Episode 15: "Gunpowder and Wine"
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Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 15, for Tuesday the 15th of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt.
Your one-hundred word story, which today contains a minor swear, is:
Gunpowder and Wine
My grandfather refused to go near the bar. "Too many damn idiots," he said, of the tourists who poured in. They bought overpriced jugs of gritty cocktails to toast the revolution 'in gunpowder and wine'.
"Better off with beer," he grumbled.
"Mrs McClusky told us in history that it was just a metaphor, anyway."
"Well, your Mrs McClusky…
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