This is my entry in the #fiftywords story challenge by @miniature-tiger. The current theme is "19th CENTURY HISTORICAL FICTION".

Check out @miniature-tiger's post: @miniature-tiger/fiftywords-stories-round-up-and-genre-for-weekend-3-19th-century-historical-fiction and please check out all the other 50 word stories in #fiftywords

The story below is exactly 50 words long

“Guilty!” said the Judge, old and wizened,
“I’ll spare you the noose, you’ll not be imprisoned!”
“Off you go!” he ordered, his voice like thunder
“To the penal colony, the place down under”
My punishment for stealing a loaf of bread
to be forever separated from the one I wed

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Current Serialised Ghost Story: “Haunted”

A family move into a big old house. The house has history. The family have history. Spooky stuff happens.

Part one @felt.buzz/haunted-part-one-an-original-work-of-fiction-for-the-365daysofwriting-challenge
Part two
@felt.buzz/haunted-part-two-an-original-work-of-fiction-for-the-365daysofwriting-challenge
Part three
@felt.buzz/haunted-part-three-an-original-work-of-fiction-for-the-365daysofwriting-challenge
Part four
@felt.buzz/haunted-part-four-an-original-work-of-fiction-for-365daysofwriting-challenge
Part five
@felt.buzz/haunted-part-five-an-original-serialised-steemit-horror-story
Part six
@felt.buzz/haunted-part-six-an-original-fictional-story-for-365daysofwriting

Very short stories (stories told in exactly 50 words)

“Belly Ache”
Miniature Tigers don’t belong in cages. You have been warned.
@felt.buzz/belly-ache-an-original-work-of-fiction-in-just-fiftywords

“The Lion’s Share”.
It is NOT his party, so why is the lion crying?
@felt.buzz/the-lion-s-share-an-original-work-of-fiction-told-in-just-fiftywords

“Another Crime Involving Rhyme”
Someone is killing words. Inspector Poet is on the case
@felt.buzz/another-crime-involving-rhyme-an-original-work-of-fiction-in-exactly-fiftywords

“When Rhyme Is A Crime”
Theft, murder, bad rhymes...
@felt.buzz/when-rhyme-is-a-crime-an-original-fictional-story-in-fiftywords#@snrm/re-feltbuzz-when-rhyme-is-a-crime-an-original-fictional-story-in-fiftywords-20180120t194306704z

Some more of my short stories

“The Curse”
Will we ever learn?
@felt.buzz/the-curse-an-original-work-of-fiction-for-the-365daysofwriting-challenge

“True Love”
Some people are meant to be together
@felt.buzz/true-love-an-original-fictional-story-for-the-5-minute-freewrite-challenge

“Moisturise”
Some people only have their memories for company…
@felt.buzz/moisturise-an-original-work-of-fiction-for-the-365daysofwriting-challenge

“Mother Bot”
Don’t read this if you have mother issues.
@felt.buzz/mother-bot-an-original-work-of-fiction-for-the-weekend-freewrite-challenge

Some big news for me! One of my steemit stories (Reunion - told in 8 parts last month) has been selected to appear in the Isle of Write Anthology (see this post @isleofwrite/isle-of-write-fiction-publication-week-1-roundup). I am so excited to be a part of this. Please pay them a visit and check out the other stories that have been selected too. You too can be curated: so read the post and find out how!