Last week, you came up with a “Brand New Monster.” Check out the horrifying results, won’t you?
Man, if I don’t just love the “five random word” challenge.
Once again I present you with five random words chosen out of a random word generator.
The words are:
COCKROACH
FOUNTAIN
TAX
BOTTLE
BOX
You must choose three of these and incorporate them into a flash fiction piece, 1000 words long.
Except, here’s one more element:
You need to incorporate a vampire. Somehow. Last week was about new monsters, this week is about an old standby. Maybe it’s a character. An antagonist. A reference. An allusion. Something. Anything.
Three out of five words.
And one vampire.
Post the fiction at your blog or on the web somewhere so we can see it, and then link back here. You’ve got one week, as usual: till Friday, October 21st, at noon EST.
ZC says:
I love you Chuck.
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*awkward silence*
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It needed to be said, ok?
October 14, 2011 — 6:51 AM
terribleminds says:
Th… thank you?
October 14, 2011 — 6:52 AM
ZC says:
My pleasure. More a metaphorical love, than a man-sweat love. Your blog is what got me started writing again. Haven’t missed a flash fiction challenge since and I damn sure won’t miss this one. Vampire-cockroach hasn’t paid his taxes!
October 14, 2011 — 7:16 AM
Brandy says:
What are the odds that the same week I’ve had a vampire story rumbling around in my brain, disrupting orderly thought processes, you’d present us with a challenge involving vampires. Now I have to actually go do the hard part and *write it*.
October 14, 2011 — 8:53 AM
Ashley Lorelle says:
First time participating in a flash fiction challenge! Here is my submission, “The Visitor.”
http://ashleylorelle.com/2011/10/14/the-visitor/
Yes, it’s fast. I felt really inspired at 6am today.
October 14, 2011 — 8:59 AM
Jim Franklin says:
Here is my entry.
http://cheddarnightmares.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/disturbing-nightmares/
All comments are welcome.
Cheers
October 14, 2011 — 9:02 AM
Mark Horejsi says:
Sometimes, the people who run the financial institutions act like Vampires. And sometimes, they actually are Vampires. My entry below.
http://markh-blog.blogspot.com/2011/10/international-monetary-bank-of.html
October 14, 2011 — 12:03 PM
Lindsay Mawson says:
Here’s mine. Accidentally used 4 (shhhh, I know, I can’t read) words instead of 3.
Darkness at the End of the Tunnel
http://lindsaymawson.blogspot.com/2011/10/flash-fiction-challenge-27-five-words.html
October 14, 2011 — 2:14 PM
Darlene Underdahl says:
Thanks for another great challenge. I give you a bottle, a box, a fountain and a vampire.
http://darlene.underdahl.net/
October 14, 2011 — 2:16 PM
Sarah E Olson (@saraheolson) says:
Here’s my entry. I used tax, cockroach and bottle. Enjoy!
http://saraheolson.com/2011/10/14/terrible-minds-flash-fiction-challenge-five-words-plus-one-vampire/
October 14, 2011 — 4:45 PM
Casz Brewster says:
It’s creative non-fiction — necessary to clear the air to actually work on potentially billable work. Just keep writing, yes?
http://www.casondrabrewster.com/?p=238
October 14, 2011 — 4:51 PM
Casz Brewster says:
And I used all the words. It felt necessary given I twisted it to fulfill my own needs. 😀
BTFO!
October 14, 2011 — 4:52 PM
Jared 'contagonist' Domenico says:
Would a synonym be acceptable, i.e: crate, in the instance of box?
October 14, 2011 — 6:22 PM
Nicole Wolverton says:
You know, I drink a glass of wine on a day that feels weird, and strange things happen. Here’s my entry:
http://nicolewolverton.com/?p=464
Thanks for inspiring one of the oddest things I’ve written. Heh!
October 14, 2011 — 7:00 PM
Darlene Underdahl says:
@Casz: I don’t think I can comment on your blog, but I just wanted to share something.
An old man got into trouble (gambling), and after he tried to kill himself, he began bouncing around in the welfare system. We had his mail sent to our house, to keep track of it for him.
His bill collectors began circling OUR property, and he was no relation, nor had he never spent one night under our roof! It took us a long time to get rid of them, but we managed without the expense of a lawyer, thank goodness.
The collectors ARE cut-throat vampires. Just a word to the wise…
October 15, 2011 — 8:47 AM
John Vise says:
These things just show up in my brain and I write so they will escape into the world and stop bugging me.
http://johnvise.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/bugging-out/
October 16, 2011 — 8:14 PM
Chris Goodwin says:
I went over the limit. A lot. Almost three times. One day, I’ll learn to shut up.
