This is such a fun challenge and I’m so excited to see how this goes! I’m extremely thankful to my friend Moi from Definitely Moi for nominating me for this unique challenge! Moi is an incredibly creative, talented young blogger. If you haven’t visited her blog before, you’re really missing out! She’s witty, has a penchant for word plays and is a clever word sorceress.
The Single Line Story Challenge

Rules:
- Thank the person who nominated you/Mention whose blog you found this on
- Include the rules and badge in your post
- Write 5 single line stories that fall under any of these genres (you can pick which ones you do!):
- fantasy
- romance
- thriller
- mystery
- western
- contemporary
- historical
- drama
- dystopian
- adventure
- sci-fi
- paranormal
- young adult
- You can choose 5 genres that’s easiest for you, or you can challenge yourself to try something new!
- Nominate 5 blogger/writers who you’d love to see participate and leave an open nomination for all writers!
- You can do this challenge more than once.
Again, thank you dear Moi for nominating me!
Now, to the stories!
Historical
Playing a solemn tune, the violinist pictured his daughter one last time, freckle by freckle, as the hungry waves of the Atlantic engulfed the mighty Titanic, digesting his lifeless physical form in seconds.
Romance
Gazing at the man who was on his knees before her, she answered ‘’If infinite parallel universes exist, I want to be your wife in every one of them.’’
Sci-fi
The Human colonisers and Martian natives decided that war was not the best course and signed a peace treaty at the request of their respective governments but… Will the Martians really settle?
Dystopian
The headquarters of WHO was shifted to the Republic of Antarctica, a nation that was once an icy continent, as that was the only country that wasn’t under a totalitarian government… Yet.
Fantasy
Ron Weasley was well prepared for his potions exam that day, but little did he realise that the exam was actually on defence against the dark arts!
I nominate:
Moksha @Happy Panda
Manjiri @Penjiri
Paula Light @Light Motifs II
Shweta Suresh @My Random Ramblings
Nehal @ Quirky Pages
And you!
No pressure. Anyone can take up this challenge and it’s not a compulsion. If you think this challenge seems like fun, just go ahead and jump right in! If you don’t feel inclined to it, remember that no is a complete sentence and silence is an accepted answer. THIS CHALLENGE IS OPEN TO ALL OF YOU!
Hope you had fun reading these, just as much as I did writing them… 🤍
I absolutely loved reading this!!! What a fun challenge! Your stories were all so unique and amazingly written. Incredibly well done, my dear friend 🖤🤗
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Thank you so so very much, buddy! I’d love to see you participate, if you’re inclined to do so, that is. 😊🤍
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You aced this challenge, Sam! Great talent you have there✨. The stories were all beautifully written. Enjoyed the read!🤗🤗
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Thanks, friend! You can give it a go, if you want to 😉🤍
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Awww….this is interesting ❣️❣️ I love all the stories yet the Romance comes first in the list. 😄😄 Beautiful dear Sissy.
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Thanks so much, dearest Akka! ❤️Do feel free to participate, if you’d like to do so. 😊🙏
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The fantasy one 😂😂👍🏻.
Thanks for tagging me!! 😃
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Lol. Folks like you would notice that easily 😂
You’re welcome 😃
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Congratulations.
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Thanks, dear friend! 😊🙏
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I liked the fantasy.😊
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😀 Thanks, friend!
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Love these, Sam. This challenge seems so fun! They are all fantastic but the romance did stand out for me. Excellent!❤️
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Thank you so so very much! 🥰 Do give the challenge a try if you’d like to 🙂
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I most likely will. Thanks so much, Sam.💕
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I LOVED READING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR STORIES!! You are a great storywriter, I’ve never seen anyone write in so many genres with this virtousity. I am in complete awe of your writing skills right now. I loved the fantasy story, let’s Ron Weasly somehow passes the exam 😄 and the sci-fi story. I really hope you’ll write more sci-fi, I am not someone who usually reads sci-fi but I’d love to read some more written by you. Also THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NOMINATING ME, I am really looking forward to writing stories for this challenge. 😊💖
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Aww thank you so so very much, my dearest friend! 💖 That’s high praise and I’m truly humbled to read your very very sweet comment. You’ve made my day!
This was my first attempt at sci-fi and dystopian, however short.
I don’t read or watch a lot of sci-fi either, so I hope the story I’m writing right now (it’s been in my drafts for the longest time now) turns out well. One sentence was a good warm up 😁
Thanks again! 💖
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P.S Do the Martians really settle?
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I’ll leave that to your imagination 😉
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😄
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Oh wow loved reading these and this sounds like so much fun I might give it a try- I’ll tag you when I do!
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Thank you so very much! Actually, I did tag you for this challenge initially but then I realised I’ve never seen you do tags. 🙂 Sorry for assuming 😅 Again, thanks! Do take up the challenge if you think it’s fun 😀
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Incredible one liner stories Sahana. Super imagination. Well done my girl 👍🏻👏
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Thank you so so very much, Mam! ☺️🙏🙏
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I loved each of your beautiful n unique answers like your unique writings as always dear Sam. I truly admire your passion n profound talent in everything you do 🥰👍❤
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Thank you so so very much! 🙏 Means a lot to hear your beautiful feedback ☺️
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Aw, thank you for the kind words…❤️ I loved your take on the challenge Sahana! The stories were amazing! Thanks for participating in the challenge!
