA…I’ve never had the pleasure to try tongue. I see it in the store and I just can’t seem to bring myself to buy it and try to use it in a recipe. Thanks Stu for reading 🙂
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Yeah, I think I’ll pass that deli and keep on truckin’ 🙂
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🙂 Agreed
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If it weren’t reminiscent of a murder, it just6 might make an interesting name for a specialty sandwich. nice write.
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Disgusting! But in a good story way 🙂
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🙂 Thank you
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That was terrific but only “In a Limited Way”.
I ate there once and had the:
French fried Sharon Tate-rs
Kitty Genovese and provolone sandwich
JonBenét Ramsey Cobbler
and a Nicole Simpson Slushee
Ugh.
Randy
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Erm…Thanks 🙂
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Nicely done! 😉
We both thought of slicing! 😛
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Gulp!
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LOL Thanks! I’m really enjoying writing creepy short stories.
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Your welcome, they are certainly fun to write!
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I am a fan of flash fiction, short story collections, and stuff I can read over the morning coffee, so sign me up if you decide to publish a collection or issue a free ARC. I would go to the diner above to drink coffee and read your stories, but it sounds like this is one of those “you can come in anytime but you can never leave” places.
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Thank you Ron 🙂 I love eating at the old diners or vising hole in the wall bars but now I think I’m going to view them in a different light.
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