The 100 Word Stories Podcast

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
This wasn’t in just skill, but also in discipline.
“I’m leaving the ship for a few days,” said the captain. “No parties while I’m gone, okay?”
“…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He never checked the weather reports, so he frequently sailed into thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tsunamis.
Or he’d be sleeping at an inn, and a…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
But the captain… now they weren’t good at all.
Every year, the captain sent out an anonymous survey.
The responses were dismal.
“I feel like my …

George was a pirate, but he was in a very good pirate.
If you asked him about that, I’d say don’t give a shit.
Even though people constantly gave him shit over it, he never gave them shit back.
Some …

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
Instead of taking hostages and ransoming them off, he usually ended up befriending his captives and traveling the world with them.
One was a you…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He lost his crew, he lost his ship, and he even lost his hat.
His reputation kept him from getting hired by other pirates for their ships.
He wa…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
When pirates tell each other secrets, they get really fancy with their expressions.
Like sinking something down in Davy Jones’ Locker.
Or the be…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
His adventures took him far and wide, and once he went to China.
“This cave bat is delicious,” he told the street vendor. “Can I have another?”
…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He was a pretty good competitive eater, though.
Every Fourth of July, he’d sail to Coney Island to compete in Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Con…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
On his days off, he’d walk around the local cemeteries, looking for groups of people.
The bigger the group, the better.
“He was such a good man,…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He liked to go to the city park and rent one of those duck-shaped paddleboats.
Then, he’d paddle around the pond, threatening to board the other…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
Every now and then, in the middle of a battle, he’d misplace his sword.
“It’s on your belt!” shouted the captain, slashing a British naval offic…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
Out on the deep ocean, the winds calm, the waves are still, there’s little to do and all day long not to do it in.
George would practice with hi…

“George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.”
That’s written in the center of The George The Pirate game board.
Players roll dice and move their ship tokens around it.
You can land on Trea…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He’d been taking to long periods of melancholy and self-doubt.
Or he’d obsess on the most esoteric things.
“A container is a container because i…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
Consultants put together a focus group to figure out what was wrong with George.
“Why doesn’t he have an eyepatch?” said a housewife from Burban…

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He hadn’t planned on becoming a pirate.
He hadn’t planned on eighty thousand dollars in student loans, either.
All for a Bachelor’s degree in So…