Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
94 words using the prompt word ‘abibliophobia’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Edgar raised his hand sheepishly. “My name is Edgar, and I suffer from abibliophobia.”
The group nodded with solemn understanding.
“It started small,” he continued. “One bookmark. Then three library cards. Now I can’t leave a bookshop without purchasing something. I reasoned I’d give the books as gifts, but I was lying to myself. Last Tuesday I bought a Croatian phrasebook. I don’t speak Croatian. I have no plans to visit Croatia.”
The facilitator leaned forward. “And how does running out of books make you feel?”
Edgar shuddered. “Like Croatia. Utterly foreign and terrifying.”
NAR©2026
94 Words
This is “Learn Croatian!”
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I love it 💜
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Thanks so much, Willow! 💜
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I can just imagine the group, all of them sitting on piles of books…
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Hahaha! Good point!!
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Great story, Nancy! I can relate to poor Edgar.
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Me too! Must be an epidemic! Thanks, Lisa.
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Love it! And I actually went to school with a girl from Croatia Jasna Kuhar…..
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Was that her name or did you just curse at me? 😂
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That was her name! hehehehe
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Well penned, Nancy, such support groups are welcome 😊
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So glad you enjoyed my story, KK. Thank you 😊
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Love this story
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Thanks so much, cara! ❤️
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You’re very welcome
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I may have to join him.
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You’re not the only one, sis!
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Where on Earth is Croatia?
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Maybe we should ask Carmen Sandiego!
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Oh, dear. I think I need that support group, too…
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The support group is getting larger by the minute! Thanks, Lois 😂
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I sort of suffer from bibliophobia. On my bookshelves I have dozens of books that I haven’t read yet …
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That is hilarious! Where on earth did you ever come across this? You are too much, my dear Ivor! 🩵 😂 📘 🎶
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Haha yeah 🎶😊🌏😎🎶
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