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FICTION | DRABBLE | RANDOM WORD CHALLENGE

The Masterful Stroke of Genius

RWDrabble 2.0.012 | Word: Abandon

Stephen Dalton
Fiction Shorts
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4 min readJan 13, 2025

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A group of four octogenarian writers sitting by the pool with mimosas and laptops writing and reading drabbles.
Fiction Shorts drabble creators by the pool — Bing AI image creation tool — Adapted with PowerPoint Designs.

The random word is abandon, and we must finish the trilogy of our character from the past and present into a future setting.

This is the past:

The present:

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Once, as Baby Face, I lit up the stage. As Geriatric Jeri, I made moves across Thailand. After a double knee replacement…

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Stephen Dalton
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Stephen Dalton is a retired US Army First Sergeant with a degree in journalism from the University of Maryland. Top Writer in Investing, Business, & Bitcoin!

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