Last week’s challenge? “The Fairy Tale Upgrade.”
A few weeks back I was playing with that random sentence generator used in another flash fiction challenge, and I got what was, for me, a truly fascinating story-inspiring sentence.
That sentence:
“The noticed android walks past a wondering chamber.”
I don’t know what the fuck that means, but I like it.
So, your flash fiction challenge should utilize this sentence.
In fact, it should be your opening sentence.
After that, you’ve got up to 1000 words to tell the story, whatever that story may be.
Post online at your space, then drop a link here so we can all see it.
Due by Friday July 20th at noon EST.
Shiri Sondheimer says:
I had a baby 12 days ago. My brain is not fully functional. I can’t promise this will make sense. Then again, I’ve done some of my best work in a fuge state because I don’t have the capacity to question myself too closely 🙂
http://swsondheimer.wordpress.com/flash-fiction/the-android-and-the-wondering-chamber/
July 13, 2012 — 9:11 AM
Lindsay Mawson says:
Can I use the excuse that I have a baby due in 6 weeks and MY brain’s not fully functional right now, either?? 😀
Before I procrastinated into NOT doing another challenge, I thought I’d take the hour I was given this morning and spin a web of B.S.
Please, enjoy.
http://lindsaymawson.blogspot.ca/2012/07/flash-fiction-challenge-43-android-and.html
July 13, 2012 — 9:13 AM
shiri Sondheimer says:
@ Lindsay: not my blog, but if it means anything, I think that’s fair 🙂 Good luck with everything!
July 13, 2012 — 9:14 AM
Rosalind Smith-Nazilli says:
Cannot believe I have only just found you all.. I shall be back to read the rules and get involved…
July 13, 2012 — 11:12 AM
Laura Libricz says:
Can I say that my baby daughter is turning 20 and is going on her first vacation alone with a girlfriend and I’ll be gritting my teeth until she gets back? Just wait, you guys. Enjoy them when they are little becasue it just gets realer 😀
http://lauralibricz.blogspot.de/2012/07/flash-friday.html My Unshaped Form
July 13, 2012 — 11:36 AM
DL Thurston says:
Had a great idea in my head for what a wandering chamber would be, until I reread the sentence. So here’s my stab, a story called The Wondering Chamber.
http://www.dlthurston.com/blog/2012/07/13/flash-fiction-the-wondering-chamber/
July 13, 2012 — 1:34 PM
Shady says:
That was really fun. Thanks for this one, Chuck. Here’s mine, “You are in the Wondering Chamber.”
http://49shadesofme.blogspot.com/2012/07/you-are-in-wondering-chamber.html
July 13, 2012 — 2:17 PM
KamakaziNES says:
[link]http://vanessahopfe.deviantart.com/art/The-Inherent-Value-of-Consciousness-314461165[/link]
The Inherent Value of Consciousness
July 13, 2012 — 2:23 PM
Darlene Underdahl says:
Chuck! Why are all these women having babies… shame on you.
Actually, too many distractions and I couldn’t get the android thing going. Better luck next week. Good writing, all.
July 13, 2012 — 8:16 PM
ChrisWhiteWrites says:
I’m Zero weeks pregnant, can that be my excuse? Am actually surprised how quickly I wrote this one this morning…
We All Wanna Change the World
http://chriswhitewrites.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/we-all-wanna-change-the-world/
July 13, 2012 — 8:44 PM
Beth L. says:
I have no idea what happened. I blame the heat.
http://knotachance.tumblr.com/
July 13, 2012 — 10:04 PM
Ben says:
First time doing this. Was alot of fun.
July 14, 2012 — 3:21 AM
Ben says:
Wait, heres the link.
http://cinaphile.blogspot.com/2012/07/android-and-chamber-short-story.html
July 14, 2012 — 3:22 AM
J.M. Dow says:
Okay, I decided to get this done earlier than last time. Enjoy my story, which I’ve ingeniously decided to call “The Wondering Chamber.” Clever, right? Right? Shut up.
http://whirlingnerdish.blogspot.com/2012/07/flash-fiction-challenge-android-and.html
July 14, 2012 — 9:44 AM
Jeff Xilon says:
This is a somewhat silly one. I just decided to let whatever popped into my head become the story, so here we go:
http://www.jeffxilon.com/flash-fiction-the-android-and-the-wondering-chamber/
July 15, 2012 — 11:22 AM
Angie says:
I took this one in a fairly literal direction, with a bit of batshit-crazy tossed in for good measure. 😉
http://www.wanderingzebra.com/2012/07/noticed-android.html
July 15, 2012 — 2:22 PM
Anninyn says:
What is my brain? Why do I nearly always go for the sad and horrible?
I called it rescue, for reasons that will be quite clear, and I took the ‘noticed’ thing in a slightly less obvious direction. Tell me if it works, or if it doesn’r.
http://ifuckinglovebooks.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/rescue-weekly-flash-fiction-challenge/
July 15, 2012 — 4:42 PM
Lisa says:
Sound like an exciting concept! I should start checking out those entries…
July 15, 2012 — 7:46 PM
Josh Loomis says:
I was listening to The Protomen as I wrote this. I am not sorry.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2012/07/16/flash-fiction-the-android-and-the-wondering-chamber/
July 16, 2012 — 7:20 AM
Benjamin Baugh says:
take two – my first posting last week seems to have been eaten by a grue. Is a gdoc share acceptable?
