FICTION PROMPT
Dabbling in Fiction: Take Us for a Short Ride
Dribbles (50 words) and Drabbles (100 words)
In some circles, ‘drabble’ means getting wet and dirty from muddy water while ‘dribble’, at least in urban slang, means to talk incessant nonsense and crap.
For fiction, they represent two simple forms of micro-fiction.
Fictional stories, told in just 50 words (a ‘dribble’) or in 100 words (a ‘drabble’).
So before I talk nonsense and crap and muddy the waters, here’s a Dribble and then a Drabble.
Saturday Is Mommy Day
My daughter loved the short railway. Made me promise to take her every Saturday. Going up made her happy. A smiley chatter bug. Was she talking to me or someone else? Coming down, she quietly cried, just a little. Wanting to be a big girl like her mommy had been.
(a Dribble, 50 words)
Flight of the Damned
“That railway used to be longer.”
“Sorry?” I said, being polite but not wanting to talk.
“The tram used to run much longer. Went to an underground car park.”
“That so?”
“Used to ferry people from that building and take them to their cars parked underground.”
“Why doesn’t it still?” I asked, curious…
