Mom Joke

a 100-word story

Mom Joke

Arno sat looking at the paper in his hands. They’d found his mother’s body, washed up on the shore just outside of Tortoli, Sardinia. The authorities estimated she’d been dead at least a month—the only way they’d identified her was from the wallet in the black vinyl purse strapped around her shoulders. Sounded like her, but…

Considering his mother had never been to Italy and had only gone missing a week ago, something seemed off. Especially since the information had come on letterhead from a fruit exporting company in Jakarta. Mom always loved a puzzle, thought Arno.

©2024 by Andrea C. Neil

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