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When Larry Met Sally at the Dean Koontz Writing Conference

Random Word Drabble Challenge Day 142 word is Conference

Stephen Dalton
Fiction Shorts
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3 min readMay 21, 2024

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Sally is staring at Larry with a quizzical look at a Writing conference.
At the Dean Koontz Writing Conference — Created with Bing AI image creation tool.

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For years, Larry poured over Sally’s stories on Medium, captivated by her wit and wisdom.

Their online banter sparked a connection, leaving him helplessly in love.

He was enthralled with her and hoped his poetry and long prose proved that. He wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of his life with her. Larry envisioned their porch swing swaying in the breeze while they wrote.

Finally, fate intervened, and they would attend a writing conference together.

Larry approached Sally with nervous trepidation — mumbling his enchantment with her.

With a quizzical smile, she asked simply, “Now, who are you again?”

For this drabble, the random word to build the story around is “conference.”

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Stephen Dalton
Fiction Shorts

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!