Random word challenge #345: Gloomy
This story was published in Medium’s Fiction Shorts.
A Drabble is a concise 100-word story that respects your busy schedule. Your presence here matters. Please stay on the page for thirty seconds so you will count as a reader. Thank you.
The first sentence will be, “My dogs keep barking at the closet.”
Bill: “My dogs keep barking at the closet.”
Mary: “Did you get us another dog? And we don’t let her in the bedroom. I swear, John…”
“Hold on. I meant my feet, Mary. Last night? Trains, Planes, and Automobiles. We’ve felt so gloomy since the election, and John Candy always lifts the darkness.”
“I have felt lighter — no thoughts of the orange man all morning. And last night, after the movie, was lovely, Bill. It’s been a while.”
“When you said…”
“Those aren’t pillows. Thank you, John Candy.”
“Now, about that closet.”
“I know — new shoes for Christmas.”
“Meow.”
“No”
Note: Feeling down? Take two and call me in the morning.
John Candy’s “My dogs are barking” scene from Trains, Planes and Automobiles.
“Those aren’t pillows” scene.
