One Hundred Steps

by Susan Ee

Someone is following me. I only catch glimpses of a man in the shadows behind me whenever I steal a glance, but I know that something is wrong...

In the tradition of UK drabbles, this is a story that is exactly 100 words.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Mystery, Horror, Young Adult, Adult, Thriller

1 pages, ebook

First published October 31, 2013

About the author

Susan Ee is a USA Today bestselling author of the Penryn & the End of Days trilogy, ANGELFALL, WORLD AFTER, and END OF DAYS. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages, and her short films have played at major festivals. She used to be a lawyer but loves being a writer because it allows her imagination to bust out and go feral.

Sign up to hear about her next book at www.susanee.com or follow her on Twitter @Susan_Ee.

Reviews

[Imme van Gorp · Rating 3 out of 5]

|| 3.0 stars ||

This is such an insanely short story, it almost feels a little ridiculous to write a review for it, so I’m going to keep this very brief:
Without using many words, the author still manages to incorporate an interesting and unexpected twist in her story. A twist that gives us an intriguing perspective on fear, danger and appearances.

[Liz* Fashionably Late · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basically.

[Navessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Armina · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting and meaningful idea in the confined space of a hundred words. What else to expect from Susan Ee?! Brilliance!

You can read it here:
http://www.wattpad.com/28811868-one-h...
It's really that short. :)

[Darcey · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved this. literally the shortest book in the world, but an amazing twist and plot line for only 100 words.

[Erica Ravenclaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Licha · Rating 1 out of 5]

What...!? Now that my daughter has finally stopped laughing at me, I can write this silly review that will probably be a lot longer than the actual story really is. I wasn't even going to write a review but we were laughing so hard at this that I felt compelled to do so.

This literally is 100 words (well, I didn't actually count the words, but it really is that short.) I kept pressing the down arrow trying to read more and my daughter started laughing at me and finally had to tell me to stop. "Mom, stop! That's it. That's the end of the story." What, what do you mean!? Where's the rest of it? As soon as I realized that that really was all we both busted out laughing.

Not sure why this would go on here or why it had such high reviews. Really, go read it and tell me it deserves four star reviews.

[Jasmine · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting, simple yet complicated story.

In my opinion, Susan Ee managed to give me chills and all kinds of creepy feelings climbed up my spines after reading this extremely short story. I was also quite confused at the same time; that's probably why I like it. With only 100 words, she undoubtedly nailed it.

[Katerina Kondrenko · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hitchcock-ish thing in just 100 words. Liked it.

[Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)* · Rating 3 out of 5]

Everything isn't what it appears!



A quick read but an interesting one!

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

That went completely over my head! 100 words just isn't enough for me to feel invested in a story so it completely missed the mark for me unfortunately.

If anyone is interested you can read this for free on Wattpad though

[Twila · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just 100 words, yet it gave me goose bumps!

[eleni · Rating 4 out of 5]

what??? creepy

[Lau · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uuuuhhh!

Me gustan este tipo de historias "fractal", y creó suspenso en 100 palabras. Bien.

(Si les gustó éste, lean el cuento Continuidad de los parques de Cortázar)

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a 100 words. A 100 words of creepiness. I pray Susan Ee is at home writing a 1,000 page book right this minute! I WANT MORE!!!!

[Jessica ❁ ➳ Silverbow ➳ ❁ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

So weird and creepy. Not really my thing, but it's only 100 words, and it was interesting.

[Merve Özcan Özkan · Rating 3 out of 5]

100 kelime bu kadar mı ediyormuş dedirtti. Değişik ve ürkütücü.

[Veronica Morfi · Rating 4 out of 5]

For 100 words that was really good and creepy. :)

[bipasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best Halloween present ever! With a cover!

[Gavin]

At just 100 words long this was too short for me to form an opinion either way.

[Marla Mei · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only 100 words yet enough to mindfuck you. Simple, but effective. Me likey.

[Eunice (nerdytalksbookblog) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Oooh, that creeped me out!

[Marianne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not exactly Angelfall quality, but I'll take anything I can get while I'm waiting for End of Days ;-)

[moi, k.y.a.]

Yüz kelimecik bir şeydi yahu, daha uzun bir şeyler okumak istiyorum Susan'dan. :(

[phoebess · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only one hundred words and this shortie still gave me chills!

[v · Rating 5 out of 5]

legit just saw this and went to the wattpad link for it (https://www.wattpad.com/28811868-one-...) and its pretty good. also im not saying sorry for counting this as an entire book read but i gotta up my reading list!

[Desinka]

What do you rate something that is 100 words long?

[jia · Rating 4 out of 5]

woah. this so SO cool. and creepy. and cool

and am i the only one who actually counted the words though lmao.

[Liv · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting idea and something that could have so much potential... It's truly amazing how something intriguing could be built in 100 words.

[İlkim · Rating 4 out of 5]

İlginç. :D