Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Setting
Last week’s challenge: “Eight Random Words.”
It’s time again to choose the setting for this week’s flash fiction challenge! I’ve cobbled together a list — you will pick one from the list and use it as the setting in your story. I’m just making these up — so, for instance, the “Bone Cathedral” is not a thing that has any particular definition to it. You interpret these as you see fit.
The settings are:
“The Bone Cathedral”
“Aisle Nine In The Grocery Store”
“The Venom Club”
“The Tower of Babel”
“Suburban Meth Lab”
“Tiny’s Taco Hut”
Choose one.
Write about it.
You’ve got up to 1000 words.
Post at your online space, then link back here.
Done by June 15th (Friday), noon EST.
kathy boles-turner
June 8, 2012 at 8:20 AM //
I must take “Aisle 9″. All sorts of crazy shenanigans go on in the grocery store!
DL Thurston
June 8, 2012 at 11:45 AM //
Had to pick Tiny’s Taco Hut. Because everyone comes to Tiny’s.
http://www.dlthurston.com/blog/2012/06/08/flash-fiction-everyone-comes-to-tinys/
Shiri Sondheimer
June 8, 2012 at 1:13 PM //
Was going to go for “bone cathedral” but, as I’m trying to branch out a little more (and that one would definitely have led me back the way I’ve come), went for “The Venom Club.” Fluffy and silly. In a manner of speaking…
http://swsondheimer.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/the-venom-club/
Peter Schaefer
June 8, 2012 at 2:07 PM //
Here we go: http://catachresis.shoelesspetegames.com/surreal-entertainment/
Darlene Underdahl
June 8, 2012 at 2:54 PM //
My version of Aisle Nine in the Grocery Store:
http://darlene.underdahl.net/?p=161
GRIM
June 8, 2012 at 4:20 PM //
http://talesofgrim.wordpress.com/2012/06/08/flash-fiction-challenge-choose-your-setting/
My Venom Club is a dangerous place to be.
Ed Varga
June 8, 2012 at 5:01 PM //
“I need a coroner in aisle 9″
http://eds-pen-is-stuck.blogspot.com/2012/06/chuck-wendig-is-hosting-another-flash.html
Michael
June 8, 2012 at 5:32 PM //
http://innocentsaccidentshints.blogspot.com/2012/06/terrible-minds-challenge-purple.html
Timothy John Whitcher
June 8, 2012 at 5:45 PM //
Here you go.
This delayed my dinner, damn you!
http://helveticasindiehorrorstories.blogspot.com/2012/06/isle-nine.html
Adam
June 8, 2012 at 8:17 PM //
Here you go! My first ever flash fiction effort.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3911112/Stories/Aisle%209.pdf
Laura Libricz
June 9, 2012 at 6:50 AM //
“I am the real Black Widow!”
http://lauralibricz.blogspot.de/2012/06/tms-flash-fiction-challenge.html
Samuel Hulett
June 9, 2012 at 1:47 PM //
According to Gin Jim, the street’s resident homeless drunk, the Venom Club has another side that few people ever witness, but how much is there to the alcohol fuelled ramblings?
Find out in my entry!
http://samuelhulett.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/the-venom-club/
Andreas Habicher
June 9, 2012 at 6:31 PM //
Well, well. I failed. 1.111 words. Still: Here it is. http://misoskop.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/flash-fiction-the-bone-cathedral/
David Grigg
June 9, 2012 at 7:06 PM //
OK, no cheating this time, completely new story. I picked “The Tower of Babel” as my setting.
The story is called “Babble” and it’s here:
http://narratorium.com/2012/06/10/babble/
AB Singer
June 10, 2012 at 11:07 AM //
I’m guessing he’ll get us down to a single word or piece of punctuation next week, but this week I plumped for The Bone Cathedral.a>
Jason Krell
June 11, 2012 at 2:37 AM //
This is my first submission too! It even convinced me to start a blog where I can keep all of these stories an an online portfolio. I hope people like it!
http://anoutline.blogspot.com/2012/06/babel.html
Jim
June 11, 2012 at 4:06 AM //
Aisle 9
http://dirtymercsbarandgrill.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/toast.html
BJ Kerry
June 11, 2012 at 5:15 AM //
my story
http://kerry-mutterings.blogspot.ie/2012/06/aisle-nine-at-grocery-store.html
Josh Loomis
June 11, 2012 at 7:55 AM //
This challenge (I chose ‘Aisle Nine’) and my upcoming novella Cold Iron: two great tastes that taste great together.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2012/06/11/flash-fiction-aisle-nine/
Jim Franklin
June 11, 2012 at 9:47 AM //
After a weeks break, I’m back and kicking bottom. I chose Aisle 9 as my setting, I bring you the interpretive tale… ‘Aisle 9′.
http://www.thezombiechimp.com/2012/06/11/flash-fiction-aisle-9/
Thanks
Jason Krell
June 11, 2012 at 1:17 PM //
Damn man, everyone be choosing aisle 9 this time. People like their grocery stores.
Beth L.
