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Fiction Shorts 2024 Drabble Challenge
Fiction Shorts 2024 Drabble Challenge
Words make the world go round
Nancy Oglesby
Dec 30, 2023
Medium Responds Directly!
Medium Responds Directly!
I couldn’t be more excited by their response
Nancy Oglesby
Aug 15
Today's Word
Twisted August Random Drabble 231
Twisted August Random Drabble 231
Challenge for Sunday, August 18th
Nancy Oglesby
Aug 17
The Barber
The Barber
113 random drabble
Jim McAulay🍁 I'm nobody. Are you a nobody too?
Aug 17
Good Ol’ Family Get-Togethers
Good Ol’ Family Get-Togethers
A Random Word Drabble Challenge #229: melt (acrostic form)
Poet In The Arctic
Aug 17
The Story of More Bacon
The Story of More Bacon
With top of the chart jokes
Eko B
Aug 17
Shorts or Jeans?
Shorts or Jeans?
Teddy just wants to belong
Karen Hoffman
Aug 17
Tainted Love
Tainted Love
Today’s random drabble word is Policy
Izzibella Beau
Aug 17
Is Honesty the Best Policy?
Is Honesty the Best Policy?
Mama says I’m a few gallons short of a full tank
Randy Pulley
Aug 17
I Had a Dream
I Had a Dream
It should be your dream, too
Paula Shablo
Aug 17
First Draft
First Draft
A tiny fictional story
Nanie Hurley 🌿
Aug 17
Protected by Policy?
Protected by Policy?
Maybe not if it’s not spelled out
Karen Hoffman
Aug 17
The Man on the Wagon
The Man on the Wagon
What is that?
Noriko Yanyan
Aug 17
Old Blood
Old Blood
The real drama happens offscreen
Misha Seeks
Aug 17
Playing With Death
Playing With Death
Some people aren’t meant to live
Nerdishwrites
Aug 17
Preventative Medicine
Preventative Medicine
Policy is today’s word, and the genre is a drabble and half.
Nancy S Rust
Aug 17
Setting Standards
Setting Standards
Sticking to your guns
Mike Range
Aug 17
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy tells us to use a random word, then tells us which one!🤬🤬💚
Harry Hogg
Aug 17
Not in Any Rule Book!
Not in Any Rule Book!
The random word is ‘policy’ with a twist
Miriam Connolly
Aug 17
You Demand — I Comply
You Demand — I Comply
Don’t say I didn’t rectify
Denée King
Aug 17
Cupid’s Algorithm
Cupid’s Algorithm
Unexpected chemistry
Gary L Ellis
Aug 17
Dusk and Dissent
Dusk and Dissent
A fiery pact to save Waikiki
Pooja Vishwanathan 🦋
Aug 17
A One-Way Conversation
A One-Way Conversation
Today’s random word is policy.
Paul Gardner
Aug 17
Keeping It in the Family
Keeping It in the Family
Sometimes, it’s best to keep things quiet
Mark Palmer
Aug 17
The Wedding of Your Dreams
The Wedding of Your Dreams
A drabble and a half using the prompt word — policy
Robin MS
Aug 17
Adventures In Shopping
Adventures In Shopping
Drabble day 230 — policy/150 words
Lynn L. Alexander
Aug 17
These Boots Were Made for Walkin’
These Boots Were Made for Walkin’
And, that’s just what they’ll do
Nancy Oglesby
Aug 17
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