First up, a little administrative work:
I picked the random winner from the last challenge, “The War On Christmas.”
BLUE LYNX is that winner.
Blue Lynx, contact me at terribleminds at gmail dot com. Kay? Kay.
With that outta the way, it’s time to BEGIN ANEW.
*dun dun dun*
Here’re the rules. I’m going to give you three categories. You will pick randomly from each category, maybe with a d10 or using a random number generator. From your choices, you’ll have 1000 words to write some flash fiction. Post this fiction at your online space. Link back here. Due by Friday, January 11th, at noon EST.
Here, then, are your categories:
Subgenre
- Fairytale Fantasy
- Post-Apocalyptic Horror
- Superhero
- Police Procedural
- Military Sci-Fi
- Kaiju
- Dieselpunk
- Conspiracy Fiction
- Splatterpunk
- Southern Gothic
Setting
- An abandoned Wal-Mart
- An underwater alien ship
- The tropics
- Limbo
- A meth lab
- The Golden Gate Bridge
- On the surface of a comet
- A Nevada brothel
- Inside a virtual reality world
- A nightclub in Hell
Must Feature
- Talking animals
- Magical foodstuff
- A straight razor that never needs sharpening
- One or several time-travelers
- Mummies
- Nanotechnology
- A vigilante
- A dead body
- A blizzard
- A mystery box
Brandy says:
My magic numbers are 7-8-4: Time travelers at a Dieselpunk Nevada brothel.
January 4, 2013 — 10:42 AM
Sebastian Peters (@SebThePeters) says:
I got Military Sci-Fi (5), a Nevada Brothel (8) and a mystery box (10)…
I’ll be on that like the plague!
January 4, 2013 — 10:52 AM
Rachel says:
Splatter punk story about a dead body at an abandoned Walmart. Gotta say, kinda stoked about this actually.
January 4, 2013 — 10:56 AM
Stephen says:
HNY to you Chuck and all the Wendigites. I’ve rolled the lists into my wp plugin that generates random choices and gives out the items rather than numbers.
January 4, 2013 — 11:02 AM
Christin says:
Wow so, I got the bug hard from my prompts and here’s mine: http://christwise.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/flash-fiction-challenge/
January 4, 2013 — 11:31 AM
itsfamilyjules says:
I thought that was lovely. I really enjoyed the sense of mystery and the bittersweet payoff.
January 8, 2013 — 7:52 PM
Christin says:
Thank you so much!
January 9, 2013 — 10:31 AM
Jim Franklin says:
Well here we are my first piece of Flash Fiction for 2013, and I rolled ‘Splatterpunk’, ‘Abandoned Wall-Mart’ and ‘Talking Animals’.
Hope you like it. This is The Cat & Mouse Murders – http://writewayround.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/flash-fiction-the-cat-mouse-murders/
January 4, 2013 — 11:40 AM
itsfamilyjules says:
Splatter-y! Nicely done.
January 8, 2013 — 7:53 PM
lwpatricks says:
The last line had me laughing. Fun story!
January 17, 2013 — 10:27 PM
Sebastian Peters (@SebThePeters) says:
This is it – http://fav.me/d5qebcs
It rocks, by the way.
(Not biased in any way.)
January 4, 2013 — 12:54 PM
itsfamilyjules says:
I can’t get to it unless I sign up for DeviantArt 🙁
January 8, 2013 — 7:53 PM
Curtis Edmonds (@Curtis_Edmonds) says:
Challenge met and accepted. THOR SLAYMASTER’S SHOPPING SPREE.
http://www.curtisedmonds.com/thor-slaymasters-shopping-spree/
(Superhero, Wal-Mart, blizzard, not that these things are important.)
January 4, 2013 — 3:35 PM
itsfamilyjules says:
That was fun, I loved the style of it, and it was very creative!
January 8, 2013 — 7:58 PM
lwpatricks says:
Fun story. I enjoyed the book burning lol
January 17, 2013 — 11:11 PM
erimeh says:
here is my contribution.
http://weiderthatithought.blogspot.com/2013/01/flash-fictionkaijulimbomystery-box.html
January 4, 2013 — 4:57 PM
erimeh says:
Fixed some spelling issues and my URL (Thats what I get for rushing)
http://weirderthanithought.blogspot.com/2013/01/flash-fictionkaijulimbomystery-box.html
January 7, 2013 — 9:13 PM
itsfamilyjules says:
That was very cool and weird, I really enjoyed it!
January 8, 2013 — 8:07 PM
29tp says:
That Last Tear Drop
(I love prompts!)
http://lemc2.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/that-last-tear-drop/
January 4, 2013 — 7:58 PM
lwpatricks says:
Great story! I enjoyed the writing and found it sad and beautiful!
