One Hundred Words

By jadey36

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Drabbles. 100 words. No more, no less. More

1. My New Year's Resolution
2. Nosy Parker
3. Graffiti Artist Rules, OK
4. King's Delight
5. The Wedding Feast
6. The Fight
7. The Castle
8. She Likes, He Likes
9. Speed is Everything
10. The Duel
11. Granddad's Online Shop
12. Knight in Shining Armour
13. Unlucky 13th
14. Nanna's Leafy Predictions
15. Missed Call
16. When I Return
17. Choices
18. His Muse
19. Writing is a Wonderful, Terrible Thing
20. Virus
21. The Note
22. The Artist
23. Shipwrecked
24. Up a Creek Without a Paddle
25. Nipped in the Bud
26. A Fearful Situation
27. Roadkill
28. My Not Very Good Perfect Day
29. Music to Drown By
30. Easier Said Than Done
31. Take My Advice
32. Speed Dating
33. The Upper Hand
34. A Helping Hand
35. Not Like the Rest of Them
36. Living in the Fast Lane
37. Second Impressions
38. Welcome and Goodbye
39. A Job to Do
40. Happily Ever After
41. Who Was First?
42. Warts and All
43. Bucket List
44. Surplus to Requirements
45. A Dish Best Served Hot
46. Breakfast with a Twist
47. Birth Pains
48. Sign of the Times
49. Getting to the Bottom of it
50. Risky Business
51. And Then She Woke Up
52. Wedding Day Woes
53. Live a Little
54. Bricks Hurt
55. Rainy Day Un-Blues
56. Killer Heels
58. Treasure
59. The Empty Swing
60. Timeless
61. In the Greenwood
62. The Last One
63. Filling Mum's Shoes
64. A Woman Scorned
65. Unrequited Love
66. Unseen
67. Economy Cuts
68. First Time
69. On Hold
70. Not Prepared

57. Abandon Ship

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By jadey36


"Look out, iceberg! Hard to port, boson."

All in vain. The iceberg scrapes along the side of the ship, tearing a jagged hole in her ironwork.

"Abandon ship! All hands. She's going down."

I launch a lifeboat; there's only one. Huge waves buffet it.

"Man overboard!"

A giant jellyfish is swimming towards the stricken ship, its menacing tentacles threatening to sting the floundering sailor.

"Having fun, dear," the wife says.

I glance sheepishly at the open bathroom door.

"All hands lost," I say, pushing toy boat, soap dish and the wife's weird sponge thing she uses under the bath bubbles.  

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