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Elizabeth Guilt
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The podcast of tiny speculative fiction. Brand new drabbles (stories of exactly 100 words) every day during October.

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    S2 B9: "The Rules Are There For A Reason"

    This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is an occasional bonus episode, for the first of July, 2026, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: The Rules Are There For A Reason --- There was a tearing noise and there I was again. Slap-bang in the middle of some little scrote's chalk circle. It's always teenagers. They find an old book, think it'd be funny... No-one expects it to work. They're so surprised; they muff the binding and I head home, trailing sulphurous clouds. This guy was different. Older. He offered a deal: Free reign across earth to (I quote) "show those weaklings who's in charge" - so long as I let him live to witness it. I accepted, stepped through the circle, and tore his head off. There's a reason you bind demons. --- Remember everyone: it's always a bad idea to read the Latin out loud. But if you must, at least make sure you do it properly. --- Take care, everyone, and I'll see you again sometime. https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2-jul1-bonus

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    S2 B8: "Generational"

    This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is an occasional bonus episode, for the first of June, 2026. I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Generational --- She looked at me, disappointed. "Don't you want to?" "Of course I do! But... I need permission." "From who? You're an adult!" "The Paterfamilias." "Ha, the Paterf... wait, you're serious? You still have one?" My great-great-grandfather wanted his dynasty to last forever. During that narrow window in the mid twenty-first century, when everyone thought they knew the future, he set up complicated deeds and entails. And he did it well. It's completely watertight - we still haven't found a legal route to unplugging the damned thing. "So, yeah. If we want to get married, we've got to convince a century-old AI." --- As I'm sure you'll have noticed, AI is currently the answer to everything. I do wonder which particular aspects future generations will look back on and groan at our stupidity. --- Take care, everyone, and I'll see you again sometime. https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2-jun1-bonus

    2 phút

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    S2 B7: "Anything From the Canteen Sheet?"

    This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is an occasional bonus episode, for the first of May, 2026. I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Anything From The Canteen Sheet? --- He lunges when it slides under the door. The first week, still used to shops and restaurant menus, he sneered at the crooked page. He mocked his cellmate's eager interest - and got punched for it. Now, he's the same. Any break in the grinding tedium is welcome. Anything. When something new appears on the list, he savours it. Plays with it in his mind. Orders it, even hair products he will never use. Anything for novelty. This week, between instant noodles and A4 notebooks, is a new item: Final Apocalypse. He writes a 1 in the box. Immediately, thunder rolls. --- A while ago, I entered a drabble competition which had a theme of "Canteen". I sent this one, having discovered that the weekly order forms given to prisoners - in the UK at least - are called 'canteen sheets'. It wasn't placed, but I'll pop a link to the winning drabbles in the show notes. https://www.patreon.com/posts/100-word-project-128068977 --- Take care, everyone, and I'll see you again sometime. https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2-may1-bonus

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    S2 B6: "Everywhere"

    This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is an occasional bonus episode, for the first of April, 2026. I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Everywhere --- There was a bang and, too late, a screech of brakes. "Shit! A deer, we hit a deer." "What?" "A deer! You saw that, right?" Dave was five or six whiskeys down, his voice rising, panicking. I'd seen blond hair, plastered by rain against a pale face. For weeks afterwards, I trawled local news sites. No reports of a road death, or a missing woman. I stopped drinking after that. Dave didn't. When his car ran off the road, I wasn't surprised. I don't drive at night any more. Is she there? I don't know, but I see her. Everywhere. --- Take care, everyone, and I'll see you again sometime. https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2-apr1-bonus

    2 phút

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    S2 B5: "Yanked"

    This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is an occasional bonus episode, for the first of March, 2026, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Not Again --- Mason wakes up, a familiar pounding in his head. Not again. They'd only had six weeks this time. He looks wearily over the furnishings. 1800s. Probably Britain. He creeps through the house, finds clothes that mean he won't stand out, takes a couple of things to pawn, and heads out to look for Alex. They've got systems, but without internet it's difficult. Alex hasn't left messages in any of the usual places. It takes months. Finally, Mason finds a run-down boarding-house in Bognor. "Alex!" "What? Who're you?" Mason slumps. "Oh. This is one of the times when you don't remember." --- --- Take care, everyone, and I'll see you again sometime. https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2-mar1-bonus

    2 phút

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    S2 B4: "Someone Needs Looking After"

    This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is an occasional bonus episode, for the first of February, 2026. I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Someone Needs Looking After --- "Evelyn! Come in!" Nan waves her visitor down the corridor, and keeps up her half of the conversation. "I know! Awful out there... Yeah... That's February for you..." Nan's delusions are getting worse. But no-one actually comes round now, and these imaginary visits keep her cheerful. I head to the kitchen so I don't have to play along. She can't live alone now, but I'm happy looking after her. Except when she hallucinates doctors coming to examine me. I could do without that. As 'Evelyn' 'departs', I hear Nan whisper. "So sorry about my grandson. His delusions are getting worse." --- --- Take care, everyone, and I'll see you again sometime. https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2-feb1-bonus

    2 phút

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    S2 B3: "January You"

    This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is an occasional bonus episode, for the first of January, 2026 and I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: January You --- Join the gym. Run every morning. Go vegan. Two yoga classes. Read fifty new novels this year. Drink less. Do dry January! Learn Spanish. Get up early. Journal. Marie Kondo the spare bedroom, the kitchen, the whole house. Maybe try paleo? Maybe not paleo. Is vegan paleo even possible? Is vegan possible? What the hell do vegans put in sandwiches? The gym is expensive. Running hurts your knees. The yoga is fun, though. You blow dry January on the seventeenth, laughing with Kim over cocktails, speaking in broken Spanish. Marie Kondo was right. Keep the things that bring you joy. --- Welcome to 2026! If you are making new year's resolutions, then remember to be kind to yourself. There's plenty of good stuff about the old you. As a minor point of order, I checked with my reference vegan and she assures me there are plenty of sandwich fillings from the mundane (fake ham) to the grandiose (crispy-fried tofu with lettuce and tomato) via hummus, marmite, avocado… --- Take care, everyone, and I'll see you again sometime. https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2-jan1-bonus

    2 phút

  8. 30/12/2025

    S2 B2: "Don't Wake Christmas"

    This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction. Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is an occasional bonus episode, for the thirtieth of December, 2025, and I'm Elizabeth Guilt. Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Don't Wake Christmas --- Christmas lies glutted with turkey and mince pies, asleep behind the sofa. A child shrieks with glee, still delighted with a new toy, and Christmas stirs, muttering half-words of whiskey and late-night cocoa. A parent begins to gather up the discarded ribbons and wrapping paper, smoothing them out with vague thoughts of next year. They nudge Christmas. "You indolent beast, lying there in a smear of cranberry. Entertain us!" Christmas waves them blearily away. "I'm tired. Go and see Hogmanay for your fun." And Christmas shuffles off, to nest comfortably among the tinsel and paper chains until Advent. --- I'm actually a big fan of keeping Christmas up till twelfth night, though it's not always easy to keep the festive feeling when January looms with all its back-to-work vibes. Whatever you celebrate - or don't - at this time of year, I hope you're safe and warm, and finding the opportunity to rest. Take care, everyone, and I'll see you again sometime. https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2-dec30-bonus

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The podcast of tiny speculative fiction. Brand new drabbles (stories of exactly 100 words) every day during October.

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  • Nhà sáng tạo
    Elizabeth Guilt
  • Năm hoạt động
    2024 - 2026
  • Tập
    78
  • Xếp hạng
    Thô tục
  • Trang web chương trình
    Drabbletober