Prompt: “Will you please just give me a hand?”
“Will you please just give me a hand?” He looked up and couldn’t see her, as she was hidden behind several boxes stacked on top of each other, balancing on her arms. Without a doubt she was rolling her eyes HARD. For a second he considered not to. Sure, he could have come down when he heard her answer the Amazon guy. He knew it was a lot – and mostly his, too – thanks to real time delivery updates. But did she ask? Uh-uh. So, really, was he to blame? Begrudgingly, he moved to take the load off her.
The word “drabble” originated from a Monty Python game and was later adopted by the Birmingham University Science Fiction Society to define a short work of fiction that consists of exactly 100 words, no more, no less. It’s a form of microfiction that emphasizes brevity and conciseness. The challenge lies in telling a complete story within this strict word limit, requiring writers to be very deliberate with their word choices.