Used Tax, Box, Bottle.
http://evilgoodwin.blogspot.com/2011/10/terriblemindscom-flash-fiction.html
October 17, 2011 — 1:08 AM
ZC says:
Not a story, just a scene. And yes, Chuck, I know that writing scenes instead of complete stories is one of your pet peeves, but NaNoWriMo looms. And it lurks…
http://zombie-cowboy.blogspot.com/2011/10/flash-fiction-challenge-five-words-plus.html
October 17, 2011 — 2:47 AM
Foxed says:
Here we are. The Nightly Grind
Used bottle, tax, and fountain. I suspect with bottle and tax we will see alot of homeless characters this week…
October 17, 2011 — 7:56 AM
Josh Loomis says:
Cockroach, fountain, bottle and vampire.
You asked for it.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2011/10/17/flash-fiction-david-and-victoria/
October 17, 2011 — 8:19 AM
Adam Short says:
Here’s mine; a cockroach, a fountain, a tax and a vampire.
http://www.shiny.org.uk/?p=57
October 17, 2011 — 3:26 PM
Lesann says:
My offering: http://lesannberry.blogspot.com/2011/10/life-too-long.html
October 17, 2011 — 6:04 PM
Samantha J. Mathis says:
Here’s mine!
http://samanthajmathis.tumblr.com/post/11602718275/slurp
October 18, 2011 — 12:29 AM
BJ Kerry says:
Vampire, fountain, bottle and cockroach.
http://kerry-mutterings.blogspot.com/2011/10/chuck-wendig-flash-fiction.html
enjoy.
October 18, 2011 — 5:37 AM
Chris White says:
So here’s my first story…there’s another one on the way. I used fountain, box and cockroach.
http://chriswhitewrites.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/soapbox-prophecy/
October 18, 2011 — 10:26 AM
yojimbojapan says:
Here is my entry. First time I’ve written a gender-flipped first person story. Hope I didn’t screw it up.
Cockroach, bottle, box
http://yojimbojapan.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/flash-fiction-challenge/
October 18, 2011 — 1:27 PM
Ryan G. Sanders says:
Guilty Blood:
http://www.ryangsanders.com/2011/10/guilty-blood/
October 18, 2011 — 8:19 PM
Jo Eberhardt says:
I give you Touched for the Very First Time. Enjoy!
Link: http://wp.me/p1teED-h9
October 18, 2011 — 9:57 PM
oldestgenxer says:
In the past I’ve over-done the homework, and included all five words in the challenge. Not this time. There’s no benefit to being the teacher’s pet. No extra credit. Follow the rules, keep your head down. Don’t make waves. And yes, there is a vampire. Maybe two.
To Sire, With Love
I couldn’t get the stupid thing to make a link on my page without it taking out half my story and making the other half a link. Damn computers.
October 19, 2011 — 12:40 AM
Kim says:
So…I usually just lurk around and enjoy the results of these, but this time I got roped in. Here’s what happened: http://chant-1.livejournal.com/108231.html
Comments and feedback always welcome! : )
October 19, 2011 — 8:51 PM
Jared 'contagonist' Domenico says:
http://strangetorpedo.blogspot.com/2011/10/just-leg-it-flash-fiction-challenge.html
Bon appetite, mooks. Fresh Prohibition-era shenanigans.
October 20, 2011 — 8:55 AM
Paul Tevis says:
Here we go again: http://paultevis.com/blog/2011/10/20/render-unto-caesar.html
October 20, 2011 — 3:06 PM
Louise Sorensen says:
Paradise ll http://wp.me/p1BAlV-1y
I’m enjoying reading everyone’s pieces.
Blogger often won’t let me leave a comment. I don’t know why.
Here’s to an amazing bunch of writers!
October 20, 2011 — 9:54 PM
Ben K. says:
Awesome, as always. And thank you for the opportunity:
http://warnerkirby.blogs.com/clintonaut/2011/10/a-brief-history-of-the-vampire.html
October 20, 2011 — 10:04 PM
Robyn says:
This story contains some characters from my VP submission from two years ago. Unfortunately someone insisted I couldn’t name one of the characters after him, so I stuck in Goatboy as a placeholder, and haven’t yet thought of something better.
http://robynettely.blogspot.com/2011/10/flash-fiction-challenge-mary-alice-goes.html
October 20, 2011 — 11:54 PM
Amy Tupper says:
“Predator”
http://amytupper.net/2011/10/20/predator/
October 21, 2011 — 6:22 AM
Alex JC says:
Just under the wire?
Tax Day
October 21, 2011 — 11:57 AM
Michael says:
http://innocentsaccidentshints.blogspot.com/2011/10/terrible-minds-challenge-nobody.html
October 21, 2011 — 9:55 PM