Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober Season 2. This is episode 23 for Thursday the twenty-third of October, 2025.
Ice Cubs
by Elizabeth Guilt
Ice cubs crawled from the bay this morning. It's been a decade - we used to see them most years.
We've set up the perimeter. People will ignore it. Ice cubs are not bears - but they're not not bears, either. They glitter, like diamonds. They're really cute.
Scientists are the worst, all "pushing boundaries" and "furthering knowledge". Last time, one approached the cubs. Things were brief and very, very red.
The ice cubs will leave in a week or so. My grandfather always said they climb into the mountains and become glaciers.
Perhaps they do. We don't need to know everything.