Season 2, Episode 16: Two Recipes Found in my Grandmother's Cupboard After Her Death, South Coast of Cornwall, England
A tiny speculative fiction fantasy story for October 16th, 2025.
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Show Notes
This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.
Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 16, season 2, for Thursday the sixteenth of October 2025. I'm Elizabeth Guilt.
Your one-hundred word story for the day is:
Two Recipes Found in my Grandmother's Cupboard After Her Death, South Coast of Cornwall, England
by Elizabeth Guilt
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The Lighthouse
One measure of good brandy. If unavailable, substitute whisky. But not rum. Never rum.
Add chopped fruit - strawberries if you can find them. Or raspberries. They will have had enough of lime juice.
Raise to the light. Let it shine, so that the glow will call them home.
Swirl, and serve.
The Siren
As above, but omit the fruit.
Add instead honey, all sweetness, and sing to them from the darkest cliff. Comb out your hair, until your reflection gleams in the surface.
Double the brandy, if you want them to abandon their senses.
Serve.
On the rocks.
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Today is the sixteenth, so I thought we'd mark the halfway-point of Drabbletober with a slightly unusual drabble. Let me know what your favourite story is so far!
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Take care, everyone, and I'll see you tomorrow for episode 17.
https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2episode16