Episode 17: "Sudden Autumn"
This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.
Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 17, for Thursday the 17th of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt.
Your one-hundred word story for the day is:
Sudden Autumn
Lily loved the oak tree in their new house's garden. After a day of customer complaints swamping her optical feeds, connecting with nature was so important.
Stepping outside, she almost dropped her tea. The oak's branches were bare against the June sky, drifts of leaves piled brown on the grass.
She yelled up the stairs.
"Jase! Have you split up with your girlfriend…
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