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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.


June 19, 2024 at 5:31pm
June 19, 2024 at 5:31pm
#1072909

Extra perks were offered to a volunteer to be the cellmate of the new arrival. Everyone knew ‘ratting’ was expected. A careful eye was to be kept on Amarat, a Political activist who’d disrupted the Prime Minister's plane.

My father had the dubious fortune to be in the ‘right place at the right time’ and stepped up. He was waiting when the screws left Amarat in the cell.

“You’ll have to tell me what to tell them.”

Amarat’s tension broke with a high-pitched joyful laugh.

An enduring friendship was formed, and 50 years later, Amarat is still Dad’s dearest friend.



Word count: 100
For Drabble Activity 2024, Week 7
Prompt: A non-fiction work. Essay, memoir, op-ed: creative nonfiction (not just a regurgitation of facts).


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