The Cursed Jewel [50 Word Story]

in #fiftywords6 years ago

Young George sailed the seas to find the jewel—a sure way to win Gertrude’s heart.

Years passed by.

At last, the island. A cave. A beast slayed. The jewel his prize.

In the gems reflection he now saw an old man and cast the cursed stone into the sea.


The prompt for this weeks 50-word story challenge is sea.

I wanted to challenge myself further and have a more fully fleshed out story in just 50 words. I think something decent came out of that, it seems to have the feel of a classic or older style tale. I think it might even have some legs to be a longer piece one day. Hope you enjoyed it.

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Captivating short story @cizzo

Wow, great story, @cizzo. Alas, too many years had passed in his travels! Nicely done.

Thank you kindly @jayna.

nice, since I manually curate posts that can get to the essence without being a long video and such sometimes pack more oomph, nice read
b.a.

Thank you @battleaxe. I try to get that oomph across in these 50 word stories.

Holy crap, this is an excellent 50 word story! It's so biting and familiar.

Thank you @caleblailmusik. I've had some classic story structure stuff on my mind lately so think that came across here :)

Oh man, this is just great! I love how the 'curse' works on two levels; the literal time lost, and the more human flaw of George's search, thinking it could ever have mattered. You sure know how to pack these things to bursting point.

Thank you! I am fairly pleased with how it turned out after a few revisions :)

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