This one’s pretty easy: click this link for a random phrase, and then take that random phrase and use it inside a piece of flash fiction that you write.
Simplicity personified.
You have the standard 1000 words, which you should post at your online site and — upon completion — link back here so we can all read it. This is due by Friday the 24th, noon EST.
That’s it.
Getcha random phrase.
Writecha story.
Huzzah.
136 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Random Phrase”
The sentence I got was “unarmed drainage”. It was fun sentence.
https://thepazsperaexperience.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/combat-is-near/
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And here it is: Antagonizing Shotgun
https://blackwidowart.wordpress.com/2015/07/22/antagonizing-shotgun/
I was curious about antagonizing shotgun, I really liked the story. It starts slow and creeps in
Thank you! It crept up on me as I was writing it. I’m glad it came out well. I was a little worried it might be too hokey.
I agree with Paz. That ending slips up on you. I enjoyed the mesmerized voice of the narrator. Also, the choice of the Colt revolving shotgun, best steampunk of the day!
It had to be a truly special gun! Not just anything would do.
And thank you. It pleases me that it’s being enjoyed!
Glib Ewe led to this story about talking sheep and a werewolf.
http://etheralwords.blogspot.com/2015/07/flash-fiction-challenge-glib-ewe.html
Haha! Wonderful. That was a fabulous response to a great challenge. I love the characterization of George and Martha!
Thank you very much.
Inexplicable balloon!
http://rafinley.blogspot.com/2015/07/flash-fiction-challenge-random-phrase.html
Nice. There is always a creepiness factor when something normal acts in an unusual way; these are the thoughts and fears I’d have if a balloon started following me.
Thank you! It was a fun break from the “first draft trenches” I’m currently in. (And too bad I’m long out of film school–it’d be fun to play with there, too. So would yours, actually. I helped a friend do a Tooth Fairy themed short. A comedy. We’d have *loved* to work on yours. Such potential for rich visuals.)
I’ve switched my site to a different provider. Here’s the updated link: http://rafinleybooks.com/2015/07/22/flash-fiction-challenge-random-phrase/
pencilled collarbone!
http://stephaniecagewriter.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/skin-deep-flash-fiction.html
Oooh nice.
Beautiful words
“my sudden fierce anger at the world for letting her believe that because of her pain, she wasn’t beautiful.” This was simply lovely. Thank you.
Thanks! These stories are so much fun!
“Finish your shit.” Check.
“Hit your deadlines.” Check.
“Try very hard not to suck.” Maybe.
http://samkdsonlinepace.blogspot.com/#!/2015/07/bear-and-oboe-2.html
Okay fellow pen monkeys, my phrase was “cleanlier impurity” and this is what I came up with:
http://word-savant.com/stories-2/subject-351/.
I don’t write very much flash fiction, and when I first wrote this piece, it was over 1,200 words. I did a lot of work to cut it below 1,000, and it was a worthwhile exercise to see which details were necessary, which weren’t, and which were just weak. It has a few kinks in it, but I’m pretty pleased with how it came out.
“Bloodiest chum” was an interesting one to incorporate. Here’s a little something I came up with….
http://multiversalbeta.com/2015/07/23/learning-curve/
Oh, what to do with fortnightly undercurrents… This?:
https://somatime.wordpress.com/2015/07/23/vicious-circle/
Running late, and running short. But it’s a story.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2015/07/friday-flash-projects.html
Oh, and the phrase was “impetuous workbench.”
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Thawed Openness, it was!
https://ashramswithinanut.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/dreamless-sleep/
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“Transitory fizzle” went perfectly with the other prompts I was already using. Here’s “Personal Monsters”: https://adanramieblog.wordpress.com/2015/07/24/personal-monsters-weekly-flash-fiction/
Impenetrable Hock
Not thrilled with this piece. I think it wants to be considerably longer.
http://ndcortright.tumblr.com/post/124918104848/dinner-party
Just squeaking in at the deadline here! Yay! Haven’t had a chance to do one of these in a while.
The random phrase that I rolled was “Unjustifiable Intimacy” and the resulting story is:
The Allure of Peach Orchards
https://blackbunchedmassmom.wordpress.com/my-fiction/the-allure-of-peach-orchards/
this is an awesome idea! My words are “the ninth gangster”. so here is the story I came up with
http://sometimesiwritefantasy.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-ninth-ganster.html
Let me know your thoughts!
I thought the word max was 500! So I edited like crazy. I hope you enjoy my use of the phrase “observing pigeon.”
Sissy, The Observing Pigeon.
http://ashley-kagaoan.com/2015/07/24/sissy-the-observing-pigeon/
Whoops I posted on time but didn’t realize I had to post here. Read if you like, my phrase was “crafty drilling” and it was a helluva challenge.
http://livingabooklife.com/2015/07/23/terribleminds-flash-fiction-challenge/
Definitely late, but here’s “Maritime Scowl”
http://fistfulofwits.com/2015/07/24/flash-fiction-her-maritime-scowl/
“Kaki schoolboy”. Meet “Small Favors”: https://theupstartcrowsnest.wordpress.com/2015/07/25/small-favors-a-flash-fiction-story/
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