Drabblecast 100- Trifecta VI

Cork RIngtone and the Break Dancing Pig by Mel Bosworth
Gerri's Sounds by Michelle Howarth
Cupid, Playing by Ken Goldman

Drabblecast 99- Sarah's Window by Janni Lee Simner
Drabble- We Slept Through the End of the World by Brian Baer

The shadow lingered at Sarah's window, balanced on air, certain to fly away the next step I took.  Another moment and it would be gone.  Another moments and I would call the police, report my daughter missing, and spend the rest of my life convincing myself I'd imagined it...

Drabblecast 98 The Graggleberry Thief by Steve Clancey
Drabble Culling the Herd by Nicholas Empey

"Mark my words Monkey," said the chicken.  "If you're up to no good, Felonious Peck will find you out..."

Drabblecast 97- Daydream Nation by Paul Di Filippo
Drabble- Cryosleep by Jake Freivald

From a small, dusty box similar to a contact-lens case, she took a fresh iDreams bindi, a self-adhesive circlet displaying the iDreams logo: a stylized human head wreathed in fluffy clouds and displaying a Third Eye...

Drabblecast 96 L'wek and Sarah by Samantha Henderson
Drabble Any Day by Shane Shennen

Since the Emergence they'd all had to learn:  humans, certainly, but mostly the Lemurians...

Drabblecast 95 On Dasher by Jonathan C. Gillespie

Seen from a hundred feet up--if one could see any of this meeting, which they can't-- Saint Nick and his reindeer are red and brown dots standing on a potmarked gray island spanning hundreds of feet, lapped by waves...

Drabblecast 94- Squidges by Thomas Canfield
Drabble-  The Night Sky by Wonko

"Squidges?" This was a term I hadn't heard before.  I was used to Maine brother colloquialisms, they had adopted a vocabulary largely unique to themselves, but this went beyond even that...

Drabblecast 93- Blue by Mike Resnick
Drabble- Ancient Apple Tree by Shane Shennen

I had a dog, his name was Blue
Betchya five dollars he's a good one too.
Come on Blue!
I'm a-comin' too.

Drabblecast 92- Synesthesia by J. Alan Pierce
Drabble- Tainted by Saul Lemerond

The called  it “Synesthesia.”  It's when the senses got mixed up and you started to hear colors or taste sounds...

Drabblecast 91- Gifting Bliss:  Fifteen Years Later, Jason Avery’s Magic is Still Saving the World by Josh Rountree

"When I first met Jason he was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the studio, surrounded by burning candles.  The air smelled like flowers and a sort of a fog hung in the room and I'm thinking- this dude is a little off...”

Drabblecast 90- Far Far Away by Frank Key

Drabble- Train Dreams by Matthew Bey

The bullet-riddled corpses of our dead crew-mates, all sixteen of them, are coffined up, and the coffins stacked as a makeshift ping pong table...

Drabblecast 89- Starry Night by Samantha Henderson

Drabble- Please Allow the Door to Close by John Medaille

"They were frozen in place, and their bodies blazed.  The angel was before them, and they were silent, burning with no heat..."

Drabblecast 88- The Toys of Peace by Saki

Harvey retreated to the library and spent some thirty or fourty minutes in wondering whether it would be possible to compile a history, for us in elementary schools, in which there should be no prominent mentions of battles, massacres, murderous intrigues, and violent deaths...

Drabblecast 87- The Box Born Wraith by Kevin Anderson

"I don't want to die in the dark!"
"We all die in the dark, Benny..."

Drabblecast 86- Half-Sneeze Johnny by Kurt Kirchmeier

Drabble- Allergies by Peter Wood

If he ain’t comfortable, he can’t sneeze proper to save his life...

Drabblecast 85- Trifecta V

Strange Love
by Suzanne Vincent

Cookie? 
by Jim Bernheimer

Forbidden Love
by Ian Fossberg.

Drabblecast 84- Doubleheader: Hush and Hark & Metasciencefiction by Michael Swanwick

"She was called Mrs. Underhill, because that's where she lived, and I assumed she was some kind of hob, because she obviously wasn't human..."

Drabblecast 83- Floating Over Time by Robert Reed

She was a machine, fabulously complex and durable and imaginative.  She was also alive...

Drabblecast 82- An Overgrown Clump of Narcissists by Thane Thompson

Drabble- My Cat Was Killed By Fairies by Abbie Hilton

"As you can see, this clump of daffodils is far too overgrown," said the frail, blue-haired host.  "The blooms in the center are starting to suffer as the younger bulbs challenge them for sunlight and nutrients...”

Drabblecast 81- Snuffles by Jamie Lackey
Drabble- Chester Cleans the Kitchen by Liz Mierzejewski

Snuffles' cave was a marvelous place.  It was where his glowing rock lived...

Drabblecast 80- Standing in Line by Michael Simon

Drabble- The End by Kristian Korner

I sense a diference the instant I step out of the water.  In the unnatural stillness there is an arid taste in the air that assaults the back of my throat...

Drabblecast 79- Low-Carb Cheesecake by Nicky Drayden

Drabble- My Nightmare by Nathan Hotovoy
Drabble- Night of the Witches by Josh Charney and Andrew Culver

"Of course. I'll have that right out to you. And will that be all?"
"Just one thing," I said, nodding towards the cheesecake. "How do you do it?"

Drabblecast 78- Panel Discussion by Mark P. Morehead

“So, where do you get your ideas?” he asked.
“I get my ideas from thinking about things.”
“Like what?”
“Like this panel.”

Drabblecast 77- Permanent Detention by Weldon Burge

“But Dad, he scares me....” 
“I don’t care if he’s got three eyes and tentacles.  He’s your teacher and you need to pass his class.  Case closed...”

