12 Words Microfiction
Write a story in exactly 12 words, add our hashtag #121words and we will retweet it. Selected stories are published here weekly:
1rst Week of September
twitter.com/@HappeeWrite
The basement steps creaked as Sam's kidnapper came down to visit her.
twitter.com/@archalex1
Thus she was born, at the borders of a medieval manuscript page.
twitter.com/@DoctorDeSoul
Little child, innocent as sunshine, followed the voice; coming from faeries world.
twitter.com/@kbcarle
He fights dragons in preparation for the demons lurking in plain sight.
twitter.com/@christaconklin
Inspired by limitation, each word invokes boundless meaning within the reader's heart.
twitter.com/@propapergirl
She lied, "I don't need you!"... but her heart told the truth.
twitter.com/@Pochassic
When the President didn't stand against Nazis Boston decided to do it.
twitter.com/@PatriciaBlanchf
I've broken bones and twisted fingers but they won't hold my breath.
twitter.com/@shesurvives1118
She thought they could motivate one another, but they didn't need her.
twitter.com/@Rainydaycrazy
She walked into the sunset thinking finally maybe she had found peace.
twitter.com/@WritingOnARock
"Mummy, if men are clever, why do they dig holes in roads?"
twitter.com/@JohannaBD
The heart is a vessel of hope and pain, but determinedly love.
twitter.com/@Sil_Goldemberg
REVIVAL
Exchange: used coffin for tight clothing, it doesn’t matter the sex.
twitter.com/@neonpajamas
Forced to run for mayor of the smallest town between my temples.
twitter.com/@DynAmiteWrites
The winds whisper and surrender to the oncoming night; all is still.
twitter.com/@DynAmiteWrites
Why are weeds so determined? They're never wanted, but still bloom.
twitter.com/@DynAmiteWrites
Faith and love give us more than the eye can see; eternity.
twitter.com/@CatKittekatus
I might be a long distance runner, 12 words seem too skampy…
twitter.com/@HappeeWrite
The soldier follows him inside, weapon draw, safety off. An IED explodes.
twitter.com/@CozyAtoZ
The old cowboy stood at the bar thinking of her and smiled.
twitter.com/@DynAmiteWrites
Humans are as the seasons; ever-changing. Only, we have an expiry date.
twitter.com/@AlphaWings
He burnt down trees but nobody cared about all things concerning him.
twitter.com/@ArgirisFyt
The waves were splashing as the girl swayed in spiral traces un-detained.
twitter.com/@rl_mosswood
She picked until the bloody hole matched the depth of her fear.
twitter.com/@_10WordTales
wandering listlessly towards
an abyss that will deliver and devour
my soul
twitter.com/@liesbeth_leysen
His gentle voice made her truly realize that he was the one.
twitter.com/@LisaZWilton
Wait. This tasted like... "Peanuts?" he spluttered. Behind him his wife smiled.
twitter.com/@mj51day
Stopped nighttime burglary, began daylight robbery. Now see my kids more often.
twitter.com/@madisonestes
Apocalypse. Last two people on Earth. We hate each other. Constant silence.
twitter.com/@mj51day
"He's dead boss."
"Excellent! Any witnesses?"
"Only me."
"That's easily rectified, Jimmy."
twitter.com/@alemonsqueeze
Falling through air, she wished she hadn't of taken the plunge.
twitter.com/@VedashreeJha
"This is what my life has taught" said the four year old.
twitter.com/@harmony_kent
Cancer. Only weeks. So worried about telling family. Never saw the bus.
twitter.com/@Lina_Ch_87
And then there was none. The last soul falling where he stood.
twitter.com/@harmony_kent
Severed leg. Life ended. At forty, began again. Met you. Found bliss.
twitter.com/@Lina_Ch_87
Don't be afraid, my boy. I won't hurt you, said the witch.
twitter.com/@lokahiou
The priest saw the corpse: "Your death only adds to my failure!"
twitter.com/@ArgirisFyt
He dragged back her naked body. Sex and murder. Both allured him.
twitter.com/@ArgirisFyt
He stepped back totally naked. It was the first time being raped.
twitter.com/@LisaHartsgrove
The world is gigantic but somehow I still found you in it.