PLCM
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-DO25F-9O8oL7G94REqkug4YgNB79DhhdOKh-juRkxg/edit
July 16, 2012 — 9:28 AM
BJ Kerry says:
My story
http://kerry-mutterings.blogspot.ie/2012/07/who-can-you-trust.html
July 16, 2012 — 9:41 AM
PatrickBaranski says:
My entry to the flash fiction challenge is up. My brand new site has gone live. I say this to excuse preemptively the size of the site and lack of detail and fleshed out pages. More to come as I write and fill it up!
Entry titled “The Pinnacle of Imagination”
http://www.harmfultrack.com
July 16, 2012 — 12:53 PM
Mary Kinnard says:
First time doing a flash fiction. It was a lot of fun.
http://mlkinnard.com/?p=8
July 16, 2012 — 4:01 PM
Joshua D says:
I submit for your enjoyment the story Random().
http://joshuadevans.com/free-fiction/random/
July 16, 2012 — 7:28 PM
Suzie says:
It has been a little while since I participated in one of these challenges! I finally did, however, and here are the results: http://suziehunt.co.uk/let-us-talk-of-androids-and-wondering-chambers
July 17, 2012 — 2:07 AM
David Grigg says:
Maybe this is cheating (yet again) but at least I fulfilled the letter of the challenge, if not the spirit. And met the word length. This is 770 words.
Bit of lightweight humor, I hope. It’s called “On the Stairs”.
http://narratorium.com/2012/07/17/on-the-stairs/
July 17, 2012 — 3:23 AM
RC Cross says:
Haven’t done one of these in a few weeks. a strange but interesting challenge.
http://apocryptica.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/the-wondering-chamber/
July 17, 2012 — 9:10 AM
Casz Brewster says:
Chuck:
Thanks for the kick in the weekly word count.
Exclusion Zone: http://www.casondrabrewster.com/?p=740
July 17, 2012 — 4:03 PM
Casz Brewster says:
I somehow missed the point of making it the opening sentence. Sorry. But I normally don’t write on Saturdays — that’s editing day or nothing day. So, the fact that I wrote is a good thing.
July 17, 2012 — 4:05 PM
A.L. Cook says:
My first time writing flash fiction. Here’s what I came up with: http://www.mibba.com/Stories/Read/476015/The-Price-Of-Curiosity/
July 17, 2012 — 6:16 PM
nategryckza says:
http://nategryczka.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/the-little-noticed-android/
July 18, 2012 — 12:39 AM
oldestgenxer says:
Originally I was going to skip over this challenge, because, quite frankly, it seemed a little silly.
But then I had an idea, completely separate from this challenge, and I wondered if it was enough to build into a full story–maybe a short, or a novella. Maybe it is. The whole reason I wrote this for the challenge is so I wouldn’t forget it, so it was serendipitous that it actually ties in quite well with the challenge. Is it random? Is it luck?
The Reverse Turing Test
July 18, 2012 — 1:12 AM
nategryckza says:
Not sure if I’m doing this thing thing-a-ma-blog stuff right, but here’s my entry: http://nategryczka.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/the-little-noticed-android/
July 18, 2012 — 3:05 AM
Logan Westbrook says:
This is the first time I’ve done one of these challenges, not to mention the first time I’ve written fiction in a loooong time.
http://www.loganprime.com/?p=144
July 18, 2012 — 12:33 PM
Nathan Zalman says:
This is a bit of a double Kobayashi Maru, but so it goes. Thanks for the challenge, it was fun, and I also thought it was time I put something in the hat.
Two travelers get punk’d by an ancient inscription. It’s called “Fuck Harry Potter.” Here it is: http://nathanzalman.com/?p=635
Oh, and by the way… Mister Crankypants says “Thanks, great answer!”
July 18, 2012 — 2:52 PM
Rosalind Smith-Nazilli says:
Hi everyone. This is my first time here and I was a bit nonplussed by that line as an opening sentence.
But hey ho.. just free wrote and this is what came out..x
http://rosiesmith-nazilliwrites.blogspot.com/2012/07/terrible-minds.html
July 18, 2012 — 3:45 PM
Rosalind Smith-Nazilli says:
I posted before but it seems to have vanished.. First time out here…
http://rosiesmith-nazilliwrites.blogspot.com/2012/07/terrible-minds.html
July 18, 2012 — 7:58 PM
Jo Eberhardt says:
This one was really, really challenging. I struggled for quite a while before I found a way to work it into a story. (Hopefully it’s not too much of a cop-out!)
It Takes Two
July 19, 2012 — 2:27 AM
Mark Slabinski says:
Here’s my entry. This is the first time I’ve done flash fiction in a while, but I really enjoyed it.
http://dredginganemptysea.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/flash-fiction-challenge-entry-the-android-and-the-forbidden-chamber/#more-32
pardon the blurb at the beginning, it’s there for the benefit of my small number of readers.
July 19, 2012 — 4:04 AM
Lisa Wilton says:
Hi, this is my first ever flash fiction attempt. Here is the link:
http://lisatwilton.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/flash-fiction-challenge-6/
July 19, 2012 — 11:39 AM