This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.

Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 19, season 2, for Sunday the nineteenth of October 2025. I'm Elizabeth Guilt.

Your one-hundred word story for the day is:

The Way Forward Is Back

by Elizabeth Guilt

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The man stalks around, wand in hand. He stops and throws his arms wide.

"Here! I sense a foul presence."

Kimberley stares at her feet. She doesn't feel foul.

She leaves before the man has lit his candles. It was her house, once, but she's not welcome now.

Outside is bright, and noisy. She winces. It's been so long since she left the room where she was murdered.

She drifts, clinging to the shade of alleyways, following a half-forgotten route to somewhere safe, comforting.

She flies through concrete walls and settles into the quiet dark of the abandoned school library.

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As you may know from previous episodes, when it comes to classic scare stories I'm usually Team Monster all the way. I do worry about where ghosts go when they get exorcised.

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Take care, everyone, and I'll see you tomorrow for episode 20.

https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2episode19