The 100 Word Stories Podcast
Episodes
Weekly Challenge #1041 – Classic
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lizzie Richard 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 fee...
The race to the bottom
04 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Art critics are racists. Take two neo-expressionist artists: Cy Tombly and Jean Basquiat. Both made rudimentary art, scribbles and scrawled words. The...
Disappear
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 immigr...
Small town walk
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Robot hot dog vendors
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 tha...
Render unto Ralph
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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. Ra...
It’s a von trapp
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Weekly Challenge #1040 – PICK TWO Cover band, Slow down, Empty streets, Sculpture gallery, Shred
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 che...
It spreads
28 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I guess it isn’t working out so well. Protestors without masks. People coming across the border for health care. Kids being kids. Fingerpointing...
The package never boils
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The cold dead heart
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I got a letter from Greenpeace the other day. Your classic Save The Whales plea. When I think whales, I think the killer whale Shamoo at Sea World. Le...
Run its course
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I used to be pretty good at frisbee golf. I had a strong throw and pretty good accuracy. I practiced throwing at trees and trash cans at various dista...
Job posting
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Freddy saw a job posting, and he sent his resume and cover letter. Two days later, they wrote him back saying that they went with another candidate. T...
Light it up
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Henderson liked to go for walks and smoke cigars after dinner. But that was kinda hard, being an astronaut on the space station. So, he ate his steak ...
Weekly Challenge #1039 – Bubble Wrap
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is PICK TWO Cover band Slow down Empty streets Sculpture gallery Shred ...
Cart
21 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The shabby overcoat, boots, and dirty hat pushing the shopping cart full of junk around is Gertrude. But don’t bother calling her that. She̵...
We come in REDACTED
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a year since the aliens arrived, and everything is so much better. They brought all sorts of technology and medicine and other things, and...
The signal
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The satellite just kind of drifted around Earth doing its job, picking up weather signals. One night, it caught something weird, like a low humming no...
Soma
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Years ago, our town voted to Fluoridate the water. Now, we’re being asked to vote on Somadate the water. Scientists say Soma is safe. Just as sa...
The overpasses
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There are fences and cameras watching the overpasses. Because people throw things over the side on to the traffic below. There were a few wrecks. Peop...
Talk to Mars
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The signal from the Mars colony stopped. We tried to connect to the emergency relay satellites, but they didn’t respond. It took a month to prep...
Weekly Challenge #1038 – The noisiest place in the universe
15 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Bubble wrap. LEWIE Title: Silence Has Teeth Alone. In the dark. It i...
Dumb fat monkey
14 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When I go for my walks, I don’t wear a headset or listen to music or podcasts anymore. I’d rather listen to the birds, singing or the squirrels ch...
Waiting for Lord Foster
14 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From the void came a wind. It blew in all directions. Lord Foster licked his finger and held it to the wind. He sensed… something… There. ...
Danny will dance again
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been three years since Danny last danced. He’s sitting there, on the edge of the dance floor, watching all the dancers dancing. But d...
Snowball fight
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Looking at all the sports at the winter Olympics and all the different competitions with teams and individual achievements, I wonder if they just wann...
Three car washes
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I like to get a car wash after I go to the beach. It’s really to vacuum the sand up from my floormats, even though I wrap my shoes in a towel an...
Box it up
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of every contract, they mail out a FedEx label to put on a box to send their laptop back, and sometimes I like to put a little something ex...
Weekly Challenge #1037 – Dear everyone
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is The noisiest place in the universe. LEWIE Dear Everyone, Except for ...
Keep turning left until you’re right
07 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
They say hateful things, The Hateful. They hate anything that they don’t agree with. “You disagree with us?” they say. “Then w...
The dictator
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When the occupying Army caught the dictator, we announced it to the press. And the press cheered. People took to the streets and cheered, firing their...
Dee
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a long time since Dee died. Her kidneys failed, and she’d been on dialysis, but needed a transplant. Her family didn’t mat...
The days
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
So, it’s May. Mother’s Day came and went… My father’s birthday coming soon… Then father’s day… and my mother...
Clouds with character
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I like to go down to the beach at the bay every now and then just stand there, listening to the water on the shore. When it’s a nice sunny day with ...
Wash
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a few car washes in town and two of them are with the same chain that uses a subscription model, and sometimes the wash is broken at one, an...
Weekly Challenge #1036 – Twist
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Dear everyone RICHARD Twist I hate how the world has become so dumbe...
Funeral for a funeral
28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A member of Hamas died in a Lebanese village. His stash of weapons and explosives exploded. So, they held a funeral for him. A riot broke out, and thr...
Family not friends
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Why did I forsake my father? Why did I forsake my mother? When it’s friends that you love like family, they matter. And I will do everything I c...