January 17, 2013 — 11:22 PM
danzierlea says:
2-4-7. 2.Post-Apocalyptic Horror, in the Tropics, with a Vigilante. I don’t like the genre, so this will be a great exercise!
January 4, 2013 — 8:36 PM
danzierlea says:
Oh wait… 4 is Limbo. I’m not sure I can pull off post-apocalyptic HORROR in limbo. I call reroll! …3,7,2. A superhero on a comet with magical foodstuffs. Molllified, for now.
January 4, 2013 — 9:37 PM
danzierlea says:
And now… “Quick Fix” by me. http://danzierlea.wordpress.com/2013/01/04/magic-food/ It’s about magic food, a superhero, and a comet. Let me know if you all like it.
January 4, 2013 — 10:51 PM
danzierlea says:
AND in the spirit of neither being nor appearing to be a cheating cheat-faced cheater, I give you “Danced to Death.” http://danzierlea.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/part-2-not-cheating/
January 6, 2013 — 12:48 PM
Tia Kalla (@tiakall) says:
I rolled fairytale fantasy, Golden Gate Bridge, and a dead body. So I present: “Canonbreaker”.
http://itt.ymakadomain.com/?p=65
January 5, 2013 — 12:22 AM
lwpatricks says:
Enjoyable read! I liked the last sentence =)
January 17, 2013 — 11:35 PM
Fox Zayuri says:
So, I rolled:
Police Procedural
A nightclub in Hell
Magical foodstuff
Shit, guys, I’m already working on a novel like this… WHAT DO I DO NOW, WENDIG? GUIDE ME!
January 5, 2013 — 2:49 AM
Serena Cairns says:
My friend and I don’t have web pages yet. Can we link to our ‘author’ pages on Facebook?
January 5, 2013 — 7:13 AM
terribleminds says:
Long as everyone can see it, go for it!
January 5, 2013 — 7:30 AM
Laura Libricz says:
I didn’t even cheat–I took the numbers I got, first time. Year 299
http://lauralibricz.blogspot.de/2013/01/spin-wheel-flash-fiction.html
January 5, 2013 — 8:16 AM
AM Gray says:
I rolled:
9 Splatterpunk
10 A nightclub in Hell
2 Magical foodstuff
http://amgray.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/inferno.html
January 5, 2013 — 9:09 PM
Dodging The Beat says:
Splatterpunk, a nightclub in Hell, a mystery box.
One massive nail-bomb coming up…
January 6, 2013 — 10:58 AM
Jessica Burde says:
Been a while since I tried one of these. We’ll see what happens. I got:
Dieselpunk
The tropics
One or several time travelers
January 6, 2013 — 12:07 PM
Chris Welsh says:
I got superhero, surface of a comet and a dead body.
http://www.cwelsh.co.uk/flash-fiction-challenge-operation-decoy/
January 6, 2013 — 5:42 PM
Brandon Stenger says:
This was a lot of fun. I got Dieselpunk in a Nevada brothel with one or several time travelers.
http://www.brandonstenger.com/2013/01/06/ace_andrews/
January 6, 2013 — 6:58 PM
Dave Versace says:
I got Conspiracy fiction / On the surface of a comet / A blizzard, which led to probably the wierdest thing I have ever written. Snowball’s Chance – http://www.otherleg.com/lexifab2/?p=1530
January 7, 2013 — 8:35 AM
Josh Loomis says:
2-8-1. Let’s give it a crack.
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2013/01/07/flash-fiction-pearls-back-room/
January 7, 2013 — 8:36 AM
jreinmiller says:
I pulled:
8. Conspiracy Fiction
2. An underwater alien ship
4. One or several time-travelers
So here’s what I tossed together: http://www.jqpdx.com/2013/01/07/the-secret/
January 7, 2013 — 12:50 PM
oldestgenxer says:
This, I like. Good story.
January 8, 2013 — 11:02 PM
Chris says:
awesome story! i would like more!
January 8, 2013 — 11:18 PM
oldestgenxer says:
For the random number thing, the ones I got were 7, 5, and 10: Dieselpunk, A meth lab, and A mystery box.
This is not what I would have chosen. If I was cheating and could pick what I wanted, what I would have chosen is either fairytale fantasy or post-apocalyptic horror, an abandon Wal-Mart or the Golden Gate Bridge, and mummies or a blizzard. So what do I do with this?
