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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
Louise’s Imagination Trumps Mine Every Time!
Louise’s Imagination Trumps Mine Every Time!
Kids say the darndest things — Art Linkletter
Nancy Oglesby
Aug 31
Today's Word
Twisted September Drabble Challenge #256
Twisted September Drabble Challenge #256
Challenge for Thursday, September 12th
Nancy Oglesby
Sep 11
Daredevil Sister
Daredevil Sister
A day on the boardwalk
Scott Nuce
Sep 11
Forest Fun
Forest Fun
Drabble #255
JoEllen Claypool
Sep 11
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy is nervous. Hell knows what this word will bring forth!
Harry Hogg
Sep 11
The Escape
The Escape
He’s ready to leave, but is she?
*Missy*
Sep 11
The Arrival of Pain
The Arrival of Pain
This hurts…
OBA.T.K
Sep 11
There is Always a Weak Spot
There is Always a Weak Spot
Just like that, it was gone
Mark Palmer
Sep 11
The Big Surprise
The Big Surprise
The dramatic entrance
Gary L Ellis
Sep 11
A Lifetime of Loyalty
A Lifetime of Loyalty
Collywobbles is today’s random word, and the story must include pine needles.
Nancy S Rust
Sep 11
Inferno in the Dunes
Inferno in the Dunes
The chase for ancient riches
Pooja Vishwanathan 🦋
Sep 11
The Cookie Caper
The Cookie Caper
Drabble day 255— collywobbles
Lynn L. Alexander
Sep 11
Chill Out
Chill Out
It’s not what you think.
Izzibella Beau
Sep 11
The Student Nurse Who Feared Needles
The Student Nurse Who Feared Needles
100-word short story
Victoria Virgo
Sep 11
Seeing is Believing
Seeing is Believing
A debate worth having
Sтepн Tнoмpѕoɴ
Sep 11
The Gin Runs Dry
The Gin Runs Dry
The random word today is ‘collywobbles’ with a twist
Miriam Connolly
Sep 11
The Great Cook
The Great Cook
Determined to be
Noriko Yanyan
Sep 11
A Taste of Paradise…
A Taste of Paradise…
Until you’re soaking, starving, and accidentally drinking duck s**t
The Ink Rat
Sep 11
Ancient Wisdom
Ancient Wisdom
A tiny fictional story
Nanie Hurley 🌿
Sep 11
Weekly Meeting of the Cumbria Cunning Creatures Council
Weekly Meeting of the Cumbria Cunning Creatures Council
Small creatures on important missions
Lauren Gabrielle Foster
Sep 11
Collywobbles
Collywobbles
(Surprising fact: not a stumbling dog)
Mike Range
Sep 11
Disarmed by Desire
Disarmed by Desire
How could this happen?
Nancy Oglesby
Sep 11
Nature Isn’t Always Our Best Friend
Nature Isn’t Always Our Best Friend
Or — everything in moderation
Karen Hoffman
Sep 11
The Path to Fear
The Path to Fear
What lies beyond the waterfall?
Anna Soldenhoff
Sep 11
I Got the Collywobbles!
I Got the Collywobbles!
9/11
Leslie Flemons
Sep 11
Bear-ly Surviving
Bear-ly Surviving
Random Word Drabble Challenge Day 255 word is ‘collywobbles,’ and we must include ‘pine needles’ in the story 👇👇👇
Stephen Dalton
Sep 11
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