Episode 24: "Recognition"
Episode description
This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.
Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 24, for Thursday the 24th of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt.
Your one-hundred word story for the day is:
Recognition
My neighbour was always odd. Harmless, but odd; staring with a strange intensity whenever we crossed paths. Until he started screaming. Every night, for hours, his howls drilled into my skull.
Then, suddenly, he was gone. Dead, I think. His flat was larger, so I gave notice and moved across the hall.
When a new tenant took my old flat, he looked familiar. Very familiar, but for years, no matter how I tried, I couldn't place his face. Without warning, it struck me in the middle of the night. I knew exactly who he was.
And I started to scream.
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Jeffrey Lewis is a New York antifolk hero, famous for his songs and his hand-drawn "low-budget videos". I've been going to see his gigs for probably more than twenty years now. Today's drabble was directly inspired by his song Sad Screaming Old Man. I'll pop a link to the song in the shownotes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrQgVRGvLkQ
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Take care, everyone, and I'll see you tomorrow for episode 25.