The Pusher’s Algorithm
January 8, 2013 — 1:16 AM
Ana M says:
First timer…Conspiracy Fiction, A nightclub in Hell (both taken loosely) and nanotechnology.
http://anamaiolo.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/flash-fic-jan-11/
January 8, 2013 — 11:22 AM
Joseph Turner says:
I dont have a blog, webpage, facebook page or any type of cyber canvas whatsoever…so in order for me to blow your mind Chuck (retreats behind shield of obnoxiousness) am I allowed to post here?? or could I send it to your email for you to scrutinise?? or maybe I could just take a long walk off a short peir and allow you to continue your life unhindered by stupid questions? Though if I do, you will at some point from now jerk awake in the dead of night, glistening in the cool blue light of a full moon due to the panic induced cold sweat, and you will realise that what has been missing inn your life, is the enrichment that only my presence could have brought. It could be ten minutes, ten hours, ten years, ten aeons, point is it will happen.
January 8, 2013 — 5:24 PM
terribleminds says:
Sadly not, Joseph — please don’t send to me. Try posting to Facebook or another social media site? Thanks! — c.
January 8, 2013 — 9:48 PM
oldestgenxer says:
Joe, blogs are like assholes. Everybody has one, and the internet is full of them. Get yourself one for free. Don’t think of it as endless frustration, think of it as a new and exciting hobby.
January 8, 2013 — 10:52 PM
Joseph Turner says:
Okay, well it was worth a shot. I guess i’ll have to get a blog. (scribbles something down on paper) Anyone know where can I get an asshole?
January 9, 2013 — 3:54 AM
itsfamilyjules says:
My second flash fiction evah! These are fun, yeah?
http://itsfamilyjules.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/second-flash-fiction/
January 8, 2013 — 5:44 PM
Reggie Lutz says:
Soooo dark! Which means, of course, I loved it.
January 9, 2013 — 10:14 PM
Jules says:
Thank you so much 😀
January 10, 2013 — 4:41 AM
Sam Hume says:
That was great. you capture southern gothic a whole lot better than I did.
January 10, 2013 — 7:44 PM
Jules says:
Thanks so much for reading it 🙂
January 11, 2013 — 3:00 AM
Chris says:
This is my first Flash-Fiction and it helped me a lot. I love doing this kind of stuff.
http://mouse462.tumblr.com/post/40047265183/scienceofthecaribbean
January 8, 2013 — 6:53 PM
Chris says:
i realize its a little longer than 1000 words (double that actually) but still. sorry
January 8, 2013 — 11:19 PM
S.W. Sondheimer says:
Always seem to roll and Asian element on these. Kaiju (which I had to look up), Purgatory, and “a straight razor that never needs sharpening.”
Seems like a million years since I managed to carve out a few minutes to do one of these.
Glad to be back!
http://swsondheimer.wordpress.com/this-just-in/bubble-time/
January 8, 2013 — 9:54 PM
S.W. Sondheimer says:
Aw, crap. It was supposed to be Limbo, not Purgatory. I’m a call synonym.
*hangs head in shame*
It really has been a while…
January 8, 2013 — 9:55 PM
Beth L. says:
Police procedural, a meth lab, and a mysterious box starring in “Ice”.
http://knotachance.tumblr.com/
January 8, 2013 — 11:22 PM
Brittney Williams says:
I want to try a Southern Gothic setting, in an abandoned walmart with a dead body with a “razor that never needs sharpening.” Yes, I chose four, but they…I feel so intrigued on doing it. Could I ?
January 9, 2013 — 10:25 AM
Anthony Elmore says:
The Fates assigned me three elements: Superhero, virtual reality world, a vigilante. Yet, like delicates thrown in a dryer set to High, they came out as something else.
http://www.barelyok.com/flash-fiction-challenge-spin-the-wheel.html
January 9, 2013 — 11:22 AM
Reggie Lutz says:
My numbers were 2,8, and 6. 🙂
http://reggielutz.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-chuck-wendig-flash-fiction.html
January 9, 2013 — 11:32 AM
itsfamilyjules says:
Very creative! Fun and sad all at the same time. Nice job 🙂
January 9, 2013 — 2:40 PM
Reggie Lutz says:
*blushes* thanks!
January 9, 2013 — 9:53 PM
Adrian George Nicolae says:
Here’s mine.
I drew -Conspiracy Fiction, The Golden Gate Bridge, A vigilante, by random.org. It was something new to me.
http://ayoungwriterblog.blogspot.ro/2013/01/not-night-mayor-wanted.html
January 9, 2013 — 12:58 PM
Sarah O'Hara says:
My numbers were 2, 8, and 8. How come I always end up with a dead body?
http://authorsarahohara.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/terribleminds-flash-fiction-challenge.html
January 9, 2013 — 1:40 PM