420 Characters

420 Characters is a creative writing group where members write short stories of 420 characters or less to fit in a single facebook status entry. The goal is to reach 420 characters in the stories which are submitted, 420 characters to join as members or 420 stories. Anyone is welcome to submit a story. Comments are welcome and illustrations or videos of the characters and stories are encouraged. Click here to read all the stories so far, meet the characters and see illustrations linked to the stories. Once there you will also find lots of short story, paper cut, illustration, stop motion animation and other creative links.

With thanks to the other authors Chris Cook, Mia Galo, Alison Crawley, Meg Johnson, Ruth Ingall, Daniel Roxenberg, Rae Ward-Lerew, Thomas Walsh, Francesca Tonettinger, Saskia Ruting, here are the stories so far:

First 10 Stories:

#1 “Renovation Comedy” Act II Scene I by Suzi Poland, 6 May 2010
#2 “Smallville Faux pas” Act II Scene II by Suzi Poland, 8 May 2010
#3 “Dozing” by Chris Cook, 9 May 2010
#4 “Commission” by Suzi Poland, 9 May 2010
#5 “Help” by Suzi Poland, 9 May 2010
#6 “Autumn” by Suzi Poland, 11 May 2010
#7 “Competition” by Suzi Poland, 12 May 2010
#8 “Parcel” by Suzi Poland, 13 May 2010
#9 “Tolls” by Suzi Poland, 13 May 2010
# 10 “U-Turn” by Chris Cook, 14 May 2010

Stories #11-42:

#11 “Oscar” by Mia Galo, 18 May 2010
#12 “Damsel” by Suzi Poland, 18 May 2010
#13 “Inside” by Suzi Poland, 18 May 2010
#14 “Winter” by Mia Galo, 18 May 2010
#15 “SheMan” by Suzi Poland, 20 May 2010
#16 “Memory” by Suzi Poland, 28 May 2010
#17 “Cubby” by Suzi Poland, 31 May 2010
#18 “Exhausted” by Suzi Poland, 8 June 2010
#19 “awaiting title” by Alison Crawley, 15 June 2010
#20 “Queenie” by Suzi Poland, 19 June 2010
#21 “R.I.P.” by Suzi Poland, 23 June 2010
#22 “Sheep” by Suzi Poland, 2 July 2010
#23 “Slipped” by Suzi Poland, 12 July 2010
#24 “Devo” by Suzi Poland, 12 July 2010
#25 “Noticed” by Suzi Poland, 13 July 2010 (part II to “Slipped”)
#26 “Pumped” by Suzi Poland, 19 July 2010
#27 “Facebook” by Suzi Poland, 23 July 2010
#28 “Sitting” by Suzi Poland, added 29 August 2010
#29 “Stingy” by Suzi Poland, 8 September 2010
#30 “Finished!” by Suzi Poland, 22 September 2010
#31 “Worship” by Suzi Poland, 24 September 2010
#32 “Neighbours!” by Suzi Poland, 27 September 2010
#33 “Blush” by Suzi Poland, 9 October 2010
#34 “Crushed” by Meg Johnson, 13 October 2010
#35 “Singer-ing” by Meg Johnson 16 October 2010
#36 “October” by Suzi Poland, 23 October 2010
#37 “Absorbed” by Suzi Poland, 26th October 2010
#38 “Moonswept” by Ruth Ingall, 26th October 2010
#39 “Red” by Daniel Roxenberg, 26th October 2010
#40 “Landed” by Suzi Poland, 29th October 2010
#41 “Oblivious” by Rae Ward-Lerew, 3 November 2010
#42 “42″ by Suzi Poland, 9 November 2010

Stories #42-100:

#43 “Dontcha luv it?” by Suzi Poland, 16 November 2010
#44 “Thoughts” by Meg Johnson, 19 November 2010
#45 “Chipmunk” by Suzi Poland, 20 November 2010
#46 “Risky” by Chris Cook, 22 November 2010
#47 “Monster” Suzi Poland, 22 November 2010
#48 “Wish” by Meg Johnson, 25 November 2010
#49 “Friend” by Suzi Poland, 1 December 2010
#50 “Fat” by Meg johnson, 4 December 2010
#51 “awaiting title” by Thomas Walsh, 7 December 2010
#52 “Inspired” by Meg Johnson, 9 December 2010
#53 “Bumped” by Suzi Poland 22 December 2010
#54 “Misfit” by Suzi Poland 23 December 2010
#55 “Waiting” by Ruth Ingall 24 December 2010
#56 “Santa” by Ruth Ingall 24 December 2010
#57 “Fruit” by Ruth Ingall 25 December 2010
#58 “Rose” by Suzi Poland 27 December 2010
#59 “Lunch” by Suzi Poland 29 December 2010
#60 “Manor” by Suzi Poland 2 January 2011
#61 “Loss” by Suzi Poland 21 January 2011, posted 3 February 2011
#62 “Beginning” by Suzi Poland, 23 February 2011 (reworking of #30)
#63 “Dawn” by Suzi Poland, 21 February 2011
#64 “Grief” Chris Cook 8 April 2011
#65 “Thumbs” by Chris Cook 11 May 2011

#66 “Three” by Suzi Poland 31 May 2011
#67 “Roadblock” by Suzi Poland 11 June 2011
#68 “Introduce” by Chris Cook 13 July 2011

#69 “Photoreality” by Chris Cook 19 November 2011

#70 “Xmas” by Francesca Tonettinger 29 November 2011

#71 “Up” by Saskia Ruting 2 December 2011

#72 “Mermaid” by Suzi Poland originally posted 17 August 2011

#73 “Term” by Suzi Poland 1 February 2012

#74 “Kerfuffle” by Suzi Poland 3 February 2012

#75 “Smiles” by Carolyn Gardiner-Hill 23 April 2012

#76 “Wishes” by Suzi Poland 28 April 2012

Please note copyright is held by each individual contributor, so please don’t reproduce any written, photographic or other content without prior written permission of the contributor. However, links, offers for collaborative creations, Creative Commons or paid commissions are welcome!

First 10 Authors:

Suzi Poland, Chris Cook, Mia Galo, Alison Crawley, Meg Johnson, Ruth Ingall, Daniel Roxenberg, Rae Ward-Lerew, Thomas Walsh, Francesca Tonettinger.

Authors #10-42:

Saskia Ruting. Carolyn Gardiner-Hill