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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
Today's Word
Twisted August Random Drabble 237
Twisted August Random Drabble 237
Challenge for Saturday, August 24th
Nancy Oglesby
Aug 23
It’s Not Your Fault
It’s Not Your Fault
He couldn’t forgive himself
Douglas Lim
Aug 23
You Think You Know People
You Think You Know People
Then you find out they’re monsters
Mike Range
Aug 23
The Notice
The Notice
No good news today
Paula Shablo
Aug 23
The Last Words Spoken
The Last Words Spoken
Today’s random drabble word is Inform
Izzibella Beau
Aug 23
Living Under a Shroud of Confusion
Living Under a Shroud of Confusion
Sometimes, knowing less would be better
Sawyer Kuhl, the Quiet Dad
Aug 23
The Colors from Within
The Colors from Within
Only shine when seen
Jennifer Morrison
Aug 23
Speaking Tanka
Speaking Tanka
Drabble day 236 is inform with a tanka
Scott Nuce
Aug 23
The code that rhymed the breach
The code that rhymed the breach
The riddle in the code
Atilio Mera
Aug 23
Pearl’s Dream
Pearl’s Dream
Inspired by a true story
Nancy S Rust
Aug 23
It’s About Time!
It’s About Time!
Day 236 random word: inform
Katy Lin
Aug 23
Gone with the Petals
Gone with the Petals
The vanishing love of twilight’s embrace
Pooja Vishwanathan 🦋
Aug 23
Poetry Versus Trucks
Poetry Versus Trucks
Drabble day 236 — inform
Lynn L. Alexander
Aug 23
The Rhyme and the Reason
The Rhyme and the Reason
The random word of the day is ‘inform’ with a twist
Miriam Connolly
Aug 23
Tanka By The Sea
Tanka By The Sea
Aiko’s seashore poem
Gary L Ellis
Aug 23
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy likes to tinker with her tanka. 🤣🤣❤️
Harry Hogg
Aug 23
Big Girl At Last
Big Girl At Last
A tiny fictional story
Nanie Hurley 🌿
Aug 23
She Who Must Be Feared
She Who Must Be Feared
A story, a tanka.
OBA.T.K
Aug 23
Why Do Some People Prefer Particular Personal Pronouns?
Why Do Some People Prefer Particular Personal Pronouns?
1 haiku + 1 couplet = 1 tanka
Jerry Dwyer
Aug 23
The Promise
The Promise
Freedom always comes in the end
Mark Palmer
Aug 23
Do My Poems Ever Make Sense When I’m Hungover?
Do My Poems Ever Make Sense When I’m Hungover?
or Verdant Green on a Sunday morning
Val Francis
Aug 23
Not Everyone Gets a Happy Ending
Not Everyone Gets a Happy Ending
A drabble of distrust
Holly Emery
Aug 23
Poem To My Beloved
Poem To My Beloved
A rose that smelled so sweet
Maria Rattray
Aug 23
Soon to be Displaced
Soon to be Displaced
Holding memories close
Eaflevin
Aug 23
Ride to Freedom
Ride to Freedom
The world at their back
Misha Seeks
Aug 23
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