November / December 100 word Anonymous Challenge 2024

[elvet]

This is the thread for the stories. You may enter as many stories as you like.
DO NOT POST YOUR OWN STORIES IN THIS THREAD.
Send your entries via private message (also known as conversation) to @elvet
I (elvet) will be accepting entries between Thursday November 7 and Saturday December 7 at 23:59:59 GMT. I will then post a poll, and voting will continue for at least 5 days.
Note that the poll will be by entry title only, since the author will be unknown. So please come up with some interesting titles to identify your story.
MAKE SURE WHAT YOU SEND ME IS YOUR FINAL VERSION. I cannot guarantee that I will l check in within the 1 hour we have for an edit. To make it fair for everyone, the story I get is the one that is posted.

TOPIC: TIME
GENRE: OPEN (anything goes)
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The discussion thread is here
PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT WITH 'LIKE' ON THE INDIVIDUAL STORIES.

 

[elvet]

Time's Passage and Wisdom.

The old clock ticked, each second a grain of sand falling in the hourglass of existence. Time, a relentless river, carried Amelia's memories: childhood laughter, the thrill of first love, the ache of loss. Now, wrinkles etched her face like lines on a weathered map, each marking a journey through time. Yet, as she gazed at the setting sun, a timeless beauty, she realised that time wasn't just a thief, but a giver – of moments, experiences, and the wisdom they brought.

 

[elvet]

Man with a Future
Nobel Prize winner and renowned scientific genius Dr. Hirsch waited in his cryochamber nervously. Humanity was losing intelligence due to a chemical spill and it was the President's bright idea to freeze Hirsch. Perhaps a time-faring society could help him, and he could understand. He was frozen instantly.

Millennia later, Hirsch thawed under a machine. Large eyes regarded him. In a state between sleep and wokeness, he listened but could not understand.

"What a primitive brain," said the posthuman senior scientist in a future English.
"But now we can study our great ancestors objectively," said her underling.
"To the cage."