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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 234
Twisted August Random Drabble 234
Challenge for Wednesday, August 21st
Nancy Oglesby
Aug 20
It Was a Slippin’ and a Slidin’
It Was a Slippin’ and a Slidin’
A drabble of disappointment
Holly Emery
Aug 20
Magic Happens Unexpectedly
Magic Happens Unexpectedly
So, Lovies, we gotta recognize it!
Eko B
Aug 20
The Birthright
The Birthright
Confronting reality
Misha Seeks
Aug 20
How I Met Your Father
How I Met Your Father
Today’s random word is recognize and the twist is that we have to use the setup that the rug began to move.
Nancy Oglesby
Aug 20
Some Decisions Are Tough
Some Decisions Are Tough
A random word drabble where the last sentence has been provided
Sawyer Kuhl, the Quiet Dad
Aug 20
Too Tiny
Too Tiny
We could have chosen bigger… nah
Paula Shablo
Aug 20
What’s A Guy To Do?
What’s A Guy To Do?
She seemed to have things other than study on her mind
Brian Dickens Barrabee
Aug 20
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy doesn’t have excellent eyesight but knows a crazy when she sees one!
Harry Hogg
Aug 20
Searching for Excitement?
Searching for Excitement?
Look out your window
Jennifer Morrison
Aug 20
What Ruby Knew
What Ruby Knew
A Drabble is a fictional story told in exactly 100 words.
Voice Lessons
Aug 20
I Won A Vacation!!!
I Won A Vacation!!!
Didn’t expect the added guest
Izzibella Beau
Aug 20
This Man Had a Secret
This Man Had a Secret
And the wind almost blew it
Karen Schwartz
Aug 20
Toppings
Toppings
Drabble day 233 — recognize
Lynn L. Alexander
Aug 20
A Dream or a Nightmare?
A Dream or a Nightmare?
Recognize is today’s random word, and the rug began to move is today’s setup.
Nancy S Rust
Aug 20
The Artful Dodger
The Artful Dodger
The random word is ‘recognize’ with a twist
Miriam Connolly
Aug 20
Running to the Donut Shop
Running to the Donut Shop
Baby steps
Gary L Ellis
Aug 20
We Breathe as One
We Breathe as One
Drabble #233 — Random Word — “Recognize” — The Twist? The set up is — the rug began to move
Denée King
Aug 20
Shaky, Shake
Shaky, Shake
Everything moved
Eaflevin
Aug 20
Crows & Persian Rugs
Crows & Persian Rugs
The rug at the front door surprised us
Jason Edmunds
Aug 20
Thievin’s What Goblins Do
Thievin’s What Goblins Do
Today’s word is “recognize” and the setup is that “the rug began to move.”
S. Douglas Hall
Aug 20
A Workaholic’s Dream Job?
A Workaholic’s Dream Job?
The Ink Rat
Aug 20
Accidents Are Waiting to Happen All Around Us
Accidents Are Waiting to Happen All Around Us
It’s those small things we overlook that get us every time
Vera-Marie Landi
Aug 20
So Much Rested On Her Audition
So Much Rested On Her Audition
Drabble 233
Maria Rattray
Aug 20
Another Whole New World.
Another Whole New World.
That’s where we’ll be.
Liz H
Aug 20
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