Monday Microfiction: "A Great Plan"

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This week's microfiction is a 100-word story about a flawless plan that couldn't possibly go wrong.

Many of my micro stories are inspired by prompts provided by THE FICTION DEALER Substack. I highly recommend checking it out if you’re interested in reading more microfics — or writing your own!

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A Great Plan

“Slow down,” Theresa said. “You wanna what?”

“Rob the campus bookstore,” Mischa repeated. “Then resell the textbooks at a reasonable price. We’d make bank while helping everybody else afford their overpriced textbooks.”

“This is the craziest thing you’ve said all week.”

“Crazier than my awesome plan to smuggle a chicken into our dorm?”

“Yes!”

Mischa grinned. “So you’ll do it?”

“No!” Theresa laughed. “We’d get expelled.”

“What if…” Mischa trailed off.

“What?”

“What if we talked some guys into stealing them for us?”

Theresa leaned forward. “Now that’s an idea…”

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