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Count me in!'Short & Sweet' Challenge
Read only those short, sweet short stories hidin' on your TBR shelf
Goal: Read 2 stories fitting each size listed below
Duration: Jan 1 - Jun 30
Here's a general size guideline for ya:
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✎ Flash fiction: Less than 1,000 words (less than 4 pages)
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✎ Short story: 1,000 – 10,000 words (5 – 50 pages)
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✎ Novelette: 10,000 – 20,000 words (40 – 80 pages)
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✎ Novella: 20,000 – 50,000 words (80 – 200 pages)
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'Short & Sweet' ChallengeRead only those short, sweet short stories hidin' on your TBR shelf
Goal: Read 2 stories fitting each size listed below
Duration: Jan 1 - Jun 30
Books read: 10/8
Here's a general size guideline for ya:
(https://selfpublishing.com/how-to-wri...
✎ Flash fiction: Less than 1,000 words (less than 4 pages)
1.10 Rules for the Perfect Murder-1/2/25 (3pgs)
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✎ Short story: 1,000 – 10,000 words (5 – 50 pages)
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✎ Novelette: 10,000 – 20,000 words (40 – 80 pages)
1.Fracture Me (72pgs)-9/21/25
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✎ Novella: 20,000 – 50,000 words (80 – 200 pages)
1.Under One Roof-1/1/25 (112pgs)
2.The Darkest Prison-1/7/25 (81pgs)
3. Stuck with You-1/20/25 (127pgs)
4. Below Zero-1/31/25 (122pgs)
5. Withholding Evidence-3/9/25 (164 pgs)
6. Night Owl-3/11/25 (133pgs)
7. Destroy Me-6/24/25 (111pgs)
8. The Never King-11/7/25 (193pgs)
9. The Fall Risk-1/6/26 (81pgs)
Zoi wrote: "Decided to knock this one out, as shorts really aren’t my thing, but I didn’t have as much time today as I normally do for reading. :)"The perfect time to read shorties!
Short & Sweet Challenge
January - June 2025
My Short & Sweet Challenge (msg 12)
Books Read ❱❱ 8
☑️Flash fiction: Less than 1,000 words (less than 4 pages)
🔺A Kiss and a Dare (short story from author), not on GR ❱❱ 05.09 ★★★
🔺My Secret Service Valentine ❱❱ 03.30 ★★★
☑️Short story: 1,000 – 10,000 words (5 – 50 pages)
🔺Christmas at Ardmore ❱❱ 05.09 ★★★
🔺Nice Girls Don’t Sign a Lease Without a Wedding Ring ❱❱ 04.06 ★★★
☑️Novelette: 10,000 – 20,000 words (40 – 80 pages)
🔺The Ice Dragon ❱❱ 01.19 ★★★
🔺Zombie's Bite ❱❱ 06.02 ★★★★
☑️Novella: 20,000 – 50,000 words (80 – 200 pages)
🔺Graveyard Dog ❱❱ 01.03 ★★★★
🔺The Grisly Grizzlies: Kneecap ❱❱ 02.15 ★★★
Books mentioned in this topic
The Fall Risk (other topics)Destroy Me (other topics)
Fracture Me (other topics)
The Never King (other topics)
Withholding Evidence (other topics)
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Read only those short, sweet short stories hidin' on your TBR shelf
Goal: Read 2 stories fitting each size listed below
Duration: 6 months from start date
Here's a general size guideline for ya:
(https://selfpublishing.com/how-to-wri...
✎ Flash fiction: Less than 1,000 words (less than 4 pages)
✎ Short story: 1,000 – 10,000 words (5 – 50 pages)
✎ Novelette: 10,000 – 20,000 words (40 – 80 pages)
✎ Novella: 20,000 – 50,000 words (80 – 200 pages)