One Sentence Story Collection XII

He didn't know the meaning of the word "defeat" because it wasn't in his dictionary: Learn My ABC's.

The cereal box read 'fortified with iron,' so it should not have come as a surprise that it destroyed Timothy's teeth.

From the bowels of the earth spewed forth thousands upon thousands of gentle green grasses.

The story was only one sentence and left a bitter feeling of lachrymosity and suicidal despondency (as all the rest).

Unlikely Salvation

With a thunderous clash, an old man appeared, silhouetted by the daylight behind him. Candace was just as surprised as her would-be assailants. The man was terrible and quisquillian in appearance, but somehow also beautiful. His clothes were ratty and disheveled. The lines in his face were chiseled as if by a sculptor. His eyes burned like blue flames. Without a word he walked toward Candace, and the thugs parted like the Red Sea. This improbable Moses held out his hand, and Candace greedily took hold. They both walked out of the alley back into the sunlight. Then the man vanished.