This week’s challenge:
Gods and goddesses.
Genre doesn’t matter, but I want you to write a story dealing with the divine. A deity! A demi-god! Whatever. Made-up or real, doesn’t matter. From the POV of the deity or from someone having to deal with said deity. Or maybe you wanna talk about a whole damn pantheon.
Entirely up to you.
Length: ~2000 words
Due Date: 3/24/17, that Friday, noon EST.
Write at your online space.
Link back here.
Go forth and confront the divine.
Jade M. Wong says:
Sounds like fun! 😀
March 17, 2017 — 12:15 PM
The Urban Spaceman says:
I look forward to reading your story about the God of Coffee. 😛
March 17, 2017 — 12:52 PM
Jade M. Wong says:
LOL. Did I miss something or did we have a pre-arranged agreement about this God of Coffee? Will you be writing about the Goddess of Tea, then? :p
March 17, 2017 — 12:56 PM
The Urban Spaceman says:
Maybe I’ll spoof it one day! 😉
March 17, 2017 — 1:01 PM
The Penultimate Universe says:
I’m cheating slightly but I already have a short story on my blog that I think fits the theme nicely. It’s called The Morningstar Plays The Devastation in D-Minor. Enjoy!
https://penultimateuniverse.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/the-morningstar-plays-the-devastation-suite-in-d-minor/
March 17, 2017 — 12:55 PM
Krishnaa Lakshmanan says:
I’m just gonna be lazy and post this short story I wrote almost a year back 😀
https://medium.com/blank-canvas/kālachakra-30cd7b4d7ad0
March 17, 2017 — 1:34 PM
Ebonstorm says:
THE ARTISAN: A divine craftsman must defend his Last Creation from his greatest living Works of Art.
https://medium.com/@ebonstorm/the-artisan-4feb955efbad#.gxfc4uqvh
March 17, 2017 — 4:19 PM
The Urban Spaceman says:
I call this one, “Electric Sleep” which is totally not a play on anything else. I mixed sci-fi and a god-figure, no cheating at all!
https://theurbanspaceman.net/2017/03/17/electric-sleep-flash-fiction/
March 17, 2017 — 6:08 PM
Mozette says:
Creepy as hell! Love it! 😀
March 21, 2017 — 11:26 PM
The Urban Spaceman says:
Thanks! 🙂
March 22, 2017 — 1:46 PM
michelledevilliersart says:
Behold Hiccupia: https://cadmiumdiamond.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/hiccupia/
March 17, 2017 — 6:42 PM
Finnan Beaton says:
Happened to write this a couple of months ago and it fills the prompt.
http://backshiftwriter.com/2017/01/16/flash-fiction-you-are-like-winter/
March 17, 2017 — 10:37 PM
boundbeautifunk says:
Austerity of the Gods
https://cheesywriterblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/austerity-of-the-gods/
I think I liked writing this? I’m not entirely sure…
March 18, 2017 — 1:37 PM
Jade M. Wong says:
My Athena-inspired origin story: https://jademwong.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/flash-fiction-wisdom-and-war/
I may or may not have written this last year, but art is timeless, right? 😉
March 18, 2017 — 7:25 PM
warjna says:
Looks like so far we’re all bringing up past works. So I’ll join in! This is from my eternal WIP, “House of the Black Dog.” One of my characters, Sya, as she takes to task two of the Powers for not helping their Champion, my MC, Ari Dillon. Here’s the link:
https://warjna.wordpress.com/
March 18, 2017 — 7:27 PM
Taj says:
I’ve never done flash fiction before. This seems like a fun one to start with.
March 18, 2017 — 10:04 PM
Mozette says:
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/a-letter-of-disappointment.html
The Almighty God has written a letter to us… and he’s pissed!
enjoy!
March 18, 2017 — 11:33 PM
Mel says:
Daaaaaaaaamn. “Pissed” is an understatement! But, uh, he *is* right on so much of that…
Nice work! This isn’t a format I had considered before.
March 20, 2017 — 9:23 PM
Mozette says:
Thanks Mel… I thought it over of who would be good to write about. And being a person who used to attend church on a regular basis (and was ostracised because my beliefs changed over time and the pastor didn’t like what I was thinking) I knew a letter from God would be very interesting to write about. 🙂
March 21, 2017 — 8:24 AM
The Urban Spaceman says:
Yup, I’m definitely the wrath. If I was a believer I’d be quaking in my slippers. 😛
March 22, 2017 — 2:07 PM
Mozette says:
After all those episodes of ‘Supernatural’, I wondered how God would react to us treated his Paradise like we do… and how Lucifer would really treat Earth – after all, he almost did take if over in the Bible. 😛
March 23, 2017 — 12:55 AM
The Writer says:
I went a little over, but I love how it turned out. Enjoy! (Comments welcomed and returned).
https://atcrump.com/2017/03/19/bobbys-inferno/
March 19, 2017 — 3:44 AM
Sophie Giroir says:
Well…I didn’t expect the direction I went in, but here it is.
https://lifeinmyshoesandsometimesout.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/gordals-seed-ff-challenge/
March 19, 2017 — 4:29 PM
boundbeautifunk says:
I LOVE the premise for this story!
March 20, 2017 — 7:37 PM
Sophie Giroir says:
Thank you!
March 20, 2017 — 7:42 PM
Mel says:
Cool, so… I’m gonna need a full-blown novel regarding this on my desk. That’d be greaaaaaat. (Seriously though, this is awesome!)
March 20, 2017 — 9:30 PM
Sophie Giroir says:
Wow, Thank you! I just wrote what popped in my head. Maybe one day I’ll do something with it.
