Challenge
September 2024 Drabble Challenge: A Day in the Eighties
Using exactly 100 words, tell me a story inspired by the phrase, "A Day in the Eighties." You don't need to use the exact words, just launch into a flash fiction piece that goes wherever your imagination leads. I ask that you use standard spelling, punctuation, grammar, and prose construction to spin this yarn. Are we talking about a decade? Temperatures? Old age? You decide. Please don't tag me, I'll read all the entries and pick a winner sometime in early October. Winner gets two whole dollars!
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Old Richard’s Stash
When Richard died, he was a retired widower who'd grown his basement collection for decades. There were balls, tires, license plates, fasteners, and more. Innocuous junk, only the pile of hospital badges raised some suspicion.
But this was nothing diabolical. Richard was a collector, a Depression forged drive. He was also a God fearing man; if you jumped off the Twin Towers, well, "No faith!"
They cleared Richard's house after he died. So the new owner, a single mother, was surprised to find a bag behind the furnace. Indeed, even more surprised to discover, inside it, Richard's stash of dildos.