#drabble — Public Fediverse posts

I attended a Creative Writing Group

https://ceriashwardauthor.wordpress.com/2026/08/06/i-attended-a-creative-writing-group/

Flash Fiction Fun on Substack

I’ve been delving into the world of Substack recently, and the bulk of my original posts there (not restacks) have been “Drabbles.” These are 100-word short stories, born in the UK in the 80’s at Birmingham University with a little help from Monty Python (of whom I’m a lifelong fan) An editor friend of mine, Sandy Smith has been posting a weekly challenge every Friday, which has been a nice distraction from the tedious task of polishing the final draft of my murder mystery.

I’ve done all three of the challenges so far, and while their quality might be questionable, the puzzle-solving-joy that they bring me is not. It’s actually quite challenging to encapsulate the beginning, middle, and end of a story into a mere 100 words. It would be easy if it were a poem, or some unresolved moment that left the reader hanging, but my novice-level understanding of the drabble form is that it must tie into a cute little package, maybe in brown paper and a bit of string. Done.

if you’re interested in writing one and posting it, head over to my substack and follow the links. For me, the trick is to not think about it too much. I’ve been calling it “a one-pipe problem” a la Sherlock Holmes. You have only until the pipe is finished, or the cup of coffee, or tea, or whatever it is that floats your boat, to get the bulk of it done. I’ll post the one I wrote today below, and you can read my other two on Substack if you want to. If you’re really keen, go check out 100 Word Story. I haven’t given it a thorough exploring yet, but it’s on my list of places on the interwebz to check out.

Stars

I was floating in space. To say I was merely wrapped in stars would be insufficient.
A brief moment of almost-panic washed over me. Breathless terror, then euphoria, as I realized that I was universe.
No hallucinogens ground my guts, this was just the result of self-directed meditative rebellion against the wailing and caterwauling going on around me. My body was still there on the floor.
“So what now?” I wondered. “What does one do with all this infinity?”
The facilitator turned down the pulsing music. The screaming stopped, tears were dried, words were said.
Then we broke for lunch.

new fic: The hours pass and I’m lost and found

https://archiveofourown.org/works/86243531

Shot down. A found family crash-land their starship, and all seems lost.

....but hope is not so easily forgotten.

Hidden away where nobody can find them, they rebuild.

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Double drabble. Standalone, but for context consider reading The minutes pass and I’m left with a single task also. [200 words]

Getting the Sad Out

I try to keep things fairly light here, so when I write a piece that is… not that, I can end up in a bit of a bind. 

Do I share because that’s where I was on that particular day? I don’t, usually. For example, I recently wrote a drabble that has not even a sprinkling of humor to lighten the mood. That’s how it goes sometimes.

I’ve been writing less than I’d like, and what I do write is darker than I’d like. It’s easy to get distracted by the world. But that’s also our context right now, and what we need to get through in order to move on to the next better thing. 

It’s like football great Rosey Grier’s classic song, “It’s Alright to Cry”: 

“It’s all right to cry

Crying gets the sad out of you.” 

So today I’m going to share one of my darker drabbles, because what is art if not a reflection of the maker’s time and place? (But I’ll add an extra step to view in case this isn’t your thing right now. I get it!)

“I love you,” she would say as I ran outside. 

Determined, I searched for water, scrap metal or other goods extricated from the rubble. Fuel, usually the kind that used to be someone’s house. Food, always.

Anything to keep the family going. I learned that from my mother.

She stayed with my little brother. He stopped crying two days ago.

“Remember I love you,” she’d say, her eyes turned away from the morning sun. She watched our last pot simmer, making stew with whatever she could find.

Her hand could still grasp the wooden spoon. 

She had three fingers left.

Told you it was dark. But if that’s the rain, I think we’ve earned a rainbow!

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Drabble: Witch’s Moon

https://ceriashwardauthor.wordpress.com/2026/05/23/drabble-witchs-moon/

I have been reading, writing and exploring Flash, Micro and Short Short fiction over the last year. Today Dog Throat Journal published a piece of mine, which is the first time a fiction story of mine has ever been published. I am thrilled!

https://dogthroat.com/post/following-up-my-decommissioning-3rd-attempt-by-chris-lawrence

#microFiction #drabble #flashFiction #writing #writingLife #100DaysToOffload

The joyous ‘cutting’ edge of gardening – Wyn Drabble https://www.allforgardening.com/1728848/the-joyous-cutting-edge-of-gardening-wyn-drabble/ #Based #bay #Cutting #drabble #edge #english #garden #gardening #hawkes #joyous #musician #of #public #speaker #Teacher #the #writer #wyn

Cut Worms' Transmitter lands in 2026 with Jeff Tweedy producing. Kinksian jangle, 21st century loneliness.

