Flash Fiction Challenge: The Android And The Wondering Chamber
Last week’s challenge? “The Fairy Tale Upgrade.”
A few weeks back I was playing with that random sentence generator used in another flash fiction challenge, and I got what was, for me, a truly fascinating story-inspiring sentence.
That sentence:
“The noticed android walks past a wondering chamber.”
I don’t know what the fuck that means, but I like it.
So, your flash fiction challenge should utilize this sentence.
In fact, it should be your opening sentence.
After that, you’ve got up to 1000 words to tell the story, whatever that story may be.
Post online at your space, then drop a link here so we can all see it.
Due by Friday July 20th at noon EST.
Shiri Sondheimer
July 13, 2012 at 9:11 AM //
I had a baby 12 days ago. My brain is not fully functional. I can’t promise this will make sense. Then again, I’ve done some of my best work in a fuge state because I don’t have the capacity to question myself too closely
http://swsondheimer.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/the-android-and-the-wondering-chamber/
Lindsay Mawson
July 13, 2012 at 9:13 AM //
Can I use the excuse that I have a baby due in 6 weeks and MY brain’s not fully functional right now, either??
Before I procrastinated into NOT doing another challenge, I thought I’d take the hour I was given this morning and spin a web of B.S.
Please, enjoy.
http://lindsaymawson.blogspot.ca/2012/07/flash-fiction-challenge-43-android-and.html
shiri Sondheimer
July 13, 2012 at 9:14 AM //
@ Lindsay: not my blog, but if it means anything, I think that’s fair
Good luck with everything!
Rosalind Smith-Nazilli
July 13, 2012 at 11:12 AM //
Cannot believe I have only just found you all.. I shall be back to read the rules and get involved…
Laura Libricz
July 13, 2012 at 11:36 AM //
Can I say that my baby daughter is turning 20 and is going on her first vacation alone with a girlfriend and I’ll be gritting my teeth until she gets back? Just wait, you guys. Enjoy them when they are little becasue it just gets realer
http://lauralibricz.blogspot.de/2012/07/flash-friday.html My Unshaped Form
DL Thurston
July 13, 2012 at 1:34 PM //
Had a great idea in my head for what a wandering chamber would be, until I reread the sentence. So here’s my stab, a story called The Wondering Chamber.
http://www.dlthurston.com/blog/2012/07/13/flash-fiction-the-wondering-chamber/
Shady
July 13, 2012 at 2:17 PM //
That was really fun. Thanks for this one, Chuck. Here’s mine, “You are in the Wondering Chamber.”
http://49shadesofme.blogspot.com/2012/07/you-are-in-wondering-chamber.html
KamakaziNES
July 13, 2012 at 2:23 PM //
[link]http://vanessahopfe.deviantart.com/art/The-Inherent-Value-of-Consciousness-314461165[/link]
The Inherent Value of Consciousness
Darlene Underdahl
July 13, 2012 at 8:16 PM //
Chuck! Why are all these women having babies… shame on you.
Actually, too many distractions and I couldn’t get the android thing going. Better luck next week. Good writing, all.
ChrisWhiteWrites
July 13, 2012 at 8:44 PM //
I’m Zero weeks pregnant, can that be my excuse? Am actually surprised how quickly I wrote this one this morning…
We All Wanna Change the World
http://chriswhitewrites.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/we-all-wanna-change-the-world/
Beth L.
July 13, 2012 at 10:04 PM //
I have no idea what happened. I blame the heat.
http://knotachance.tumblr.com/
Ben
July 14, 2012 at 3:21 AM //
First time doing this. Was alot of fun.
Ben
July 14, 2012 at 3:22 AM //
Wait, heres the link.
http://cinaphile.blogspot.com/2012/07/android-and-chamber-short-story.html
J.M. Dow
July 14, 2012 at 9:44 AM //
Okay, I decided to get this done earlier than last time. Enjoy my story, which I’ve ingeniously decided to call “The Wondering Chamber.” Clever, right? Right? Shut up.
http://whirlingnerdish.blogspot.com/2012/07/flash-fiction-challenge-android-and.html
Jeff Xilon
July 15, 2012 at 11:22 AM //
This is a somewhat silly one. I just decided to let whatever popped into my head become the story, so here we go:
http://www.jeffxilon.com/flash-fiction-the-android-and-the-wondering-chamber/
Angie
July 15, 2012 at 2:22 PM //
I took this one in a fairly literal direction, with a bit of batshit-crazy tossed in for good measure.
http://www.wanderingzebra.com/2012/07/noticed-android.html
Anninyn
July 15, 2012 at 4:42 PM //
What is my brain? Why do I nearly always go for the sad and horrible?
I called it rescue, for reasons that will be quite clear, and I took the ‘noticed’ thing in a slightly less obvious direction. Tell me if it works, or if it doesn’r.
http://ifuckinglovebooks.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/rescue-weekly-flash-fiction-challenge/
Lisa
July 15, 2012 at 7:46 PM //
Sound like an exciting concept! I should start checking out those entries…
Josh Loomis
July 16, 2012 at 7:20 AM //
I was listening to The Protomen as I wrote this. I am not sorry.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2012/07/16/flash-fiction-the-android-and-the-wondering-chamber/
Benjamin Baugh
July 16, 2012 at 9:28 AM //
take two – my first posting last week seems to have been eaten by a grue. Is a gdoc share acceptable?
PLCM
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-DO25F-9O8oL7G94REqkug4YgNB79DhhdOKh-juRkxg/edit
BJ Kerry
July 16, 2012 at 9:41 AM //
My story
http://kerry-mutterings.blogspot.ie/2012/07/who-can-you-trust.html
PatrickBaranski
July 16, 2012 at 12:53 PM //
My entry to the flash fiction challenge is up. My brand new site has gone live. I say this to excuse preemptively the size of the site and lack of detail and fleshed out pages. More to come as I write and fill it up!
