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.
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Jade M. Wong
March 17, 2017 at 12:15 PM //
Sounds like fun! 😀
The Urban Spaceman
March 17, 2017 at 12:52 PM //
I look forward to reading your story about the God of Coffee. 😛
Jade M. Wong
March 17, 2017 at 12:56 PM //
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
The Urban Spaceman
March 17, 2017 at 1:01 PM //
Maybe I’ll spoof it one day! 😉
The Penultimate Universe
March 17, 2017 at 12:55 PM //
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/
Krishnaa Lakshmanan
March 17, 2017 at 1:34 PM //
I’m just gonna be lazy and post this short story I wrote almost a year back 😀
https://medium.com/blank-canvas/kālachakra-30cd7b4d7ad0
Ebonstorm
March 17, 2017 at 4:19 PM //
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
The Urban Spaceman
March 17, 2017 at 6:08 PM //
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/
Mozette
March 21, 2017 at 11:26 PM //
Creepy as hell! Love it! 😀
The Urban Spaceman
March 22, 2017 at 1:46 PM //
Thanks! 🙂
michelledevilliersart
March 17, 2017 at 6:42 PM //
Behold Hiccupia: https://cadmiumdiamond.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/hiccupia/
Finnan Beaton
March 17, 2017 at 10:37 PM //
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/
boundbeautifunk
March 18, 2017 at 1:37 PM //
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…
Jade M. Wong
March 18, 2017 at 7:25 PM //
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? 😉
warjna
March 18, 2017 at 7:27 PM //
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/
Taj
March 18, 2017 at 10:04 PM //
I’ve never done flash fiction before. This seems like a fun one to start with.
Mozette
March 18, 2017 at 11:33 PM //
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!
Mel
March 20, 2017 at 9:23 PM //
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.
Mozette
March 21, 2017 at 8:24 AM //
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. 🙂
The Urban Spaceman
March 22, 2017 at 2:07 PM //
Yup, I’m definitely the wrath. If I was a believer I’d be quaking in my slippers. 😛
Mozette
March 23, 2017 at 12:55 AM //
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. 😛
The Writer
March 19, 2017 at 3:44 AM //
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/
Sophie Giroir
March 19, 2017 at 4:29 PM //
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/
boundbeautifunk
March 20, 2017 at 7:37 PM //
I LOVE the premise for this story!
Sophie Giroir
March 20, 2017 at 7:42 PM //
Thank you!
Mel
March 20, 2017 at 9:30 PM //
Cool, so… I’m gonna need a full-blown novel regarding this on my desk. That’d be greaaaaaat. (Seriously though, this is awesome!)
Sophie Giroir
March 20, 2017 at 9:33 PM //
Wow, Thank you! I just wrote what popped in my head. Maybe one day I’ll do something with it.
Sam Brady
March 19, 2017 at 8:42 PM //
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/
remnantauthor
March 19, 2017 at 9:11 PM //
Oddly enough, I just finished this one.
https://remnantauthor.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/the-raven-the-bear-and-the-sun/
Cameron Mount
March 21, 2017 at 3:58 PM //
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.
remnantauthor
March 22, 2017 at 1:53 PM //
Thanks, Cameron! I’m glad you enjoyed it – high praise indeed!
kim blades, writer
March 20, 2017 at 9:52 AM //
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
Mel
March 20, 2017 at 12:03 PM //
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!
boundbeautifunk
March 20, 2017 at 7:55 PM //
I’ve always enjoyed the Persephone myth. Bonus points for FFA mentioning!
Mel
March 20, 2017 at 9:20 PM //
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.
pascalek
March 20, 2017 at 12:45 PM //
Secret Goddess. NSFW!! (I’m not kidding.) http://boldsoulcoaching.com/secret-goddess/
Mark Gardner
March 20, 2017 at 2:53 PM //
Another prompt, another Moonrise chapter: https://article94.wordpress.com/2017/03/20/moonrise-ch45-neon-camouflage/
lonesomehawk
March 20, 2017 at 10:20 PM //
Will this do? http://itinerantlibrul.blogspot.com/ I like writing this kind of stuff. Let’s do some more.
Rebecca Douglass
March 26, 2017 at 12:11 AM //
It did very well!
Shana L. Horn
March 21, 2017 at 12:43 AM //
http://slwhshorts.blogspot.com/2017/03/flight-timed-out.html granted it is a Pathfinder FanFiction.
Matthew X. Gomez
March 21, 2017 at 9:21 AM //
Excuse for me to bring out Liam the Black. https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/forsaken-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
Cameron Mount
March 21, 2017 at 3:27 PM //
Weird black comedy back-and-forth dialogue.
https://cameronamount.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/do-you-want-the-sun-to-rise-tomorrow-wendig-challenge/
mangacat201
March 21, 2017 at 5:55 PM //
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/
dcxli
March 21, 2017 at 7:04 PM //
Hunting Heathens
https://dcxli.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/hunting-heathens/
curioushart
March 22, 2017 at 10:39 AM //
“The Eternal Spring” is my 1340 word story inspired by The Book of Rhino. https://curioushart.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/the-eternal-spring/
Lisa
March 22, 2017 at 1:42 PM //
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
Helene
March 23, 2017 at 4:46 PM //
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/
jakashadows
March 23, 2017 at 4:46 PM //
“The Deal”
2,054 Words
https://jakashadows.wordpress.com/2017/03/23/flash-fiction-the-deal/
Rebecca Douglass
March 24, 2017 at 12:45 AM //
Found where a new god was needed, and he appeared.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2017/03/flash-fiction-friday.html
Vicente L Ruiz
March 24, 2017 at 2:36 AM //
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
Jemima Pett
March 24, 2017 at 5:15 AM //
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/
RachelDPanda
March 24, 2017 at 11:55 AM //
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
Skye
March 24, 2017 at 11:59 AM //
Here’s my entry, just under the wire!! http://runnerskye.ca/flash-fiction-challenge-angels/