Season 2, Episode 5: The Choir of the Lost
A tiny speculative fiction story for October 5th, 2025.
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Show Notes
This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.
Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 5, season 2, for Sunday the fifth of October 2025. I'm Elizabeth Guilt.
Your one-hundred word story for the day is:
The Choir of the Lost
by Elizabeth Guilt
When Kate ran, she ran hard, leaving behind husband, job, Friday yoga, and Bach cantatas on Wednesdays. Eventually, there was almost no land left and she slumped on a bench. Her tears blurred the poster advertising a singing group.
Kate - with nowhere else, with her voice that the Bach choirmaster described as "fair" - went to the community hall.
"Tea, love?" called a man, lifting a kettle.
"New, are ye?" asked another, spooning ravioli straight from the can.
She nodded nervously, seeing no piano, no sheet music.
Eventually, a song started. Everyone straggled into the chorus and Kate joined in, smiling.
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Take care, everyone, and I'll see you tomorrow for episode 6.
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