Erica Drayton Writes

Category: 100 Word Stories

  • Gary | 100 Word Stories

    #062 Goodbye, Earl

    “Man, this is crazy. Are you sure that machine of yours is right?” I dug my shovel into the ground as far as it would go.

    “Dude, I’m telling you, this thing detects gold. Just dig. Trust me. Gary doesn’t lie.”

    “Gary? Who the f—.” I stopped short when my shovel made contact with something. “What was that?” I looked at Jim (whose name isn’t Gary) and we both dropped to our knees and started digging with our hands.

    “Oh, hell naw!” Staring up at me was a skull with one gold tooth. “Looks like Gary found more than gold.”

    Good bye, Earl
    Those black-eyed peas
    They tasted alright to me, Earl
    You feelin’ weak?
    Why don’t you lay down and sleep, Earl
    Ain’t it dark wrapped up in that tarp, Earl

  • The End | 100 Word Stories

    #061 Delilah

    She kissed him sweetly before he got in his truck and drove away. She walked to her bathroom and turned on a light.

    “I knew a Delilah once, and she deserved to have the grin wiped from her face. If you know what I mean, this one’s for you.”

    He got out his car, leaving the door wide open, the song blasting into the night sky. He crossed the road to her front door and rang her doorbell.

    Her laughter came before she opened the door then faded when she saw him standing there with a knife blocking the moonlight.

    *Sneak peek at July Song Title & Lyrics Prompts*

    At break of day when that man drove away, I was waiting
    I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door
    She stood there laughing
    I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more

  • Buried | 100 Word Stories

    #060 Eleanor Rigby

    “What a weird song to play at a bowling alley, amiright?” 

    My friend and I giggled sneakily at the guy behind the shoe counter who looked just like a member of the Beatles. 

    “And just like that, poor Eleanor is no more. You’ve been listening to…” We laughed louder realizing it was a radio station playing and not a CD.

    “Ellie, you’re up,” I said, then the power went out! I heard screams around me. “Ellie?” I whispered in a panic.

    Lights came back on and there she was at the end of the lane, buried under hundreds of pins.

    *Sneak peek at July Song Title & Lyrics Prompts*

    Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
    Nobody came

    Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
    No one was saved

  • Lie in Wait | 100 Word Stories

    #059 Jolene

    “If you’ve got a best friend named Jolene, be warned. I hear she’s a man snatcher.”

    Heather lit a cigarette and lowered the volume on the station playing in her ears. She leaned against a tree and waited. No one paid her any attention while she watched her ex-boyfriend who was also waiting. For her.

    When he waved to someone in the distance, a tear rolled down Heather’s cheek. Her cigarette fell and she snuffed it as she walked towards them.

    “…and I cannot compete with you…”

    “JOLENE!” A gunshot left her auburn hair mixed with blood on the ground.

    *Sneak peek at July Song Title & Lyrics Prompts*

    Your beauty is beyond compare
    With flaming locks of auburn hair
    With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green

    Your smile is like a breath of spring
    Your skin is soft like summer rain
    And I cannot compete with you
    Jolene