Season 2, Episode 19: The Way Forward Is Back
This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.
Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 19, season 2, for Sunday the nineteenth of October 2025. I'm Elizabeth Guilt.
Your one-hundred word story for the day is:
The Way Forward Is Back
by Elizabeth Guilt
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The man stalks around, wand in hand. He stops and throws his arms wide.
"Here! I sense a foul presence."
Kimberley stares at her feet. She doesn't feel foul.
She leaves before the man has lit his candles. It was her house, once, but she's not welcome now.
Outside is bright, and noisy. She winces. It's been so long since she…
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