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“Santa, Soldiers, and Orphans, oh, my!” hundred word fiction by Jina Bacarr

December 11, 2012 by A Slice of Orange in category Archives tagged as carol, Christmas, Christmas Carol, Christmas eve, Confessions of a Podcast Goddess, Dickens, England, Kindle, newsletter, Santa, Scrooge, soldiers, UK

Winter…the days are getting shorter and have you noticed how we communicate is also getting shorter?

We live in a world of texting (“hw r u?”) and Twitter madness that forces us to express ourselves in 140 characters or less. (God help Tolstoy…)

Not to mention acronyms — we plop onto the couch, turn on the DVR or watch a DVD while drinking our OJ, then check out this week’s episode of NCIS.

Now a UK newsletter has come up with “hundred word fiction.”

Indie Book Bargains UK-based Daily Kindle Book Deals

Everyday they publish Kindle deals and a short story with no more than a hundred words.

I thought it would be fun to take up the challenge so I put together a story in less than 100 words. Since it’s Christmas, I wrote a holiday story for the UK newsletter: “Santas, Soldiers, and Orphans, oh, my!”

Here’s how it appears on their website:

Santa, Soldiers, and Orphans, oh my!

by Jina Bacarr
“Signorina, Daniele is missing,” whispered the nun.

I panicked. It was hard enough dealing with shell-shocked soldiers and orphans who didn’t speak the same language.

Now I had a lost child on Christmas Eve.

“We’ll organize a search party,” a sergeant offered, relating to a missing comrade in any language. “Al, you’re point man. Bill, you bring up the rear.”

Soon we heard a shout coming from the supply room. “We found him!”

Daniele. A loud cheer went up. Each soldier had a grin on his face. I’ll never forget those smiles.

That Christmas Eve was their first step toward home.

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Happy Holidays, everyone!

Jina

www.JinaBacarr.com

What if Scrooge was a sexy hunk with a smart phone?

Check out my Naughty Christmas Carol book video with my voice-over and the Sugar Plum fairy music along with a very sexy excerpt on my website at: http://jinabacarr.com/anaughtychristmascarol.html