This week, again we will take 20 subgenres. You will pick two from the list either using a d20 or random number generator (or use tea leaves or falcon guts or something), then you will write a short story that mashes up those two subgenres.
This time, you’ll get 1500 words.
This is due by next Friday, noon EST.
Post at your online space.
Link to it in the comments below. So we can all read it!
THE SUBGENRE LIST:
- Haunted House
- Dystopia
- Revenge
- Zombie
- Weird West
- Wuxia
- Body Horror
- Grimdark Fantasy
- Whodunit?
- Military Sci-Fi
- Comic Fantasy
- Technothriller
- Superhero
- Erotica
- Heist / Caper
- Alternate History
- Parallel Universe
- Noir
- Time Travel
- Demonic Possession
116 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: The Subgenre Boogie!”
So I got body horror erotica.
I’m not sure it qualifies as erotica if I don’t have any actual genitals in it, but I tried.
http://www.wattpad.com/128931364-kei-wa-the-gatekeeper
note: I had a much longer story in mind, but at 1000 words I reckoned I better stop so it didn’t become 5000.
Because I’d rather the two subgenres that I rolled be revealed through my story, here’s a link: http://dann-albright.tumblr.com/post/118883120782/candy-apple-red-in-mudtown. It’s called “Candy Apple Red in Mudtown.” I had a lot of fun writing it, and I’m looking forward to writing more in the near future!
A word count was like the first time I was ever on a chess clock and it shows.
http://samkdsonlinepace.blogspot.com/
Edit: delete “I was”
I rolled Weird West {5} and Superhero {13}. I created an origin story that ran 37 words over so I ended up with 1537. I’ve never really read westerns before but it was fun – and I think I have a new series to continue!
Let me know what you think. Here’s ALASTOR DENTON & HOTOTO: Ghost of the Frontier.
https://efolsson.wordpress.com/2015/05/14/alastor-denton-hototo-ghost-of-the-frontier-1-short-storyseries/
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So I rolled a 13 and a 19. Because no superhero has ever been involved in time travel…
Luckily my (failed) NANOWRIMO novel revolved around superheroes, so I had a couple of created characters ripe for a time travel adventure.
This is, also, the first piece of fiction I’ve ever actually allowed another human being to read. It’s at:
http://www.bradpeirson.com/flash-fiction-peregrines-folly/
I’ll be over here cowering in the corner now…
This rocks.
Hey, I am new to this but it piqued my interest. I got body horror and parallel universe; see what you think.
http://2squarewriting.com/2015/05/14/eye-of-the-beholder/
[…] I follow Chuck Wendig’s blog and sneak looks at his posts when I should be doing something boringly adult at work. I don’t really have time to do flash fiction. Hell, I barely have time to look at my WIP. But then I saw this. […]
I rolled Superheroes and Time Travel (okay, I cheated a little. I can’t do erotica. What can I say? My mom reads my blog!).
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2015/05/friday-flash-man-or-superman.html
[…] the basis for your story.” Honestly, this has become one of my favorite types of FFC that Chuck Wendig does. The freedom inherent to it is nigh-unbounded and the possible “ingredients” are […]
Finally got my Dystopian Body Horror up! Good times. This was a great exercise.
http://www.wattpad.com/myworks/39869881-in-desperate-need-of-a-manicure
I drew dystopia and whodunit, and took a few liberties with the traditional definition of a whodunit.
http://eleanoretrupkiewicz.blogspot.com/2015/05/flash-fiction-challenge-subgenre-boogie.html
I had a 2 and a 12 so a lovely dystopian technothriller sprung from my fingers. Not the most challenging combination so it’s a nice way back after a couple months break from flash fiction… and always fun to let some of my existing characters out of their cage for an adventure.
http://imagination.cjreader.com/techno-spy.html
[…] Chuck Wendig invited writers this week to play the sun genre boogie this week. My random drawing pulled “haunted house” and “zombies” — which is utterly perfect for me. […]
I’m late to the party, but here’s my contribution. My random drawing pulled “haunted house” and “zombies” — which is utterly perfect for me.
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1640355562321408879#allposts