This was my story for today's 100 Words Or Les Nessman theme, which was the sentence "I looked behind the soldiers and saw bones in a suit of clothes on the grass."
Schultz shook the dice, praying for snake eyes.The rest of the company looked on.
Why can't we just draw straws? thought Schultz. Or draw cards, or slips of paper from a helmet.
There was a lot of work to do.
And avoid, if possible.
Schultz smirked.
"Hurry up!" yelled a corporal.
Schultz threw.
The dice sailed down the dirt path and into the few stubborn blades of grass that still grew in this ashen hellscape, landing in a stack of ragged, scorched clothes.
"That cinches it," said Lieutenant Waldheim. "You're on Burial Detail."
Schultz grabbed a shovel and cursed.
Yes, this was inspired by the recent anniversaries pertaining to the Shoah.