Drabblecast 409: The Dandelion Man by Jack Nicholls

[mightytwix]

Drabblecast 409: The Dandelion Man

By Jack Nicholls

Teo and Paulus stood at the shore of the pampas, where the grass grew twice as tall as a man. They were naked, and the pampero raised goosebumps on their skin. The stalks bent against the wind’s force, green and gold ripples drawing the eye to the distant horizon. It was a good wind, people had been telling Teo all morning. Lucky.

Cover art by Gareth McGorman
Read by Norm Sherman

Drabble: The Blossom by Eric Marsh
Twabble: he stripper gazed longingly into my eyes as the delicate layers fell to the floor, revealing the muscle beneath my skin.

[ScubaMan]

Alright alright alright! This was good stuff. I processed this twisted story as an example of survival of the fittest. I didn't see that end coming....

Spoiler:

the losing man who remained under the grass. He was stung by some aweful insect until the victim {{{or angel... or dandelion man?!}}}} became a dirigible. He became a phucking balloon animal who floated away. Actually, I thought they were both going to be able to sail back to the town... both as dirt men... Nah. It wasn't gonna happen. Ooof.

What was the benefit of being a dirt man? What was the benefit (?!) of being a dandelion man?

Dirty tricks, indeed. No heros in this story. Nice.

btw - am I the only one who had an mental image of the movie Apocalypse Now...?... when Chef says... don't get off the boat. No no no no no. Bye bye tiger. Bye bye.
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Looking for nice ripe juicy mangoes,
ScubaMan.

[Kevin Anderson]

Just spent 30 minutes checking out Gareth McGorman site Penny Lane. Wild, fun, super groovy stuff. Drabblecast seems to find great artists, or at least the strangest. Check it out https://pennylanepublishing.com/collect ... man?page=1

[mightytwix]

Another great story. I just took my second listen tinight after the kids went to bed. I know I need to tell my kids ( 1 and 3) to be nice., play good and make friends. But there are some days, you just want to tell them to do whatever needs to be done. A great coming of age story!

And as always impecable production.

[behind the ziggurat]

Loved this story! That ending, wow, incredible! After The Translator I thought, man, science fiction, that's my jam, give me all spaceship stories all the time. And then I almost almost wished that the Drabblecast was an all scifi story show. And then this amazing story comes to punish me for my foolishness and remind me that the Drabblecast finds brilliant stories from all genres. It's the weirdness I love baby.