Drabble: The Baby And The Bathwater
Ryan was the child-minder who got pissed
Search Results for: Drabble
Drabble: Accidental damage
She was hunched over the sink, head in hands
Drabble: Toddler Zombie Walk ends in tears
He thought it would be a fun introduction to the complexities of death
Drabble: U2 not really all that bad
Then someone said U2 “romanticize the shiny side of an old coin”
Drabble: Rattle & Hum
When a Chinook loiters over Cripplegate, we all wonder…
Drabble: US gun sales leap by 94%
I wasn’t sure she’d say yes, but I asked anyway. That Saturday we took our weapons and headed outta town. Separate cars. All through that freaky pandemic Summer we kept 2m apart, faces covered with bandanas like they said, and enjoyed the great outdoors of our beautiful state. They said it was a recommended recreational … Continue reading Drabble: US gun sales leap by 94%
Drabble: Three songs, one story
Brian finally agreed he was in trouble when he started to believe Romeo, as Mark Knopfler reports, really did proposition Juliet with the words, “You and me, Babe, how about it? Further clues arrived. He’d grown obsessed by what Elton John saw in the Tiny Dancer’s “pirate smile”. And what Billy Joel sang when that … Continue reading Drabble: Three songs, one story
Drabble: All Stories Are Lies
The story was real enough, a gem, but to tell it would be to lie
Drabble: Heaven’s Door Knocker
He was a loner and she guessed Lockdown had been a bad time for them
Drabble: New Normal (Not)
They see masks as a green light to do exactly as they did before…
Drabble: Bagman
Do you imagine yourself as a witness in a crime story?
Drabble: Trust me, I’m a search engine
Brian knew the engines were so clever they practically read your mind
Drabble: Flight 370
They broke the news to the families by sms, which was heartless
Drabble: The Longest Lunch
‘When half of his sandwich hit the shale slab she wanted to laugh’
Drabble: Springsteen album review
Western Stars in 100 words
Drabble: Face Down In The Pond
A dirty laugh echoed in the “cauldron of death”
Drabble: A Day Out In Broadstairs
She said it was Midsomer-sur-Mer
Drabble: A Book And A Bad Name
He scoured the other pages. Why did he nick her precious word book?
Drabble: Small Pond Life
Some of the fish got cut off, marooned in the small pond
Drabble: Lulu
She was convinced Lulu died because she lived on a diet of cheese and chocolate
