As Always, We’ll Keep You Informed
GRACE CROUTHAMEL
In a navy suit tailored for broadcast seriousness, shoulders rigid with ambition and face slick with perspiration, he stands at the podium as a red Breaking News banner crawls across the screen. He opens by acknowledging “concerns” and assuring the public that safety is the top priority. Reporters clamber forward and begin shouting questions: the death toll of the toxic frog plague in West Texas; the Secretary of Domestic Security’s posts depicting the destruction of Latvia; confirmation that the North American Vampire Coven is real. He only replies, “Who’s to say? We’ll keep you informed. Thank you, and God bless.”
Grace Crouthamel is a queer writer from Northern Appalachia, fond of strange stories, living with two dogs, a lizard.
As Always, We’ll Keep You Informed was a finalist in our Annual Drabble contest to capture the year that was 2025 in 100 words.