Flash Fiction Challenge: Five Random Words
  • Last week’s challenge is still live, and I’ll be tallying them throughout the day, but for now, hit the comments for flash fiction *and* drink recipes at “THE COCKTAIL.”

    And now, this week’s challenge.

    The Internet is home to many-a-random-word-generator, and there’s nothing quite like letting an insane computer determine the course of events! After all, we are ceding much of our lives to technology, why not let technology determine the nature of this week’s flash fiction bonanza? So, I hit up one such random word generator (this one, if you so care), and let it pick five words.

    Those five words are:

    “Figure.”

    “Dusk.”

    “Flirt.”

    “Mobile Phone.”

    “Wig.”

    Your flash fiction story — back up to 1000 words for the limit — must feature each of these five words. You don’t necessarily need to use the words so much as you need to incorporate what they are into the story. (“Mobile phone” is an antiquated way of saying cell, mobile, smartphone, whatever — so, you don’t need to use the term so much as you need to make sure a cell phone is a part of the plot. So too with flirting, a figure, dusk, and a wig.)

    You have one week. Challenge closes end of next Friday.

    Post stories at your own blogs. Link back to here, then post a comment to make sure we can all see it and read your tale of wiggy, flirty figures using mobile phones at dusk. Or something.

    Go forth and be penmonkeys.

    The Lurid Tales

    McDroll, “It Takes Years Of Training

    Lindsay Mawson, “Wolfe In Sheep’s Tailored Suit

    Anthony Laffan, “Down And Out

    Kate Haggard, “Birthday

    Darlene Underdahl, “Luella Sara

    Tribid, “Dugan Calling

    Ethan Rose, “Flashed Fiction

    Dan O’Shea, “Sinking My Teeth In

    Stephanie Belser, “This Ain’t No Disco

    Lora H., “Of All Of The Gin Joints

    Angie Arcangioli, “First Delusion

    Keith Karabin, “She

    TaraMonster, “Curiosity Killed The Cat

    Boys Behaving Badly, “Pantheon

    Julia Madeline, “I Guess You Were Wrong

    Liam Sweeny, “4G

    Billie Jo Woods, “Maybe Next Month Will Be Worse

    Lisa Paul, “The Missing Figure

    Michael, “I Bet She Does

    Marlan, “The Hookup

    Allyson Whipple, “Untitled

    Bob Bois, “Hermosa Beach Heartache

    Neliza Drew, “The Beach Sting

    AB, “Untitled

    Joseph McGee, “A Jarring Declaration

    Ben Kirby, “The Last Day Of The Life Of Dudley O’Reilly

    Ron Earl Phillips, “The Greenhorn

    DeAnne, “Strangers In The Gloam

    CM Stewart, “Time For The Last

    Robyn, “Ian’s Dad’s Ashes

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    April 15th, 2011 | terribleminds | 54 Comments

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ChuckWendig

Chuck Wendig is equal parts novelist, screenwriter, and game designer. He is the author of the novels DOUBLE DEAD, BLACKBIRDS, and MOCKINGBIRD. In addition, he's got a metric boatload of writing-related e-books available, including the popular 500 WAYS TO BE A BETTER WRITER. He currently lives in the wilds of Pennsyltucky with wife, dog, and newborn progeny.

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