Flash Fiction Challenge: Eight Random Words
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.
June 1, 2012 @ 11:26 AM
Here’s my hat, thrown into the ring!
http://alyndayofthedead.blogspot.com/2012/06/terrible-minds-flash-fiction-contest.html
Enjoy!
June 1, 2012 @ 1:12 PM
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/
The Heretic | Darlene's Stories
June 1, 2012 @ 1:46 PM
[…] http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/06/01/flash-fiction-challenge-eight-random-words/#comments […]
June 1, 2012 @ 1:58 PM
Bully, milkshake, heretic and flowerpot, but not in that order.
The Heretic
http://darlene.underdahl.net/?p=158
June 1, 2012 @ 3:01 PM
I had to use the words “zoo, heretic, bully, and milkshake.”
Here it is.
http://newpenontheblock.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/animals-on-display/
My 1st Contest Entry (My 2nd Flash-Fiction) | The New Pen On the Block
June 1, 2012 @ 3:09 PM
[…] “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 […]
Office Heretics (Urban Fantasy) | Martha.net
June 1, 2012 @ 4:32 PM
[…] 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. […]
Flash Fiction Fridays | Plying The Muse With Gin
June 1, 2012 @ 5:50 PM
[…] 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. […]
June 1, 2012 @ 6:40 PM
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/
June 1, 2012 @ 10:39 PM
I’m in. I chose Saw, Milkshake, Bath and Wheelchair.
http://helveticasindiehorrorstories.blogspot.com/2012/06/suspension-of-disbelief.html
A little shameless self-promotion: my Kickstarter ebook project:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1432267097/ten-little-terrors-horror-anthology?ref=home_location
the heretic « Flash fiction, in a flash!
June 2, 2012 @ 1:17 AM
[…] prompt – flowerpot, heretic, bath, saw […]
June 2, 2012 @ 7:52 PM
http://amgray.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/heresy.html
I used them all! Do I get extra points for that????
Mine is titled ‘Heresy.’
June 3, 2012 @ 12:51 AM
Here is my effort at http://www.dmmcgowan.blogspot.com with saw, milshake, bath and wheelchair.
Dave
June 3, 2012 @ 11:43 AM
My short tale: Handicrapped
http://talesofgrim.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/flash-fiction-challenge-eight-random-words-handicrapped/
» Flash Fiction: The Exchange Blue Ink Alchemy
June 4, 2012 @ 7:30 AM
[…] four words from the eight random ones offered by […]
June 4, 2012 @ 7:31 AM
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/
June 4, 2012 @ 8:34 PM
I went with zoo, milkshake, bully, and saw.
http://knotachance.tumblr.com/
June 5, 2012 @ 1:27 AM
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
June 5, 2012 @ 6:13 AM
Better late than never, I hope. Hang onto your bathing caps, dear readers…
June 5, 2012 @ 11:35 PM
http://www.nikweiss.com/writing/
June 6, 2012 @ 7:12 AM
My story – enjoy
http://kerry-mutterings.blogspot.ie/2012/06/chuck-wendig-flash-fiction-challenge.html
June 6, 2012 @ 8:42 AM
I used the first four: Saw, Milkshake, Bath, Flowerpot
http://www.jeffxilon.com/flash-fiction-4-of-8-random-words/
June 6, 2012 @ 2:48 PM
http://authorsarahohara.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/terrible-minds-flash-fiction-challenge.html
This one was fun to do.
June 6, 2012 @ 11:23 PM
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/
June 7, 2012 @ 2:03 AM
My offering: http://lesannberry.com/2012/06/fallen.html
June 7, 2012 @ 11:16 AM
Dude, I can only apologize in advance.
http://dirtymercsbarandgrill.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/friday-fiction-fuckup.html
Flash Fiction: The Human Keeper | Humming Rain
June 8, 2012 @ 3:05 AM
[…] 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 […]
June 8, 2012 @ 3:09 AM
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. 🙂
No Such Thing As Monsters | KG Arndell
June 8, 2012 @ 4:42 AM
[…] 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, […]
June 8, 2012 @ 5:07 AM
I went with saw, bully, wheelchair and flowerpot. It’s called “No Such Thing As Monsters”
Thanks!
http://kgarndell.com/?p=703
June 8, 2012 @ 6:59 AM
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
Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Setting
June 8, 2012 @ 7:37 AM
[…] Last week’s challenge: “Eight Random Words.” […]
June 8, 2012 @ 8:19 AM
Mondays Are a Bitch
Language NSFW. Used: Zoo, Bully, Flowerpot, and Bath
http://morningjuiceandserials.blogspot.com/2012/06/flash-friday-another-wendig-challenge.html
June 8, 2012 @ 11:59 AM
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
June 8, 2012 @ 1:45 PM
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
Fitness Friday (Flash Fiction Challenge #42 at TerribleMinds.com) « amschultz.com
June 8, 2012 @ 11:19 PM
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