Episode 20: "Afternoon Out"

Drabbletober · Oct 20, 2024 · 1m

This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.

Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 20, for Sunday the 20th of October 2024, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt.

Your one-hundred word story for the day is:

Afternoon Out

"Oh my god, oh my god, Bob's gone!"

"What?"

"He's gone! Just like that! Gone! Oh my god!" Harry snapped his pincers frantically.

"Calm down, calm down. He'll be back."

"He's gone! He saw a bit of food, and then just... Gone! Whisked away!"

"Stop panicking! This is always happening!"

Harry scuttled away in distress.

There was a distant splash, and Bob sidled nonchalantly…