2nd Week of September
twitter.com/@Thebearofthelaw
Dragon eggs, a rare commodity. I was hungry but not that hungry .
twitter.com/@propapergirl
She can handle the day but at night the loneliness takes prisoners.
twitter.com/@AlphaWings
Hair, makeup and all that jazz brought out a whole new ego.
twitter.com/@tepidautumn
Every full moon I shed crimson skin. Mama, it’s good being reborn.
twitter.com/@ForestHarper1
Jimmy Hoffa's first kill,was three days after Kennedy's assassination in Dallas.
twitter.com/@JohnDRuane
It ended at the beginning and all was still and solid again.
twitter.com/@wreaditor
Who hid a museum's stolen treasures within the pyramid? One conflicted archaeologist.
twitter.com/@onelonly
Anytime he smiled, her heart skipped a beat. Until today, that is…
twitter.com/@apricot1964
"You're stronger than you think you are," she said. Maybe I am.
twitter.com/@DarrickDewayne
The Man stared down at his wedding ring and smiled with joy.
twitter.com/@KCerioAuthor
kiln dried
in a plastic world
pristine opulence
was not an illusion
twitter.com/@JeannaLStars
Her whole life she'd been told that she couldn't.
Nevertheless, she persisted.
twitter.com/@SkypediaGames
Withering's easy. Growing's hard. It's only so when depression looms not far.
twitter.com/@AmusedNonQueen
Bubbles rose up. Then, stillness...
Now, what should a new widow wear?
twitter.com/@crisbresser
No more roads, truck driver. From retirement to the asylum, two trips.
twitter.com/@Sil_Goldemberg
The tenor stabbed the soprano to keep her off from other men.
twitter.com/@HappeeWrite
The warewolves howled at the door as the vampires plotted revenge inside.
twitter.com/@HappeeWrite
He leapt from the building as his wings broke through his shirt.
twitter.com/@WarWhiskyandTea
He was born loved and poor, yet he died rich and hated.
twitter.com/@HappeeWrite
She dug through the trash for food while her baby cried endlessly.
twitter.com/@IsoRivers
She breathed in the heavy, iron-scented air. Revenge smelled so sweet.
twitter.com/@griffin399
He sows, he waters, he tends. He wins Best Garden in Bloom
twitter.com/@New_Thing_A_Day
His final moments, his last words – lost forever in the deep sea.
twitter.com/@kasandtea
She lingered, he kissed her, and then her husband walked in. Oops.
twitter.com/@KendallPack
"You're stronger than anyone," Greg tells himself as he considers another cookie.
twitter.com/@kormeleon
Don't worry he soothed, they couldn't hit an elephant from that distance.
twitter.com/@AkshaTshuklA00
He drove away, leaving his mother and memories in the dusty trail…
twitter.com/@LamonTReacTs
I didn't believe in magic.
Until an owl dropped off a letter…
twitter.com/@FinlaysonPalmer
I miss Grandma, but she's still with us, watching from the mantelpiece.
twitter.com/@Fi_BGB
Autumn is the bitter sweetness of making crab apple jelly without you.
twitter.com/@orridge_anna
He hastily wiped away the perspiration his bloodstained sweatband should have absorbed.
twitter.com/@lc_riley
Date Night
Bed creaks. Kisses arouse me, smiling. Wait, cologne? He doesn't…
twitter.com/@NicoletteShhh
He kissed her and left, posting his key back through the letterbox.
twitter.com/@avhanna19
I exit my neighbor's burning house and toss the matches behind me.
twitter.com/@ajameswriter
The horror raced towards us. Finally, we realised it was a planet.
twitter.com/@brevity555
Standing on the rails in bare feet just to feel the train.
twitter.com/@ArgirisFyt
He entered the operation room. It was the first time being dad.
twitter.com/@alemonsqueeze
Now dead, she was finally released from the prison she called life.
twitter.com/@StuartBeveridge
Just one... last... chop... Yes! The body finally squeezed into the holdall.
twitter.com/@PurpleQueenNL
He reminded her of her dead babies, so she killed him too.
3rd Week of September
twitter.com/@mj51day
Humpty tumbles to his death. The hand that pushed him melts away.
twitter.com/@DoctorDeSoul
She laid silent upon lavenders bed; her face sodden with teary deluge...
twitter.com/@Le_Livre22
I am expendable in his life and so is he in mine…
twitter.com/@Lisa_Ahn
After the tornado, Dorothy cobbled magic shoes from fence and barn splinters.
twitter.com/@MPMcCune2
The clouds, discouraged, shred in the sky, The sun slips through unnoticed.
twitter.com/@_phoebe_quinn
The cold sea crashed over my feet and washed her footprints away.
twitter.com/@CaitandtheMoon
Much of the bitter taste disappears
when drinking from a beautiful glass.
twitter.com/@RealChrisDeliso
There was a grapefruit on the counter, cut just before my awakening.
twitter.com/@Corineauthor
She would never know how her words that day, changed my life.
twitter.com/@wordsmithsteve
Zombies won the war against humans. To celebrate, they devoured each other.
