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First and foremost, I still have to award my favorite 100-word story from the last challenge (“Frog Powder Seagull Tower Scissors“).
I’ve chosen three, actually, because I had too many good ones from which to choose!
My favorites:
yojimbojapan
Paul Tevis
Albert Berg
I loved all three because they took me places I did not expect to go, and did so with great brevity, weirdness, and feeling. Kudos, you three. Contact me at terribleminds at gmail dot com. I’ll get you your e-books!
Now, onto today’s challenge –
And, let’s put this upfront, you’re playing for a signed copy of DOUBLE DEAD in paperback, by yours truly. I will pay for shipping if you’re in the United States. If not, you’ll either have to pay for shipping or be happy instead with an e-book version gifted from Amazon. Diggit? Diggit.
Here’s what I want:
I don’t want stories about vampires. That’d be too easy.
I instead want to play off the title — Double Dead — and have some fun with alliteration.
Alliteration is, of course, the repetition of a singular sound at the beginning of two or more connected words: “Tiny Trees,” or “Ten Tin Typewriters” or “Fez-Fuckers From Fort Frances.”
I want you to come up with a title that uses alliteration. Two or more words.
Then write a story — no more than 1,000 words — to go along with that title.
Seriously, now: no stories about vampires. None. Bzzt. Don’t do it. Otherwise: any genre is a-okay.
Write your stories online somewhere — your own blog, perhaps, or Tumblr, or G+ — and link back here so we can all see it. Feel free to link back to here from that post, too.
You have one week.
December 10th.
Noon EST.
Get writing. One of you gets the tales of Coburn the vampire.
EDIT:
I had to go with: Because Baby, Everything’s Exercise.
http://veryeasychoices.com/2011/12/06/because-baby-everythings-exercise/
Chris Stonebender went apeshit with language and, given the challenge being one *about* language, well, I went with it.
It’s a twisted tale of — well, I don’t even know what to call it.
Chris –
contact me at terribleminds at gmail and we’ll get you set up with a copy of DOUBLE DEAD.



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This one is going on the To-Do List.
I want that book…lol
Okay, I had WAY too much fun writing this, and I’m sorry to say I went well beyond the 1000 words, so I don’t expect to be part of the contest. I plan to buy Double Dead anyway, it’s in my list of ‘to buy’.
Please enjoy.
SATAN SANTA – http://lindsaymawson.blogspot.com/2011/12/flash-fiction-challenge-30-affliction.html
Unlike Lindsay, mine came in way below 1,000 words. Blame my short attention span.
The Title: Trickster Tractibility
http://nicolewolverton.com/?p=506
[...] http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/12/02/flash-fiction-challenge-an-affliction-of-alliteration/ [...]
I give you Miller Moth Madness:
http://darlene.underdahl.net/?p=109
I’m just going to paste mine here–a story of a writer named Wilson, refusing to heed Mr. Wendig’s advice:
WRITE WRONG
Wilson’s words whipped, willy-nilly, wherever Wilson wandered. Would Wilson work watchfully? Would wastrels worldwide wonder why words washed widdershins without wasting worried wishes? Wherever women wrote, war-torn windows wrapped warily, wry wasps were wasted. When Wilson weakened, war-ravage Warsaw woke with wiser words. Why warn weak works? Why wash worthless wares? Why wrestle wireless warhorses worrying works woefully wanting? Why, Wilson, various vacuous vampires?
My offering: http://lesannberry.blogspot.com/2011/12/ghoul-on-graveyard.html
I’m with @Amber J. Gardner. Writing now.
My sacrificial lamb: Silent Singer’s Sorrow.
http://anthologymind.blogspot.com/2011/12/flash-fiction-challenge-silent-singers.html
I need that Double Dead action for real!
http://philipoverby1.blogspot.com/2011/12/world-wide-wandering-wendigo-wrestler.html
My entry: Bullshit Bulldozer Bonus. Really enjoyed writing this one.
http://awannabewriters.blogspot.com/2011/12/bullshit-bulldozer-bonus-terribleminds.html
[...] my eye. I decided to give one a try. The full details of it are over at Chuck Wendig’s terribleminds, but the gist was to pick an alliterative title and play off the phrase “Double Dead”, [...]
