25-Word Stories

[pacman000]

Through the jungle, running, running, running, chased by hostile natives, the chasm before him, nowhere else to turn, Alan leaped, & reached for a vine.

[pacman000]

"Where are we going?" The child asked his mom.
"To the stars," she answered, "to the stars."
The countdown ended, & the rocket shot upwards.

[indianasmith]

He should not have read the words from the ancient tome without knowing what they meant, the professor thought as the world around him crumbled.

[pacman000]

The laser bolts flashed across the ship's bow, & Drake turned towards the black hole. Anything was better than being caught by the Empire's thugs.

[pacman000]

Cursed to wander nightly till doomsday, the ghost ship moaned as it crossed the still dark waters. How much longer? Shall this go on forever?

[indianasmith]

"No!  I will not do that disgusting thing with you!"
"What if I were President?"
"You? President? Ha, sure, OK!"
Thus a candidacy is born.

[pacman000]

Betsy from Pike crossed the mountains with Ike. Got lost in the desert, then started to fight. In town she got drunk, then they parted.

[pacman000]

King the German shepherd had just turned two, had a girlfriend, & they were planning a family. His owners & vet, however, had another idea.

[pacman000]

It flew, burning everything within miles. The knight journeyed to its cave. The dark dragon growled; the knight prepared his weapon: a bottle of Tums.

[pacman000]

As the cloud on the horizon grew, the fisherman knew this would not be the day he hoped for. Soon he fought for his life.