Happy Wednesday. Here’s my next “100 Word Stories” microfiction:

Title: Who’s Next

Having read the message in my phone, I sighed in frustration.

“What’s wrong?” It was my brother Nathan who asked me that.

“Uncle Jim just died.”

“Nathan’s eyes widened. “Damn.”

“First, Uncle Bill, then Aunt Lucy, and now Uncle Jim. Sometimes I wonder who’s gonna get it next…”

But my brother was not pleased by my words. “That’s f*cked up, Pete.”

“I know,” I said apologetically. “But they were all in their 60s. We all gotta face the Lord eventually.”

Nathan grunted, probably to acknowledge my point. He understood. Then, there was silence between us. Utterly unbearable silence.

“Mario Kart?”