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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 245
Twisted September Random Drabble 245
Challenge for Sunday, September 1st
Nancy Oglesby
Aug 31
Raw Dogging On The Bus
Raw Dogging On The Bus
Ethel’s day out
Emma Vincent
Aug 31
Awakening
Awakening
Never thought it could happen
Paula Shablo
Aug 31
Labor Day Barbeque
Labor Day Barbeque
Hot Diggity Dogs
Paula Shablo
Aug 31
No One Else to Blame
No One Else to Blame
A Drabble and a half
Sawyer Kuhl, the Quiet Dad
Aug 31
Consumed by Choices
Consumed by Choices
The bite that changed everything
Anna Soldenhoff
Aug 31
At the Gates
At the Gates
Should have left it alone
Misha Seeks
Aug 31
Big Cousin | Big Vocabulary
Big Cousin | Big Vocabulary
Remembering she’s ten years younger
Karen Hoffman
Aug 31
Wrong Turns
Wrong Turns
And a strange man
Jennifer Morrison
Aug 31
Shooting Lasers From My Palms
Shooting Lasers From My Palms
A Random Word Drabble Challenge 244: skewer
Poet In The Arctic
Aug 31
The Barbecue Night
The Barbecue Night
Beware of your step-siblings
Noriko Yanyan
Aug 31
Marshmallows in the Moonlight
Marshmallows in the Moonlight
Random Word Drabble Challenge Day #244. The word is ‘skewer,’ and the twister is based on the image at the end of the story.
Deirdre ("Writer in the Abyss" )
Aug 31
Nobody Talks About This
Nobody Talks About This
Love shouldn’t hurt
OBA.T.K
Aug 31
Where Is Autumn?
Where Is Autumn?
You don’t want to know
Izzibella Beau
Aug 31
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy’s 100-Word Drabble Challenge
Nancy knows of certain people she would like to use Random Word on! Not me, of course. 😂💚✍️
Harry Hogg
Aug 31
Gloria’s BBQ Fiasco
Gloria’s BBQ Fiasco
Lupe to the rescue
Gary L Ellis
Aug 31
Dancing Flames
Dancing Flames
Day 244 — “Skewer”
Steven Smith
Aug 31
The Secret
The Secret
Today’s random word is skewer, for a 150 word drabble.
Patricia Timmermans
Aug 31
For the Love of Dogs
For the Love of Dogs
The random word of the day is ‘skewer’ with a twist
Miriam Connolly
Aug 31
The Cupcake War
The Cupcake War
A delicious conflict
Scott Nuce
Aug 31
The Telltale Signs of Betrayal
The Telltale Signs of Betrayal
The Ink Rat
Aug 31
Do You Want Chilli Sauce on That?
Do You Want Chilli Sauce on That?
But where would you find a pitta bread big enough?
Mark Palmer
Aug 31
A Barbecue?
A Barbecue?
Ye … but I’ll take care of everything
Maria Rattray
Aug 31
The Weird Day Old McDonald Regretted Having a Farm
The Weird Day Old McDonald Regretted Having a Farm
A tale of cow power
Val Francis
Aug 31
Harry the Horse Saves the Day
Harry the Horse Saves the Day
A normally quiet barn erupts in chaos
Michael John Scott
Aug 31
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