Yup, it’s flash fiction time again!
As always, this is based around Laurence Simon’s weekly challenge for the 100 word-stories podcast. It’s a great exercise for writers – writing a good drabble is a lot harder than it appears, but is still a "small" task so you can get around that idea of it being too much work. And then you get a random (and often bizarre) writing prompt to shoehorn you out of writer’s block! Go read the rules for the Weekly Challenge and participate! Heck, Chris the Nuclear Kid does when he remembers to (and I can drag him away from video games)!
The player below should have the audio for this week; if it doesn’t, you can find the audio here to download. You can also read and hear the rest of the entries at the 100 Word Stories podcast site!
I am now – when I remember to do so – updating these in a podcast feed (dubbed "Radio Free Steven the Nuclear Man" by Laurence). You can subscribe with this link (https://feeds.feedburner.com/Ideatrash) in your podcatcher or phone.
Ms. Anderson’s voice grated. "Are you enjoying trunk-or-treat, Billy? You make such a cute angel!" She handed him several cubes of low-fat, low-sugar, low-taste caramel.
Billy scowled. "I wanted to be a werewolf."
Billy’s mother blanched. "Billy, is that any way to be on Beggar’s Night?"
Billy shook off the costume’s wings and walked away. "It’s Halloween," he muttered, low enough that neither woman heard him.
In the brilliance of the headlights, the congregation planned their defense against the War On Christmas.
Billy looked past the lights, past the suburbs, to the moon beginning to rise.
Billy began to howl.