Ressurection Reset, over at http://www.makingitupasigo.com/2011/12/03/flash-fiction-fun/
It’s possibly the first short fiction I’ve written in three or four years.
http://philipoverby1.blogspot.com/2011/12/world-wide-wandering-wendigo-wrestler.html
Here’s mine!
http://philipoverby1.blogspot.com/2011/12/world-wide-wandering-wendigo-wrestler.html
Here is my humble entry. Bend Back.
http://bonefather.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/bend-back/
It felt really good to do a thousand-word challenge. I’d been too busy slacking off on NaNoWriMo to do any of them. But I’m back. By popular demand.
And I’m still working on my novel, even though November is over. Or perhaps BECAUSE November is over.
My Mommy Made Me
[...] Flash Fiction: Mind Mangles Matter var addthis_product = 'wpp-262'; var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true,"data_track_addressbar":false,"ui_language":"en"};if (typeof(addthis_share) == "undefined"){ addthis_share = [];}To tackle the Terribleminds tiny tale-telling trial, “An Affliction of Alliteration“: [...]
To tackle this tiny tale-telling trial, try Mind Mangles Matter.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2011/12/05/flash-fiction-mind-mangles-matter/
my story Warring Women
Enjoy
http://kerry-mutterings.blogspot.com/2011/12/warring-women.html
Here’s my story, called “Killing Cousins.”
http://pdhinson.com/?page_id=123
Here’s my contribution, though it’s quite curt (470 words) — and contagious. Anyway, enjoy.
http://thatonegirl-ohthehorroranexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/12/flash-fiction-double-dead-contest.html
Here’s my contribution and first flash fiction, Happy Harlequin. Enjoy.
http://thatonegirl-ohthehorroranexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/12/flash-fiction-double-dead-contest.html
[...] this one for a li’l flash-fic contest over at TerribleMinds. Started with a title. Ended…somewhere a little upsetting, [...]
One Weird Wake-up
About a guy who wakes up in a strange situation
http://thedanielcoleman.com/blog/shortstories/one-weird-wake-up/
clocks in at – 982 words
Hope you enjoy it
Because Baby, Everything’s Exercise.
http://veryeasychoices.com/2011/12/06/because-baby-everythings-exercise/
fun stuff up here, guys.
Had a great time doing it. Learned I can go some dark places. Not a bad gig.
Here’s my entry, rather petite.
Scenes from a Stellar Skirmish
http://snellopy.blogspot.com/2011/12/scenes-from-stellar-skirmish.html
But that prize, wow, hot-damn that’s sexy. So I’m cooking up a plan B…
[...] time for another Terribleminds.com Flash-Fiction challenge, this time it’s called “An Affliction Of Alliteration”. The challenge is to create a [...]
Here’s my entry. This is under the word-count at around 600 words but I just couldn’t stop that crazy alliteration train once it had started.
Here is ‘Peter Piper and his Pickled Pepper Picking Palaver’
http://www.thezombiechimp.com/2011/12/06/peter-piper-and-his-pickled-pepper-picking-palaver/
[...] http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2011/12/02/flash-fiction-challenge-an-affliction-of-alliteration/ <Check out Chuck’s site for the conditions for this challenge. If I told you up front, I might give the staory away. 921 words. I haven’t posted in awhile and felt nervous about posting this one. But did anyway. [...]
I see there have been more stories added. My reading is cut out for me.
Here’s my story.
Sinker, Sailor, Soldier… http://wp.me/p1BAlV-1C
http://kaptinkaiju.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/crazy-cannibal-catastrophe/
Crazy Cannibal Catastrophe
Alright! Throwing mine into the pot!
http://samanthajmathis.tumblr.com/post/13871740194/sunny-side-soiree
Innocent Incest
http://subtlehubris.blogspot.com/2011/12/flash-fiction-alliteration-apologies.html
[...] been awhile since I’ve done a Chuck Wendig flash fiction challenge. This time was to come up with a title that has alliteration in it and then [...]
