Season 2, Bonus Episode 4: Someone Needs Looking After

2026-02-01

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This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is an occasional bonus episode, for the first of February, 2026. I'm Elizabeth Guilt.Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Someone Needs Looking After---"Evelyn! Come in!" Nan waves her visitor down the corridor, and keeps up her half of the conversation."I know! Awful out there... Yeah... That's February for you..."Nan's delusions are getting worse. But no-one actually comes round now, and these imaginary visits keep...

This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.

Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is an occasional bonus episode, for the first of February, 2026. I'm Elizabeth Guilt.

Your one-hundred word story for the day is: Someone Needs Looking After

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"Evelyn! Come in!"

Nan waves her visitor down the corridor, and keeps up her half of the conversation.

"I know! Awful out there... Yeah... That's February for you..."

Nan's delusions are getting worse. But no-one actually comes round now, and these imaginary visits keep her cheerful.

I head to the kitchen so I don't have to play along. She can't live alone now, but I'm happy looking after her. Except when she hallucinates doctors coming to examine me. I could do without that.

As 'Evelyn' 'departs', I hear Nan whisper.

"So sorry about my grandson. His delusions are getting worse."

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Take care, everyone, and I'll see you again sometime.

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