Challenge
Twist Ending in 50 words or less.
In such a short amount of words it is hard to tell any story. See if you can write a story that sets expectations and subverts them in the word limit. Change the genre from horror to funny or the opposite. Or trick the reader into believing there is something there is not and reveal it in the last line. Surprise us.
Here is an example of a short story by Hemingway: For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
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Stars
Beam loved stars. Always had.
She drew the constellations with her finger and imaginary pen, connecting the dots with a smile, had done this even as a child.
Down below, the clouds blocked the night sky from the graveyard, her own tombstone reading,"Beam Upton-- May she rest with the stars."