Chuck is the author of the published novels: Blackbirds, Mockingbird, Under the Empyrean Sky, Blue Blazes, Double Dead, Bait Dog, Dinocalypse Now, Beyond Dinocalypse and Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits. He also the author of the soon-to-be-published novels: The Cormorant, Blightborn (Heartland Book #2), Heartland Book #3, Dinocalypse Forever, Frack You, and The Hellsblood Bride. Also coming soon is his compilation book of writing advice from this very blog: The Kick-Ass Writer, coming from Writers Digest.
He, along with writing partner Lance Weiler, is an alum of the Sundance Film Festival Screenwriter’s Lab (2010). Their short film, Pandemic, showed at the Sundance Film Festival 2011, and their feature film HiM is in development with producers Ted Hope and Anne Carey. Together they co-wrote the digital transmedia drama Collapsus, which was nominated for an International Digital Emmy and a Games 4 Change award.
Chuck has contributed over two million words to the game industry, and was the developer of the popular Hunter: The Vigil game line (White Wolf Game Studios / CCP). He was a frequent contributor to The Escapist, writing about games and pop culture.
Much of his writing advice has been collected in various writing- and storytelling-related e-books.
He currently lives in the forests of Pennsyltucky with wife, two dogs, and tiny human.
He is likely drunk and untrustworthy. This blog is NSFW and probably NSFL.
You may reach him at terribleminds [at] gmail [dot] com.
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Aldessa
May 13, 2015 at 10:03 AM //
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.
Dann Albright (@dann_albright)
May 13, 2015 at 3:40 PM //
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!
samantha davenport
May 13, 2015 at 9:45 PM //
A word count was like the first time I was ever on a chess clock and it shows.
http://samkdsonlinepace.blogspot.com/
samantha davenport
May 13, 2015 at 9:47 PM //
Edit: delete “I was”
E.F. Olsson
May 14, 2015 at 11:12 AM //
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/
Brad Peirson
May 14, 2015 at 3:25 PM //
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…
SamKD
May 15, 2015 at 8:45 AM //
This rocks.
pataitcheson22
May 14, 2015 at 6:55 PM //
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/
Rebecca Douglass
May 15, 2015 at 1:01 AM //
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
Leigh Statham
May 15, 2015 at 11:11 AM //
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
Eleanore D. Trupkiewicz
May 15, 2015 at 11:36 AM //
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
CJ
May 15, 2015 at 11:37 AM //
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
andreablythe
May 15, 2015 at 4:40 PM //
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.
Paige
October 12, 2015 at 11:58 AM //
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1640355562321408879#allposts