We recently received an inquiry about the minimum story length requirement here at EF, which prompted a conversation between the admins about allowing drabbles to be added to the archive. Neither Megan, Kathleen nor I could come up with a good reason to continue to impose the 500 word count minimum, so we are now officially opening the doors to drabbles, poems and other shorter non-traditional story types. You'll now find new category options when adding or searching for a story.
If you're adding a series of drabbles that all center around a similar theme, then you can add one story, and the drabbles can just be separate chapters in the story (it will use less database space that way). If they are not at all related, then they can be published as separate stories.
Please use these new categories responsibly, and don't inundate us with drabbles just for the sake of publishing something (As opposed to me, since my new masterpiece titled, Portrait of a Demon is vital to all Spuffy readers. I'll give you a special look at it in its entirety now: Spike drank. Also, wept. WHERE ARE THE KITTENS?!? THE END (review please!)).
As always. let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
--Susan on June 26, 2015 11:55am 4 Comments
My story is 8 words, spuffy, which is well under the limit.
Snooty McSnooty Pants.
You're doing the "3 sentence fic" thing up there. There's also the venerable "6-word story" format. I like 'em all, and am very happy that shorter stories will be welcome here! Hurrah!
For a while, I did stories (not Spuffy, and always ending tragically) on Twitter. Each was complete in 140 characters or less (rarely less). I produced some of the most disciplined writing I've ever done. Unfortunately, it was also training me to value form over function, favor short words to more precise but longer ones.
Good to be able to put up drabbles here! (Although I think many of my drabbles are non-Spuffy. I have LOTS to say about my OTP that they rarely fit into 100 words.) 
ASDFGJG!!! Youve changed my life with yor masterpeace. Sequel, pls!
(But seriously. Here's the perfect place to be a snooty jerk and point out that a drabble is technically a complete story in exactly 100 words, not just a very short story, although the original definition has loosened. It requires some finesse to achieve.)