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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Entrapped
Entrapped, sinking ever so slightly. The liquid seeped in.
Shoulders deep, I inhaled before my imminent fate.
The weight on my chest only grew more oppressive as the seconds dwindled by.
My nerves ceased to function.
I glanced up at my children as they continued to toss sand over me.