Episode 31: "The Ghost of the Future"
Episode description
This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.
Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 31, for Thursday the 31st of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt.
Your one-hundred word story for the day is: The Ghost of the Future
Peter shucks off the hated school trousers and shirt, and takes more comfortable clothes from the very back of the wardrobe. A double bedsheet, with neat eyeholes, completes the outfit.
Arms raised, the ghost checks carefully in the bathroom mirror.
"Going to the party?" asks Mum.
"Wooooo!"
"Very scary, Pete. Enjoy yourself. Be a good boy."
"Nooooooo!"
In the village hall, vampires and witches are already eating cake.
"Who are you?" demands Frankenstein's monster.
"I am the ghost of Sarah."
They laugh, and shrug, and call the ghost Sarah all night.
Under the bedsheet, she smooths her dress and smiles.
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And that's it for Drabbletober 2024. If you've been listening for the whole of October, then thanks for coming along for the ride.
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Take care, everyone, and I'll see you again sometime.