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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 13, 2024 at 8:10pm
May 13, 2024 at 8:10pm
#1071030
“The solar winds are hitting us bad, Captain.” Navigator Tkatch reported, “the FTL drive doesn’t seem up to it, we need to slow down.”

A red light on the control panel blinked an urgency in the reactor room.

“You leave engineering to me,” Anderson barked, “increase power 37%.”

“Yessir.” Tkatch turned the dial, casting a nervous look around the rest of the crew as the desperate blinking red light continued ignored.

Back on Earth, little Nancy in her party dress, watched the screen tracking daddy’s trip home, unaware that her cursor blinked in sync with Engineering.

Suddenly, both lights stopped.



W/C: 100
Written for "Drabble Activity 2024Open in new Window.
Prompt: Story to be horror, fantasy or science fiction


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