twitter.com/@CamJ83
Who knew that one awakening kiss, would forever stimulate my meek existence.
twitter.com/@WarWhiskyandTea
It was her fateful maiden voyage, when she struck the waiting mine.
twitter.com/@Viking_Ma
The corpsegrinder worked the asylums, filling his machine and selling the mince.
twitter.com/@Mordhyrgm
After 30 years he finally solved the Rubix Cube, then spontaneously combusted.
twitter.com/@1Sincear
Hope I have that lasting impression on the woman in my life.
twitter.com/@NiseWord
He walked along a new trajectory, knowing their paths would never cross.
twitter.com/@LauraHuntley
Autumn: leaves. Winter: snow. Spring: daffodils. Summer: grass.
He's buried under there.
twitter.com/@tesswheeler1966
She drank herself into oblivion because, when sober, she hated her family.
twitter.com/@EthanTypesWords
Crimestopper stood vigilant, keeping a sharp eye on his fellow Walmart customers.
twitter.com/@ansauddunham
He never understood why humans celebrated birthdays. Manufacturing dates dictated maintenance schedules.
twitter.com/@DaveWritesJunk
To avoid feeling powerless and ordinary, Lew frequently indulged in unnecessary risks.
twitter.com/@neonpajamas
"Look at all these dragonflies!" the biker shouted, not noticing the cliff.
twitter.com/@isabel_caves
Darkness bloomed at her fingertips. She was the witch they feared most.
twitter.com/@WilhelmTheBold
When she died I was heartbroken, but relieved.
I hid the arsenic.
twitter.com/@AndreaLamber
Sells soul to Satan under Solar Eclipse. It's all good: for eternity.
twitter.com/@anagha_yatin
She died laughing. The smile lines on her frozen face said so!
twitter.com/@genieyogini
My words shoot bullets. Then you throw grenades. An old fashioned war.
twitter.com/@MishraMou
A man with raw scar on lower right abdomen... happy kids... Housewarming.
twitter.com/@poetryinme14
On her deathbed she stared at me. All those years melted instantly.
twitter.com/@tallandtrue
Her bags packed, she said goodbye, but froze at the front door.
twitter.com/@woodac2
Blessed with limited vocabulary, Jack named morning -"when the day was little".
twitter.com/@MarisaNoelle77
She leapt bravely into the void and discovered all the world's mysteries.
twitter.com/@apricot1964
Improbable desires unspoken never lead to rejection. Maybe she thinks the same?
twitter.com/@brevity555
We were just kids, screwing around. We didn’t know it was loaded.
twitter.com/@ajameswriter
Deep within the hollow moon an alien civilization grew. Recently, it emerged.
twitter.com/@WilhelmTheBold
He sighed regretfully.
The fate of the world hung on 12 words.
twitter.com/@OnceTwice_Again
Relax! Flight to the Dead Sea pays your striptease, explains the ghost.
twitter.com/@NelsonBrooks111
She said she liked me; lies; she liked my choice of weapons.
twitter.com/@propapergirl
Suddenly her life didn't feel so hopeless. She found home with him.
twitter.com/@WritingOnARock
For sale - multi sport wheelchair. One careful lady owner. No longer needed.
4rth Week of September
twitter.com/@YourUnicornMind
"State your wish concisely," said the genie. "You may have twelve words."
twitter.com/@_Gauravyadav
"Two tickets of a corner seat. The last souvenir of their togetherness".
twitter.com/@_Irene_Dreams_
I've never had such luxuries as this rich hardwood and satin casket.
twitter.com/@AlphaWings
Let it rain, he cried out in hopes of hiding his tears.
twitter.com/@archalex1
The full moon vowed to chage all that, the course of things.
twitter.com/@ArielliCady
Cycles from minds do it every time. Bind themselves to certain places.
twitter.com/@CatKittekatus
The sweetest pain he ever was, he twisted the knife once more.
twitter.com/@DoctorDeSoul
Judge's hammer fell hard and distant wailing began. The die were cast.
twitter.com/@dre_65
Harvey turned his horrifying winds towards the Mainland. He refused to leave.
twitter.com/@GaussWanker
The sky was still painted winter; while Earth pushed up the spring.
twitter.com/@genieyogini
When time
to grow up
I'll leave
earth is
one dew drop
twitter.com/@JeffMessineo
The silent peregrines inflight strike left only a bursted orb of feather.
twitter.com/@justin_karcher
The sun is sick and crackheads clutching flyswatters are chasing after bees.
twitter.com/@Lina_Ch_87
Gia entered the castle unaware of the dark force that dwelled within.
twitter.com/@MishraMou
Shots.. Silence.. Roar.. Uproar.. and the grocery market pervades uninterrupted as usual.
twitter.com/@niketsinha
Dying, he desperately needed a reason to live. She smiled. He survived.
twitter.com/@paperbatty
She won't forgive you. If you care, she is hoarding your tears.
twitter.com/@poetryinme14
Look up the full moon.
