#69: Riff-Raff

Nice! PC and Spud join for an episode about the refuse and derelicts of society, the beatific and the beat-down.  Stories include desert rats; literal rodents; a couple deciding on a change; a girl who has become the riff-raff; and a narcissist who leaves nothing behind. From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Riff-raff. Sweepings; refuse; the rabble. The Old French term was rif et raf, whence the phrase Il n’a laissé ni rif ni raf (‘He has left nothing behind him’). Rif is related to rifle, ‘to plunder’, and raf to rafle, ‘sweeping up’.Stories begin around the 11:45 mark.Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.