Yesterday, I completed my 100-day writing challenge! Here’s a list of the posts with their one-sentence prompts:

• Sunrise Story #1: The thunderous roar of the jet overhead confirmed her worst fears.
• Sunrise Story #2: All they could see was the blue water surrounding their sailboat.
• Sunrise Story #3: If my calculator had a history it would be more embarrassing than my browser history.
• Sunrise Story #4: The fifty mannequin heads floating in the pool kind of freaked them out.
• Sunrise Story #5: It’s not possible to convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising it infinite bananas when they die.
• Sunrise Story #6: He strives to keep the best lawn in the neighborhood.
• Sunrise Story #7: He walked into the basement with the horror movie from the night before playing in his head.
• Sunrise Story #8: She saw no irony asking me to change but wanting me to accept her for who she is.
• Sunrise Story #9: David subscribes to the “stuff your tent into the bag” strategy over nicely folding it.
• Sunrise Story #10: The teens wondered what was kept in the red shed on the far edge of the school grounds.
• Sunrise Story #11: It turns out you don’t need all that stuff you insisted you did.
• Sunrise Story #12: A kangaroo is really just a rabbit on steroids.
• Sunrise Story #13: Never underestimate the willingness of the greedy to throw you under the bus.
• Sunrise Story #14: While on the first date, he accidentally hit his head on the beam.
• Sunrise Story #15: He had a hidden stash underneath the floorboards in the back room of the house.
• Sunrise Story #16: There’s an art to getting your way, and spitting olive pits across the table isn’t it.
• Sunrise Story #17: A song can make or ruin a person’s day if they let it get to them.
• Sunrise Story #18: Weather is not trivial—it’s especially important when you’re standing in it.
• Sunrise Story #19: Two seats were vacant.
• Sunrise Story #20: The snow-covered path was no help in finding his way out of the back-country.
• Sunrise Story #21: She opened up her third bottle of wine of the night.
• Sunrise Story #22: Today we gathered moss for my uncle’s wedding.
• Sunrise Story #23: I checked to make sure that he was still alive.
• Sunrise Story #24: Seek success, but always be prepared for random cats.
• Sunrise Story #25: There can never be too many cherries on an ice cream sundae.
• Sunrise Story #26: Please wait outside of the house.
• Sunrise Story #27: She advised him to come back at once.
• Sunrise Story #28: I’d rather be a bird than a fish.
• Sunrise Story #29: The hand sanitizer was actually clear glue.
• Sunrise Story #30: It didn’t take long for Gary to detect the robbers were amateurs.
• Sunrise Story #31: Today I dressed my unicorn in preparation for the race.
• Sunrise Story #32: He excelled at firing people nicely.
• Sunrise Story #33: Every manager should be able to recite at least ten nursery rhymes backward.
• Sunrise Story #34: Three years later, the coffin was still full of Jello.
• Sunrise Story #35: The best key lime pie is still up for debate.
• Sunrise Story #36: It’s much more difficult to play tennis with a bowling ball than it is to bowl with a tennis ball.
• Sunrise Story #37: We need to rent a room for our party.
• Sunrise Story #38: Swim at your own risk was taken as a challenge for the group of Kansas City college students.
• Sunrise Story #39: Nancy was proud that she ran a tight shipwreck.
• Sunrise Story #40: It dawned on her that others could make her happier but only she could make herself happy.
• Sunrise Story #41: Poison ivy grew through the fence they said was impenetrable.
• Sunrise Story #42: She looked into the mirror and saw another person.
• Sunrise Story #43: The beauty of the sunset was obscured by the industrial cranes.
• Sunrise Story #44: Today is the day I’ll finally know what brick tastes like.
• Sunrise Story #45: He went on a whiskey diet and immediately lost three days.
• Sunrise Story #46: If you like tuna and tomato sauce, try combining the two.
• Sunrise Story #47: Smokey the Bear secretly started the fires.
• Sunrise Story #48: He is no James Bond; his name is Roger Moore.
• Sunrise Story #49: The near-death experience brought new ideas to light.
• Sunrise Story #50: She only paints with bold colors; she does not like pastels.
• Sunrise Story #51: Twin 4-month-olds slept in the shade of the palm tree while the mother tanned in the sun.
• Sunrise Story #52: It’s not often you find a soggy banana on the street.
• Sunrise Story #53: I may struggle with geography, but I’m sure I’m somewhere around here.
• Sunrise Story #54: She says she has the ability to hear the soundtrack of your life.
• Sunrise Story #55: All she wanted was the answer, but she had no idea how much she would hate it.
