RW Drabble 2.0.085: Creation
This 100-word story was published in Medium’s Fiction Shorts.
For this drabble, write a letter of complaint to your editors.
Dear Short Fiction:
I’ll be brief.
Because it’s become an addiction.
Two years ago, I’d never heard of a drabble. Now, I can’t remember the last time I used an adjective. Or started a story at the beginning.
My grandchildren love my short-winded tales, “You get to the point, grandad.” They won’t leave me alone!
For fifty years, I taught the facts — just the facts. Now, it’s all creation. It’s as if I was a teenager again.
Yesterday, I discovered the fiction section of the library.
Liars all.
You snuck up and bit me.
Ruined my life.
Thanks, Paul
Note to the attentive reader: The no adjective claim was hyperbole: last time, short-winded tales, fiction section, & attentive reader.
