Sublime

Gary is ten years older than me and perfect for his job. A big chunk of Missing Persons is getting people who stay far from cops to talk to you – street hookers to tell you about the new girl who matches that teenager on the news, homeless addicts to drop by and mention the guy who tried to sleep on their patch last night and looked a lot like that

the ‘Drabble’, or a ‘microfiction’ of 100 words. Many writers have tried their hands at Drabbles, including Neil Gaiman, who, he says, ‘failed miserably’ and couldn’t get his below 102 words. Eventually he gave up, and made the first two words the title of his story, ‘Nicholas Was’. It is a gleefully sinister Christmas tale.