• Sunrise Story #56: He picked up trash in his spare time to dump in his neighbor’s yard.
• Sunrise Story #57: Shingle color was not something the couple had ever talked about.
• Sunrise Story #58: His ultimate dream fantasy consisted of being content and sleeping eight hours in a row.
• Sunrise Story #59: Potato wedges probably are not best for relationships.
• Sunrise Story #60: Everyone was curious about the large white blimp that appeared overnight.
• Sunrise Story #61: She was too short to see over the fence.
• Sunrise Story #62: Pantyhose and heels are an interesting choice of attire for the beach.
• Sunrise Story #63: It was a slippery slope and he was willing to slide all the way to the deepest depths.
• Sunrise Story #64: We have young kids who often walk into our room at night for various reasons, including clowns in the closet.
• Sunrise Story #65: He barked orders at his daughters but they just stared back with amusement.
• Sunrise Story #66: As he entered the church he could hear the soft voice of someone whispering into a cell phone.
• Sunrise Story #67: He ran out of money, so he had to stop playing poker—at least for the night.
• Sunrise Story #68: She was too busy always talking about what she wanted to do to actually do any of it.
• Sunrise Story #69: Tom got a small piece of pie.
• Sunrise Story #70: Sixty-Four comes asking for bread.
• Sunrise Story #71: He realized there had been several deaths on this road but his concern rose when he saw the exact number.
• Sunrise Story #72: He learned the important lesson that a picnic at the beach on a windy day is a bad idea.
• Sunrise Story #73: I don’t respect anybody who can’t tell the difference between Pepsi and Coke.
• Sunrise Story #74: She looked at the masterpiece hanging in the museum, but all she could think is that her five-year-old could do better.
• Sunrise Story #75: She did a happy dance because all of the socks from the dryer matched.
• Sunrise Story #76: Toddlers feeding raccoons surprised even the seasoned park ranger.
• Sunrise Story #77: He enjoys practicing his ballet in the bathroom.
• Sunrise Story #78: Malls are great places to shop; I can find everything I need under one roof.
• Sunrise Story #79: When money was tight, he’d get his lunch money from the local wishing well.
• Sunrise Story #80: All you need to do is pick up the pen and begin.
• Sunrise Story #81: As the asteroid hurtled toward Earth, Becky was upset her dentist appointment had been canceled.
• Sunrise Story #82: Don’t put peanut butter on the dog’s nose.
• Sunrise Story #83: The door slammed on the watermelon.
• Sunrise Story #84: Flesh-colored yoga pants were far worse than even he feared.
• Sunrise Story #85: Not all people who wander are lost.
• Sunrise Story #86: She always had an interesting perspective on why the world must be flat.
• Sunrise Story #87: He loved eating his bananas in hot dog buns.
• Sunrise Story #88: She was amazed by the large chunks of ice washing up on the beach.
• Sunrise Story #89: I would have gotten the promotion, but my attendance wasn’t good enough.
• Sunrise Story #90: He was so preoccupied with whether or not he could that he failed to stop to consider if he should.
• Sunrise Story #91: Their argument could be heard across the parking lot.
• Sunrise Story #92: Mum tries to be cool by saying that she likes all the same things that I do.
• Sunrise Story #93: It was the best sandcastle he had ever seen.
• Sunrise Story #94: Warm beer on a cold day isn’t my idea of fun.
• Sunrise Story #95: Today arrived with a crash of my car through the garage door.
• Sunrise Story #96: She cried diamonds.
• Sunrise Story #97: The lake is a long way from here.
• Sunrise Story #98: Doris enjoyed tapping her nails on the table to annoy everyone.
• Sunrise Story #99: My dentist tells me that chewing bricks is very bad for your teeth.
• Sunrise Story #100: She wrote him a long letter, but he didn’t read it.

Total Word Count: 20,396

Admittedly, I didn’t always stick to writing the posts in the morning, per se, so I guess the name of the project is a little misleading. But I still managed to complete one vignette a day every day (with the exception of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day), so I’m counting this as a success.

So what’s next? Daily posts aren’t sustainable for me in the long run, but now that I’ve proven to myself that I can post daily, I think it’ll be easier to keep a more regular schedule. My goal is to post at least once a week, most likely on Saturday. I want to get back to doing more song-inspired stories, and I have a new series and some interactive fiction I’d like to launch. I’ll also continue to do some “Story Shack” prompts because I had a lot of fun with those during this project.

Goodbye, Sunrise Stories—and onto the next!