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Thanks, dear Moi! Thanks for the nomination. This was really fun!
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Woah! They’re all wonderful stories, Sahana. You’re a smart cookie. 😎
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Aww thanks for the sweet (quite literally 😉) comment.
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Haha! I meant that. 🤗
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If I may ask, are you in your teens? (Want to know for an upcoming post so I can tag you 🙂)
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I’m in my mid 20s, Sahana. (:
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Okay, I read your “about” and that became clear 😅😊
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All of them are so wonderfully written! The dystopian one is my favourite. Loved it!😊
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Thank you so so very much! 🥰🙏
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You are welcome!💛😊
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I really loved your amazing single line stories!
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Thank you very very much! 😀🙏🤍
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You are an excellent writer. Creative stories all of them. Cheers
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Thank you very very much, Mam. Means a lot, coming from you 🙏🙂💕
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A pleasure, indeed.
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Brilliant stories. The historical was fabulous and vivid. I loved the dystopian tale, pity it was too short. 😉
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Thank you so so very much, my dear friend! Ecstatic to hear from you! Thank you!!! 🙏😀
My personal favourite happens to be dystopian too 😁
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You’re very welcome, Sam. I’m glad we both like dystopian themes. 😁
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Oh, truly, dear friend! I didn’t know what dystopian was until I looked it up for this one. Truly interesting! Must read more books in this genre. 😀
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That’s great! You should watch Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) if you haven’t. It’s the perfect modern example of dystopia.
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Cool! So I shall 😀 Btw, I began reading your older anthologies. I downloaded “Carter” and wow, what a piece of work it was! Simply gorgeous! Some mesmerising work! You are a poetic wizard, one of a kind! It was brilliant. Edge, morbid, grind are some titles I remember reading. I shall read the other ones too. This was remarkable! 👌
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Thank you so much for taking time to read my work. I do not take the support for granted and I really appreciate it. 🤗 Yeah, you must have found that I’m a sucker for one-word titles. 😄😄
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No 😀 Nothing irrelevant whatsoever about the title. After reading the poem “Carter” before the conclusion page, it made perfect sense 😄😁 That piece was quite a powerful way to finish.
I’m going to start with the next file soon so I’ll be done before you release your new one in Nov 😉
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Thank you! I hoped that exact feeling would be communicated. Again, thank you for the support, Sam. 🖤🖤
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Hey! Congrats on your anthology! I left 2 comments in your new post and the one I left after reading the entire work seems to have ended up in spam 🙂
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Thank you, Sam! Oh, wow. I’ll check it.
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Oops! Sorry, I commented that in the original post too 😅 Didn’t realise I did it twice 🙈
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Oh, it’s not a Biggie. 😉
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Wow, love your one line stories. I especially enjoy the historical one. Those violinists are etched in my memory forever as they played their joyful tunes while people ran amok on the sinking ship. The image has been stuck in our mind. Somehow I suppose all the violinists were frozen to death.
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Thank you very much! Indeed. They all froze to death ☹️ Thanks for catching on that!
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Fantastic! Excellent stories. 💙🦋
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Thank you very much! 😁🙏
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You’re most welcome! Always. 🙏🦋
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These are all awesome stories and all began with just one word. You are gifted. Thank you for the adventure.
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Thank YOU so so much! 😃 Your comment just made my day! That’s a besuitful thing to say. Thank you! 🙏💕
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Wow – loved each and every story. So creative!!!!
Thanks for nominating me – will definitely give it a shot. 😊
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Thanks! 😁
Whenever you have time 😉
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These are some great entries, and I love enhancing my creativity through the use of limits. One-sentence stories are always super interesting. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks tonnes, dear friend! 😊 It’s indeed fun to have some restrictions once in a while.
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Oh wow. This is a great challenge and your responses are brilliant. I loved that Fantasy one in particular. Thanks a lot for nominating me. I am excited about this one. Hopefully this might help bring my blog out of hibernation!
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Yeah, plz do! I’ve been missing your posts a lot. If you are in the midst of a hiatus, I encourage you to continue for it is well-deserved. If not, jump right in, this is really fun! 😀 Thank you so very much! 😁💕🙏
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Awww! That’s so sweet of you. Work and life in general has turned a bit hectic, of late! I will definitely respond to this one soon. Thanks a lot to you, my dear ❤🤗😊
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Love this! You have a great blog!
Would love for you to check out my blog and let me know what you think!
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One of the most poginant, single line stories I’ve ever read has been attributed, although unsubstantiated, to Ernest Hemingway, . . . “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”
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Wow! 😮👌
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Poignant . . . not poignant . . . it’s tough getting old 😂
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It definitely is! 🙂 Well, I remember my first day at school like yesterday and here I am, graduating it. Time flies. We get old too fast and wise too late.
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Wow! I’m impressed. They’re all good. Especially liked the romance one.
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Thank you so much, Mam! ☺️🙏
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My favowis the one about romance😁😅. I’m a sucker for romance😅🤷♀️.
Awesome one liners by the way❤
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What did I type😂🤦♀️. I meant *my favorite was*
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Got it anyway 😉😁
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😂❤
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Thank you so so much! That’s a lovely comment.
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