Entry titled “The Pinnacle of Imagination”
http://www.harmfultrack.com
Mary Kinnard
July 16, 2012 at 4:01 PM //
First time doing a flash fiction. It was a lot of fun.
http://mlkinnard.com/?p=8
Joshua D
July 16, 2012 at 7:28 PM //
I submit for your enjoyment the story Random().
http://joshuadevans.com/free-fiction/random/
Suzie
July 17, 2012 at 2:07 AM //
It has been a little while since I participated in one of these challenges! I finally did, however, and here are the results: http://suziehunt.co.uk/let-us-talk-of-androids-and-wondering-chambers
David Grigg
July 17, 2012 at 3:23 AM //
Maybe this is cheating (yet again) but at least I fulfilled the letter of the challenge, if not the spirit. And met the word length. This is 770 words.
Bit of lightweight humor, I hope. It’s called “On the Stairs”.
http://narratorium.com/2012/07/17/on-the-stairs/
RC Cross
July 17, 2012 at 9:10 AM //
Haven’t done one of these in a few weeks. a strange but interesting challenge.
http://apocryptica.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/the-wondering-chamber/
Casz Brewster
July 17, 2012 at 4:03 PM //
Chuck:
Thanks for the kick in the weekly word count.
Exclusion Zone: http://www.casondrabrewster.com/?p=740
Casz Brewster
July 17, 2012 at 4:05 PM //
I somehow missed the point of making it the opening sentence. Sorry. But I normally don’t write on Saturdays — that’s editing day or nothing day. So, the fact that I wrote is a good thing.
A.L. Cook
July 17, 2012 at 6:16 PM //
My first time writing flash fiction. Here’s what I came up with: http://www.mibba.com/Stories/Read/476015/The-Price-Of-Curiosity/
nategryckza
July 18, 2012 at 12:39 AM //
http://nategryczka.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/the-little-noticed-android/
oldestgenxer
July 18, 2012 at 1:12 AM //
Originally I was going to skip over this challenge, because, quite frankly, it seemed a little silly.
But then I had an idea, completely separate from this challenge, and I wondered if it was enough to build into a full story–maybe a short, or a novella. Maybe it is. The whole reason I wrote this for the challenge is so I wouldn’t forget it, so it was serendipitous that it actually ties in quite well with the challenge. Is it random? Is it luck?
The Reverse Turing Test
nategryckza
July 18, 2012 at 3:05 AM //
Not sure if I’m doing this thing thing-a-ma-blog stuff right, but here’s my entry: http://nategryczka.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/the-little-noticed-android/
Logan Westbrook
July 18, 2012 at 12:33 PM //
This is the first time I’ve done one of these challenges, not to mention the first time I’ve written fiction in a loooong time.
http://www.loganprime.com/?p=144
Nathan Zalman
July 18, 2012 at 2:52 PM //
This is a bit of a double Kobayashi Maru, but so it goes. Thanks for the challenge, it was fun, and I also thought it was time I put something in the hat.
Two travelers get punk’d by an ancient inscription. It’s called “Fuck Harry Potter.” Here it is: http://nathanzalman.com/?p=635
Oh, and by the way… Mister Crankypants says “Thanks, great answer!”
Rosalind Smith-Nazilli
July 18, 2012 at 3:45 PM //
Hi everyone. This is my first time here and I was a bit nonplussed by that line as an opening sentence.
But hey ho.. just free wrote and this is what came out..x
http://rosiesmith-nazilliwrites.blogspot.com/2012/07/terrible-minds.html
Rosalind Smith-Nazilli
July 18, 2012 at 7:58 PM //
I posted before but it seems to have vanished.. First time out here…
http://rosiesmith-nazilliwrites.blogspot.com/2012/07/terrible-minds.html
Jo Eberhardt
July 19, 2012 at 2:27 AM //
This one was really, really challenging. I struggled for quite a while before I found a way to work it into a story. (Hopefully it’s not too much of a cop-out!)
It Takes Two
Mark Slabinski
July 19, 2012 at 4:04 AM //
Here’s my entry. This is the first time I’ve done flash fiction in a while, but I really enjoyed it.
http://dredginganemptysea.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/flash-fiction-challenge-entry-the-android-and-the-forbidden-chamber/#more-32
pardon the blurb at the beginning, it’s there for the benefit of my small number of readers.
Lisa Wilton
July 19, 2012 at 11:39 AM //
Hi, this is my first ever flash fiction attempt. Here is the link:
http://lisatwilton.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/flash-fiction-challenge-6/
James Clark
July 20, 2012 at 3:05 AM //
Well, I’ve not been able to polish this as much as I would like, but I’m provisionally satisfied with it for now. I like the ideas in it though.
Here’s the link:
http://thelongestwayup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-lawless-one-flash-fiction-challenge.html
Jenna Bird
July 20, 2012 at 5:00 AM //
Needs a lot more polish (talk about feeling sloppy & amateurish…), and there’s more to it than this, but… it’s 3am, and at this point it’s well past time to sleep AND I wanted to get this done before the deadline (already bent one rule, not breaking that one)… This was a surprising turn, to be honest.
http://jennaelf.blogspot.com/2012/07/flash-fiction-challenge-noticed-android.html
Mike
July 20, 2012 at 10:34 AM //
My story, about 630 words
http://www.ravensview.ca/ravens/2012/07/the-android-and-the-wondering-chamber.html
Sarah O'Hara
September 11, 2012 at 10:54 AM //
I know its late, but here’s my go at this prompt. I had fun with this.