“No Thank You” Challenge

Attached is a piece of flash fiction, with exactly 100 words including the phrase “no thank you”.

Let’s see yours!


My digital timekeeper unrelentingly shrieked its call to awakening, wrenching me from a dreamless slumber. At 7 a.m., a cruel hour, I grappled with the semi-darkness, my hand blindly questing for the snooze button. No cheerful morning melody graced my ears; instead, a harsh digital beep, a relentless nemesis, pierced the veil of dawn.

No thank you.

A groan escaped as I reluctantly swung my legs from the bed, my muscles rebelling. The room’s heavy curtains resisted the morning’s advances, preserving a darkness that both embraced and taunted me. A nocturnal lover, it shielded me from the outside world.

5 thoughts on ““No Thank You” Challenge

  1. This day sucked. All day long it was one thing right after another. It all started the second my foot crossed the threshold. Didn’t even get time to clock in before fur started flying.

    Chico had gotten into the treats and got diarrhea.

    Sam got out (somehow) and decided to play with a skunk.

    Buttons had kittens.

    Duke bit Buttercup. Bob couldn’t fine any of the 100 muzzles we have on inventory.

    A BIRD!

    Connie; our new volunteer, threw up before promptly quitting.

    Bob rubbed his fingers through his thinning hair and asked “wanna get a drink?”

    “No thank you.”

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