Last Week’s challenge: “Tell A Story In Three Sentences”
Today’s challenge shall be a curious one.
Take a fairy tale — any fairy tale at all you want, or a fable, or a Mother Goose story — and rewrite it in a modern context.
Now, “modern” is a little open to interpretation — if you took Little Red Riding Hood and set it in the 1920s, sure. Or The Ant And The Grasshopper and set it on a space station 100 years in the future, that’s fine, too.
Point is: avoid any sense of medieval-ness. Get out of the past. Into this (or the last) century and beyond.
As always: 1000 words.
Post on your blog, link back here.
Due by next Friday — FRIDAY THE 13TH MOO HOO HA HA. By noon EST.
Spin us a tale, won’t you?
66 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Fairy Tale Upgrade”
A fairy tale redo was my first “sold” short story.
http://amzn.to/ywkbyV
So, I’m definitely game to try another.
been a while since i’ve had time to join in…but here goes
http://taratylertalks.blogspot.com/2012/07/mr-r.html
Wish Seller: Aladdin – Wall Street style.
http://katarinaflyfree.tumblr.com/
Here’s mine: The Little Tin Soldier
http://chriswhitewrites.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/the-little-tin-soldier/
And thanks to Chuck I also have a retelling of Goldilocks and the Three *Bears* unfinished on my desktop – implicit and explicit sex scenes abound…
My take on a familiar wood cutter fable. Hope you enjoy.
http://writesanity.blogspot.com/2012/07/were-too-old-to-playflashfic-4.html
By chance I discovered this site just today. Well, yesterday. And I love to rewrite fairy tales. So. Here’s my entry. (Although, perhaps the pingback is enough? Well, just in case. )
http://mapelba.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/a-mermaid-story/
Great space you’ve got here.
My first contribution!
Red Riding Hood ditches her basket of muffins for kevlar and hollow-point bullets:
http://vampiresandchocolate.tumblr.com/post/27115705063/red-reloaded-a-red-riding-hood-tale
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Hansel and Gretel take a trip to 1930’s Oklahoma.
http://countlesslives.blogspot.com/2012/07/fairy-tale-friday.html
Posted last night, didn’t show up. Second time’s the charm!
Red Riding Hood trades her basket of muffins for kevlar and hollow-point bullets.
http://vampiresandchocolate.tumblr.com/post/27115705063/red-reloaded-a-red-riding-hood-tale
Hansel and Gretel
http://www.ravensview.ca/ravens/2012/07/fairy-tale-upgrade.html
I liked this one
http://katarinaflyfree.tumblr.com/post/27054234442/wish-seller
but have no idea how to comment on a Tumblr account. Someone suggested reblogging it – but where do I comment?
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I’m late! I hope you can still post this; it’s the Billy Goats Gruff as told by a 1980s Valley Girl!
http://mireles-musings.blogspot.com/2012/07/fairy-tale-revamped.html
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