The 365 Stories Project Month One

By Liane Little

This is a collection of short and flash fiction written during the first month of the authors blog, Liane Little and The 365 Stories Project.
The stories are not genre-specific, often funny, and a terrific read.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Liane Little
• Release date: Nov 25, 2010
• ISBN: 9781458166630

Liane Little

I'm a writer with a passion for adapting novels into screenplays.

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The 365 Stories Project – Month One

Liane Little

Hope Flies Copyright © 2005 by Liane Little

All Other Stories © 2010 by Liane Little

Published by Liane Little at Smashwords.com, 2010

Smashwords Edition, License Notes

This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover Graphic: © nuttakit – freedigitalphotos.net

Cover Design: Liane Little

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank, as always, my friends and family for all of their support.

I'd also like to send a shout out to everyone who has been following The 365 Stories Project blog. You're terrific!

Table of Contents

Introduction

Bounce

Coveting What You Can't Have

Cold and Alone

Maternity

An Unwanted Soul

Appearance is Everything

After Hours

Boys and Their Toys

Bless the Batteries

The Door

A Girl's Best Friend And A Man's Worst Nightmare

Things That Go Bump In The Woods

Everyone Needs a Pet

Gluttony

The Order

Accessories Are Evil

Gran

The Game

Love Song

Survival

Willpower

Super...Right

Wanted

Beasts and Police

Sacrifice

The Letter

Hope Flies

Careful What You Wish For

Currency

Choices

Something Is Always Forgotten

Afterword

More From This Author

Introduction

The 365 Stories Project started off as a challenge. A challenge to write a short story, usually under 1000 words, every day for a full year.

As the first week passed, writing every morning got to be routine and now I find that, in addition to being challenging, it is also a way to steal some relaxation first thing in the morning.

I hope that you continue to follow the blog and read the stories as they come out.

The theory behind it is that one story is posted on the blog each day and each month will become an ebook. Paperback version containing all of the stories will be released when the project is finished. This particular volume contains the stories posted between October 16th, 2010 and November 15th 2010.

Enjoy!

Bounce

The little boy played in the park alone, bouncing a small red ball back and forth between his hands. Ground, left hand, ground, right hand.

The ball eventually bounced against the toe of his shoe and skittered across the grass at high speed. It rolled to a stop in front of a man. Not just any man. The scariest looking on in the entire park.

The boy crept toward the dark jacketed man and paused. It was only when he opened his mouth to speak and his eyes dropped that he noticed the man already held the ball tightly in his fist, so tightly that the man easily succeeded in flattening it completely.

The man glared at the little boy, daring him to run and tell his parents. A slow malicious smiled crossed his face. You're not getting it back.

The boy cocked his head to one side and contemplated his options. He returned the man's smile and dipped his hand into his pocket.

That's alright, the boy quipped as he bounced a second ball of of the man's forehead. I have another.

Coveting What You Can't Have

The man stared adoringly at the painting on the wall. He had been in the modern art museum staring at it for hours, memorizing each intricate detail.

He bit his lip as feelings of guilt overcame him. He cared more about the careful paint strokes than his wife. Should he go home to her or should he say here, mesmerized by his new love?

Screw it, he thought bitterly as his eyes roamed across the sesame seeds, lettuce, and meat that belonged to the hamburger posing on the wall. She never should have put me on a diet.

Cold and Alone

It was cold, dreary. I longed to be inside where it was warm. My hair was sopping, dripping into puddles at my feet. Angry growls erupted from my stomach in regular, yet inevitable intervals. It had been days since the last time I had eaten