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Example of a 100-word Drabble: the evocation of a single scene A scene from the television series The Avengers. (We chose a TV show example so as not to ruin any science fiction movie you might like to write about.) In "Lobster Quadrille," John Steed's partner Mrs. Gale is missing, presumed dead in a fire. A body has been found, and Steed waits in the mortuary for it to be brought in. Cold hands. Sick stomach. So cold. So sick. Ironic, for if she’s dead she died in searing flames. Her beauty…now charred blackness. He’s failed her. He’s never failed a partner before, but he failed her. If she’s dead. She can’t be dead. Not Cathy. Not his Cathy Gale. Someone, talking to him. “No, no, Mrs. Gale was my responsibility.” Bang! Doors open. Even colder as gurney wheeled in. Tries to breathe. Can’t. Lifts sheet. It’s not her! Raises eyes. Stares blindly. Hears her voice. Freezes again. Turns to look at her, very slowly. Their eyes meet. Lock. She knows. Can you to evoke an entire film in exactly 100 words? Or can you do a single scene in such a way that your readers will know of which movie you write? Get creative! ALL DRABBLES BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE THUNDER CHILD AND WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THIS SITE...FOREVER