• Home
  • About
    • Get Your Short Published – 2021
  • Subscribe NOW!
  • Short Stories and More
  • Promotions
  • Christian Indie Writers
  • J. R. Nichols Online
    • Membership Information
  • J. R. Nichols – Collected Random Works

Writing Shorts

Free Short Stories to Read Online

Featured Drabble – January, 2021

January 25, 2021 by Jamie

Slow, No Wakeby, J. R. Nichols The girls and I were enjoying a peaceful day at the beach when he showed up. Ever the hero, he launched his daughters into the water from sunburned shoulders, and allowed them to bury him in the sand. Meanwhile, I struggled to turn sandwiches for three into lunch for four. He ran over, kicking sand onto my blanket, and grabbed a sandwich.“No mustard? I can’t

[ Read More ]

09.29.20

September 29, 2020 by Jamie

Prompt: “Write about the number 13”Link to Prompt SourceWatch me write this LIVE! How I know the term, “A Baker’s Dozen” was coined by a MOM!  I wondered quietly where the phrase “a baker’s dozen” originated. Like, was the extra donut for the baker? Did the baker have twelve co-bakers, or baker minions, or whatever a baker’s helper might be called? Or maybe it’s like this – you have this

[ Read More ]

9.24.20

September 24, 2020 by Jamie

“After hundreds of years, the egg finally hatched.” Link to Prompt SourceDue to technical difficulties, this sprint was not recorded/broadcasted. PROMPT: “After hundreds of years, the egg finally hatched.” Junior shifted in his seat. This was the moment he’d been waiting for – he was three books in to the “Jurassic Ages” series and the egg that had been hauled around with the tribe of Triceretops (??!?!?!!) for the past

[ Read More ]

Short Stack

  • Studio Musings, 2020/21 – Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Stories and More!
  • Want Members Only Content?
  • Free E-Books! Awesome Deals On Reads, 2021

Copyright © 2023 · Pretty Creative on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in