"Calvin Was..." A short story By Greg Hernandez

No matter how short a story is, a complete story must be told. From beginning to end something must happen, the reader must experience a journey-no matter how short it is.

This is my first ever 100 word story.
 A 100 word story is difficult to write because of the obvious reason: the word count. 99, 100, 101 whoops! As you can see, I incorporated the first two words of the story into the title.

Now this whole 100 word short story exercise was born out of a necessity of understanding that every single word is important to the story!  This was a workout for the creative juices. It's fun and time consuming (ironic)!

Enjoy.

Calvin Was…

            Lazier than us all, and he never got out of bed before 1pm. He wanted to diet.

The ubiquitous mess in his room was in the form of corn muffin wrappers, bags of potato chips, banana peels, clothes, piles of old AM newspapers and magazines, video game discs and “Yu-gi-oh” cards. A loud obnoxious steady ringing emanated from his iPhone, he silenced it with one touch. Thoughts of what to do on a chilly and breezy day in March began to form as he scratched his crotch and rubbed his belly. Two words echoed…

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