Flash Fiction Challenge: Must Love Dinosaurs
Last week’s challenge: “Random Title Generation.”
Didja see? Didja see?
DINOCALYPSE NOW is ready to be downloaded into your eye-pads and Kindlemaschines and Nookies or whatever the hell you use in this crazy e-reader future. (And you can pre-order print!)
But, hey, I’d like to give a copy away. An e-copy, to be clear.
To get it, you gotta dance for your dinner. Or, rather, your dinosaurs.
This week’s flash fiction challenge?
Whatever you write must feature dinosaurs.
You have 1000-words.
You have one week. Due by noon EST on May 11th.
I’ll pick my favorite a week or so after the deadline and I’ll announce here at this post.
Again:
Must.
Feature.
Dinosaur(s).
RAAAAAAR.
Now go write.
EDIT:
DELIGHTFULLY NERDED by these stories. So much love.
I have chosen a winner.
Hostile Crayon’s RAWR THE PLUSH VELOCIRAPTOR.
http://hostilecrayon.dreamwidth.org/150863.html
Contact me! terribleminds at gmail dot com.
Jim Franklin
May 4, 2012 at 7:30 AM //
This was a strange one, so I gathered up all my ideas and merged them together like a child with Play-Doh.
Hope you like it.
http://www.thezombiechimp.com/2012/05/04/flash-fiction-t-wrecks/
Thanks
alreadynotpublished
May 4, 2012 at 8:36 AM //
Sadlly my protagonist does not love dinosaurs but hopefully I still qualify! I have created a one woman writing retreat and booked into a B&B this weekend, this was my first activity. I am staying in the Eagle room, hence my protagonist:
Of dinosaurs and eagles
http://alreadynotpublished.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/of-dinosaurs-and-eagles/
Darlene Underdahl
May 4, 2012 at 1:19 PM //
Miss Castorocauda is a little short, but I hope you like her:
http://darlene.underdahl.net/?p=151
Enjoy.
DL Thurston
May 4, 2012 at 2:29 PM //
I so often write such dark entries for these challengers. So something lighter this week as a daddy and daughter go to the museum and check out the Dinosaur Hall
http://www.dlthurston.com/blog/2012/05/04/dinosaur_hall/
David Grigg
May 4, 2012 at 11:33 PM //
This was a difficult one. So hard to deal with dinosaurs without invoking time travel, or treating them in a comic fashion, neither of which I wanted to do. I’m pretty happy with this result, though pedants will point out at least one significant flaw in the history. But this is FICTION, guys!
It’s called “The Lizard Keeper” and it’s here: http://narratorium.com/2012/05/05/the-lizard-keeper/
Amanda
May 5, 2012 at 12:40 AM //
In which the talking dinosaurs from my childhood somehow melded with Jurassic Park and The Devil Wears Prada. Or something.
http://amandalyngordon.blogspot.com/2012/05/flash-fiction-ala-chuck-wendig.html
R.J.Keith
May 5, 2012 at 5:43 AM //
Was going to be a steampunk Aladdin thing, then I saw this really cool video on YouTube titled: The Gentlemen’s Duel and it was the coolest thing ever. So I said to myself, I says; why can’t someone steampunk a dinosaur? And then I remembered this bit in a “novel” I’d written WAY back in junior high and well, here is the result.
http://rjkeith.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/the-sandbox/
runebug
May 5, 2012 at 10:00 AM //
That is easily one of the top five most awesome book covers I have ever seen in my life.
Jeff Xilon
May 5, 2012 at 12:41 PM //
My first thought when I saw the challenge was: What the hell I’m I going to do with dinosaurs? My very next thought was the basis of this story:
The Truth About K-Pg: http://www.jeffxilon.com/flash-fiction-dinosaur-challenge/
John Vise
May 5, 2012 at 5:39 PM //
Yeah…. I did another odd one.
http://wp.me/pJy7b-2N
Andreas Kjeldsen
May 5, 2012 at 6:30 PM //
The Zuwi tribe regret past decisions when realpolitik gets mixed up with dinosaurs and “The Kawazi Return”
http://endlessimmensity.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/the-kawazi-return/
columbibueno
May 5, 2012 at 6:35 PM //
http://columbibueno.wordpress.com/2012/05/05/u-s-s-geosaurus/
(to be continued…)
oldestgenxer
May 6, 2012 at 12:20 AM //
My last story was so serious and dark, I needed a palate cleanser. And nothing cleanses the palate like blood, amirite?
A Fella’s Gotta Eat
If you start humming the William Tell Overture, it’s not my fault.
Mitch Dyer
May 6, 2012 at 2:21 PM //
I blew the word count, but it was worth it.
http://downwritefierce.tumblr.com/post/22529889625/ff-must-love-dinosaurs-md
Alisha Miller
May 6, 2012 at 7:24 PM //
Had to cut a tiny bit to come in under 1000 words, but I kinda like it. Totally went outside of my comfort zone here, heh.
