Random Word Drabble

The Writer’s Last Stand

A symphony of memories

Random words: 135 tidings; 136 inches; 137 happy; 138 laid; 139 color

As twilight approached, the old writer sat by the window, quill poised. His gnarled fingers trembled as he dipped into the inkwell.

The parchment, inches away, awaited the final strokes – the words that would breathe life into his masterpiece. Tidings of his fading days whispered through the room, but he wrote on, determined. The sentences flowed – a symphony of memories, love, and loss.

As the sun’s coloured palette faded, he laid down the quill, a smile tugging at his lips. The parchment glowed, capturing a lifetime of emotions. The old man closed his eyes, happy and at peace.

2024 © John Hansen: All rights reserved.
Australian writer

Most of my previous drabbles have been published at Fiction Shorts but as I have fallen so far behind I am publishing most now under my own profile. this one, in fact, is an attempt to catch up to some degree and I have included five of the random words.

Every previous drabble/chapter in this serialized story can be found here: