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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
Fiction Shorts Notice
Fiction Shorts Notice
Listen up, dudes, dudettes, et duds
Nancy Oglesby
Aug 6
Today's Word
Twisted August Random Drabble 226
Twisted August Random Drabble 226
Challenge for Tuesday, August 13th
Nancy Oglesby
Aug 12
A Perilous Poker Night
A Perilous Poker Night
Random Word Drabble Challenge Day 214 word is ‘alcohol,’ we must tell a story based on an image provided (revealed at the end)
Stephen Dalton
Aug 12
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Here’s to us
Sawyer Kuhl, the Quiet Dad
Aug 12
Always a Princess
Always a Princess
But a queen from afar
Jessica Morgan
Aug 12
Passages of Time
Passages of Time
How slowly they run
Paula Shablo
Aug 12
Reader Comments Can Be a Mixed Bag
Reader Comments Can Be a Mixed Bag
Some are nasty, but others are supportive.
Carole Olsen
Aug 12
Six Bullets Left
Six Bullets Left
Family ties
Emma Vincent
Aug 12
Cut and Paste
Cut and Paste
Make haste, not waste
Paula Shablo
Aug 12
Does It Really Work That Way?
Does It Really Work That Way?
A naive woman had a child every year.
Brian Dickens Barrabee
Aug 12
Snow White’s Seven Friends
Snow White’s Seven Friends
Random Word Drabble Challenge Day 225 word is ‘magazine,’ and the last sentence must be: ‘and then there were six’
Stephen Dalton
Aug 12
Life Was Different in the Past
Life Was Different in the Past
But also pretty similar
Sawyer Kuhl, the Quiet Dad
Aug 12
Killing Time
Killing Time
Today’s word is “magazine” and the twist is that your story must end with “and then there were six.”
S. Douglas Hall
Aug 12
Me-OW
Me-OW
magazine hot spot
Carolann Grace Renaud
Aug 12
Fish in a Barrel
Fish in a Barrel
Do you play their game?
Misha Seeks
Aug 12
The Breath of a Marksman
The Breath of a Marksman
It takes more than physical fitness
Jessica Morgan
Aug 12
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy had seven editors. Had being the operative word!
Harry Hogg
Aug 12
Meeting At Midnight
Meeting At Midnight
Ancient artifacts mystery
Gary L Ellis
Aug 12
A Little Competition
A Little Competition
They fall one by one
Mary Morton
Aug 12
Soul Sacrifice
Soul Sacrifice
The random word of the day is ‘magazine’ with a twist
Miriam Connolly
Aug 12
Kindness Doesn’t Assume
Kindness Doesn’t Assume
It isn’t about the giver or the receiver. It simply is
Eko B
Aug 12
One By One
One By One
They will go down
Izzibella Beau
Aug 12
Don’t Count Your Eggs Like Your Boyfriends
Don’t Count Your Eggs Like Your Boyfriends
It might crack you up
Karen Schwartz
Aug 12
The Eggciting Recipe
The Eggciting Recipe
Drabble day 225 —magazine
Lynn L. Alexander
Aug 12
The Happy Family
The Happy Family
It’s rarely as good as it looks
Nancy Oglesby
Aug 12
Glossy Memories
Glossy Memories
Magazine is today’s random word, and then there were six are the last words.
Nancy S Rust
Aug 12
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