“Happy Halloween!”

“And Happy Halloween!”

Every customer who came into my shop after Thanksgiving got the same treatment. After they paid, I wished them a Happy Halloween.

Most smiled blankly, or just stared at me.

But then one guy, when I said it, he stopped, turned, and laid into me. I assumed he was religious, but then he began talking about “corporate greed” and “childhood obesity” so I guessed he was one of those liberal types.

At the end of his rant I apologized and watched him leave. I also made a note of his name.

I had found this year’s victim.

Sliding Steps

Every day I went down to the park to feed pigeons.

Every day I saw the young girl crawl towards the slide before her mother pulled her away.

But soon she would visit, crawl and try to climb up it with permission, once she learnt how to stand and how to climb.

It took months, but every day she tried, and every so often she got one rung higher.

Until, eventually, she made it to the top, and then slid down.

I never saw a look of such satisfaction.

And then she began to work towards two in one day.

Non-Drabble: Gronak debuts in #7DaysLater Ep 2

So as I posted before, #7DaysLater made a short film in 7 days and they needed an Alien name and they went with Gronak from my suggestion. 

They even got the pronunciation 'right'.

So yeah, Reflected Glory and all that.

Here's the link since I can't embed right this second, apparently.

Thank you #7DaysLater.

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“Court is now in session, Judge Haim presiding. Calling Blackthorn V Feldman!”

The parties took their positions.

“Your honor, this is simple. The accused entered into an agreement, then reneged. We are asking for reasonable damages, and-“

“Oh come on!”

The judge looked over his glasses.

“Young man, I will have order in this court.”

“But this is all so stupid! I mean, he just posted a silly riddle and I got it wrong, and I refused to repost it!”

“Did you say you would?”

“Well it said you had to if attempted, sure-“

“I find for the Plaintiff then.”

New Message From Gronak! (#3)

“Greetings Fellow Human! May Gronak ask question at you?”

Sure.

“Why you give Gronak to Show?”

What?

“Show want Alien name, ask Internet, you give it Gronak. Gronak are not Alien!”

What are you then?

“…

Swiss.”

Well look, it’s the internet, you do anything on here, you might send someone off on a tangent, anything online will be used as creative fodder for someone else. You just gotta learn to live with people ‘stealing’ from you.

“So you not worry someone steal ‘Drabble’ from you and get money/women/awards/other?”

…

Well I do now. Thanks.

*TV Star Gronak is offline.*

(So yeah, 7 Days Later, which is sort of like a TV version of a Drabble via Social Media, took my suggestion for the name of an Alien. You can check it out on ABC2 tomorrow night or wait till they upload the film onto Youtube and I'll link it here because I'm a sucker for reflected glory. You can check out the series, as it is so far, here on the Tube of You.) 

Blackmail Smoke

“So that’s the terms. I become Emperor of one nation on Earth, chosen by me, according to the one guideline I pick and the three you do. And in exchange, the Earth survives. Good?”

The Emergency UN Council reluctantly agreed.

“Very well. The country must be in mainland Europe.”

The council discussed it, then the Chairwoman stood.

“It also must be less than 100km², have a population less than 35,000 and not have any national debt.”

“Deal.”

“So, when will you take over San Marino?”

“No, I choose Vatican City.”

We suspect him becoming Pope was his plan all along.

The Problem with Pedestals

I would have complained that he was an hour late, but I wasn’t about to lose this gig.

When he walked in, although he was wearing modern clothing, he was the spitting image of the portraits. It was indeed him.

“Mr. Shakespeare, I’m sure you’ve heard this ever since you were brought to this time, but you’ve been a huge inspiration to me…”

He remained silent. I plunged on.

“So… You’ve spent the last few weeks brushing up on history, and so… Ready to write some movies?”

He leant forward.

“Look, I… All my plays were workshopped with the actors…”