So
scribblesinink pointed me towards the
preview of the next
Supernatural tie-in novel
Bone Key written by Keith DeCandido, and
issued a general challenge for people to remix it.
How could I resist producing a 100-word drabble that covered everything that was in the original - without the additional 2700 words of turgidly paced filler?
Bone Key – the drabble remix"Yaphet?" Sam glanced at Bobby.
"Nut job." Bobby sipped the champagne they were using to toast New Year.
"Really? Sure, we'll check it out." Dean snapped their father's old phone closed. "Let's go, Sam!"
"You takin' that hippie burnout seriously?" Bobby stared incredulously.
Dean shrugged. "Bunch of hauntings, plus some girl got her throat slit and there was sulfur...."
Unexpectedly, Sam backed his brother. "If it’s a real job, we should go. If it isn’t, Dean gets to cut loose in Key West."
The thought that Dean had maybe less than a year to live hung unspoken in the air.