Flash Fiction Challenge: The Hotel
See that picture?
There’s your flash fiction inspirado right there.
Once again, you have 1000 words and one week.
Any genre will do.
Don’t forget to drop a link to your story in the comments below.
It’s time to grab a pen and whip open your trenchcoat — flash fiction style.
(Am I right in assuming that you guys are digging these challenges? I hope so. Yell at me if you grow weary of it — though I can’t lie and say I’m not enjoying the breadth and depth of the fiction that ends up here.)
Who Checked In At The Front Desk?
Dan O’Shea, “Circle of Life“
CY, “I’ll Just Take Those Bags Down For You“
Jamie Wyman, “Eat. Prey. Love.“
Stephanie Belser, “The Project“
Abhishek Boinapalli, “From Dreams“
Ben Kirby, “Boy“
Julia Madeleine, “The Hotel“
Madison, “There Is No Om In Hotel“
AB, “My First Post“
Paul Vogt, “First Impressions“
Carmen Maldonado, “People Always Come And Go Like Ants“
Andrea Michaels, “Decay“
Alice M, “Moira’s Bathroom“
Rob A, “End Of The Line“
Tim Kelley, “Sisters In Melancholy“
Shree, “She Watched Herself From Above“
MKS, “The Last Honeymoon“
Aiwevanya, “Missed Connection“
Sparky, “A Break In The Clouds“
Albert Berg, “The Ghosts Of Houses“
Lindsay Mawson, “The Hotel“
Matt, “American Tango“
Letters Bloody Letters, “Strictly Business“
Diane Henders, “Freedom“
Shullamuth Smith, “Mr. Mojo Rising“
Joyce Juzwik, “No Sale“
Dan Wright, “L’Esprit De L’escalier“
Scott Steele, “The Old Hotel“
Boys Behaving Badly, “Amos“
Amber Keller, “Bad Blood“
Hyacinth, “Full House“
CM Stewart, “Rapture At The Hotel“
Anthony Laffan, “The Perg Hotel“
Lauren (Falconesse), “Rendevouz“
Alice
March 16, 2011 at 5:05 AM //
I do not have the flash fiction rules to-hand. Is there a prize? Is it doled out in appreciable monies, viz., a hard currency such as: dollars pesetas rubles pounds Canadian dollars Sealand dollars monkey paste sand dollars salt euros salt cod durians? I have visited many blogs but I daren’t comment because I wish to be helpful but helpfulness might be construed as snarkiness and as such I keep mum is that wrong? why do I no longer feel the need to punctuate or capitalise my sentences is it the social anxiety overwhelming me what should i do?
Matt
March 16, 2011 at 8:48 AM //
I realized I didn’t use the concept “hotel” at all. I just used the photo, ignoring the word “hotel” and imagined it more as a sort of tenement building. Just saying in case it bears any relevance.
Diane Henders
March 16, 2011 at 10:50 AM //
Love your blog, Chuck! It’s time for me to stop lurking and start contributing, so this is my first attempt at flash fiction.
Anybody who feels the urge to offer constructive criticism, please do. I want to get better at this, and you’ll be helping. Thanks!
http://dianehenders.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/flash-fic-freedom/
Shullamuth Smith
March 16, 2011 at 8:00 PM //
Wicked fun:).
“Mr. Mojo Rising”
http://wp.me/pXgyX-cS
Joyce Juzwik
March 16, 2011 at 8:33 PM //
No way I could resist this. Here’s mine. It’s called No Sale.
http://jfjuzwik.blogspot.com/2011/03/no-sale.html
Dan Wright
March 17, 2011 at 2:05 AM //
Here’s my entry. I can only credit Doctor Who, Bill Murray and red bull for the inspiration (or is it blame?)
http://8thage.blogspot.com/
Scott Steele
March 17, 2011 at 6:23 AM //
Here’s my take on the challenge. 1000 words. I think it might be a nice start to a bigger story.
http://rscottsteele.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/more-flash-fiction/
Boys Behaving Badly
March 17, 2011 at 6:25 PM //
http://boysbehavingbadly.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/flash-fiction-challenge-the-hotel-amos/
I do so enjoy your challenges. Looking forward to next week’s!
Amber Keller
March 17, 2011 at 8:11 PM //
Here’s Mr. Homer’s tale about “Bad Blood”
http://adiaryofawriter.blogspot.com
Hyacinth
March 17, 2011 at 8:28 PM //
Here’s my tale of the Hotel de Muñecas
http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1760505-Full-House
My first time doing flash fiction since college, way back in the day. I forgot how much fun this was.
CMStewart
March 18, 2011 at 3:17 AM //
Hold on- here’s mine!
http://cmstewartwrite.wordpress.com/2011/03/18/rapture-at-the-hotel-a-flash-fiction-tale/
And yes, keep them coming! 🙂
Anthony Laffan
March 18, 2011 at 9:03 AM //
Aww, I don’t get my link in the big post? Sadness!
terribleminds
March 18, 2011 at 9:06 AM //
@Anthony:
Doh! Fixed. Apologies. I have to go through these by hand and code and link ’em, and I generally do so late at night or in the morning. Easy to miss a comment.
Anybody else missing any, slap me in the head and neck, I’ll fix.
I may have to toy with a new way of archiving the links. Maybe just leaving them as comments instead of tallying them at the end? Do people find the tallies useful?
— c.
shree
March 18, 2011 at 9:09 AM //
I actually keep coming back to the page to check out the comments and read the stories straight from the comment thread! 🙂
Lauren
March 18, 2011 at 9:16 AM //
Ack, I’m late!
http://www.falconesse.com/2011/03/18/flash-fiction-challenge-the-hotel/
terribleminds
March 18, 2011 at 9:29 AM //
@Lauren —
It’s all good. On this one, I said noon — so, I add as they come in. 🙂
— c.
Casz Brewster
March 18, 2011 at 11:47 AM //
Damn this writing fast stuff is tough…
http://www.casondrabrewster.com/?p=113
DeAnna
March 20, 2011 at 12:21 PM //
Okay, I went both way over the time and word limit, and I have no idea whether it’s any good, so I’m just going to let it lie. Thanks for the prompt, though, and if it ever gets published, I shall let people know from whence the trigger came.
DeAnna
March 20, 2011 at 12:22 PM //
Oh, yeah, here’s the hotel I used for inspiration:
http://www.casamonica.com/