100 Word Stories is my ongoing response to the weekly creative challenge from the One A Day Until I Die podcast. Each week, a prompt is announced and participants are invited to craft a story of exactly one hundred words — often as an audio submission for inclusion in the Sunday episode.
The constraint is the point. One hundred words forces precision. There’s no room to wander, no room to hide. The writing itself is always done without AI assistance — raw imagination, raw structure, raw Lewie.
After the writing is done, production begins. I compose and layer instrumental audio to give the narration motion and tone. Recently, I’ve begun generating companion artwork that fits the cyberpunk aesthetic of this site — each image reflecting the story’s theme while incorporating my own visual presence.
Each post also includes a “Behind the Story” section — a brief reflection on the creative process, the memories that surfaced, and the pop culture threads woven into the piece.
Each entry becomes a small creative artifact:
story, voice, context, and signal.
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100 Word Stories: It Was Probably The Lighting
A will condemns everyone as “immorally dressed,” except for a mysterious man in a yellow shirt. When no one fits the description, paranoia spreads. Then a courier arrives in an almost-yellow shirt and asks for Francis, leaving inheritance—and intent—uncertain. Read More
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100 Word Stories: The End?
For the “Twist” challenge, I chased every meaning the word offered—Dickens, dance floors, tornadoes, tongue twisters, and twisted rules. After reshaping characters, tightening dialogue, and reworking music, the story became self-aware, ending with a title that twists itself. Read More
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100 Word Stories: Hung Out to Dry
When Nancy declares their relationship over, John realizes he may have missed the part where it began. As low-flying clothes pegs rain down and he’s literally tied to a clothesline, miscommunication snaps tighter than the pins that bind him. Read More
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100 Word Stories: Champion of the Backyard Games
A 100-word challenge sparked playful wordplay: “X,” “Spear,” and “Mint” became Experiment. Beneath the absurd Olympic fantasy lies an imagined childhood scene—transforming a toothbrush and garage wall into triumph—celebrating how imagination turns the ordinary into epic victory. Read More
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100 Word Stories: Relativity Detour
Wrote and produced a 44-second microfiction for the “Vanishing Point” challenge, inspired by Escher, Labyrinth, and A-ha’s “Take On Me.” Blended nostalgia, surreal tension, and sound design using producer.ai and Audacity to create an audio story from start to finish. Read More
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100 Word Stories: Nip from Another Dimension
A feast fit for a feline queen turns surreal when “fancy” catnip enters the scene—not the boring stuff that loses its scent, but the cosmic kind that rattles reality, bends senses, and makes time politely shake hands with sound. Read More
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100 Word Stories: The Ledger of the Woods
A silent, one-eyed owl watches the forest like a carved sentinel, his presence hushed and heavy beneath the moon’s reflected beauty. Rarely speaking, he challenges wanderers not with “who,” but “whom,” demanding accountability before anyone dares to pass. Read More
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100 Word Stories: Superpowers of Spooker Boy
Behind this Paranoid challenge story, I leaned into Gen X childhood nostalgia, streetlights signaling curfew, and turned paranoia into awareness. Spooker Boy’s superpower is simply observation. I recorded it with Audacity, shaped producer.ai music, and aimed for playful tension throughout. Read More
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100 Word Stories: Alone With a Broken Bulb
Wrote and produced a 100-word microfiction story for Weekly Challenge #1029, crafting thematic audio using producer.ai and Audacity with intentional pacing, emotional music layering, and narrative timing to enhance mood and storytelling impact. Read More
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100 Word Stories: The Scissor Situation
Fifteen years later, I finally returned to the 100 Word Stories challenge, submitting a new audio-produced microfiction complete with narration, custom music, clever timing, and clown chaos. A fun, heartfelt reconnection with creativity, community, and storytelling joy. Read More