Hello, and welcome to Drabbletober. This is episode 11, for Friday the eleventh of October 2024.

These Bills Don't Pay Themselves

by Elizabeth Guilt

Cursing people is easy. Anyone can do it. Removing curses, now. That's a skill. Learned it from my grandmother and I'm good at it.

No-one who comes through that door and pays up leaves with any kind of curse on them. Those who won't pay, mind, that's another story.

Trouble is, people are boring. A curse for a woman: losing her looks. A man? Usually someone's hoping, you know, something will drop off.

Past couple of weeks, mind. Wow. There's been some... yeah. Creative curses. I'm impressed.

It's intricate work, too. Looks intriguing. Looks... profitable.

I'm in the wrong business.