Get yourself a d20 or a random number generator.
And let’s randomize a title.
Way this works is how it always works: you have two tables below, and you randomize once for each table, and then smash those two words together and TA-DA you have a title. You can add “the” in there or pluralize or make some words possessive — feel free to make other very minor tweaks to the title that results. So, in other words, you might get Dead Orchard, which you could change to The Dead Orchard or Dead Orchards… or even The Dead’s Orchard. Hell, if you even want to flip ’em the other way — The Orchard Dead — go for it.
Then, use that new title to write a story — we’ll say under 2000 words — and post that story to your blog. Then drop a link here so we can all go dig it. Due by next Friday, April 15th, noon EST.
The two tables are:
Title Word #1
- Arsonist’s
- Screaming
- Pegasus
- Haunted
- Eight
- Gear-tooth
- Cracked
- Monster’s
- Carnivore
- Chef’s
- Venomous
- Lost
- Robot
- Seven Days Of
- After
- Copper
- Esmerelda’s
- Dead
- Binary
- City of
Title Word #2
- Corpse
- Daughter
- Locket
- Debt
- Dungeon
- Parade
- Tempest
- Coast
- Widget
- Warning
- Houses
- Scandal
- Flywheel
- Orchard
- Fang
- Intelligence
- Eschaton
- Riot
- Run
- Zero
Christine Frost says:
A creepy title calls, the Muse comes. The Arsonist’s Locket: http://www.herravendomain.com/the-arsonists-locket/
April 14, 2016 — 8:01 PM
dcxli says:
Great story! I can always get behind a bit of vengeance.
April 15, 2016 — 9:28 AM
Cara Peterson says:
okay, here goes. my second short story, my first flash fiction submission. Coast No. Eight. http://carathebruce.typepad.com/carathebruce/2016/04/coast-no-eight.html
April 14, 2016 — 9:04 PM
Matthew X. Gomez says:
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/monsters-warning-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
Monster’s Warning. A short (like just over 1k) fantasy piece with a character I’m trying to get a handle on.
April 14, 2016 — 9:59 PM
rfsimon says:
Kargen and his world intrigue me, Matthew. Hope this short piece helps you get a better sense of him. I’d love to read more from this world.
April 15, 2016 — 11:36 AM
Matthew X. Gomez says:
Thanks! Part of my plan this weekend is to get back into that story.
April 15, 2016 — 11:47 AM
ToniJ says:
Monster’s Run – it’s like one of those zombie fun runs where people dress up and chase you, except… not so much. https://tonij.com/2016/04/14/monsters-run/
April 14, 2016 — 10:08 PM
rfsimon says:
That was just…creepy. Remind me NOT to take up running 10Ks as a hobby.
April 15, 2016 — 12:01 PM
caszbrewster says:
Chef Coast: http://www.casondrabrewster.com/?p=2825 Special shout out to S. Rain Lawrence for nudging me and for Mr. King, who always inspires me.
April 14, 2016 — 10:22 PM
H.R. Warren says:
I got “Monster’s Coast,” which I tweaked to “The Monster of the Coast.” I may have just written one of my favorite settings now. https://haleyrwarren.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/the-monster-of-the-coast/
April 14, 2016 — 11:21 PM
Skye Overall says:
I drew “Monster’s Locket” and this is what I came up with: http://runnerskye.com/monsters-locket/
April 15, 2016 — 2:16 AM
rfsimon says:
Thanks for checking it out! You’re the third person to say that, which tells me I should think about what happens next.
April 15, 2016 — 10:58 AM
swordsoftheancients says:
Here’s mine. “Orchard After.” https://swordsoftheancients.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/orchard-after/
April 15, 2016 — 11:32 AM
rainobscured says:
Pegasus Debt
http://www.thedreamingworld.com/pegasus-debt-wendig-challenge/
April 15, 2016 — 12:00 PM
Jo Robson says:
Venomous Flywheel
https://www.facebook.com/notes/joanna-robson/venomous-flywheel/1171492416224174
April 15, 2016 — 1:01 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
Stravelling in a bit late, as usual. My son picked the numbers, and I wrote on “The Intelligence of Pegasus.” I’ve been reading about aviation in WWI, so that’s the Pegasus I ended up with.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2016/04/friday-flash-intelligence-of-pegasus.html
April 15, 2016 — 2:19 PM
scribblejotteramy says:
Gear-tooth Orchard. https://scribblejotteramy.wordpress.com/2016/04/25/fiction-gear-tooth-orchard/ mechanical beings and a new titanium cultivar that could eradicate rust-grand.
April 25, 2016 — 4:57 AM