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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 Random Drabble 248
Twisted September Random Drabble 248
Challenge for Wednesday, September 4th
Nancy Oglesby
Sep 3
If Your Boss is Always on Your Back, Try Another Career
If Your Boss is Always on Your Back, Try Another Career
An inspiring story about hard work and diligence
Chris Yanda
Sep 3
In The Hearts of the People
In The Hearts of the People
She was their Queen (drabble 224)
Linda in the midst of life
Sep 3
Subconscious Retreat
Subconscious Retreat
Maple Shade and Apple Glade
Jennifer Morrison
Sep 3
Old Glue
Old Glue
Grandpa’s wicked sense of humor
Paula Shablo
Sep 3
Jesse’s Daily Horseback Ride
Jesse’s Daily Horseback Ride
An ordinary horse ride ends with an extraordinary twist. Drabble challenge #247.
Deirdre ("Writer in the Abyss" )
Sep 3
Down to the Wire
Down to the Wire
Superfecta
Mary Morton
Sep 3
Love or Duty?
Love or Duty?
An escape into the unknown
Atilio Mera
Sep 3
Wild Horses in the Desert
Wild Horses in the Desert
Random Word Drabble Challenge 247
Julia A. Keirns
Sep 3
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy loves her four-legged beasts more than most two-legged ones!
Harry Hogg
Sep 3
Patti Smith Pounding, Horses, Horses, Horses…
Patti Smith Pounding, Horses, Horses, Horses…
Drabble 247 | Passed
Nancy Oglesby
Sep 3
A Carriage Ride About Nothing
A Carriage Ride About Nothing
Today’s word is “passed” and the twist is to include a horse.
S. Douglas Hall
Sep 3
A New Friend
A New Friend
September brings changes
Scott Nuce
Sep 3
Driving Statistics
Driving Statistics
…It shouldn’t be a numbers game
The Ink Rat
Sep 3
The Closest, yet the Farthest
The Closest, yet the Farthest
At times, the love you hold on to teaches you to let go
Eko B
Sep 3
Someone Ran Off With the Money
Someone Ran Off With the Money
But who?
Holly Emery
Sep 3
Time’s Relentless Passage
Time’s Relentless Passage
A love eternal & bound
Pooja Vishwanathan 🦋
Sep 3
Checkmate!
Checkmate!
Wasn’t just a game, after all!
Neera Handa Dr
Sep 3
Did All the Children Pass?
Did All the Children Pass?
All except the child’s whose horse passed gas
Karen Schwartz
Sep 3
It Was Love, Plain and Simple
It Was Love, Plain and Simple
She had me as soon as she smiled
Dawn Smiles
Sep 3
Don’t Look Back
Don’t Look Back
Today’s random drabble word is Passed
Izzibella Beau
Sep 3
Petticoats and Pistols
Petticoats and Pistols
Destiny’s unlikely pair
Karen Hoffman
Sep 3
American Football on the Brain
American Football on the Brain
Another season is here
Sawyer Kuhl, the Quiet Dad
Sep 3
A Powerful Personality
A Powerful Personality
And a bit of an odor, too
Sтepн Tнoмpѕoɴ
Sep 3
Toby Made a Wish
Toby Made a Wish
I truly wish his dream come true
Noriko Yanyan
Sep 3
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