I went to a website and asked it to generate five random book titles for me, and it did. And then I had it generate five more for giggles. (I didn’t just as this of some random website, by the way — I didn’t like, go to CNN or Amazon and yell at it to give me titles. I used this website right here.)
That gives us ten random titles.
You will choose one of these titles and write a story using it as the title.
You have, mmm, let’s say 2000 words this go-around.
Write it. Post it at your online space. Drop a link here so we can all see it.
Due by next Friday, Jan 22nd, noon EST.
Your ten titles are:
The River’s Mask
The BookFeet
Future Graveyard
Across the Parlour and the Exile
Out of the Carnival and the Soul
The Crow of Nine-World
To Dance Beyond The Hand
The Living House’s Rabbit
Muddy Stars
The Goblet of Lost Chicago
Now go write!
130 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Choose Your Title And Write”
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Another short fantasy flash fiction – Muddy Stars: https://thestoryhive.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/muddy-stars/
Bonus! Future Graveyard (235 w): https://thestoryhive.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/future-graveyard/
Welp, gess what: https://thestoryhive.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/the-goblet-of-lost-chicago/
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Like a lot of others did, I went with “The Crow of Nine-World” (was pretty tempted by “The Goblet of Lost Chicago”, too, but couldn’t make my ideas there come together in the end):
https://aimeeogdenwrites.wordpress.com/2016/01/20/fiction-the-crow-of-nine-world/
This is absolutely brilliant! I see you only put your flash fiction on your website. I’d love to see more of your work.
Ahh, thank you very much! I don’t have a ton else out there, but my story “Au Ciel Monte” is in this winter’s issue of The Sockdolager if you like sci-fi as well as odd bird fairy tales 🙂
http://www.sockdolager.net/winter-2015/au-ciel-monte
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What’s the prize, what’s the prize, WHAT’S THE PRIZE??? Don’t tell me that the work is it’s own reward or some drivel like that. Did some one just say an autographed nude picture of Chuck!?!? Oh, I’m in.
Here is my story The River’s Mask
http://www.cre8tivelife.net/hunting-party/the-rivers-mask
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I went with ‘Future graveyard’. I had a lot of fun, and will try to participate every week! Happy reading!
http://www.calbrecht.nl/english/flash-fiction-challenge-choose-your-title/
This took me longer than I would have liked, but here we are. The River’s Mask.
https://dcxli.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/62/
I wrote this as part of a series, so if you like it check out the rest.
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Another one for “The Crow of Nine-World”:
https://sarahegribble.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/the-crow-of-nine-world/
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I tried out ‘The Goblet of Lost Chicago’. Thanks for the great prompt! First time trying this, but I hope to join more challenges in the coming weeks. http://nightfallcollection.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-goblet-of-lost-chicago.html
[…] now for something completely different… Chuck Wendig of Terrible Minds posted a flash fiction challenge. I chose the title The Crow of Nine-World as a prompt. This has nothing to do with anything else on […]
I used The Crow of Nine World. I can’t wait to read some of the other ones. http://www.housepunkery.com/2016/01/flash-fiction-the-crow-of-nine-world/
So far I’ve really enjoyed reading the work of this group of writers, I hope I have time to read them all. Chuck should think himself lucky that he’s got such an awesome, hot bunch of writers following his blog. You guy’s are like the writing equivalent of really hot go go dancers who can like do the splits, and stuff.
. . . I sold my boots and miniskirt years ago . . . but I never could do the splits. Still can’t.
Here’s my take on “The River’s Mask.” I did go with creative non-fiction. Still a few chortles at my expense.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2016/01/friday-flash-creative-non-fiction.html
Here’s mine for “Muddy Stars””
http://www.ridleykemp.com/stories/2016/1/22/muddy-stars
This was a more of a struggle than normal and I’m not completely sure I got a story out of it, but there are some good bits. I always lean too heavily on dialog, so no dialog in this one. Pffft.
Another crow – plus a kitten. Not my best, but my writing head is in another world at the moment 😉
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2016/01/22/friday-flash-fiction-the-crow-of-nine-world/
And hoping it’s not too late – time zones always bug me, that’s the official excuse, here I’m trying my take on Across the Parlour and the Exile. (About 1300 words.)
https://imnotreadyiwilldo.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/across-the-parlour-and-the-exile/
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Three hours before the deadline! Here you go 🙂
https://redinkisbetter.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/the-crow-of-nine-world/
Almost didn’t make it!
http://absevan.blogspot.com/2016/01/future-graveyard-flash-fiction-challenge.html
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Ha! Finished it the other day and forgot to post it on my blog. Silly! http://wp.me/p16A9R-bl
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I’m playing catch up, and trying to hold myself accountable for these. So I’m posting despite it being WAY late.
Muddy Stars – http://wp.me/p4uNLI-A1
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