So anyhoo, I joined a local writers group. I'm very excited to be connecting with fellow writers.
One of the things they do in the group is to set a 500-word piece of homework for the monthly meetings, which we each read out and discuss. As our next meeting is going to be on the 1st of April, we had to write something on the topic of April Fools...
I decided to write ten 50-word "micro-stories" as my piece. I thought it would be an interesting challenge to write super-short stories in only 50 words, as I am usually very wordy.
Here it is... I hope you like it... hugs and happy vibes beaming to you all... 🙂
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Decadense - Ten Tales of April Foolery Told In Fifty Words
1 - April Fooled Her Sister Mary
April fooled her sister Mary into believing she was adopted. Poor Mary cried and cried.
April taunted Mary further. "Nobody loves you, you know."
Mary cried until her parents found out what her naughty sister had done. Mary got ice creams for a month, and April, well, she got none.
2 - A Fool In Love
The court jester loved princess April. Sad bells jangled in mockery of merriment, for his love was unrequited. April never noticed the fool; her heart beat only for the very serious prince. The princess and her prince were married. Years later, April mourned the lack of laughter in her life.
3 - Fool's Gold
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. This here fool, well, that makes three.
I purchased a claim, only to find gold-painted rocks. I purchased another claim, falling for the same trick. I sold a third claim cheaply. Alas it had rock-painted gold.
4 - Fools of War
The march of days leads to March's end,
Young troops stand proud and set for war,
With April just around the bend,
The battle starts with a mighty roar.
Their wounds by weary doctors to tend,
Each young man just a broken tool,
The general comes to survey the gore,
A seasoned warrior, yet still a fool.
5 - A Fool's Paradise
Some very clever people built a spaceship, flinging themselves into the inky blackness of space to colonise another planet. They called the planet April, and it was indeed a perfect paradise to live.
Alas they did not check the stability of April's sun, which blew up the next day. Damn.
6 - Fooling Around
A sports team, the April Fools, recently made it to the grand final of the world tiddlywinks championships. Competition was tough. To relieve the tension, the April Fools joked and fooled around. Not everyone was wearing their safety goggles. Someone lost an eye. It was no longer fun and games.
7 - Trump (Written in Pilish)
* Pilish is a form of constrained writing where each consecutive word's length must follow the numerical value of the mathematical constant pi)
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751
Can a fool, controversially appointed to govern, learn the ropes suitably? Requiring greater intellect can be big obstacle well beyond an idiot's apex. Not all buffoons can be trained fittingly. Where brainpower is possibly impaired, then a president trashes a nation.
Repudiate, USA! Intellect awakening, act! Impeach April 1.
8 - April Fools All Forever
* Written in a form of constrained writing using words beginning with alternating A and F only.
As far as folks appreciate freely acceptable fate, any future always flows along fairly altruistic fronts, allowing friendly advancement.
Fighting against foolish alternatives frequently accelerates fright. Asinine ferocious antisocial freaks, always feeding anger, forever aching for anarchy, foray against friendly allied forces.
Forever arrayed, fighting angry fools. April fools always.
9 - The April Working Fool
My stress-driven work-related insanity comes at a decent dollar value...
Story of my life...
Dumbass bloody society, really...
I don't understand it, nor do I support it...
I just cling to the edges of it all with a white-knuckle grip...
Moving on from April...
Come what May...
10 - A Fool Alone
And they all lived happily ever after. Except for the fool. The fool died in the merry month of May. Oh, and except for everyone else, who had died the month before, in the April Avalanche. The fool, sad and alone, wandered into the wilderness to be with his friends.