Fire and brimstone
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hell isn’t all fire and brimstone, you know. That’s just a little light show the welcoming committee uses to scare the new residents. Once...
Doctor Odd Gender Reveal
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Doctor Odd was keenly aware that he wouldn’t live forever, and despite growing an army of clones to carry on his legacy of mad science, he had a...
Fred the assassin
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Fred was an assassin. That’s what he put on his taxes: Assassin. He killed for money. But not just anyone. He only killed IRS agents. People wit...
The Rotten Apple
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
So, the virus is spreading. And it’s spreading through New York like wildfire. What is it about New York that makes it dangerous and deadly? The...
Weekly Challenge #1035 – PICK TWO Stings Low flying Supply Clothes pegs Stick
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Twist RICHARD Plump “What do you think?” As pouts go, it̵...
To the Victor came the spoils
21 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Uncle Victor had been in an iron long for 20 years. Aunt Millie hired a nurse to take care of them. He did stocks from a computer that he controlled w...
Remote buttons
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
My television remote has a Netflix button. So does my DVD player remote. I don’t subscribe to Netflix, so I find the button annoying. And I hit ...
The old tax fraud
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
My father was a corporate lawyer in the restaurant industry for years. He retired to run a glass business. But he failed to send in the company’...
Analytics
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It used to be that to find out what your users wanted, you asked them. You brought them in to a focus group or you sent out a survey. Then, companies ...
Every two weeks
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The last job I had, it felt like I was drawing a line with one hand and erasing it with the other. Every project I put any effort into got delayed or ...
Touch grass
16 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Even though my cat can go out in the enclosed patio and enjoy lying in the sun and watching birds, she still howls at the front door to be allowed to ...
Weekly Challenge #1034 – Experiment
15 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is PICK TWO Stings Low flying Supply Clothes pegs Stick LEWIE Champion ...
Coaching
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When I got drafted out of college, I was the new kid on the team. Some of the returning players saw me as a threat to their jobs, and they hazed and p...
Galazy
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some professor at some university discovered a new galaxy. No other scientist had seen it before. Until this guy did. I think it was a guy. Could have...
Play the dirty game
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We like to disguise interrogators as Red Cross or lawyers or reporters, and they’d ask the prisoner if they wanted to send anything out to their...
The hall
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every four years, the theme park’s engineers build robots for the exhibit with the robotic presidents. They build the two partys’ candidat...
Dumb commercial
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I don’t understand why that weight loss drug needed Serena Williams as a celebrity in their Super Bowl Commercial. If you have a working and saf...
Weekly Challenge #1033 – Vanishing Point
08 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Experiment RICHARD Perspective “Do you understand it now?̶...
Reward stars
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The teacher put reward stars on homework. Gold for great, silver for good. If you didn’t have a star, you had a problem. My brother was two years ol...
A thief to catch a thief
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It takes a thief to catch a thief, they say. So the FBI made the old swindler an offer. Pose as a rich Arab and bribe a bunch of crooked politicians, ...
Summer evenings
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On warm summer evenings, I like to walk to the abandoned golf course and stand by one of the ponds. The water is usually pretty clear, with a few lily...
Cat regrets
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Myst is the cat who goes outside to roam and stays out so long, she makes us worry if she’s ever coming home. You know, like Bruwyn. Myst came h...
Peppers
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The explorers search for the peppers. The botanist identifies the peppers. The agricultural conglomerate seeds the peppers. The tractor plants the pep...
Pandemic classes
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When the pandemic hit and schools were closed, the classes got on Zoom or specialized distance learning apps. Teachers who were tired of teaching the ...
Weekly Challenge #1032 – Fancy
01 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Vanishing point LEWIE I saw an advertisement. It was a feast fit fo...
Wanting kids
31 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
My mother has a younger sister. And she’s a thieving, conniving bitch. Robbed my grandmother blind and sent her broke ass to drain my parents dr...
Chemical memory
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you keep a device constantly charging, or top it off every night, the battery has a chemical memory to it and will hold less of a charge. So itR...
For the glory
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time, our people built great space ships. The space ships, they flew so fast. Faster that light. And we flew between the stars. So many wo...
Ten bucks
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
My friend just got a 10 dollar an hour raise as a contractor. I remember when I was making less than 10 dollars an hour working in a fast food chicken...
Every chick
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Every chick I ever fucked became a lesbian. My first girlfriend, my second girlfriend. The chick I cheated on her with (the second girlfriend). All of...
Fury
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
They say that hell half no fury like a woman scorned but now that I’m in hell, I beg to differ. I did a lot lot of scorning, believe you and me. I’...
Weekly Challenge #1031 PICK TWO Hush Beauty Chisel One-eyed owl Interceptor
25 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Fancy LEWIE The one-eyed owl had a chiseled jaw line. His hushed bea...
