Challenge Writing Skills - Write A Short Story in Less Than Ten Words

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  1. Authordent profile image61
    Authordentposted 13 years ago

    Loving then happy,
    Sad,contented,
    Peaceful and gone.

  2. krsharp05 profile image64
    krsharp05posted 13 years ago

    Sudden crash
    Broken lives
    The grass still grows

  3. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    His hands held it, then opportunity was gone.

  4. Etherealenigma profile image69
    Etherealenigmaposted 13 years ago

    3 days ago - sauna; today - freezer. Library internet - unpredictable.

  5. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 13 years ago

    The indiscernible allusion secured the impression in their minds.

  6. MissKatieLynne profile image43
    MissKatieLynneposted 13 years ago

    an expired marriage.
    don't leave us, she said.

  7. CenterAll72 profile image59
    CenterAll72posted 13 years ago

    A walk through the woods
    produces a calm mind

  8. profile image0
    Deb Welchposted 13 years ago

    MONDAY BOUGHT PLANE
    TUESDAY A.M. IN AIR
    8 P.M. - CRASH - NO GAS?

  9. ThunderKeys profile image67
    ThunderKeysposted 13 years ago

    there once was a little cheese; and he was blue.

  10. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 12 years ago

    His sincerity began to reek. Boldness revealed his intentions.

  11. slackermom profile image64
    slackermomposted 12 years ago

    Graying hair and glasses. He may still kick our asses.

  12. 2uesday profile image66
    2uesdayposted 12 years ago

    Woman in a scarlet dress,loses everything.

  13. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 12 years ago

    Like windblown seeds, questions swept in, planting hope.

  14. biblebuds profile image61
    biblebudsposted 12 years ago

    A soul saved. Meaning and purpose in every breath taken.

  15. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 12 years ago

    Silver instinct rang a bell and clarified the conversation.

  16. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 12 years ago

    Outliviing the storm would require patient endurance, and love.

  17. grand old lady profile image85
    grand old ladyposted 12 years ago

    His nuts
    Served in a restaurant
    Not peanuts

  18. diplorging profile image68
    diplorgingposted 12 years ago

    Orange, after all.
    Three pills and bottle of skotch.

    1. grand old lady profile image85
      grand old ladyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I love this poem, diplorging. It really tells a story, and I think it is a winner:)

      1. diplorging profile image68
        diplorgingposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        I'm glad you like it:)

  19. NC4Life078 profile image72
    NC4Life078posted 12 years ago

    I ate and laughed, choked in an instant, then expired.

    1. NC4Life078 profile image72
      NC4Life078posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I wrote a poem in rome, then I flew home.

      1. grand old lady profile image85
        grand old ladyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

        This one is nice...

    2. grand old lady profile image85
      grand old ladyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      NC4Life078, Believe it or not, this actually happened in the Philippines. A mayor choked on a chicken bone and died...

  20. Cristale profile image74
    Cristaleposted 12 years ago

    I lived, I loved, I got hurt and lost.

  21. Cristale profile image74
    Cristaleposted 12 years ago

    I miss my son and try to forgive myself daily.

  22. Sherry Hewins profile image89
    Sherry Hewinsposted 12 years ago

    I lost my job, and found my voice.

  23. Sherry Hewins profile image89
    Sherry Hewinsposted 12 years ago

    Big hair, big heart, big shoes to fill.

  24. Ummijj profile image59
    Ummijjposted 12 years ago

    I cover my hair, not my brain!

  25. literato profile image56
    literatoposted 12 years ago

    Sat on a bench
    an apricot fell
    I ate it.

  26. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 12 years ago

    One tragic word in a moment of time--no.

  27. mollymc profile image60
    mollymcposted 12 years ago

    Empty house,
    Windless day,
    The shower starts...

  28. nuveau profile image63
    nuveauposted 12 years ago

    A man was born, he lived, and died.

  29. Eaglekiwi profile image75
    Eaglekiwiposted 12 years ago

    The stench was indescribable
    Her pretty nose wrinkled with distaste.

  30. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 12 years ago

    Unthinkingly, he felt it would be the easy way.

  31. profile image0
    Deb Welchposted 12 years ago

    It left, trail of prints -
    Detective searched,
    profound monster lurks!

  32. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 12 years ago

    The agreement was not what he originally anticipated.

  33. 2uesday profile image66
    2uesdayposted 12 years ago

    Grains of sand in shoes, memories in each grain.

  34. austinhealy profile image79
    austinhealyposted 12 years ago

    - Coffee ?
    - Not yet, too early !
    So, we made love again...

  35. profile image0
    scriber1posted 12 years ago

    Jesus wept.

  36. Healthy Pursuits profile image86
    Healthy Pursuitsposted 12 years ago

    After his death she cried for their secret baby.

  37. Gary Holdaway profile image90
    Gary Holdawayposted 12 years ago

    His father led,
    He fled and fought,
    The world ended.

  38. moonlake profile image90
    moonlakeposted 12 years ago

    Stove fell over
    The bat flew out
    Kids went screaming.

  39. profile image0
    Deb Welchposted 12 years ago

    Nature yelled,"Help me renew."
    Pollution choked out,"Later,Mother."

  40. taburkett profile image60
    taburkettposted 12 years ago

    I dreamed.
    I wrote.
    You read.
    You quote.
    Wonderful Sharing.

  41. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 12 years ago

    Her miserable eyes told what mattered of the story.

  42. profile image52
    The Gypsy Writerposted 12 years ago

    The fire ate the words and the world screamed.

  43. freecampingaussie profile image60
    freecampingaussieposted 12 years ago

    The crocodile followed the tourist with his eyes as he
    http://s1.hubimg.com/u/6669096_f248.jpg

  44. Backwater Sage profile image60
    Backwater Sageposted 12 years ago

    The man pondered , "A short story in nine words?"

  45. profile image0
    RTalloniposted 12 years ago

    Preposterously, pacifists preambled precautionarily, permanently pandering paradoxical pathological persecutors.

  46. austinhealy profile image79
    austinhealyposted 12 years ago

    - "Me, Tarzan !"
    -  "You, John !"

    1. jimmythejock profile image72
      jimmythejockposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      me knickers
      you none
      lol had to finish that one.

  47. Rianna Hardesty profile image61
    Rianna Hardestyposted 12 years ago

    One look inside her closet and it stayed closed.

  48. profile image0
    matama ellieposted 12 years ago

    There she sat
    alone
    her shoulders burdened.

  49. daisydayz profile image74
    daisydayzposted 12 years ago

    Best story ever!

    A Girl fell in love with a boy...

    Need I say more!

  50. mathsmaster profile image71
    mathsmasterposted 12 years ago

    Alone but happy.

 
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