Season 2, Episode 25: Oooh, Look, Breadcrumbs!

This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 25, season 2, for Saturday the twenty-fifth of October 2025. I'm Elizabeth Guilt.Your one-hundred word story for the day is:Oooh, Look, Breadcrumbs!by Elizabeth Guilt---I was jamming my earbud back in when the world stopped.His cloak was grey, mostly, with a greasy green-purple sheen. His boney face was pointed. In his hand, a sharp... Well, I didn't want to think about that. "You're lucky," he said, voice softly bubbling. "Lucky?" My bike lay crushed under a taxi, one wheel spinning gently."You're in my kingdom: the City of London. You can choose: oblivion, or a second, tiny life."Some choice. "Doesn't everyone choose life?"His head bobbed. The world span behind me, buildings loomed taller.I strutted away to peck with my flock.------Take care, everyone, and I'll see you tomorrow for episode 26.https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2episode25