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Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/profile/blog/hopes/day/5-27-2024
by H❀pe
Rated: 13+ · Book · Activity · #2319796
A book for my 100 word entries

For the Drabble Challenge


A drabble is a short work of fiction of precisely one hundred words in length. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in a confined space.


May 27, 2024 at 10:53pm
May 27, 2024 at 10:53pm
#1071786
Red, orange, and gold, the flickering fairy lights made their way indoors, forcing festivity into the dark room. Inside, with knees bouncing as he anxiously waited, Trevor’s eyes darted to the doorway. ‘Where is she?’.

Finally, Gert burst into the room, wide-eyed and gasping for breath and fliers-bag empty but for the hollow rattle of a spray can.

“You fool!” he exploded, scolding his comrade, “People like us don’t go out at night cause people like them see us for what we are.”

Not replying, Gert turned on Sky News, desperately hoping their efforts would at last make an effect...




W/C: 100
Written for: "Drabble Activity 2024
Prompt: Use a quote (or quotes) from William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, or Jane Austen (highlight the quote/s in bold)
My quote is from Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist



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