Last week was the second part of the continuing story challenge — this week?
It’s time to bring it to a close.
Go. Find a story that already has two parts written.
Now, complete it with a final 500 words.
Choose a story you have not yet helped to write.
Post the first and second parts together with your concluding climax at your blog or other online space, and do so by next Friday, noon EST.
Have fun with it.
So endeth your mission!
85 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Conclude The Tale (Part III)”
Okay…. I wrote this today… as I knew you’d get us to do this sometime this weekend, Chuck. 😀
I took Coolerbs second lot and worked on it…. 😉
I hope both authors enjoy what I’ve done with it.
Would help if I put in the link…
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/dont-talk-to-dead.html
😛
sorry guys
It’s that simple is it?
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I finished TonyJ and Angela Cavanaugh’s story.
http://article94.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/isolation3/
I liked your conclusion. Great twist 🙂
Very cool!
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I finished ‘Rotten Girl’ by John Freeter and JD Stoffel:
http://adanramieblog.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/last-third-flash-fiction-challenge-rotten-girl-part-iii/
Ouch.
Agreed. I really felt Robert’s pain there. This was a great challenge!
I called it. This had a great set up, building suspense, and the ending was just heart-breaking. Congrats all three of you. Now please write Robert’s revenge in Rotten Girl 2: This Time it’s Personal.
I wrapped up Aspen Gainer and Paul Willett’s wunderbar “Twinkle”:
http://leahheard.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/flash-fiction-challenge-part-3/
Thanks both for the brilliant start!
Leah, thanks for the brilliant ending! I really liked where this ended and I would love to visit that place myself.
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Hey, I wrote an ending for Aspen Gainer’s and Paul Willett’s “Twinkle” as well! I’ll have to give leahheard’s a read, too…
http://www.jdstoffel.com/2014/09/flashfiction-twinkle-part-3/
That was great, the touch of fantasy giving birth to redemption, accomplishment, and a science fiction theme. Very well done, I appreciate how you have put the icing on the cake.
I missed this the first time around. Both endings were wonderful and weird. Great story everyone.
I did part 3 of Clank,
http://angelacavanaugh.com/2014/09/20/flash-fiction-friday-clank-part-3/
part 1 – Clay Ashby
part 2 – Pavowski
Not the ending I had envisioned, but not so very far off either. Then again, that was the point, I think 🙂 Glad you finished it. I feel so bad for that little broken robot.
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I continued Pavowski’s and Rose_Red’s ‘There Are Things In The Well’. Hope I did it justice. http://underastarlitksy.wordpress.com
I love it! I hadn’t even thought yet about what the creatures looked like. You made them come to life.
Is it my imagination or did you leave it open for more? Perhaps Pavowsky might grab it up again, What do you think?
thank you! and yes, i left as an open ended ending…but implied what was going to happen (obviously, hopefully! :D) but it would be cool if Pavowski would want to finish off the story he started, more definitively! 🙂
You guys took that in a really unexpected direction; lotta ways it could be taken from there. I love seeing the way the original idea twisted and spun in the hands of different authors. And yeah — I just may have to revisit this one with your changes in mind. Thanks for running with this one! And thanks, Chuck, for the challenge!
glad you liked how we continued your story! i love seeing how people take stories in different directions, too. This has been a great challenge! 🙂
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I (sort of) concluded Matthew X. Gomez’s and Mickie’s “A Recipe for Disaster.”
I wanted to end it properly, but there’s just so much there, and 500 words is SO short. It’s over, but there’s more there. I hope they like it, and I hope you do too:
http://wp.me/p4p1YR-gW
Nice to see how it was brought to a conclusion. Not where I would have taken it, to be sure, but that’s the whole point, isn’t it?
Yep, I’ve really enjoyed this exercise. Fascinating to see the turns these stories can take from their original concept and still “work”.
Agreed, there is so much there. There is a novel in there somewhere, or a screenplay. Very great use of that 500 words.
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I finished “Quickly Over High Heat” By George Kaltsios and Adan Ramie. I struggled a bit at first, but the story opened up for me in the end. Hopefully I didn’t stray too far from what you guys had in mind!
https://johnfreeter.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/quickly-over-high-heat-part-iii/
Not too far but enough to surprise me. I like that you left us with one more question at the end. Thanks to the both of you for continuing the story. That was a fun one.
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I finished The Shrine (beginning by “Doom and Gloom in Austin”, middle by “almosthuman1blog”). Thanks guys, this was a lot of fun. I hope you like what I did with the story.
The end is here: http://wrongspelling.com/?p=1887
I finished Delia’s (and David’s) Night Terror. http://tonij.net/2014/09/night-terror-part-3/ I really enjoyed this three part challenge!
http://schreibschaft.wordpress.com/2014/09/15/bust-pt-2/
Here’s a bump for my story with sweetsoleah if anyone would like to continue it.
I had a busy weekend, seems the stories I wanted to complete are snatched up 🙂 but I shall read the rest and find a gem I know is in there waiting for me. I love this challenge more than I thought I would.
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I chose to finish Velocity, which was started by Mark Gardner and continued by LC Finney.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2014/09/22/flash-fiction-velocity-part-3/
I like it! I was hoping our hero would survive. He seems like one of the good guys. 😎
Love it! I was hoping someone would write our hero out of his predicament.
Part 3 of Clank, by Clay Ashby and Pavowski: http://elproedros.tumblr.com/post/98214970786/clank
Thanks for running with that story. Far out to see a different second ending envisioned for it (Angela Cavanaugh finished it as well).