June 11, 2012 at 10:55 PM //
The Mythical/Magical Toxicology Control Center for the Tri State Area, or The Venom Club to its friends.
Keith
June 12, 2012 at 9:30 AM //
Boner Cathedral?! Dude. Been there; not a big story.
Ohhh. BONE. Sure, sure. I’ll do that one. Got a post-apocalyptic fantapunk world I’ve been itching to give to the web.
K
Infinite Monkey
June 12, 2012 at 7:55 PM //
How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Or, A Good Accountant Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
Welcome to The Venom Club:
http://catemorgan.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/youve-been-flashed/
Mike C
June 12, 2012 at 11:50 PM //
First-timer. Use your teeth to strain the pulp.
When Nick discovers his attorney, Springer, in an uncomfortable party situation, he knows he must help his lawyer and friend. But when they’re interrupted, Springer is reminded of his client’s true motivation in life.
Attorney-Client Privilege:
http://awesomeleatherwristband.tumblr.com/post/25001531142/flash-fiction-attorney-client-privilege
Ivana
June 13, 2012 at 8:10 AM //
Another first-timer here, another bone cathedral, all dialogue, 279 words:
http://sleepyangelcat.blogspot.com/2012/06/flash-fiction-challenge-bone-cathedral.html
Danzier
June 14, 2012 at 3:09 AM //
…1500 words, a full scene that actually fits my current WiP, and yet another bone cathedral. And rough as fresh-cut pine. I will have to edit it before posting, but it’s on its way.
Danzier
June 14, 2012 at 4:20 AM //
http://danzierlea.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/purpose/
There it is, sanded and polished. Or at least cut to shape. Reader beware, it involves an axe murder. 990 words including the title.
Sarah
June 14, 2012 at 8:15 AM //
http://authorsarahohara.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/terribleminds-flash-fiction-challenge.html
Kai
June 14, 2012 at 11:09 AM //
The Venom Club : http://kaimicheals.com/wp/?p=56
He twisted her arm across the table and slammed the brass cartridge into her flesh. Poor form.
She jabbed her own cartridge into the vein running on the inside…..
Mike
June 14, 2012 at 11:55 AM //
Lots of ideas, finally picked the grocery store.
http://www.ravensview.ca/ravens/2012/06/aisle-nine-in-the-grocery-store.html
Tami Veldura
June 14, 2012 at 12:24 PM //
This one fit too perfectly with a story I’m trying to worldbuild right now. I had to join in.
Very sci-fi!
http://www.tamiveldura.com/2012/06/gaia-connection.html?zx=bfc51df1f6d3b7c4
mattaui
June 14, 2012 at 8:45 PM //
I’m so ridiculously wordy that this was a good challenge just to write something vaguely coherent in 1000 words or less.
1000 words on the dot, according to Google docs.
‘RL Meetup at Tiny’s Taco Hut’ at http://relvani.com/?p=31
Randeth
June 14, 2012 at 11:59 PM //
First Flash Fiction for me. It really got my juices flowing but I was WAY over word count. A great exercise in editing though.
http://torching.catscradle.us/?p=112
Keith
June 15, 2012 at 6:37 AM //
“Not as Good as Bricks” A story that is more of a beginning. Thanks, Chuck, for finally providing the amber to stick these flies into. They’ve been buzzing in my head for months.
http://keithkarabin.com/2012/06/15/friday-flash-fiction-done/
And now for the real fun…to read y’all’s. I got my weekend covered.
K
Shan Jeniah Burton
June 15, 2012 at 6:46 AM //
It’s been too long since I came to play here!
Sleepless night spontaneousstream-of-consciousness story, very lightly edited. I think it took well under an hour, including resting time….
http://shanjeniah.com/2012/06/15/the-venom-club-terrible-minds-flash-fiction-challenge/
Andreas Kjeldsen
June 15, 2012 at 8:10 AM //
‘The Tower of Babel’ – a slightly Borges-ian tale of the hubris of humanity… in space!
http://endlessimmensity.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/the-tower-of-babel/
Jeff Xilon
June 15, 2012 at 10:04 AM //
In with about 2 hours to spare. I went with “The Bone Cathedral” and my subconscious must have been considering the calendar because it even sorta works as a Father’s Day story.
http://www.jeffxilon.com/flash-fiction-choose-your-setting/
Artistikem
June 15, 2012 at 11:32 AM //
First timer! Almost didn’t make it, but here is mine: Escape From The Tower of Babel
http://artistikemwrites.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/escape-from-the-tower-of-babel/
Cheers!
Jason Krell
June 15, 2012 at 1:56 PM //
haha, buon Italiano nella sua storia, Artistikem. Mi piace!
Artistikem
June 15, 2012 at 5:37 PM //
Grazie, Jason!
Patrick O'Duffy
June 17, 2012 at 3:57 AM //
As usual, I didn’t get a chance to work on anything during the week, but this was a good prompt to get me working on an idea I’d had and shelved ages ago.
So if anyone’s still checking the comments on this post, I invite you to come enjoy ‘HIgh School Methical’:
http://patrickoduffy.com/2012/06/17/flash-fiction-high-school-methical/