50wordstories.ca » die http://50wordstories.ca/blog "Brevity is the soul of wit" -- Shakespeare Fri, 03 May 2013 19:31:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 At the Vet http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=430 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=430#comments Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:25:55 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=430 “There’s nothing I can do now, the puppies will be born sick, and die within minutes.”

My dog would give birth to nine puppies, and he couldn’t do anything.

But I could.

I sent her into the future, where her puppies could be saved.

A bitch in time saves nine.

]]> http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?feed=rss2&p=430 0 The Quest, part 1 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=368 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=368#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:50:00 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=368 “Before you can cross the Bridge to Nowhere, you must choose a destination!”

Decisions, decisions.

She would have to make her choice soon, lest her Prince Charming die in the clutches of the evil Fly-Dragon.

“For my destination, I choose…  The Other Side!”

The keeper paused momentarily.

“You may pass.”

]]> http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?feed=rss2&p=368 0 This is Your Life http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=95 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=95#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:00:11 +0000 http://50wordstories.ca/blog/?p=95 He was going to die.

It was all happening very suddenly, but there was this infinitesimally short instant of calm, where he got the chance to reflect on the past, and watch a rerun of his entire life.

He didn’t expect it to fit within a fifty word story, though.

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