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.
The Wait
She shifted her weight side to side, gnawing her fingernails impatiently. Time was dragging slowly, much slower than usual.
“I can’t take much more!” she thought frantically.
A door flung open and she hurled herself inside.
“Finally! ” She breathed with relief. “Should have never gotten the extra large Coke!”
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