Flash Fiction Friday: Seven Deadly Sins
This one is pretty easy.
Pick one of the classic seven deadly sins:
1. Lust
2. Gluttony
3. Greed
4. Sloth
5. Wrath
6. Envy
7. Pride
And then write 1000 words of story based around that sin. In some way — how you interpret that is, obviously, up to you. Any genre will do.
You can choose to randomize it, too, using random.org to pick a random number between 1 and 7, and that’ll give you a random sin.
Post your story at your online space.
Link back here in the comments so we can all read it.
Due by March 11th, Friday, noon EST.
GO FORTH AND SIN, MY CHILDREN.
Flash Fiction Challenge – Seven Deadly Sins | Catastrophe Jones
March 10, 2016 @ 9:38 AM
[…] Wendig is at it again. […]
March 10, 2016 @ 9:40 AM
Here’s mine: http://catastrophejones.com/archives/5951
Don’t know if I managed to make it clear which sin I picked, so let me know if you have a guess.
March 10, 2016 @ 10:21 AM
Woops, my comment below was supposed to be a reply: Don’t want to spoil anything for others, so I’ll place my guess on your blog’s comment section.
March 10, 2016 @ 4:49 PM
Aaaaagh. Loved it! I really dig your writing style.
March 10, 2016 @ 4:56 PM
Well thank you! Come join the fray; you can check out the rest of my mad ramblings. Did you put one up?
March 10, 2016 @ 7:00 PM
Sure did! http://melodyklink.com/2016/03/10/single-serve-flash-fiction-sin/
March 11, 2016 @ 12:58 AM
I sure did!
http://melodyklink.com/2016/03/10/single-serve-flash-fiction-sin/
I dunno if my previous comments got eaten by the internet vortex, or if they’re awaiting moderation, but here it is again.
March 10, 2016 @ 11:02 PM
Left my guess on your blog, but I don’t care if I’m wrong or not because that was really good no matter which sin it was.
March 10, 2016 @ 10:20 AM
Don’t want to spoil anything for others, so I’ll place my guess on your blog’s comment section.
March 10, 2016 @ 5:45 PM
Another snippet set in my Viridian System universe… maybe it’ll find its way into a book; gluttony is my theme 🙂
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2016/03/11/fridayflash-fiction-all-you-can-eat/
Single Serve! Flash Fiction – Sin. – A Bard Girl's Tale
March 10, 2016 @ 6:59 PM
[…] week’s terribleminds story queue (love that word!) is all about the seven deadly sins. The prompt said to pick one and […]
March 10, 2016 @ 7:01 PM
Here’s mah story! Why pick one when you CAN DO ALL THE THINGS?!
http://melodyklink.com/2016/03/10/single-serve-flash-fiction-sin/
Terrible Minds Flash Fiction Challenge: SEVEN DEADLY SINS – Tami Lund
March 10, 2016 @ 8:09 PM
[…] been following Chuck Wendig’s blog for a while now, laughing, learning, indulging; you know, all the stuff blogs are supposed to do […]
March 10, 2016 @ 8:12 PM
I’m a virgin to this whole flash fiction gig… But my greedy heroine is far from it (no, it’s not porn… sorry): http://tamilund.com/?p=2973
Her New Man (Chuck Wendig Challenge) | Dark Perceptions
March 10, 2016 @ 8:59 PM
[…] bit of urban fantasy (or maybe even a street level superhero story). The challenge this week was to go with one of the seven deadly sins and write a story based around it. So this […]
March 10, 2016 @ 9:00 PM
I ended up with Lust, but, surprise surprise, Wrath may have played a part as well.
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2016/03/10/her-new-man-chuck-wendig-challenge/
March 10, 2016 @ 11:10 PM
Went over the word count by a bit, but hey, quasi-medieval fairy-tale language is wordy by nature so that’s not entirely my fault. 😉 http://gothkittygazette.net/2016/03/a-fitting-sin/
March 10, 2016 @ 11:59 PM
As usual, I’m squeaking in at the last minute. Not the first to think of using all 7 sins, either. But this is what came to mind, so here it is:
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2016/03/flash-fiction-blanche-and-seven-brothers.html
March 11, 2016 @ 12:59 AM
My entry! I tried posting before- not sure if it’s being moderated, too, or if it messed up as nothing on my WordPress seems to be working tonight…
http://melodyklink.com/2016/03/10/single-serve-flash-fiction-sin/
March 11, 2016 @ 1:21 AM
So I was writing a novel, and then I realized: in this world, the people who think kids casting Summon Monster in D&D are practicing real summoning, are kind of right, and if you could actually summon anything in the D&D Monster Manual, there’d be one obvious choice, and it would be fucking metal.
So, here’s my entry for Lust, a side-story from my upcoming web serial.
http://sadehall.tumblr.com/tales/the-devils-music.html
March 11, 2016 @ 5:18 AM
Fellow Wendigos, I present Iron and Canvas. I was going for Pirates of the Caribbean meets Mad Max, with a smidgen of steampunk in the middle. Let me know how I did. Thanks!
https://disdisingenousdilettante.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/iron-and-canvas-flash-fiction-challenge/
March 11, 2016 @ 5:32 AM
Not only was I on time this week, but I also rolled a classic die to pick my sin.
I rolled Envy and a story was quickly written. Enjoy!
http://www.calbrecht.nl/english/flash-fiction-friday-seven-deadly-sins/
Something Dark Like Jazz – Difficult Degrees
March 11, 2016 @ 11:41 AM
[…] one of the Deadly Sins….LUST. Prompt over at Chuck Wendig’s blog “terrible minds” in his “Flash Fiction […]
March 11, 2016 @ 11:42 AM
here’s my choice of the deadly sins!! Nice to be here
Amy Jo
https://amyjosprague.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/something-dark-like-jazz-2/
March 11, 2016 @ 12:18 PM
along with a naughty, jazzy lil tune
The Price of Freedom | Fiction Friday – Adan Ramie
March 11, 2016 @ 12:33 PM
[…] Chuck Wendig’s Flash Fiction Friday […]
Lust | Article 94
March 11, 2016 @ 2:25 PM
[…] doing Chuck’s prompt again from last week. I also decided to sneak in a little Inspiration Monday, and […]
March 11, 2016 @ 4:15 PM
was I too late….damn, it was 10:30
March 11, 2016 @ 5:08 PM
lust
https://amyjosprague.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/something-dark-like-jazz-2/
March 11, 2016 @ 9:19 PM
My entry seemed to be eaten by the moderation black hole, so I’m trying one more time even though it’s way past deadline.
Here’s a story for Lust, in which everything Jack Chick told you about Dungeons and Dragons is true.
http://sadehall.tumblr.com/tales/the-devils-music.html
A Fitting Sin – Goth Kitty Gazette
January 26, 2017 @ 2:03 AM
[…] there did appear a flash fiction challenge from Chuck Wendig, and verily did it give me an idea for a story which was set in a universe of medieval […]
February 16, 2018 @ 4:26 PM
I chose lust.
http://200wordshortstory.org/the-exchange-student-story-by-r-c-peris/
February 16, 2018 @ 4:27 PM
The Exchange Student, http://200wordshortstory.org/the-exchange-student-story-by-r-c-peris/
Lust in one family.