Drabblecast 76- Apologies All Around by Jeff Soesbe

"Pardon, Winston Sinclair, I am not here to sell you something. I am not here to buy something. Winston Sinclair, sir, I am here to apologize..."

Drabblecast 75- Trifecta IV

Ephemeroptera’s Lament
by Craig Watson

The Crack in the Cosmic Egg
by Mike Resnick

No Strings Attached
by Thane Thompson

Bbardle- 75 Lines

Drabblecast 74- Witchcraft in the Harem by Aliya Whiteley

Drabble- In Bad Taste by Ayn Sauer

“I’m in serious trouble here,” I said to the pale man.  “Give me some words of wisdom.”

He didn’t say anything.  Not too surprising, considering he was being confronted by a six foot two ex-model in a red micro-mini and a see-through blouse.

Drabblecast 73- All In by Peter Atwood

Drabble- Clearing the Pallet by Michael Young

The medical profession doesn't talk about '"The Treatment"...it came from Argentina, but the scientist was from Mumbai, or the other way around...

Drabblecast 72- Exit by Jeff Carlson

"Lieutenant," she said, "Stevens obviously has it, or he would have quit this crap..."

Drabblecast 71- Perfect Down Further by Max Kraft

Drabble- Boys will be Boys by Alex Moisi

"All the Kings have been doubtful at first.  To be honest, there have been humans who have declined, but it's just a  matter of trying....and believing...

Drabblecast 70- Reality Bites! by Jim Bernheimer

"Well Mr. Merrill, as my associate informed your brother, it is the official opinion of Fundamental Insurance that you are not dead per se...."

Drabblecast 69- The Story-Teller by Saki

Drabble- Sacrifices by Abigail Hilton

“Once upon a time there was a little girl named Bertha, who was extra-ordinarily good...”

Drabblecast 68- The Wiggly People by Eugie Foster

Drabble- Time Flies by Ian Mackereth

Uncle Karl shouts when he’s mad, and sometimes he smacks Mama.  That always makes the sharp things hurt me and the wiggly people come out...

Drabblecast 67- Malish by Mike Resnick

Drabble- A Matter of Meditation by Michael Young

 

His method of running was simple and to the point:  he was usually last out of the gate, last on the backstretch, last around the far turn, and last at the finish wire...

Drabblecast 66- Creatures in Disguise by James Shackell

Drabble- Monsters by Alex Moisi

 
They didn’t feel things the way humans did...things like mercy...

Drabblecast 65- Old Clara's Favorites by Jonathan C. Gillespie

Drabble- Grandpa’s Stories by Roy McDaniel

 
Old Clara only bought gourds.  God only knew why, and folks weren’t asking themselves.  Not that Clara would have answered...

Drabblecast 64- Thus Spake Bleerbo by Ahmed A. Khan

Drabble- Hard Rain by K. Tempest Bradford

Bbardle- Sci-fi High for Norma Silverstrim

 
Planet to planet, galaxy to galaxy, he moved, helping people, saving lives, redeeming himself...and never finding the necessity to a speak a word...

Drabblecast 63- Time Shift by Ben Pung

Drabble- 360 Degrees by Derek L. Palmer

 
A few seconds (approximately 3.21, her processors told her) wasn't a lot of time- a human brain wouldn't have had the same opportunity for reflection...

Drabblecast 62- Sizzle by Weldon Burge

Drabble- Missing You by Merrill Page

 
Insanity wears many masks...

Drabblecast 61- Trifecta III

 
Kisses
by Tobias S. Buckell

Warmth of the Sun
by Sean Ruane

My Moustache:  A Love Story
by Ralph Gamelli

Drabblecast 60- Dysfunction by Rob Haines

Bbardle- “Juzt Mizundrstood” for Mike Dunn

 
“I have to see for myself, or else I’ll never know.  I’ll lie there, half-in and half-out of a dream, listening to them every night...”

Drabblecast 59- The Interview by Kevin Anderson

 
"Your son appears to be quite exceptional, Mrs. Warren," Dr. Ethridge said, looking up through wire-framed glasses from the test results on his desk.  "He has the gift."

Drabblecast 58- Eggs by Matthew Bey

Drabble- Only Cold by Nathan Barnes

 
“Get into the prep room!  We need to wash you off and destroy your pants!”

Drabblecast 57- The Tiger Fortune Princess by Eugie Foster

 
“Your daughter will die unborn unless she rides the dragon’s tail...”

Drabblecast 56- 33 Seconds by LB Sedlaceck

Bbardle- Playing Dead for Tom Baker

 
Inside the TecknoAir factory, deep within the Earth’s core, cheap was a necessity...

Drabblecast 55- Circe’s by Damien Walter

 
Feliks Duda has eight weeks left in the country on the morning the letter from the Home Office arrives.  They tell Feliks he has to go back to his country.  That Feliks can not do...

Drabblecast 54- Unholy Fruit
by Kurt Kirchmeier

Drabble- Olympic Gold by Kelley Zanfardino

 
The demon oranges- one for every tree in Roland’s orchard- appeared on an otherwise average Tuesday morning...

Drabblecast 53- Sing
by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Drabble- Blessed Silence by Alfred Bilezerian

 
Child, you sing all the time- when you’re walking, when you’re eating, even when you’re laughing.  You people make the most beautiful music in the entire galaxy...

Drabblecast 52- Sleep Age by Jacob Sewell

 
Around back there's a smaller, dimmer lobby with a line of tired-looking people clutching their little blinking cylinders as they wait to have them verified to get their money...

Drabblecast 51- Crimson
by Rob Haines

 
What wonders my kin saw as the passed away, none living will ever know.  Only those willing to taste the waters see as they did.  Only those willing to taste the waters die with their eyes open...