March 20, 2017 — 9:33 PM
Sam Brady says:
I also am joining the “I wrote this before” club. I wrote it originally for NaNoWriMo 2015. It’s the first chapter of an abandoned idea about an atheist who has a dream about God and decides he wants to preach the gospel. Please to enjoy the 1,998 words of “Salvation”.
https://sambrady.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/chuck-wendig-salvation-chapter-one/
March 19, 2017 — 8:42 PM
remnantauthor says:
Oddly enough, I just finished this one.
https://remnantauthor.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/the-raven-the-bear-and-the-sun/
March 19, 2017 — 9:11 PM
Cameron Mount says:
I like this quite a lot. The diction, pacing, and plotting were all nicely done. It has a sort of Neil Gaiman quality about it. I could see it as a side-story told in a Sandman comic.
March 21, 2017 — 3:58 PM
remnantauthor says:
Thanks, Cameron! I’m glad you enjoyed it – high praise indeed!
March 22, 2017 — 1:53 PM
kim blades, writer says:
My entry is well short of the 2000 word count but better than the nothing I wrote for last week’s challenge.
https://kim153.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/hellgod
March 20, 2017 — 9:52 AM
Mel says:
https://melodyklink.com/2017/03/20/flash-fiction-springs-flourish-autumns-chill/
This is a challenge right up my alley! Ahhhhh, love mythology. Hope you guys enjoy this one, and enjoy the Spring/Fall Equinox, my northern and southern hemisphere people!
March 20, 2017 — 12:03 PM
boundbeautifunk says:
I’ve always enjoyed the Persephone myth. Bonus points for FFA mentioning!
March 20, 2017 — 7:55 PM
Mel says:
Thanks! ^_^ And I *had* to mention FFA- when I changed schools in middle school, I suddenly had a gorgeous garden area curated by our FFA students, and I was blown away. I had never heard of it before then.
March 20, 2017 — 9:20 PM
pascalek says:
Secret Goddess. NSFW!! (I’m not kidding.) http://boldsoulcoaching.com/secret-goddess/
March 20, 2017 — 12:45 PM
Mark Gardner says:
Another prompt, another Moonrise chapter: https://article94.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/moonrise-ch45-neon-camouflage/
March 20, 2017 — 2:53 PM
lonesomehawk says:
Will this do? http://itinerantlibrul.blogspot.com/ I like writing this kind of stuff. Let’s do some more.
March 20, 2017 — 10:20 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
It did very well!
March 26, 2017 — 12:11 AM
Shana L. Horn says:
http://slwhshorts.blogspot.com/2017/03/flight-timed-out.html granted it is a Pathfinder FanFiction.
March 21, 2017 — 12:43 AM
Matthew X. Gomez says:
Excuse for me to bring out Liam the Black. https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/forsaken-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
March 21, 2017 — 9:21 AM
Cameron Mount says:
Weird black comedy back-and-forth dialogue.
https://cameronamount.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/do-you-want-the-sun-to-rise-tomorrow-wendig-challenge/
March 21, 2017 — 3:27 PM
mangacat201 says:
I’m bending the rules a little bit here, since it’s not quite a piece that is written for this challenge – but if I had to write it now, this is what I would write and since I surprised myself writing it, learned a great deal about my voice and my style in the process and it fits the theme so perfectly, I’ll just leave this here:
https://mangacat201.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/chaos-divinum/
March 21, 2017 — 5:55 PM
dcxli says:
Hunting Heathens
https://dcxli.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/hunting-heathens/
March 21, 2017 — 7:04 PM
curioushart says:
“The Eternal Spring” is my 1340 word story inspired by The Book of Rhino. https://curioushart.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/the-eternal-spring/
March 22, 2017 — 10:39 AM
Lisa says:
When God showed up in this story, He wasn’t at all what I expected. http://thoughtitwasgood.blogspot.com/2017/03/flash-fiction-challenge-from.html
March 22, 2017 — 1:42 PM
Helene says:
Mine’s here (after the intro in French) and it’s a draft I’m not happy with (publishing it anyway is an answer to a challenge I gave myself). I understood two things writing it, one of which is I miss Terry Pratchett badly. Maybe I should re-read my bookshelves full of his opus. Sigh. http://www.campagnonades.com/fiction-en-brouillon/
March 23, 2017 — 4:46 PM
jakashadows says:
“The Deal”
2,054 Words
https://jakashadows.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/flash-fiction-the-deal/
March 23, 2017 — 4:46 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
Found where a new god was needed, and he appeared.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2017/03/flash-fiction-friday.html
March 24, 2017 — 12:45 AM
Vicente L Ruiz says:
This week I just couldn’t get a good idea to work with. In the end I decided to at least write a shorter piece rather than skipping the challenge completely.
At around 750 words, here’s “Beginnings and Ends”: https://medium.com/@VicenteLRuiz/beginnings-and-ends-38008ffb8afd#.ur01fp2aq
March 24, 2017 — 2:36 AM
Jemima Pett says:
Mine turned into a myths & legends/noir mash-up. If you’d set that I bet it wouldn’t have been so much fun!
The Apple of Hesperides
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2017/03/24/fridayflash-fiction-apple-hesperides/
March 24, 2017 — 5:15 AM
RachelDPanda says:
Netflix and Devi. Word count 1215.
I had a lot of fun playing with this. So much so I’m probably going to make this into something bigger. Hope ya’ll enjoy it. 🙂
http://racheldpanda.tumblr.com/post/158779433993/netflix-and-devi
March 24, 2017 — 11:55 AM
Skye says:
Here’s my entry, just under the wire!! http://runnerskye.ca/flash-fiction-challenge-angels/
March 24, 2017 — 11:59 AM