More 420-Character Stories

We received hundreds of submissions to our 420-character-story challenge. Although the contest is over, we couldn’t resist the opportunity to call a couple more authors and have them read their work.
Feeling inspired?  Submit your 420-character story here.

The bent sign on the cliff’s edge read, WARNING: NO DIVING. We’d been ignoring it ever since we bent it. I dumped my bike with a dusty summer clank and I flung my tee shirt aside. The warning blurred. I was flying. The newspaper said it was fifty feet. I was falling. My arms flailed in vain to keep me upright. A white crash followed. Now my desire to walk up there and straighten that sign sometimes overwhelms me. – Jon Emm
Except for when a resident, generally from the dementia ward, became violent and/or busted loose, the atmosphere at the old folks home remained tranquil as a cup of chamomile tea. It was such a contrast to the forlorn circus from which my guardian had been expelled after one too many failed stunts. The other aged exiles had committed crimes involving either fire or water. To Monkey King, that was amateur hour. – Judith Mary Gee

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