The Ugliest Thing I’d Ever Seen
100-word story 
The Dribble Drabble Review
Spring 2023

The first time I saw an erect penis, I was nine. Waiting for our parents in the backseat of my dad’s Datsun, it appeared out of nowhere, like a fake snake exploding out of a can. My 15-year-old stepbrother’s erection was a mean, expectant beast—a huge, white, curved handle, springing from a mass of curly black hair. “Touch it,” he said. I don’t recall what happened next. But I avoided him when forced to visit my dad’s new home, and kept quiet, fearing blame. I filed this incident under “evidence that I am bad.” A fitting definition for ugly.

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