By Bud Koenemund
10 April 2024
All Over Again
02 February 2024
Debt
By Bud Koenemund
A 100 Word Story
He started, sensing
a presence behind him.
“There aren’t
many people who can sneak up on me,” he reflected.
“I didn’t,” the
form replied, quietly. “I’ve followed you for a long time; since your very beginning,
in fact. And, waited patiently.”
“I was a good
man… once,” he whispered, as realization dawned. “After I was broken, it just became
too painful to care.”
“Life is often
that way,” the figure offered. “But, I am not here to judge; only to collect
the debt each man must pay.”
Examining his own
body on the ground, he nodded; then turned to follow.
22 January 2024
The Inevitability of Things
By Bud Koenemund
A 100 Word Story
Inspired by Christina Alvarado
He’s always
there. Always following. Steadily gaining ground. Inexorably closing in.
Too often, he’s
forgotten in the rush of life – until he visits someone close, and we’re
reminded of the inevitability of things.
He arrives
without joy or malice. He makes no bargains for more time. He expects
acceptance, though he is never surprised when people attempt escape.
I turn quickly, trying
to catch a glimpse. He is standing in the shadows. Not hiding – that’s not his
way. Moonlight glints off the blade of his scythe.
“Memento mori,”
he whispers.
I give a knowing
nod, and turn to walk on.