DRIBBLES & DRABBLES  

DRIBBLES & DRABBLES 

(50-Word & 100-Word Stories) 

If there are links to the stories, you can read them. For the ones without links, in the words of the esteemed 20th century philosopher Doris Day, "Que sera sera."

"HOLD MY BEER!" (100-Word Story)

Friday Flash Fiction (Scotland, United Kingdom), October 2025.

Teaser: A barroom squabble escalates quickly.

Hold My Beer! by Paul Germano - Friday Flash Fiction 

"THREE STRIKES" (100-Word Story)

Friday Flash Fiction (Scotland, United Kingdom), September 2025.

Teaser: It’s not all fun and games in gym class.

Three Strikes, by Paul Germano - Friday Flash Fiction 

"SAINT CHRISTOPHER" (100-Word Story)

Friday Flash Fiction (Scotland, United Kingdom), February 2025.

Teaser: Preaching the power of Saint Christopher.

Saint Christopher, by Paul Germano - Friday Flash Fiction 

“MYSTERY" (50-Word Story)

The Dribble Drabble Review (Illinois), January 2025.

Teaser: A man, a woman, a bus stop and a bed.

Winter Dribble Drabble Review 2025 Issue X by TDDR / COR - Flipsnack 

(At the link, click the side-arrows to flip through the magazine's pages; it's fun! You can also go directly to my story by clicking page 32 in the Table of Contents; that's fun too!)

"FIVE HIPPIES" (100-Word Story)

Friday Flash Fiction (Scotland, United Kingdom), December 2024. 

Teaser: Their granddaughters have the wrong idea about Hippies. Or do they?

Five Hippies, by Paul Germano - Friday Flash Fiction 

"FAVORITE SON" (100-Word Story)

Friday Flash Fiction (Scotland, United Kingdom), November 2024.

Teaser: Uncle Hank is grilling and three of his nephews are griping about their youngest brother.

Favorite Son, by Paul Germano - Friday Flash Fiction 

"EVERY FOUR YEARS" (50-Word Story)

50-Word Stories (Canada), November 2024.

Teaser: A couple relishes in a time-honored ritual.

https://fiftywordstories.com/2024/11/13/paul-germano-every-four-years/

"MASHED POTATOES" (100-Word Story)

Friday Flash Fiction (Scotland, United Kingdom), October 2024.

Teaser: Grandpa has a problem with his grandson’s table manners.

Mashed Potatoes, by Paul Germano - Friday Flash Fiction

"BAYWATCH IN THE DISTANCE" (100-Word Story)

Friday Flash Fiction (Scotland, United Kingdom), September 2024.

Teaser: A lanky 16-year-old executes a half-baked plan.

Baywatch in the Distance, by Paul Germano - Friday Flash Fiction 

"FORTY-NINTH STATE" (100-Word Story)

Friday Flash Fiction (Scotland, United Kingdom), September 2024.

Teaser: Lifeguarding isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Forty-Ninth State, by Paul Germano - Friday Flash Fiction 

"PEAR TREE" (Under 90 Words)

Friday Flash Fiction (Scotland, United Kingdom), July 2024.

Teaser: Two twin brothers and one pear tree.

Pear Tree, by Paul Germano - Friday Flash Fiction 

“TWO TEACHERS” (50-Word Story)

Blink-Ink (Connecticut), Issue #53, September 2023.

Teaser: Two teachers with the same so-called secret.

"ELEVEN DAYS" (100-Word Story)

The Drabble (Virginia), December 2019 issue.

Teaser: A couple struggles through their eleventh day of sobriety.

Eleven Days | 

“FADED BLUE LOVESEAT” (One-Sentence Story, 78 Words)

Microfiction Monday Magazine (Oregon), July 2018 issue. 

Teaser: A couple arrives home from a holiday party.

Paul Germano | Microfiction Monday Magazine 

“FISHING” Anthology Reprint (50-Word Story)

The Best of Boston Literary Magazine, Volume 1 (Massachusetts), June 2016.

Note: Originally published in Boston Literary Magazine (Massachusetts), Fall 2015 issue. The two-volume anthology, published in June 2016 (Volume 1) and November 2016 (Volume 2), features a mix of selected stories and poems from Boston Literary Magazine’s first 10 years. 

“FISHING” (50-Word Story)

Boston Literary Magazine (Massachusetts), Fall 2015 issue.

Teaser: A woman on a barstool catches the attention of a wide-eyed college guy.

“WESTERN” (12-Word Story)

Vestal Review (New York), Dirty Dozen February 2012 selection.

Teaser: Saddle up for a 12-Word western. Note: Stories in Vestal Review’s Dirty Dozen section are 12 words exactly and should be risqué, but not lewd.