Last week’s challenge: From Sentence To Story.
It is apple season, people.
Apple season.
APPLE SEASON.
And with apple season comes a chance to sample a world of weird apples.
Uncommon apples.
Like, say, from this list grabbed at North Star Orchards here in PA.
I want you to look through this list.
You can use a random number generator if you like.
But pick three of these apples.
And include them — not apples themselves, necessarily, but the names of said apples — in your story. They can be included however you see fit: character names, place names, some other worldbuilding aspect, anything and any way you so choose.
You’ve got 1000 words.
Post at your online space.
Link back here.
Due by next Friday, noon, EST.
Pick your apples.
156 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Picking Uncommon Apples”
I sort of went with apple picking too. My apples were Fall Orange, Hoover and King Solomon.
The story is too long, but I haven’t found a way to pare it down yet (pun intended!).
http://makesmesodigress.com/2014/10/16/the-wisdom-and-wonder-of-king-solomon/
Wow. No paring needed :), that was beautiful.
I remember the day I realized my kids were really the ones running the show (and one of them is a blue-eyed eleven-year-old girl, strangely enough).
Everyone has written wonderful stories. I chose King Solomon, Malinda and Crown Prince Rudolph, then as I needed names, chose Reverend Morgan, Oliver, Lacy, Russet and Apple. A fairy tale popped into my mind. http://wp.me/p2AyuM-oG BTW. This will be live on Friday, as part of my Friday Flash Fiction blog post.
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I loved this prompt. I went with the RNG and got: Macoun, Orleans Reinette and Golden Pearmain. There are two ways to navigate to the story, as I have a rather odd blog set up. The direct post is: http://wp.me/p5bJIc-n
This is only the second story I’ve ever written and I LONG for constructive criticism! Please feel free to comment. (If you can’t get people to tell you how badly your writing sucks on the Internet, where can you?! 🙂 )
I am also enjoying reading through the stories everyone else has posted but I’m going to be slow at it due to, ya know, life.
Good story, AJ! Very cheeky : )
Here’s mine. Still needs work.
http://www.unfoldingepic.com/flash-fiction-apple-names/
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Alright, I ended up with Court Pendu Plat, Crow Egg, and Husk Spice from the RNG. Also, I decided I like wordpress sooo much better than blogger.
http://freelancefedora.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/story-time-of-fruit-not-tasted/
Wow, witty dialogue and a surprise ending. This is good stuff.
I’m a heritage apple fan, so I got carried away and looked up a few lists of genuinely old English apples (like 1674 for one of them, I forget which). I also got carried away with the number of words (1500) and the number of apple names I stuck in there..
Live on my blog in an hour. http://jemimapett.com/blog/2014/10/17/friday-flash-fiction-much-ado-about-nutting/
Wow, Jemima–two 1500-word stories in one week!
Now you know why I’m behind on my reading again 😉
Well, writing is what you are really supposed to be doing.
I was in a hurry and did this all wrong, just picking one name. But I wrote the story anyway, and I’m going to stick it in here, because I totally wrote it because of the weird apple names.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2014/10/friday-flash-fiction-crow-egg.html
Wow, this one really got me!
When I looked at the list, I chose “Crow’s Egg,” “Jonalicious,” and “Carter Blue.” I was going originally for fantasy, but that is not what I ended up with.
http://www.ohnowendygo.com/the-crows-egg/
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This story was supposed to have so much more, but I need that funny little thing called sleep. I will continue this story (and others like it in the same universe), though.
http://darkvirtue1974.wordpress.com/2014/10/16/flash-fiction-challenge-picking-uncommon-apples/
really enjoyed this! looking forward to reading a continuation/more in this universe of yours! 🙂
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Hi everyone! I am very new to the blogging community. Soooo this is the first flash fiction I have ever written. Hope you all enjoy. The names I chose were, Melrose, Ludicrisp and Hoover. http://momentswithtay.com/2014/10/hoover-hollow/
I loved this little cliffhanger!
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I used a random number generator, which gave me 19, 6, and 2. My three apple variety names are “Orleans Reinette,” “Davenport Russet,” and “Nutmeg.” Which sounded to me like one of these, a that, and a this, which fell together into “Calling Card.”
http://pauljwillett.com/2014/10/16/flash-fiction-calling-card/
a story that demands moar
Thanks! In the end it did seem to be more of an opening scene than a story. NaNoWriMo is coming, maybe…
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I chose Oliver, Jarret, and Lacy … relatively nondescript.
http://bit.ly/1sQHQ3c
I actually created a piece I am going to attempt to submit to literary magazines. Thanks for the idea! 🙂
Better late (she hopes) than never.
My apples were Brown Russet, Lord Lamborne, and American Beauty. The story is rough, but there ya have it.
http://mostlyjonah.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/flash-fiction-challenge-apples/
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