Giraffe delivery
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I used to think that the test for being rich would be to be able to go to a website and with only a few clicks have a real live giraffe delivered to y...
Close to the water
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes I think I should’ve gotten a house closer to the water. And then I see the Pest Control and animal trapper trucks on the street. I asked t...
Night nurse
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You can bet on anything now. Celebrity surgeries are all the rage on the betting desks. Live, die, or complications. I look up the patient history. Th...
Morning duty
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Usually after his morning walk, John would do his morning business in the toilet and jump in the shower. However, today he was a bit backed up. So, he...
Doublebooked
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The meeting went long, so when the meeting was over, I hopped in my time machine to go back and catch the beginning of the other meeting that had alre...
Last man standing
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When the smoke cleared, Billy was the last man standing. Clint was sitting in the middle of the street. Bart was laying on his back, looking up at the...
Weekly Challenge #1030 – Paranoia
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lisa Lizzie Richard Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is PICK TWO Hush Beauty Chisel One-eyed owl Interceptor LEWIE Spooker B...
A bitter pill to swallow
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
So, I found an accounting error. Reported it to the CEO. Who did nothing about it. Then, I reported it to the SEC. The company doesn’t just fire...
Bob Thomas Morton
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mom and Dad took me to the cemetery every weekend. We visited Grandma and Grampa and me there. Me, Bob Thomas Morton. Well, not really me. Mom and Dad...
I can’t breathe
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
So, a cop took a fentanyl addict with hypertension and a heart condition to the ground and knee-pressed the guy’s neck. City coroner said heart ...
The crying of Lot Devil
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
So, my parents finally sold their house. But they didn’t sell the wooded empty lot next door. They had bought that lot to preserve their peace a...
Violin
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I used to play the violin. But I didn’t play it well. “Maybe I need a better violin?” So, I’d buy violin after violin, until I...
Mickey
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Mickey Mantle jumped the line, got a new liver, but it didn’t do him much good. He got sicker and sicker, and former teammates came to Dallas to...
Weekly Challenge #1029 – Broken light bulb
11 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lizzie Richard Lisa Tom Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Paranoid LEWIE George had an idea. It wasn’t a bright idea. It was...
Sinclair Lewis
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sinclair Lewis once said that every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on. In spite of his Socialist tendencies, Sinclair Lewis like...
Traitor Cat
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When my sister in law comes to visit, I set up a bed in the spare room. And the cats check it out. At bedtime, Tinny the cat becomes a snuggle cat. An...
Trejo
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Some kids want to be policemen, others want to be astronauts. Joey wanted to be boxing champion of the local prison. He trained and built up his body ...
Crazy Pills Cashback
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Apple card is three percent at Apple, Exxon, and Walgreens. I don’t need a new iPhone, I’m not going to use it on an insecure gas pump...
Sysco
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The sysco truck has the motto follow me to your next grade meal on its back. I’ve got time to kill. So I did, thinking that it was gonna stop at one...
Lines and seats
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Teddy had a good gig, standing in line for other people. The more important the thing people were waiting for in line, the more he’d make. He al...
Weekly Challenge #1028 – Sharp Scissors
04 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lewie Lizzie Richard Tom Lizzie Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Broken light bulb LEWIE The hobo clown, Doc, swiped the oversized,...
Living wages
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A group of coffee warehouse workers looked around the warehouse and grumbled. The tasters kept approving cheaper and cheaper crap. So, they quit and b...
Isn’t always right
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We walk past their framed photos on the way into the office. Three years ago, killed by an angry customer with a bag full of guns. I remember that sup...
Find me under the sea
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We didn’t know a U boat was on our tail until the torpedoes hit our ship. Some of us made it to the lifeboard. The captain handed me his hat and...
Bad medicine
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it comes to your health, it is important to keep a sense of perspective. A case is more interesting than a bout. A malady is more interesting tha...
Endless death
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence. Machine Learning. Rational decisions imposed on irrational and emotional conscious individuals. More and more, people replace...
Bedford Falls
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Old Man Potter wheeled his chair down the street to the bridge, muttering how that damned George Bailey had gotten the best of him. His lawyers were l...
Weekly Challenge #1027 – PICK TWO Siren, Locked Vending, Machine, Journey’s end, Bullet train
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Tom Lizzie Serendipidy Norval Joe Planet Z The next topic is Sharp scissors LIZZIE Lock the fancy suitcase with that fancy padlock you bough...
Mammy
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Medusa turned to stone anyone who gazed upon her face. Helen of Troy had a face that launched a thousand ships. But Mammy had the power to make men wa...
Looters
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The rioters and looters swept across the mall, looting everything they could. Televisions, computers… all kinds of electronic equipment. What th...