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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curioushart
June 10, 2017 at 9:55 AM //
This week’s challenge was a perfect fit to the second half of last week’s story. Here is The Muse ~ Part Two (Or How My Secret Gift Became Not-So-Secret.)
https://curioushart.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/the-muse-part-two/
I hope you have an much fun reading it as I did writing it.
Krishnaa Lakshmanan
June 10, 2017 at 12:17 PM //
I should probably start a Nonsense Stories series based on things I come up with from writing prompts:
https://medium.com/@krishnaa/wave-of-destruction-bfebd2bc36dd
This was oddly fun to write!
Brian Work
June 16, 2017 at 10:23 AM //
Ha, that was a fun one. Nice job!
Krishnaa Lakshmanan
June 16, 2017 at 1:48 PM //
Thank you!
StarNinja
June 16, 2017 at 12:25 PM //
Wow. That was a wild ride. Fun to read and think through. Nothing made sense till the very end when suddenly it did and I felt like yelling, “Holy crap, the doors to my perception have been thrown open by this revelation!” It’s an incredible achievement to Shyamalan a story like this and pull it off so artfully. Well done!
Krishnaa Lakshmanan
June 16, 2017 at 1:48 PM //
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Mozette
June 10, 2017 at 9:39 PM //
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2017/06/the-secret-gift.html
I picked ‘The Secret Gift’
enjoy
LC
June 11, 2017 at 2:07 PM //
I have absolutely NO confidence in posting mine first but if I don’t do it now I’m going to forget. Here goes *hitting post comment with eyes pinched shut* https://thewritingsoflc.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/the-thief-of-moons/
Mozette
June 12, 2017 at 7:28 PM //
That was a funny one. Something grandparents do.
Warren Castro
June 12, 2017 at 9:37 PM //
Completed the challenge, but in spanish lol. For, whoever speaks spanish, there you go.
PS: I’m translating it to english in a few days…
https://castrotv.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/el-ladron-de-lunas-fantasia-pg12/
Mozette
June 13, 2017 at 8:26 AM //
Actually, Google can ask us if we wish the page to be translated into our own language… 😀
andys
June 13, 2017 at 2:50 AM //
I went with Thorn of Prophecy. http://andreaspeed.com/2017/flash-fic-challenge-thorn-of-prophecy/
Neocognitron
June 13, 2017 at 2:41 PM //
I took a run at Cleaning up the Ashes. This was actually quite fun.
https://advancedneocognitr.wixsite.com/perceptrons/cleaning-up-the-ashes
StarNinja
June 16, 2017 at 1:03 PM //
I loved it. Very inventive and the language was so colorful. It hit all the right spots for me. Excellent work!
Sam Brady
June 13, 2017 at 3:40 PM //
Please to enjoy 241 words of pretentious poem-story hybrid thingy!
https://sambrady.wordpress.com/2017/06/13/chuck-wendig-the-nobody/
Krishnaa Lakshmanan
June 14, 2017 at 8:52 AM //
That was a very interesting read! 🙂
David Ralph Lewis
June 13, 2017 at 3:56 PM //
Here’s mine, called the thief of moons. A bit of a supernatural fairytale, hope you enjoy http://davidralphlewis.co.uk/thief-moons-flash-fiction/
Krishnaa Lakshmanan
June 14, 2017 at 9:02 AM //
Brilliant. I liked it!
Shana Horn
June 14, 2017 at 5:13 PM //
http://slwhshorts.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-secret-gift.html please don’t judge too harshly it has been a bad week.
Kristin Mireles
June 14, 2017 at 10:48 PM //
A Year of Bodies sounds interesting. I look forward to posting this one!
Vicente L Ruiz
June 15, 2017 at 3:11 PM //
I chose “A Year of Bodies” and came up with a scifi short story in a gender-shift future:
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2017/06/09/flash-fiction-challenge-ten-random-titles/
Vicente L Ruiz
September 15, 2017 at 5:01 AM //
Damn, I just realized that is the wrong link. Now. Three months later. Here’s the good one, FWIW:
https://medium.com/@VicenteLRuiz/a-year-of-bodies-ee40d5390deb
StarNinja
June 15, 2017 at 6:41 PM //
Here is The Nobody.
https://wormholelesstraveled.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/the-nobody/
Nobody knows what you did…
Krishnaa Lakshmanan
June 16, 2017 at 1:38 PM //
That was interesting! I think it would work well in longform 🙂 I’m sure there is a lot more behind those two parts of the story!
StarNinja
June 16, 2017 at 1:51 PM //
Thanks for the read! Yeah, there are layers within layers in this story that I’m still unraveling.
Krishnaa Lakshmanan
June 16, 2017 at 1:59 PM //
Great! 🙂
Jemima Pett
June 16, 2017 at 4:05 AM //
I started doing the Thief of Moons, then tinkered with the title a little 🙂 This is a #Princelings story, in case you also read my books!
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2017/06/16/fridayflash-fiction-thief-of-the-moon/
Sugar and Mice
June 16, 2017 at 4:48 AM //
Here’s mine: the Thief of Moons. https://sugarandmice.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/the-thief-of-moons/
Krishnaa Lakshmanan
June 16, 2017 at 9:07 AM //
I loved this one! 🙂 Eerily intriguing.
Mary Contrary
June 16, 2017 at 9:38 AM //
Very rough draft, but here goes anyway: https://epeapteroenta.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/cleaning-up-the-ashes/
The Baron's Envoy
June 16, 2017 at 9:48 AM //
This is the Unwilling Word: https://medium.com/@sgt.woodpepper/the-unwilling-word-eba128b587f7
grahamwrites
June 16, 2017 at 10:10 AM //
I liked the sound of The Nobody. Took me some place dark. But then that’s hardly a shocker. http://grahamwho.com/grahamwrites/2017/06/16/flash-fiction-nobodys-business/
Brian Work
June 16, 2017 at 11:24 AM //
Here’s my first attempt at flash fiction, using “A Year of Bodies.” Hope you enjoy!
http://www.brianwork.com/2017/06/15/flash-fiction-a-year-of-bodies/
(Sorry if this double posts; I tried posting last night, but internet was being funky & I don’t know if it went through to the validation queue.)
Krishnaa Lakshmanan
June 16, 2017 at 1:50 PM //
That was a captivating read!
forestoffiction
June 16, 2017 at 5:38 PM //
Here’s my entry for the title Laughing Lights. Hard to believe how long it’s been since I’ve written anything, I think it shows!
https://fictionforest.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/laughing-lights/