Week 4 Story Lab

 Microfiction Story Lab 

        Reading these stories about microfiction were very interesting. I have never read any stories this short and am excited to explore this idea much more. It allows for the author to include just the nuts and bolts of the story. This makes the reader's mind interpret the story in many different ways. The short stories almost reminded me of parables told by Jesus in the Bible's New Testament. I am excited to explore some of the extra credit microfiction writing opportunities in the coming weeks and see what I can come up with!

The stories that I looked at were on the Drabbles: Tiny Traditional Stories in 100 words website. (Source)

The Cunning Hare and the Witless Lion (Source)

Reading Notes: Bible Women - Herodias

 King James Bible (1611): Mark 6 (Source)

• John the baptist gets arrested and thrown in prison
• Herodias wanted to kill John but Herod would not let her because he feared John for he was a holy man
• At a feast, Herod's daughter, Salome, danced for the party and Herod offered her whatever she wanted.
• Her mother, Herodias, says to ask for John's head on a platter.
• Herod did just that

Herodias and Salome (Source)

Reading Notes: Bible women - Sarah

 King James Bible (1611): Genesis 18 (Source)

• The Lord appeared to Abraham and Sarah with three other angels.
• Abraham makes food for them to all eat.
• The Lord said to Abraham and Sarah that they will have a child.
• Sarah laughs because she is so old. Then she lies to cover it up.
• The Lord returns to Sarah and she bares a son called Isaac.
• They had a great feast when Isaac was weaned.

God rewards Sarah and Abraham with a son ( Source)