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Progress Report: Dribble Drabble
I’ve been working hard on the 100-Drabbles project and while I really love the genre, I think I will wait a while before I create a sequel. Today I wrote the 71st Drabble. It’s coming along nicely. While I admit there may be more than a few vignettes instead of full-stories, I will work on…
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A Drabble Story, part 7
You can start the journey here, at part 1. As he stood up in the power position, one-by-one his classmates became aware of him. The thick kid from off-planet towered over his peers and while they hunched over their tests, scrawling answers that easily came out of their heads, he stood over them, a pencil…
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A Drabble Story, part 6
You can start the journey here, at part 1. “There is no victory for you here,” he said, making his voice sound gravelly and worn. “You have done me a dishonor in my service and I will have to relieve you of your command.” Ben broke the pencil in two and stuck one half into…
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A Drabble Story, part 5
You can start the journey here, at part 1. Ben crumpled. The girl turned away from him, just like the cars in the problem, turning and speeding away from each other, Harry to Mark, all leaving Ben at home and never returning because his thick brain remembered one thing and that thing was once you…
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A Drabble Story, part 4
You can start the journey here, at part 1. A scent caught his attention and he turned to his left. Ben winced as the vision of beauty glowed so brightly that his heart exploded in metaphors he didn’t understand. The teacher stood (because she was short and standing when students sat made her feel powerful)…