Drablr
Streaming Drabbles 100 words at a time.
Noun
drabble (plural drabbles)
A fictional story that is exactly 100 words long.
The purpose of a drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in an extremely confined space.
How to Write a Drabble: if you are new to writing drabbles then I highly recommend you read our guide.
Drabble of the Day
A Job to Do
I’d imagined becoming a butterfly or a harp-playing angel or nothing at all following my death. It was a shock, therefore, when shortly after I died I found myself standing at a busy roadside, dressed entirely in black, clutching an equally black scythe. I had no idea what I was supposed to do now.
My heart (does a grim reaper still have a heart?) folded in on itself when I spotted Elena, my daughter, waiting to cross the road. She looked left, right, left again.
I knew exactly what I was supposed to do now. Would do, in fact.
