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active: 2024-01-27 → 2026-07-28

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#vignette ·164 #fiction ·90 #short-fiction ·83 #drabble ·59 #short-story ·58 #flash-fiction ·56 #humor ·39 #random ·31 #writing-prompts ·28 #editors-list ·27

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RO Rosina Surovi Khan · Fiction Shorts

My Gestures with Dishwashing Liquid and Handwash

The Vignette Gazette Writer’s Prompt #170 | Reprimand, Punishment

Jun 04, 2026 · 1 min read · 1,435 claps paywalled #vignette #writing-prompts #life

My Gestures with Dishwashing Liquid and Handwash

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DE Denée King · Fiction Shorts

They Didn’t Know Each Other

But they danced like lovers

Oct 04, 2024 · 2 min read · 1,351 claps paywalled #west-coast-swing #swing-dancing #short-fiction

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ST Stephen Dalton · Fiction Shorts

Bewitched Forever — A Trip Down Memory Lane

The Vignette Gazette Guest Prompt #151 — Our Weekly Drabble

May 05, 2026 · 3 min read · 1,198 claps paywalled #vignette #drabble #bewitched

Bewitched Forever — A Trip Down Memory Lane

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NA Nancy Oglesby · Fiction Shorts

The Hounds of Hell

Drabble 344 | Outnumbered

Dec 19, 2024 · 1 min read · 1,100 claps paywalled #dogs #humor #macgyver

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ST Stephen Dalton · Fiction Shorts

A Jurassic Jolt: Prehistoric Terror Over Coffee

The Vignette Gazette Edition #107 — Prehistoric

Feb 25, 2026 · 4 min read · 1,097 claps paywalled #vignette #speculative-fiction #short-story

A Jurassic Jolt: Prehistoric Terror Over Coffee

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PO Pooja Vishwanathan 🦋 · Fiction Shorts

Beneath the Nordic Veil: Love’s Radiant Verse

When Aurora Borealis meets a limerick’s charm

Jul 19, 2024 · 2 min read · 1,087 claps #random #drabble #auroraborealis

Beneath the Nordic Veil: Love’s Radiant Verse

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ST Stephen Dalton · Fiction Shorts

The Flicker of Morning Dew Changes Everything — Changes Nothing

The Vignette Gazette Edition #91 — Shimmer

Feb 04, 2026 · 4 min read · 1,074 claps paywalled #vignette #zen #thich-nhat-hanh

The Flicker of Morning Dew Changes Everything — Changes Nothing

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ST Stephen Dalton · Fiction Shorts

Only the Roses Remember

The Vignette Gazette Edition #165

May 22, 2026 · 4 min read · 1,072 claps paywalled #vignette #ghosts #flash-fiction

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NA Nancy Oglesby · Fiction Shorts

Well, Ain’t This the Pits!

Today’s random word is hairy, and we had to write two or more lines of rhyming poetry.

Aug 09, 2024 · 2 min read · 995 claps paywalled #random #drabble #fiction

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JE Jennifer Morrison · Fiction Shorts

The Best Detective

Is always the mom

Jun 13, 2024 · 2 min read · 987 claps paywalled #random #drabble #fiction

NA Nancy Oglesby · Fiction Shorts

Toodleloo!

Adios, arrivederci, au revoir!

Feb 29, 2024 · 2 min read · 982 claps paywalled #random #drabble #secretary

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IN Inna Orjola · Fiction Shorts

The Soul of the Sea

Drabble 317# Bask

Nov 12, 2024 · 2 min read · 969 claps #short-fiction #random #drabble

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NA Nancy Oglesby · Fiction Shorts

Make Up Your Mind!!

A Drabble is a work of fiction that is exactly 100 words. No more. No less.

Jul 14, 2024 · 2 min read · 958 claps paywalled #random #drabble #pc

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ST Stephen Dalton · Fiction Shorts

The Third-Drink Logic Unfolded

The Vignette Gazette Edition #92 — Positively

Feb 04, 2026 · 4 min read · 955 claps paywalled #vignette #dramedy #short-story

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IN Inna Orjola · Fiction Shorts

Whisper of Time

RWDrabble 2.0.15 — Known

Jan 16, 2025 · 2 min read · 928 claps #drabble #fiction #random

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ST Stephen Dalton · Fiction Shorts

The Prodigal Son Returns to Reclaim His Throne

The Vignette Gazette Edition #166 — Our Weekly Drabble

May 25, 2026 · 3 min read · 870 claps paywalled #vignette #drabble #short-story

The Prodigal Son Returns to Reclaim His Throne

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ST Stephen Dalton · Fiction Shorts

Suzie’s Nursery Rhyme Won Over the Class

The Vignette Gazette Edition #203–Clock

Jul 11, 2026 · 4 min read · 864 claps paywalled #vignette #short-story #nursery-rhymes

Suzie’s Nursery Rhyme Won Over the Class

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IN Inna Orjola · Fiction Shorts

Awakening

Drabble 358# Reluctant

Dec 24, 2024 · 2 min read · 851 claps #random #drabble #fiction

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NA Nancy Oglesby · Fiction Shorts

Naked Norbert

Based on a true story

Aug 04, 2024 · 2 min read · 850 claps paywalled #life-drawing #nude-model #art

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SU Sunita Chakraborty · Fiction Shorts

Vegetables and Villainy

The Vignette Gazette Edition #33 | Capricious, Collusion, Cavitate

Nov 12, 2025 · 2 min read · 844 claps paywalled #vignette #flash-fiction #satire

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ST Stephen Dalton · Fiction Shorts

The Case of the Tumbled Flowerpot

Animal House Vignette #46

May 31, 2026 · 4 min read · 842 claps paywalled #animal-house-vignette #short-story #sherlock-holmes

NA Nancy Oglesby · Fiction Shorts

It’s An Axe Murderer for Sure!

Drabble 345 | Gloomy

Dec 10, 2024 · 2 min read · 828 claps paywalled #suspense #opossum #dogs

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ST Stephen Dalton · Fiction Shorts

The Pond’s Most Terrifying Residents Aren’t Crocodiles

The Vignette Gazette Edition #204 — Our Weekly Drabble — Curious

Jul 16, 2026 · 3 min read · 816 claps paywalled #vignette #drabble #short-story

The Pond’s Most Terrifying Residents Aren’t Crocodiles

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JO John Hansen PAL · Fiction Shorts

Third Eye Swine

The Vignette Gazette Edition #95

Feb 06, 2026 · 2 min read · 809 claps paywalled #vignette #fictions-shorts #short-story

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AD Adrienne Beaumont · Fiction Shorts

My Auntie Aggie Was My Favourite Aunt

RWDrabble 2.0.02 | Weeping

Jan 02, 2025 · 1 min read · 799 claps paywalled #fictions-shorts #random #drabble