I’m sharing an image with you.
You can use that image as inspiration for a 1000-word piece of flash fiction.
Or, you can share a link to a different image below.
(Please don’t share more than one image, and if it’s NSFW, please offer warning. And nothing triggery or weird, I don’t want this to be a road with a bunch of tire-popping potholes for people’s safety and sanity, okay?)
Then, write a story based on the image above, or one of the other images in the comments.
The trick is, please don’t write a story based on an image you have shared.
Be inspired by what something else has left for you.
That is, in many ways, how our stories work, after all.
Again:
Pick an image.
Use that image as the inspiration for your flash fiction.
Post the fiction at your blog, link back here so we can read it.
Due by 4/10, noon EST.
FeetForBrains says:
Some fun from Deviant
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Kurobot-Industries-401821804
April 6, 2015 — 1:00 AM
addy says:
quite foggy were i am today. So i think i shall leave this here.. Lokk forward to seeing what you come up with.
http://7-themes.com/6939771-morning-mist.html
April 6, 2015 — 4:41 AM
upickdandelions says:
Thank you for inspiring another scene with Dawneva and Locke. Here’s the start. I’m not sure how far I’ll go with this. https://redeemingquantity.wordpress.com/2015/04/06/morning-mist/
April 6, 2015 — 12:50 PM
addy says:
I love your way with words in this. I am interested to find out what she has done and who she is.
April 7, 2015 — 10:51 AM
upickdandelions says:
Thank you. I’m working on a novel. She’s self-medicating with an affair.
April 7, 2015 — 2:33 PM
addy says:
Ooohhhhh recipe for disaster. I love it.
April 8, 2015 — 3:19 AM
Christopher says:
I also went with our host’s “Oberon is Here” image. The sign sparks a discussion with two dudes, that leads, hopefully, to a little entertainment for your day. Enjoy. http://roktyping.blogspot.kr/2015/04/wendig-flash-fiction-image-challenge.html
April 6, 2015 — 9:45 AM
Periodically Demented says:
That was, like, really good or whatever. Well played, dude. 😀 Seriously enjoyed it, Christopher.
April 6, 2015 — 10:25 AM
Christopher says:
Thanks, dude (or Dudette). I’m glad you liked it.
April 7, 2015 — 6:06 PM
kylejohnmorgan says:
I went with the ‘Oberon is Here’ picture as well. I went with the obvious story that includes a lot of Twerking. Thanks ahead of time to anyone who actually reads it.
http://www.kylejohnmorgan.com/2015/04/this-is-my-post-in-response-to-flash.html
April 6, 2015 — 3:21 PM
kylejohnmorgan says:
I think it clocks in around 859 words.
April 6, 2015 — 3:23 PM
StarNinja says:
Twerking. Yes obviously. Of course. I guess if it means world peace I’m not opposed to it but I’d probably be one of the last holdouts on earth. “Hey, have you seen the Oberon Twe-” No! No I have not!
Two gold stars. 11/10. Very nicely done.
April 6, 2015 — 5:34 PM
Erik Rolfsen says:
That was fun.
April 10, 2015 — 12:21 PM
Henry says:
A junior employee at a Grand Rapids pizza joint wishes he’d noticed the obvious.
http://fistfulofwits.com/2015/04/06/flash-fiction-worth-a-thousand-words/
April 6, 2015 — 7:59 PM
Katherine Hetzel says:
This is one I wrote a while back, inspired by a picture called ‘Puzzle Piece’ (created by Charlie Terrell.)
http://squidgesscribbles.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/a-little-bit-of-flash-puzzle-piece.html
April 7, 2015 — 6:15 AM
Katherine Hetzel says:
Oops – sorry! Just realised we weren’t supposed to write the story about an image we’d shared…Back to the drawing board for me. Doh!
April 7, 2015 — 6:18 AM
Katherine Hetzel says:
Here’s a pic to share though – courtesy of the fabulous Julian Bieber, anamorphic illusion pavement artist.
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/683946/thumbs/s-CHALKSNAIL-large640.jpg?4
April 7, 2015 — 6:29 AM
Josh Loomis says:
Seeing Chuck’s image, I simply had to run with the concept that came to mind. Couldn’t help myself.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2015/04/07/flash-fiction-convocation/
April 7, 2015 — 10:02 AM
Alice E Keyes says:
I like your use of gods in a modern setting.
April 8, 2015 — 10:44 PM
Josh Loomis says:
It is one of my all-time favorite things to do: take the figures of myth and legend and bring them into our time. Or the future. Or the Old West. And so on.
April 9, 2015 — 2:06 PM
Alice E Keyes says:
Oberon is here: Dorky Powder Blue MaryJane Birkenstocks
http://aliceekeyes.blogspot.com
April 7, 2015 — 5:31 PM
underastarlitsky says:
My entry is at my blog. Possibly the start of a longer story now… http://underastarlitsky.WordPress.com
April 7, 2015 — 7:09 PM
Alice E Keyes says:
Yes, I could see more of this story. Oberon has many potential stories.
April 8, 2015 — 10:51 PM
Matthew X. Gomez says:
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2015/04/07/so-much-for-a-quiet-morning-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
Where not everything is always as it appears.
April 7, 2015 — 9:46 PM
Michael says:
Katherine Hetzel’s posted image dragged my Muse from the muck behind Slopey’s Sippin’ Gin Joint. The bastard busted the glass out of my backdoor, slipped the latch, and came knocking at my skull. Here’s the abstract notion my booze-addled Muse whispered. Enjoy (I hope.)
http://michaeldwoods.com/2015/04/07/abstraction/
April 7, 2015 — 9:55 PM
virginiallorca says:
http://dittymac.blogspot.com/2015/04/wendig-competition.html
April 7, 2015 — 10:44 PM
katemcone says:
Here’s one of my favorite images of Ezra Miller https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/a7/41/f6/a741f68bbd03269202ddd038934ec9a4.jpg
April 8, 2015 — 4:51 PM
Catkins says:
All photos of Ezra Miller are my favourite photos of Ezra Miller
April 10, 2015 — 1:28 PM
dhippensteel says:
I used Chuck’s image for this.
https://cornedbeefhashtag.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/iron-circle/
April 9, 2015 — 10:13 AM
Erik Rolfsen says:
I think I figured out what Oberon actually is, and where. So this might be a little on the realistic side…
https://medium.com/@erikrolfsen/oberon-b5798483b17f
April 10, 2015 — 12:22 AM
crow365 says:
I used El Wendigo’s “Oberon” image and came up with “Private Party”: http://nickegelhoff.com/2015/04/10/flash-fiction-challenge-share-an-image-write-a-story/
April 10, 2015 — 8:56 AM
katemcone says:
I used the cherry blossom road image, and came up with “Good Intentions” — the Devil hires a landscape designer to put in a new path behind his house. https://katethesape.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/good-intentions-new-flash-fiction-piece/
April 10, 2015 — 10:10 AM