This is Drabbletober, the podcast of tiny fiction.

Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 7, season 2, for Tuesday the seventh of October 2025. I'm Elizabeth Guilt.

Your one-hundred word story for the day is:

Heart. Beat.

by Elizabeth Guilt

I'll make coffee before I reply to that email.

No, we won't consider a reunion. Granger is still dead.

They used to suggest getting some up-and-coming kid to fill in, or using drum machines. Now it's AI-powered avatars of Granger.

The band was the four of us and it meant everything. We can't replace him.

Most Friday nights, I pick up my guitar and head round to Jonno's. Billy brings his bass, when he can get away.

We sit round the piano with a bottle of whisky, jamming, playing our old songs.

Late at night, we still hear the drums.

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Take care, everyone, and I'll see you tomorrow for episode 8.

https://www.elizabethguilt.com/drabbletober/s2episode7