Today, a bit of pick-your-own.
(Or, if you prefer to randomize, go for it.)
You have, mmm, let’s say 1500 words for this one. Any genre will do.
Due next Friday, July 1st, noon EST.
Your five story seeds:
1.) A child is born under mysterious circumstances.
2.) A dead body goes missing.
3.) A mysterious journal is found.
4.) An accident occurs that may be no accident.
5.) An impossible animal appears.
60 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Five Random Story Seeds”
I bet y’all didn’t think I could work one of these into the latest Mental State chapter, but I worked in #4: http://wp.me/s4le2s-hatred
Steven’s hatred was deeply apparent. This makes me want to know more about what happened and why it happened.
Great writing!
Thanks, Yelle! I hope you check out what came before this piece and stick around for the end.
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I chose a combination of 1 and 5. Though 5, I admit, I went with impossible being more than impossible animal. I mean technically…it’s the same. Right? Lol. Anyway, here’s mine.
https://lifeinmyshoesandsometimesout.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/ff-challenge-accepted-the-god-factory/
hey that was great thanks, for some reason I couldn’t comment on your blog so am here instead.
That was great!
Thanks for sharing.
Enjoyed this a lot, wanted to know more about the ‘God’ and his worlds.
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A different genre than I typically delve into. Disclaimer: I decided to use all 5 story seeds. https://christopherslagle.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/flash-fiction-the-beast
I really liked this one. Great use of all the seeds!
Thanks for reading!
I chose #2… A dead body goes missing.
And did I have fun with that!
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/the-missing-body.html
enjoy.
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I chose #1. I love babies…especially when I can send them home with their parents after a day of babysitting 🙂
My story focuses on what happens when a mysterious woman breezes into your life then 10 months later, leaves a present, practically on your doorstep.
Thank you so much, Chuck, for help giving me the balls to keep going and never give up.
http://www.authoryellehughes.com/?p=6519
Number 5) an impossible animal appears – I took a decidedly scifi bend to it.
http://www.fatmaalici.com/2016/06/25/challenge-impossible-animal/
[…] Another week, another flash fiction challenge. I went very scifi this time. The challenge was a story seed, “an impossible animal appears”. I kind of took that out of context a bit. Don’t forget to check out other stories at terribleminds.com […]
This was my response to the prompt: https://amusedreams.wordpress.com/2016/06/25/youll-never-believe-my-morning/
I did not, sadly, manage to achieve the word count. I went over at 1,790 total. But I’m happy with it!
I went for #3 – A mysterious Journal is found!
Little bit vague, but that’s what mysterious can mean sometimes 🙂
https://princessofdragons.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/flash-fiction-challenge-five-random-story-seeds/
I chose #5. https://allisonmaruska.com/2016/06/27/flash-fiction-fireflies/
It’s not the best piece I’ve ever written, but it’s the first bit of fiction I’ve written since November and it felt good to do it. I went with No. 2. Any and all critique is welcome.
http://bit.ly/290PLZR
I liked this one. Good descriptions of the Talkingtons.
Thank you!
Good Old Fashioned Cookie Sabotage http://www.mdflyn.com/good-old-fashioned-cookie-sabotage/
I chose number 3 and ended up with a little space opera-like story, “Betrayal”:
https://medium.com/@VicenteLRuiz/betrayal-2ef6fb28d204#.7p1usuyno
I chose seed number 5 and ended up writing about a classic mythological beast. Enjoy! https://helenoloughlin.com/2016/06/29/the-chase/
I combined 2 and 4 – https://atcrump.com/2016/06/29/the-night-that-stood-the-longest/ – (Parental Advisory) – Just because there’s a character based on Sam Jackson so…yea think “strong language” lol. I couldn’t help myself. Enjoy!
I picked #2. Who knew missing dead bodies were so much fun to write?
https://tonij.com/2016/06/29/as-if-by-magic/
Nicely done! Well-written, fun to read, and an interesting spin on magic!
Loved this! Great idea. Careful, Rowling might pinch it!
Ha, awesome. Thank you!
Also, lesson learned – don’t try to reply on the ipad or who knows where it’ll end up.
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I ended up doing story seed 3 because I wanted to do a story about a journal. It sounded like fun, so why not? https://vookthevook.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/flash-fiction-challenge-the-power-of-words/
I’m going to go ahead though and apologize. I ended up being over the word count at 2086 words. I didn’t mean to, but the words just kept coming and I didn’t know how to stop. I hope you all enjoy, though I’ll admit it isn’t my favorite piece I’ve written.
[…] week’s challenge, pick one of five story seeds, or go with a random one. I had “an accident that might not be […]
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/the-hidden-cost-of-business-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
Story Seed#4, for a bit of cyberpunk action noire.
I really enjoyed this one. very cool!
This is my first submission in a while, so it’s a short piece for me to get back into the swing of things. I went with prompt #2.
As always, I would appreciate any criticism/feedback.
https://dcxli.wordpress.com/2016/06/29/tomb-of-kings-a-throne-for-a-throne/
I chose #2. Naturally it is set in space, features a pair of good-for-nothing fuck-ups, and includes a tentacle-porn joke.
http://liamhayeswriter.tumblr.com/post/146706929618/the-body-that-vanished-in-space
Enjoy!
Thanks! 🙂
[…] week’s flash fiction challenge was again issued by Terribleminds’ Chuck Wendig: FIVE RANDOM STORY SEEDS (up to 1500 words). I chose to randomly pick one of the five ‘seeds’ and got #3: A […]
No 4 from me. Busy week for me so hope to catch up on reading these at the weekend. http:/shyandretiring.weebly.com/accidents-will-happen.html
I incorporated all 5 seeds in my short story. This was a lot of fun. Looking forward to the next one! Glad I stumbled onto this today.
THE RAPTURE IS NEAR!
http://www.austintaciousmedia.com/#!Chuck-Wendigs-FLASH-FICTION-CHALLENGE/n2sgl/1
Not my best effort. But it’s a story. Or a start of a story.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2016/06/flash-fiction-friday-case-of-missing.html
It’s good and stands alone. But could be a good start, too.
Just in under the wire with this one, so not edited as well as others. Still, I got something in. http://runnerskye.ca/flash-fiction-meet-hope/
I can sympathize (see post above 😀 )
But it reads pretty well to me, and has a ton of potential for more.
Thanks so much!
I span the dice and got #3 It worked in perfectly as an adjunct to one of my works-in-progress. http://karenjcarlisle.com/2016/07/01/friday-flash-fiction-challenge-journal-de-la-lumiere/
How ominous, I love it!
Thank you. I’m glad it worked! (phew)
That was really good!
Thank you, Austin.
Ooh good beginning! I like it.
Thanks! I find the start the hardest – and usually gets the most rewrites.
I love a dead body to get me over my blues. Enjoy!
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2016/07/01/fridayflash-fiction-one-hell-of-a-job/
And I love your little visits to Hell 😀
I selected #4. I didn’t make it to 1500. Oh well. Still fun. Critic please if you read. Thanks.
https://theivorytide.com/2016/07/01/passengers/
It took a second try to find a story that worked, and so I have this disturbing and short piece for you a little later than I’d planned.
“An accident occurs that may be no accident” brings us straight to trying to prevent World War 2.
Titled “What Have I Done?”
https://fistfulofwits.com/2016/07/01/flash-fiction-what-have-i-done/
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