#ひゃくもじ 100文字小説 100 characters #1-10
北野勇作という小説家がTwitterで100文字小説をやっているのを見て「これおもしろそう!」と思って私もしてみむとてするなり。Twitterでほぼ毎日更新してます。
100文字を超えないことだけがルールだ。
These are very short novels with only a hundred characters (in Japanese characters). I hope you can feel the unique world view in the short sentences.
vol.1 唇が薄い男
A man with thin lips
Someone once said in a movie I saw, "Thin lips are proof of ruthlessness." I once slept with a man with thin lips. In fact he was so ruthless that I felt miserable. I said it out loud. I felt miserable. He comforted me.
今のところ一番気に入ってます。
vol.2 クラッシャー
She is a crusher.
She always seemed drunk. I'm not sure if she was actually drunk or if she was always like that. Anyway, she breaks all kinds of things. She breaks glasses, and she breaks other people's love lives. What I don't hate about her is that she tends to break her own love life as well.
物語の導入部っぽいけど続きは特に考えていない。
vol.3 トルコキキョウ
Lisianthus
She said to me, "I love lisianthus." I looked around the vase. I wasn't particularly interested, so I said, "Heh.” Then I hurriedly said, "It's beautiful.” She added, "Well, I like them relatively well.
100文字の中で起承転結書き切ることは難しくて、抜け落ちたストーリーや表現を読み手に委ねることになる。書き手と読み手が共に作る小説。おもしろくない?おもしろくないか…そっか…
vol.4 話題
Dice
Imahashi-kun and I went out for a drink. We had some business to attend to. Fearing silence, I wrote in my notebook as many topics as came to mind for us to talk about. Imahashi-kun brought a dice to decide the topic. I thought we would get along well.
vol.5 ベレット
BELLETT
I went to town in an imaginary BELLETT. It's a deep green BELLETT. In the passenger seat, she is wearing a red dress that shows off her curves, glossy red lips, and dark brown sunglasses. To me, she is a bit flashy. Of course, she is my imaginary girlfriend.
ある小説にベレットがたびたび出てくるので書いてみたくなった。
vol.6 暴走族
Biker Gang
Bikers are slowly driving away outside the window. “...Are you saying you want to break up with me?” “You're not happy with me either, are you?” “I am happy with you. Don't say goodbye.” The bikers returned slowly again. I want to break up with him as soon as possible.
vol.7 落としたケーキ
Dropped Cake
On my 10th birthday, 12-year-old Miyuki tried to give me a cake. I dropped the cake, seemingly inadvertently, because she was fat and stupid. 10-year-olds are too cowardly, ugly, and cruel. Was it really because they were watching adults?
続きをどこかで書くかもしれない。珍しく社会派小説(?)
vol.8 ロングヘアの男
Men with long hair
I like men with long straight hair. Some are hippies, others musicians. I admire their sex appeal that transcends ideological differences. But they usually don't like me. Amen!
これもどこかで続きを書きたい。
私小説
私は私の知っていることしか書けない。知らない世界のことはそこの住人になれるまで書けない気がする。にも関わらずエッセイではなく小説という形をとるのは単にずるいから。架空の男と架空の女が(想定の範囲内で)勝手に動き回り物語を生むのを書き留める。それは現実への責任を伴わないから。
vol.9 恋敵
My Love Rival
I wailed as the man I loved left. Everyone looked at me coldly and laughed bitterly. Nishi-kun was the only one who did not laugh. He gently put his hand on my shoulder and said, "It's hard, isn't it? Let's cry together." I gasped. He was a kind-hearted love rival.
前に書いたものの凝縮リメイク版。なかなか思うように書けない。
vol.10 僕らのペントハウス
The Penthouse
A back shed on the roof of a multi-tenant building was our penthouse. We drank and strummed our guitars while the building's occupants gave us disapproving looks. We never worked. Those who got jobs were expelled from here, and this place was abandoned by those who got jobs.
10話書いて
いくつかの話はこの記事を書くにあたってほんの少し(全体の短さから言えば大きく)加筆訂正しています。100文字以内で。
実際やってみるともっと文字数があればもっと深くものが書けるのにと思ったり割愛しなければならなかった重要シーンがあったりするけれど、それを書かぬままこの記事を出すということはまあそういうことなんでしょう。
まああきらめずどこかで。
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