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The Magic Seven Ball

Seven drabbles and prompt responses

JF Danskin
The Fiction Writer’s Den
10 min readJan 18, 2025

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A red pool ball with the number seven
Photo by Eran Menashri on Unsplash

Hello! Time to share my drabbles based on Grim Flandango’s drabble-a-day words for the week. You can check his story below–always a great read, as well as providing us with story inspiration:

This time, I’ve decided to share all seven of my responses in a single piece, and to tell you a bit about how I wrote each one, rather than having them stand alone. The words in question were as follows:

  • NETWORK
  • PUDDING
  • COMPUTER
  • TOWER
  • URGENCY
  • RIBBON
  • DASH

And so, I present my seven drabbles for the week below. I’ve also linked them to seven of the Fiction Writers’ Den writing prompts for January, a set of ideas focusing on contrasts and on conflict:

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JF Danskin
JF Danskin

Written by JF Danskin

Writing fiction (fantasy especially) and poetry, enthusiast for creativity, collaboration, community. An Editor at the Fiction Writer's Den.

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