Rawr the Plush Velociraptor: http://hostilecrayon.dreamwidth.org/150863.html
Josh Loomis
May 7, 2012 at 8:38 AM //
I doubt this was the dinosaur you expected.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2012/05/07/flash-fiction-the-dinosaur/
Kathy O
May 7, 2012 at 9:46 AM //
Extinction
http://katherineowens.blogspot.com/2012/05/extinction.html
Mark H
May 7, 2012 at 11:32 AM //
Dinosaurs, you said. What about hyper-intelligent dinosaurs who drink red wine for health, I ask?
http://www.amanforallseasons.ca/2012/05/07/flash-fiction-hyper-intelligence-only-goes-so-far/
yojimbojapan
May 7, 2012 at 2:58 PM //
I’ve been away from the flash fiction scene for awhile. But dinosaurs were like my favorite thing ever as a child so I couldn’t pass this up.
http://www.johnlatorre.com/blog/Fiction/dinosaur-flash-fiction/
ChrisWhiteWrites
May 8, 2012 at 12:46 AM //
Here’s my (first) story:
http://chriswhitewrites.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/sauro-puss/
Kaitlin Branch
May 8, 2012 at 9:05 AM //
Thank you. Just to write this story gave me great giggles.
http://kaitlinandmichaelbranch.com/2012/05/08/dinosaurs/
Lesann
May 8, 2012 at 3:19 PM //
I had to revisit Sam and the film crew in the caldera. My offering: http://lesannberry.com/2012/05/death-by-dinosaur.html
Michael
May 8, 2012 at 10:14 PM //
http://innocentsaccidentshints.blogspot.com/2012/05/terrible-minds-challenge-doom-in-sky.html
Christopher Meyer
May 9, 2012 at 12:55 PM //
I have posted my sacrificial offering to sate the hunger of this week’s Flash Fiction Challenge on my blog here:
http://omaharenegade.blogspot.com/2012/05/chuck-wendigs-flash-fiction-challenge.html
John K. Patterson
May 9, 2012 at 6:11 PM //
Here’s my entry, a battle scene of Renaissance-like warfare and a T. rex:
http://johnkpatterson.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/battering-ram-a-dinosaur-story-for-chuck-wendig/
ChrisWhiteWrites
May 9, 2012 at 8:01 PM //
Here’s another (I love dinosaurs!) A great challenge, because it meant that as I was sitting, reading page after page of articles on dinosaurs and my wife couldn’t tell me off for not writing! Huzzah!
http://chriswhitewrites.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/billy-the-kid/
She’s coming again… *whip lashes*
AmandaKay
May 10, 2012 at 3:10 PM //
I fear this is a future true story about my bug collecting daughter. “Just let Mom check it out, she’ll be fine.”
The Collector
http://amandagrein.com/12101.html
AmandaKay
May 10, 2012 at 3:13 PM //
I fear this is a future true story of my bug-collecting daughter. “Let Mom check it out, she’ll be fine.”
http://amandagrein.com/12101.html
Enjoy!
Shane Dodd
May 10, 2012 at 10:15 PM //
Here she be…
http://yuggothiandreams.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/world-war-dinosaur/
Enjoy! (I hope…)
Shane D.
Ilona Rose Graham
May 11, 2012 at 7:45 AM //
Did I miss it? Did I miscalculate the time difference? Please tell me I didn’t. I really wanted to tell you all about The Thrill-a-Minute World of Raptorcross Racing.
http://ilonatherose.wordpress.com/the-thrill-a-minute-world-of-raptocross-racing/
I nearly skipped this week – I have negative free time between university essays, hunting-gathering-creating for deadlined personal projects, and having trouble putting down Blackbirds so I can get my beauty, no, brain-sleep (I’m not sucking up – it’s true! Head filled with disturbing images, and panda eyes to prove it.) But, dinosaurs! How could I not!?
Inspired while sitting in a studio with people recording drum tracks, and by my own realisation that if Dino’s had never died out, or we brought them back, /this/ is what I’d be doing right now.
Mark Matthews
May 11, 2012 at 10:04 AM //
http://markmatthewsauthor.blogspot.com/2012/05/never-catch-me-alive.html
“Never Catch Me Alive” my contribution to the dinosaur flash fiction contest. By my accounts, it is 10:02 EST friday.
And, somebody please tell me – how do I change my picture to myself rather than a skull to the left there? Um, yes, you will be able to tell the difference. Slightly.
Mike
May 11, 2012 at 11:57 AM //
This was a fun one, relatively easy to write. It was interesting to do a bit of research too.
As expected – my fairy tale gang – with a new recruit.
http://www.ravensview.ca/ravens/2012/05/dinosaurs-r-us.html
Samuel Schultz
May 11, 2012 at 11:58 AM //
http://razorwiretightrope.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/meteor/
Louise Sorensen
May 11, 2012 at 2:33 PM //
Well I missed the deadline. Story’s not finished. Only had one day to write this week. Dang.
But got a nice second draft out of it that I may finish and at least post to my site.
Will read all you dinophiles and do, not do not, for next week.
Mark Matthews
May 21, 2012 at 5:49 PM //
I keep checking back for a winner, so I can say “oh, man!” I’m probably missing something.
John K. Patterson
May 21, 2012 at 9:44 PM //
It’s okay, Mark. I keep checking back, too.
terribleminds
May 22, 2012 at 9:57 AM //
Sorry, guys, got a few more to read yet. Next day or two, I promise.
– c.
terribleminds
May 24, 2012 at 9:53 AM //
DELIGHTFULLY NERDED by these stories. So much love.
I have chosen a winner.
Hostile Crayon’s RAWR THE PLUSH VELOCIRAPTOR.
http://hostilecrayon.dreamwidth.org/150863.html
Contact me! terribleminds at gmail dot com.
– c.
John K. Patterson
May 24, 2012 at 10:58 AM //
Twisted, creative, and more than a bit eye-opening. Good tale. Nice work, Hostile Crayon!
Alisha Miller
May 31, 2012 at 8:13 PM //
Thank you so much!