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.
Your task this week is woefully simple. Go to the comments, and deposit into these comments a title for a short story — not the story itself, and nothing in fact beyond the title.
Then, next week, I’ll pick a handful of the best, and we’ll use those as springboards for the next round of stories. Dig it? Good.
You.
Comments section.
A title.
GO.
Due by next Friday, April 29th, noon EST.
[EDIT: Only ONE title per person, please.]
bexdavenport
April 26, 2016 at 9:45 PM //
Boxing in the Crack House
john freeter
April 27, 2016 at 2:08 AM //
The Lesbian Assassins Kill Them All
Tim R.
April 27, 2016 at 8:10 AM //
With My Atomic Vision
Brad Carl
April 27, 2016 at 5:54 PM //
Boldly Bleeding
Elizabeth Marling
April 27, 2016 at 7:29 PM //
The Bully Pulpit Show
Alfredo Tarancón
April 27, 2016 at 7:35 PM //
Raping Mickey
Lori Schechter
April 28, 2016 at 9:25 AM //
Still Turnstiles at Station 6
glenavailable
April 28, 2016 at 3:48 PM //
Oh yeah!
Hana Frank
April 28, 2016 at 8:55 PM //
The Devil You Know
Stella Wood
April 28, 2016 at 9:09 PM //
H.I.
Lilla Miro
April 29, 2016 at 4:43 AM //
The Achilles heel of her mind
dorwinrin
April 29, 2016 at 6:12 AM //
How to Read for Goblins
samiam164
April 29, 2016 at 9:14 AM //
The Unsettling Quiet
HB McCarthy
April 29, 2016 at 9:50 AM //
The Monster with the Blue Hair
MillieAnne Lowe
May 6, 2016 at 11:02 AM //
The Man on the Corner
Ashes
May 7, 2016 at 9:01 PM //
Broken Bottle of Sparkles
Illusory Eye
May 26, 2016 at 4:44 AM //
My Seething Affliction
Mocha Mum
August 10, 2016 at 5:46 AM //
Dark Confessions
glenavailable
August 10, 2016 at 1:52 PM //
Is that the sequel to Milk Chocolate Obsessions?
karen j carlisle
August 11, 2016 at 2:37 AM //
It started with a Cliché
moteridgerider
August 11, 2016 at 4:01 AM //
Voodoo virgin.
Enrique Varela
August 22, 2016 at 3:57 PM //
Methodically Human
Abhineet Dey
October 3, 2016 at 9:50 AM //
The Method Man
Kem Royale
October 4, 2016 at 2:39 PM //
Binge Watching
karen j carlisle
October 5, 2016 at 2:29 AM //
What’s Up with Emerald Wulfinger?
karen j carlisle
October 5, 2016 at 2:29 AM //
Glass Bottom
karen j carlisle
October 5, 2016 at 2:31 AM //
What’s Up with Emerald Wulfinger?
Glass Bottom
(apologies to Kem Royale – computer is jumping around today and reply went in wrong spot. Don’t know how to delete them. :/ )
senexnova
February 10, 2017 at 11:50 AM //
A Short Pier
wkeep
May 16, 2017 at 1:06 PM //
The Dark Surburbs
justwhatifeellikeblog
October 16, 2017 at 7:53 PM //
Fault Lines In The Earth Could Cause The Apocalypse?
justwhatifeellikeblog
October 16, 2017 at 7:55 PM //
Whoops, this was last year wasn’t it? now i feel stupid…