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Endless Fields
Writer’s Digest
|May/June 2025
THE CHALLENGE: Write a drabble—a short story of exactly 100 words—based on the photo prompt below.
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Out of more than 230 entries, Writer's Digest editors and readers chose these three winners.
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By Joseph Putrone of Ancaster, Ontario
“Here it is,” John muttered, pushing aside the leaves. “X always marks the spot.”
In his right hand, John held the map he for years had promised his father never to touch. Supposedly, buried under the X was a family secret that must never be dug up.
John got down on one knee and began shoveling aside the soil beneath him, his heart racing as his lifelong questions would soon be answered.
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