Drabbletober

Elizabeth Guilt•www.elizabethguilt.com

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Science Fiction

The podcast of tiny speculative fiction. Brand new drabbles (stories of exactly 100 words) every day during October.

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Episodes

Episode 6: "Titration"

This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 6, for Sunday the 6th of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Titration After the earthquake, shorn power conduits shook and writhed until downtown was flooded with electric. Dirty, unaligned electric - no use to anyone, and lethal. The council set up cordons, and tried to explain they couldn't clean up yet. Couldn't plan operations until they knew ...

Oct 06, 2024•2 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Episode 5: "It's Not The Labour, It's The Parts"

This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 5, for Saturday the fifth of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: It's Not The Labour, It's The Parts I waved as he disappeared. I held my breath. He didn't come back. I waited a couple of hours, but still no cheerful creak as he shouldered open the door, brimming with stories. Perhaps things weren't as predictable as we'd thought. Maybe our calcula...

Oct 05, 2024•2 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Episode 4: "New Tricks"

Your one-hundred word story for the day is: New Tricks Girls love a boy who's spliced in dog DNA. They can't wait to ruffle Hugo's fur, fondle his ears. Sylvie doesn't notice that the hand curled around the glass is too much paw these days. Doesn't see him when his money's run out, snapping and snarling over bones in the gutter. "You'd look cute with a tail," she says. "That's not for me," I murmur. My changes are minute, easily hidden. Fly DNA for reflexes. Tarantula and scorpion for stealth an...

Oct 04, 2024•1 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Episode 3: "Destiny"

This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 3, for Thuresday the 3rd of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Destiny She was born, red-haired and screaming, on the third full moon. The priests took up their chanting. Her siblings, whom she never met, worked the fields; she was taught to read the scrolls. They starved and huddled by the hearth; she ate banquets and slept on silk. They fought a...

Oct 03, 2024•2 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Episode 2: "Becalmed"

This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 2, for Wednesday the second of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Becalmed by Elizabeth Guilt He stared across the turquoise waves. Something wasn't right. "Braithwaite!" "Cap'n?" The First Mate came running. "I don't like it. The seas are too quiet." Braithwaite gazed for a long minute. Not one of the rolling, foam-topped wave crests moved. At al...

Oct 02, 2024•2 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Episode 1: "Part of the Furniture"

Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Part of the Furniture by Elizabeth Guilt The sofa was the softest leather I'd ever touched, and I relaxed into its warm embrace. I had never sat anywhere so comfortable. "Curl up, get cosy," encouraged the sales assistant. "You'll find it needs very little care." "Uh-huh." I wasn't really listening. "You won't see any behavioural problems with this model." "Really?" I was struggling not to doze off. "The central nervous system is completely minimal." I...

Oct 01, 2024•2 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Episode 0: Trailer

For October 2024, I'll be trying to post an episode every day, featuring a brand new 100-word story. I've done this in written form the past two Octobers: you can find all 2023 stories at https://www.elizabethguilt.com/blog/tag/drabbletober23 , or 2022's at https://www.elizabethguilt.com/blog/tag/drabbletober.

Sep 19, 2024•2 min

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