Thanks for sharing this wonderful post, It is awesome.
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I ended up finishing up “Redcliff” started by Sam Phillips and continued by Christopher.
http://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/redliff-a-story-told-by-three-strangers-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
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Hi, I picked this up to finish not looking at the 3rd week blog replies where both Delia and Dark Perceptions also picked it up. Anyway, this is scheduled to post on the 26th. Thanks to both Anthony and Doom & Gloom for creating a great start. http://wp.me/p2AyuM-nY
I am curious why you schedule it to post on another day.
Connie probably posts a “Friday Flash” the same as me.
And I messed up, it posted Thursday, anyway. Ack!
I did the final 500 words for “Shrine”, though it seems I am not alone in choosing this one. Will be interesting to see all the different takes. Thanks to darkvirtue1974 and Anthony for the first two parts!
http://wp.me/p44qkj-1z
I finished “Zara” by Dave and curleyqueue. I hope that I did it justice.
http://geletilari.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/terribleminds-challenge-part-iii/
I concluded Toni J’s Isolation, which was previously continued by Leahheard. I hope you guys like it.
Link: http://coolerbs.com/2014/09/24/flash-fiction-challenge-conclude-the-tale-part-iii/
Also if anyone wants to finish up the story I did, here is the link to the most recent part
http://conniesrandomthoughts.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/flash-fiction-friday-plumbing-issues-part-2/
Great finish–very creepy. Kind of reminds me of Lost.
I have concluded the fantastic tale originally spun by Mozette and continued by John Freeter: The Wardrobe Monster.
I hope you guys like it! Let me know what you think!
http://ronnehbook.blogspot.com
I love it! Thank you so much for completing my story! 😀
That was really good! I loved the twist at the end.
Glad ya’ll liked it! This was fun:D
Pasting in a direct link since I can’t edit my original post (whoops I am silly)
http://ronnehbook.blogspot.com/2014/09/challenge-monster-in-closet.html
After procrastinating all week I finished “Rotten Girl” originally started by John Freeter and continued by JD Stoffel. http://booksishouldhavereadalongtimeago.wordpress.com/other-stuff/flash-fiction/continue-the-story-part-3-rotten-girl/
It was a fun one, and a completely different genre than the story I wrote the middle of last week, Tonij’s Isolation: (In case anyone feels like finishing my version :P) http://booksishouldhavereadalongtimeago.wordpress.com/other-stuff/flash-fiction/flash-fiction-the-middle-of-the-story/
That was great! This was actually the ending I had in mind for the story, well done!
I finished Arin Pandey’s “A Stranger Calls” – continued by Toni J. Hope you like it (post will be live in about three hours, but I’m off to bed)
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2014/09/26/flash-fiction-friday-act-three/
Nice twist!
Very cool, Jemima! So what happened to the key?! Great ending.
The key must have been a red herring 😉
Here is part 3 of “The Cleansing” http://www.unfoldingepic.com/flash-fiction-challenge-part-3/
I finished “Reaper’s Eschaton” begun by JD Stoffel and continued by Lisa Shininger.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2014/09/flash-fiction-friday-finish-story.html
Super story by all three – I’d love to see this as part of an anthology of our co-created works 🙂
I finished out “Don’t Talk To The Dead” by Kelly Kaiser and Brandon Scott.
http://darkvirtue1974.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/flash-fiction-challenge-conclude-the-tale-part-iii/
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I chose to finish “Bust,” which had been started by Geletilairi and continued by Sweetsoleah.
http://pauljwillett.com/2014/09/25/flash-fiction-bust-act-three/
When I first imagined this story I also envisioned the end turned around on the guy, but not even close to what you came up with. Bravo for doing that in 500 words. ^_^
I see you have one story still dangling with 2/3 done. I’ll pick that one up today.
Thanks, I’m glad that you liked it. I knew it had to get twisted around, but it wasn’t clear how at first. But once I figured out that the once-mentioned brother was behind it, things fell into place. Thanks for the great material to start with.
p.s. Would you believe I am actually too afraid to watch slasher movies or read horror fiction? But I do have years of Twilight Zone and Hitchcock in my head and a closet dominatrix tendency so I like my characters to mess with people a little.
I can’t handle the straight slasher films (“Saw,” “Halloween,” “Nightmare On Elm Street,” and so on) but some of the better made and classic films (“Psycho” or the original “Carrie” for example) I can get through. Surprisingly, I also liked “The Cabin In The Woods,” probably because it had a great twist to it.
Here is “Guide” in its entirety, started by momdude, continued by J. Pett, and finished by yours truly.
http://geletilari.wordpress.com/2014/09/26/the-guide/
Thanks for the ending, Rose_Red. I would have always wondered about her fate down there if you hadn’t tied up the loose ends.
Thanks, so much, Rose Red – that got me tingling! Great twist as well.
Thanks! Wasn’t that a fun challenge? I would never have considered co-authoring with anyone if it weren’t for this- I’m too controlling. I loved that.
I knew I’d forgotten something………..
I finished Jemima Pett’s ‘Half A Clue’ just five minutes ago
http://nanowrimoroman.blogspot.co.uk/?zx=85a2c22a948a24a1
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Thank you Robert Niemann for the perfect first sentence. My story, The Kitten, can be found at:
http://lauriejameson.wix.com/scribblings
Hope you like it.
I’m so sorry. I posted this in the wrong place. This is supposed to be the follow up to “write a really greate sentence.” My bad.
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