Suddenly your face emerges.
The yellow mirror.
twitter.com/@propapergirl
The sun rose.
Enveloping me in it's warm embrace.
A lover's touch.
twitter.com/@RRichWords
Βend in the road then looking back was memories. Never more mirrors.
twitter.com/@SchrodngrsTrump
The water had not yet crested; again he dove in—searching, frantic.
twitter.com/@sian_ink
Always my theatre...play your part and bleed at the director's cut.
twitter.com/@soniarogers
"There's no hope," she sighed. Gunther smiled. "There's hope. You must believe."
twitter.com/@suzbowditch
The horror movie was awesome; Stephen King at his very best y'all.
twitter.com/@Tirtha01Tirtha
Seek not perfection in someone,rather have faith that transforms
things perfectly.
twitter.com/@viewsfromabus
Finally she realised she was completely fulfilled by her small, quiet life.
twitter.com/@woodac2
Their lives together began with love; continued in faith; ended with hope.
twitter.com/@ajameswriter
The man stepped forward. At first, we thought it was a person.
twitter.com/@anagha_yatin
"I will stick to you, forever"
said the stamp to the envelop.
twitter.com/@ArgirisFyt
I shouldn't have drunk so much. She pointed the gun at me.
twitter.com/@ashdialin
He knew how to dance. She didn't. He didn't care. She did.
twitter.com/@BenBrindise
Worked the janitorial shift all summer. There was nothing clean about it.
twitter.com/@BobFairfield1
Ηe swore at the screen but was stunned when it shouted back.
twitter.com/@brevity555
Memory of my first day of school: I learned I was fat.
twitter.com/@christaconklin
The happy house trembled with the gargantuan footfalls of five playful children.
twitter.com/@ChuongSebastian
The sunset kissed what little was left of the town to sleep.
twitter.com/@coffeeperc
She brought me tea with a smile. A flower bloomed before me.
twitter.com/@Corineauthor
A handful of dirt on a casket.
“You deserved worst,” she whispered.
twitter.com/@deborahlsinger
The coffin was so small and light he could carry it himself.
twitter.com/@EqbalVolinuskhi
The apprentice sighed heavily as he watched the others practice their spells.
twitter.com/@FeeGee12
Now, I look in the mirror and no longer recognize the reflection.
twitter.com/@isabel_caves
Dr Jekyll hated hurting people. Mr Hyde released him from all that.
twitter.com/@IsoRivers
I closed my eyes and blew out the candle. Maybe this year.
twitter.com/@iyacooby
I have been waiting all my life,' she said, unhooking her bra.
twitter.com/@JoshSmithPoetry
We were not soldiers. We fought because we could not run away.
twitter.com/@MadRadIan
I'm having all these thoughts about you. Do yours include me too?
twitter.com/@PatriciaBlanchf
Was it "Love at First Sight?"
No.
But my eyes adjusted quickly.
twitter.com/@Prasannakini
"This needn't have ended like this" and she jumped from the bridge.
twitter.com/@RealChrisDeliso
The disintegrated faces of candidates from campaigns past ruled from stuck-up posters.
twitter.com/@SkylerJaye23
She smashed each mirror she hated herself in. No mirrors were left.
twitter.com/@SMKHart
"Oh, the tales I could tell of my tail," said Mole. "Hair-raising!"
twitter.com/@StuartBeveridge
The stolen fruit wasn’t as sweet as we hoped it would be.
twitter.com/@WilhelmTheBold
When the wasps came, it started with only one.
Then came millions.
twitter.com/@driftoff2dream
New drugs cures racism FDA slated to approve it next Friday. Praying.
twitter.com/@lysette_cohen
I woke up mid surgery to hear the doctor say, "Uh oh."
twitter.com/@mj51day
Eating my father was easier than expected - one mouthful at a time.
twitter.com/@NelsonBrooks111
Three sisters stand guard,
frozen for eternity,
when the spell goes wrong.
twitter.com/@OnceTwice_Again
Please, don't become a prince; said the girl after drawing the frog.
twitter.com/@sharonmariej
You remind me of my lovely daughter.'
'I know, Mum,' she whispered.
twitter.com/@TeaWriteRepeat
He lied about his other girlfriends, she lied about her criminal record.