Silent Partners | A 100 Word Story

#217 Three of Parchment

They say writing a story is solitary. Not for me. There are actually three of us.

There’s me, the main character. The one you think closely resembles yourself. Smart. Witty. But flawed. In need of help to be better and grow over time in the story. But I’m not really you, am I?

I don’t know. I like to think I can play the lead role in a story. It is my story after all—

Don’t forget about me. I’m the one you deny. The villain. The evil that has more in common with you than you care to admit.