Challenge
Twist Ending in 50 words or less.
In such a short amount of words it is hard to tell any story. See if you can write a story that sets expectations and subverts them in the word limit. Change the genre from horror to funny or the opposite. Or trick the reader into believing there is something there is not and reveal it in the last line. Surprise us.
Here is an example of a short story by Hemingway: For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
Close Contact
My eyelids are stretched open. My eye stings from the exposure to the air. A clear object is held to my eyes. As much as I want, I can’t close them. The clear covering is placed upon my eye with pain. I blink quickly.
“Time for the next contact lens...”
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