Welcome to this week’s installment of many micro stories, ranging in length from 100 words to 500 words.
With each story we hope to deliver a little whimsy into the lives of our readers.
OUT WITH THE OLD
“I see the problem,” the broom technician said. “Your souls are weak. How long have you had them?”
Esmerelda beamed. “They’re the originals. Came with the broom.”
The tech put his ear to the broomstick. “Do you hear how faint their wailing is? It should be twice that loud.”
He handed Esmerelda her broom. “Banish these souls to the underworld and get some new ones, you’ll be good to go.” He vanished in a puff of smoke.
Esmerelda sighed. Collecting souls meant being around mortals. She hated mortals.
But her sister had been pestering her to join a book club.
Greg Schwartz writes speculative fiction and poetry. He lives in the US with his wife, children, and dog. He’s been fortunate to have stories in Black Ink Horror, Champagne Shivers, Writers’ Journal, and Mount Zion Speculative Fiction Review. In a pre-fatherhood life, he was the staff cartoonist for SP Quill Magazine and a book reviewer for Whispers of Wickedness.
If you enjoyed this drabble you can find it and more in the Hawthorn & Ash 2023 anthology.
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