Dear Readers, It’s been too long since I’ve shared a story on Sunday, so I thought I’d start small and share this recent 100-word Drabble written to the photo prompt on 100 Word Story. It comes at the cusp of testing season here, and I wonder if any of my readers can relate?
Happy Sunday!
Option C
I made it to number thirty before guessing.
They say C is the safest answer, if you have no idea. I look over the lineup of usual suspects: A sure looks suspicious. I glance at the scantron. B is sorely misrepresented. And, let’s not forget D, that bad boy.
Resolved, my pencil goes in for a landing, but at touch down, the lead snaps.
Should I sharpen? Try to pop the lead back in and soldier on?
With such little time, I go with the third option: grip the graphite and scratch in the remaining C’s before the time’s up.
©2023 | K. Hartless
Yard Sale of Thoughts 
ha! necessity is the mother of invention
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Indeed. I’m inventing all sorts of ways to carry too much stuff almost daily here. Theres the under the chin to chest move. It’s risky, but works.
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Been there, done that far too many times 😉
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I’m not the only one willing to cling to a micro lead to finish a sentence or test. How wonderful.
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I’ve read this before and thought about it; a Drabble like a haiku is a limiting form, it doesn’t allow much room for character or dialogue though you do a pretty good job with snippy internal monlogues which give the piece character; no oil change required 🙂 btw the website ‘The Drabble’ seems to have been discontinued 😦
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I think Drabble is just a word that means 100 word piece. There are some magazines that still accept them. Sorry to hear “The Drabble” is no more. I remember reading some of your pieces this length some time past.
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yes it;s a great form and you’ve done well inside its tight limitations —
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That’s a bit of stress! Well done, K. ✏️
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Don’t miss those days!
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