Full #Larrys100 review: https://write.as/larrys100/cut-worms-transmitter-jagjaguwar-2026

#Music #MusicReview #Albums #IndieRock #PowerPop #100WordReviews #Drabble #CutWorms #Transmitter

A novella-in-flash about Hawai'ian gods navigating late-stage capitalism.

Through keen observations of modern life and immortality, Brownlee uses the characters to reflect on the beauty and sadness of existence.

Full #Larrys100 Review: https://write.as/larrys100/kahi-and-lua-tales-of-the-first-and-second

#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #FlashFiction #NovelaInFlash #MythologyFiction #100WordReviews #Drabble #ReadingCommunity #100daysToOffload

#film

Wagner Moura delivers the most charismatic lead performance of 2025 in a film that trusts its audience the way 70s Hollywood political thrillers did.

Full 100-word review: https://write.as/larrys100/the-secret-agent-kleber-mendonca-filho-2025

#TheSecretAgent #Oscars2026 #BrazilianCinema #WagnerMoura #Cinema #FilmReview #100WordReviews #Drabble #100DaysToOffload

#tv

Drop someone cold into Shoresy Season 5 and watch them cycle through profanity, laughter, tears, and "are we drinkin' beers?"

I'm reviewing every episode this season.

Full 100-word review: https://write.as/larrys100/shoresy-season-5-episode-1-keep-it-simple

#Shoresy #Letterkenny #Hockey #CanadianTV #Hulu #TVReview #100WordReviews #Drabble #100DaysToOffload #HeatedRivalry #Television #TVSeries, #Streaming, #BingeWatch, and #NowWatching

#film

Gore Verbinski's antidote to our techno-death spiral is absurdist satire.

Sam Rockwell as a messenger from the future. Monty Python on LSD.

Full 100-word review: https://write.as/larrys100/good-luck-have-fun-dont-die-gore-verbinski-2026

#movies #Cinema #Cinemastodon #GoreVerbinski #SamRockwell #GoodLuckHaveFunDontDie #100WordReviews #Drabble #100DaysToOffload

#film

Josh Safdie takes us from Lower East Side tenements to a globetrotting ping pong misadventure.

Chalamet. Rappers. Reality stars. Gwyneth Paltrow.

Full 100-word review: https://write.as/larrys100/marty-supreme-josh-safdie-2025

#movies #Cinema #Cinemastodon #JoshSafdie #TimotheeChalamet #MartySupreme #Oscars2026 #100WordReviews #Drabble #100DaysToOffload

💛 Golden Silk Canopy 💛

#MDZS #CQL #fanfic #drabble, rated T, 100 words

💞 Qin Su reassures her husband and his lover

https://archiveofourown.org/works/79846961

Writing a drabble a week, so here's number 2, The Bridge Keeper.

#writing #shortstory #drabble

I'm trying to write a drabble* a week this year. They may be set in the universes of my works or from my DnD campaigns or completely unrelated, we'll see. I'm looking forward to the challenge.😁

*A drabble is a story of exactly 100 words.

And because we are no fan of AI in this house, the bg is from freepik.com.

#writing #drabble #adrabbleaweek

Stranger Things is a hot mess. Bloated plot, adults playing teens. But by episode four of Season 5: Part 1, I was back in.

Full #100wordreview:

https://write.as/larrys100/stranger-things-season-5-part-1-netflix

#StrangerThings #TVReview #Netflix #ScienceFiction #FediTV #Drabble #Larrys100 #100DaysToOffload

Larry's 100 Christmas movie season begins: A Merry Little Ex-Mas, Netflix 2025

3.5/5 Hot Chocolates ☕

"Alicia Silverstone joins the Christmas Movie industrial complex.

Netflix got its Hallmark RomCom right: meta winks, middle-aged angst, Silverstone's puppy-dog eyes, and baking."

Full #100WordReview: https://write.as/larrys100/a-merry-little-ex-mas-netflix-2025-3-5-5-hot-chocolates

#FilmReview #ChristmasMovies #HolidayMovies #Netflix #Cinemastodon #AliciaSilverstone #100HotChocolates #100DaysToOffload #drabble

Larry's 100 Review - PLURIBUS EPISODE 5: Got Milk

Carol becomes Agatha Christie as clues lead to an abandoned dog food factory and a classic episodic TV cliffhanger.

Full 100-word review: https://write.as/larrys100/pluribus-episode-5-got-milk

#Pluribus #VinceGilligan #TVReview #drabble #AppleTV #100WordReview #100DaysToOffload #ScienceFiction #Larrys100 #RheaSeehorn