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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Rebecca Douglass
August 4, 2017 at 12:31 PM //
First one when I looked: “A woman finds a pair of spectacles which allow her to see every library on earth.” Given my obsession with libraries (especially magical ones), you’d think the bot made it just for me.
Rebecca Douglass
August 10, 2017 at 11:52 PM //
And here at last is the story:
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2017/08/friday-flash-fiction-library-eyes.html
dcxli
August 4, 2017 at 8:37 PM //
The tweet is: “A necromancer believes it is her destiny to poison dreaming”
The story is: Dreams of Death, found at https://dcxli.wordpress.com/2017/08/04/dreams-of-death/
Mozette
August 5, 2017 at 12:43 AM //
https://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/the-hypnotising-watermelon.html
This was a good one! I search the list… but found I kept coming back to this one.
enjoy.
Jeffrey Marshburn
August 6, 2017 at 9:59 AM //
First attempt at a Flash Fiction Challenge.
My prompt: “A carpenter draws a map which shows the location of every crossword puzzle in Mecca”
https://roninwriting.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-watchers-mission.html
Dorian Stanton
August 8, 2017 at 5:51 PM //
I finally got around to doing one of your challenges after weeks of forgetting/putting it off!
The tweet: “A watermelon starts talking to you. It says: “Look for the sign of the silver owl.”
Title: Blessings From a Watermelon
http://elegantpiplup.tumblr.com/post/163920578855/blessings-from-a-watermelon
Sam Brady
August 8, 2017 at 7:07 PM //
Here is my effort from the prompt: “A drunk army major has a rare gift: He can understand the language of pine trees.” Please to enjoy!
sambrady.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/chuck-wendig-the-wind-that-wasnt/
Sam Brady
August 8, 2017 at 7:33 PM //
not sure what happened to my https. Here’s a clickable version.
https://sambrady.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/chuck-wendig-the-wind-that-wasnt/
Incognito Scribblings
August 10, 2017 at 1:37 AM //
This (https://twitter.com/MagicRealismBot/status/893490173320675328) was my prompt.
Here’s the result:
https://incognitoscribblings.tumblr.com/post/164012731995/glasses
NV Rivera
August 10, 2017 at 4:09 AM //
My tweet of choice: “Rainbows and ears. That is all.”
Here’s what came of it: https://nvrivera.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/flashfiction-after-the-rain/
Vicente L Ruiz
August 10, 2017 at 1:40 PM //
I chose this tweet: https://twitter.com/MagicRealismBot/status/891194980496285696
The text it has is this: “Solve this mystery: A circus performer is found dead in a staircase. Beside him is a ball gown and a peach.”
And here’s the story I wrote: The Death of Adrián Cienfuegos: https://medium.com/@VicenteLRuiz/the-death-of-adri%C3%A1n-cienfuegos-f06c9a590aa5
aimeethere
August 11, 2017 at 12:09 AM //
Some dark fantasy, anyone? Apparently I was working through something while writing this. I went with:
“A watchmaker is reading a clockwork opal in Bangkok.”
https://aimeethere.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/the-watchmaker-wound/
pamtanzey
August 11, 2017 at 1:08 AM //
I liked the spectacles, here’s mine. Thanks!
https://pamtanzey.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/shes-got-a-pair-of-spectacles-a-bit-of-flash-fiction/
Jemima Pett
August 11, 2017 at 4:35 AM //
A unicorn from the future appears at the marriage of a Scottish queen. It says: “I am here to talk to you.”
Strangely, it turned into something…historical, with time travel.
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2017/08/11/fridayflash-fiction-sir-woebegone-unicorn/
theportlandpandareviewsmovies
August 11, 2017 at 11:24 AM //
A King sentences a glacier to death. A very striking tweet, that inspired a mostly allegorical story, rare from me. https://theportlandpanda.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/the-execution/