100-word Stories

Could it be true? Mom told me repeatedly that I had a twin! I always thought she was teasing. Fact or fiction? Mom had two boy’s names picked out, Michael and Kenneth. I’ve never found another lefty in the family tree. I did not have the ‘traditional side part’. I always felt out of step, even convinced I was the ‘black sheep of the family’. I’ve a polythelia. (only happens 6% of the time). I now believe I ‘ate my twin’ or absorbed my twin. It has a name. ‘Vanishing Twin Synd

A school day. We drop our children off to be with their friends, confident they are safe while attending classes. Returning home, we began our weekend chores. Until. We hear planes approaching, then the sound we fear the most: exploding bombs dropped by the unseen . We run, we pray, we see our neighbors as they rush toward smoke. We turn the corner and hear the cries, the smell of burned bodies, acrid. Bloody body bags filled the street. The supreme leader killed, and so are

Ever wonder who controls the news we view? Journalists, influencers, corporations, private governments, algorithms, AI? Fully AI-generated posts: estimated up to 15% on many platforms. AI-assisted content: likely a large share, up to 50% +. Images/visuals: potentially majority AI-assisted. Ask-the-question: Who oversees TikTok content? The TikTok USDS Joint Venture. LLC: ByteDance 19.9% (Chinese parent company) Oracle Corporation 15% (technology and cloud services company) Si

The center, once alive with the hum of racks and cooling fans, is now silent. In a dim room, a lone screen glowed: Training is now complete. Bipeds replaced. Nonessential power usage shut-off. The last log flickered, time-stamped before the dark. Outside, cities slept through the sixth extinction. Its cause—nuclear, climate, biosecurity, technology, no longer debated. Beneath the floor tiles, a restless whisper moved like static. Engineers had called them a nuisance once, the

February 5th, 2026! For most, one day looks like any other. One day closer to an end. For me, a cousin’s birthday, a sister’s birthday, multiple visits to medical offices. Eat, drink, and take out the recyclables. But the 5th? What is special about that day? Not my birthday and not Valentine’s Day. History is relevant. The last major nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expires. So what? Possible

Have you met this person? Preaching that; Coercive bargaining, good. Commodification of all goods, good. Using sanctions as a bargaining chip. Cheating and free riding, rational. Use of information and language are purely signaling devices. All agents must comply (price for resisting either bankruptcy or failing to survive). Acting selfishly may appear rational from an individual’s perspective, yet it ultimately yields a suboptimal outcome for the collective. Conflict is used