Episode 25: "5 Phoenix Court"
This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.
Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 25, for Friday the 25th of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt.
Your one-hundred word story for the day is: 5 Phoenix Court
As Mara leaves the station, she can smell smoke. She hears the sirens before she's halfway up the hill.
She checks the little group huddled on the pavement. The Barries, the Patels. The old man from 2 is sitting on the wall, the new couple are holding their screaming baby. Mrs Delamere is still in Egypt.
Everything she owns is burning. Piles of unread books, cupboards…
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