I offer up, “Jimmy’s Job”
http://yojimbojapan.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/flash-fiction-challenge-alliteration/
[...] job applications. If it turns out to be a long enough piece (1000 words or so), I may submit it to Chuck Wendig’s latest challenge, since I’m still waiting to see what Sonia‘s going to throw my way this month. No rush, [...]
Ruthless Resurrection
http://hauntedchurches.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/terrible-minds-flash-fiction-an-affliction-of-alliteration/
Using bribes and blandishments, I bludgeoned the children under my care into creating a second entry. After all, alliteration is educational, and enjoyable. Broaching the topic with a bout of brainstorming, the tiny tykes took to it with great gusto – displaying the Double Dead dust-cover roused roars of approval (graphically you’re good in the 8 – 9 group). The little fella’s had fun, and found that they could ignore irritation enough so that illustrators (such as girls and others of that icky ilk) were worth working with without worry. Wendig Education: Easing the educators load with lively lessons.
http://snellopy.blogspot.com/2011/12/in-which-i-exploit-my-students-for-my.html
My plan B is complete! Teach my kids alliteration, get them to draw pictures, and try playing the cute angle
I might have had too much fun with this one.
The Five Four O’clock Flashers of the Great Garden
Or, The Elector and the Exhibitionists
http://paultevis.com/blog/2011/12/9/an-affliction-of-alliteration.html
[...] My story for the TerribleMinds Challenge: An Affliction of Alliteration [...]
Here’s my story: The Evasive Existence of Ernestine Eaton
http://saraheolson.com/2011/12/09/evasive_existence_of_ernestine_eaton/
Just in under the wire, with all of 25 minutes to spare. Here’s mine, utilizing a favorite old family gag. Involves hit men and diner food.
Enjoy, and thank you as always, Chuck:
http://warnerkirby.blogs.com/clintonaut/2011/12/kousin-karls-kountry-kitchen.html
I give you Seeking Simple Solutions:
http://bit.ly/w2RxDi
My submission to the challenge: “The Change Channeler”
http://theshatteredlands.blogspot.com/2011/12/change-channeler.html
Hope you enjoy it!
F.
Worst entry ever. It’s been a LONG week with baby. -.-
Fanciless Firefight: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150411273071244
@Snellopy OMG I giggled quite a bit. That’s so awesome. Kids are so fantastic!
[...] I am off my NaNoWriMo slump. Here it is, my entry in Chuck Wendig’s flash fiction challenge “An Affliction of Alliteration” . Weighing in at 636 words, I present to [...]
Here is my response, “Round Rhea’s Rings”
http://laith.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/round-rheas-rings-flash-fiction-challenge-response/
well, didn’t expect the pingback to show up so fast… oh well.
[...] story in hopes of submitting it to Chuck Wendig’s Flash Fiction Challenge from December 2, “An Affliction of Alliteration”, but didn’t quite get the idea fleshed out in time to submit it. (By the way, if you [...]
[...] prior week’s fiction challenge — “An Affliction Of Alliteration” has plenty of entries, and is in fact why I’m being so slow to pick a winner. Reading [...]
Fiction chosen.
I had to go with: Because Baby, Everything’s Exercise.
http://veryeasychoices.com/2011/12/06/because-baby-everythings-exercise/
Chris Stonebender went apeshit with language and, given the challenge being one *about* language, well, I went with it.
It’s a twisted tale of — well, I don’t even know what to call it.
Chris –
contact me at terribleminds at gmail and we’ll get you set up with a copy of DOUBLE DEAD.
It was a tough choice, as usual. So many good entries.
– c.
Congratulations on winning!
[...] time for another Wendig challenge. This one involves a title using alliteration and a story to go along with it, under 1000 words. I [...]