Last week’s challenge: One Random Sentence (winner will be picked later this afternoon).
On a bit of a random kick, so let’s go with that, again.
This time, I give you eight random words:
Saw
Milkshake
Bath
Flowerpot
Wheelchair
Bully
Zoo
Heretic
And you must choose four of these and incorporate them into a piece of flash fiction no more than 1000 words long, posted at your blog or online space by Friday, June 8th, at noon.
Post links here so we can all read.
Get to writing.
36 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Eight Random Words”
Here’s my hat, thrown into the ring!
http://alyndayofthedead.blogspot.com/2012/06/terrible-minds-flash-fiction-contest.html
Enjoy!
I used your four words, and came up with other words, like bazooka and zombie and Ontario. THOR SLAYMASTER’S SUICIDE MISSION. http://www.curtisedmonds.com/thor-slaymasterssuicidemission/
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Bully, milkshake, heretic and flowerpot, but not in that order.
The Heretic
http://darlene.underdahl.net/?p=158
I had to use the words “zoo, heretic, bully, and milkshake.”
Here it is.
http://newpenontheblock.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/animals-on-display/
[…] “Animals On Display,” as part of a contest over on Chuck Wendig’s blog Terrible Minds. This one had to use the words “zoo, milkshake, heretic, and bully.” I just started […]
[…] Wordcount: 338 Rating/Warnings: PG Summary: It’s the first day of Camp NaNoWriMo and I was looking for something to jumpstart the muses… We only had to use four of the eight words, but I got a tad carried away. Written for the Terrible Minds Flash Fiction Challenge: Eight Random Words. […]
[…] My friend, Melanie Cole, has a flash fiction feature on her blog, called Five Sentence Fiction Friday (there definitely is an alliterative meme running – you’ll see). She bases her flash fiction on prompts from Lillie McFerrin Writes. Literary magazine, book publisher and writing workshop Lit Reactor posts a flash fiction contest on their blog every Wednesday that is based on William Wallace Cook’s Plotto: The Master Book of All Plots. The winner each week receives a copy of the book. And while I’m tempted to use any prompts that will actually get me writing, I’m most inspired by Chuck Wendig and his Friday Flash Fiction Challenge. […]
In honor of the start of Camp NaNoWriMo (June session) I ran with all eight words, so behold– the silly!
Office Heretics : http://www.martha.net/2012/06/flash-fiction-challenge/
I’m in. I chose Saw, Milkshake, Bath and Wheelchair.
http://helveticasindiehorrorstories.blogspot.com/2012/06/suspension-of-disbelief.html
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1432267097/ten-little-terrors-horror-anthology?ref=home_location
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http://amgray.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/heresy.html
I used them all! Do I get extra points for that????
Mine is titled ‘Heresy.’
Here is my effort at http://www.dmmcgowan.blogspot.com with saw, milshake, bath and wheelchair.
Dave
My short tale: Handicrapped
http://talesofgrim.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/flash-fiction-challenge-eight-random-words-handicrapped/
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I picked zoo, milkshake, flowerpot, and wheelchair, and threw in words like metal, lung, and tiger. I give you The Exchange.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2012/06/04/flash-fiction-the-exchange/
I went with zoo, milkshake, bully, and saw.
http://knotachance.tumblr.com/
Had a couple of days to meddle over this one. Probably my favorite challenge so far.
http://www.amschultz.com/2/post/2012/06/fitness-friday-flash-fiction-challenge-40something-from-terriblemindscom.html
-A.M.
http://amschultz.com
Better late than never, I hope. Hang onto your bathing caps, dear readers…
http://www.nikweiss.com/writing/
My story – enjoy
http://kerry-mutterings.blogspot.ie/2012/06/chuck-wendig-flash-fiction-challenge.html
I used the first four: Saw, Milkshake, Bath, Flowerpot
http://www.jeffxilon.com/flash-fiction-4-of-8-random-words/
http://authorsarahohara.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/terrible-minds-flash-fiction-challenge.html
This one was fun to do.
OK, so I’m cheating yet again. Chuck will probably throw me off his blog. This is a story I wrote last year, but it already had two of the random words in it, so I couldn’t resist adding the remaining two and redrafting it.
My words: milkshake + flowerpot + bully + zoo . It’s called “One Percent”
http://narratorium.com/2012/06/07/one-percent/
My offering: http://lesannberry.com/2012/06/fallen.html
Dude, I can only apologize in advance.
http://dirtymercsbarandgrill.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/friday-fiction-fuckup.html
[…] on Chuck Wendig’s latest challenge, but had a great time. The original challenge post is here, and I’ve copied the relevant bits below for your convenience: On a bit of a random kick, so […]
Here’s my entry, “The Human Keeper.” I ended up using the words “milkshake,” “zoo,” “heretic,” and “bath.” I hope you all enjoy it:
http://www.humming-rain.com/2012/06/08/flash-fiction-the-human-keeper/
It may or may not have been written while in a strange state of mind. You’ve been warned. 🙂
[…] a fire under my ass. Chuck is the author of Blackbirds and 500 Ways To Be A Better Writer. He had a flash fiction contest on his site, Terribleminds. Here’s my entry. Thanks, […]
I went with saw, bully, wheelchair and flowerpot. It’s called “No Such Thing As Monsters”
Thanks!
http://kgarndell.com/?p=703
Saw, heretic, bath, bully.
My entry’s called “Beyond the Dragon Doors” and the best way to describe it would be as a medieval fantasy versionf of Waiting for Godot.
Kinda.
http://8thage.blogspot.ca/2012/06/beyond-dragon-doors.html
[…] Last week’s challenge: “Eight Random Words.” […]
Mondays Are a Bitch
Language NSFW. Used: Zoo, Bully, Flowerpot, and Bath
http://morningjuiceandserials.blogspot.com/2012/06/flash-friday-another-wendig-challenge.html
This week’s story – very last minute. Need to use more than half a day for these seven day challenges
http://www.ravensview.ca/ravens/2012/06/eight-random-words.html
Really hope this made it in time, wasn’t sure of the timezone. Words used: bully, saw, heretic, wheelchair. http://kathysreblogblog.tumblr.com/post/24688576960/lord-haw-haw
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