'Short & Sweet' Challenge

[Steph, Serious series addict]

'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: 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)

[Wendy]

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:
(https://selfpublishing.com/how-to-wri...
✎ 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)
1.
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[Steph, Serious series addict]

👍🏼😊 welcome!

[LaurLa]

I think I could try this one!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

For sure! When I created this one I thought of all those email newsletter shorts I have TBR.

[Heather]

'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
Books read: 3/8
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)
1.
2.
✎ Novelette: 10,000 – 20,000 words (40 – 80 pages)
1.
2.
✎ 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)

[Zoi]

Goal: Read 2 stories fitting each size listed below
Duration: 6 months from start date 02/01/25

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)
(From Flash Fiction: Quick Reads up to 5 Minutes Each)
Ashoka’s Penance
Bed, No Breakfast

✎ Short story: 1,000 – 10,000 words (5 – 50 pages)
Compulsory 8 pages
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory 20 pages

✎ Novelette: 10,000 – 20,000 words (40 – 80 pages)
Bear Patches 42 pages
Bear Leather 44 pages
Bear Chopper 43 pages

✎ Novella: 20,000 – 50,000 words (80 – 200 pages)
Interlude in Death 100 pages
Midnight in Death 96 pages
Haunted in Death 95 pages

[Zoi]

Done.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Hooray, Zoi!

[Zoi]

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. :)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

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!

[LaurLa]

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 ★★★

[Steph, Serious series addict]

👍🏼😊

[LaurLa]

Finished - I almost forgot about this one. Got the last book in this month :-)
Updated post above, msg 12

[Steph, Serious series addict]

👍🏼😊