Last week’s challenge: “Somethingpunk.”
First up, a bit of administrative — I picked three random participants from last week’s challenge to get signed hardcovers of my cornpocalypse cornpunk agridystopia, Under the Empyrean Sky, and those folks are, drum roll please:
S.W. Sondheimer!
D.W. Coventry!
Tia Kalla!
You crazy kids, email me at terribleminds at gmail dot com. I’ll need your mailing addresses.
NOW, this week’s challenge:
It will allow you to randomize five story titles.
You’ll pick one title out of the five selected and, duh, you’ll write yourself a nice little ~1000-word bit of flash fiction using that very title. Easy-peasy, hug-and-squeezy.
Due by next Friday (8/16), noon EST.
jijibug says:
My first attempt. :/
http://jijibug.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/the-madman-that-should-not-ride/
August 13, 2013 — 5:01 AM
Doranna Benker Gilkey says:
This is the first time I’ve actually followed through with any kind of writing challenge. So, I’m just going to put on my big-girl pants, forgo all the apologizing and pleading for kindness to a novice and other such foolishness that’s bouncing through my head and share the darned thing. I sincerely hope someone enjoys it.
Oh, and Chuck? Thanks.
August 13, 2013 — 10:07 AM
Doranna Benker Gilkey says:
http://dharbg.blogspot.com/2013/08/flash-fiction-challenge-from.html
Yeah, the link. I thought it would magically appear.
August 14, 2013 — 10:34 AM
jcooleac says:
Kinda new here and this is my first one of these… I got “A Grace of Dawn”
http://jcooleac.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/a-grace-of-dawn
August 13, 2013 — 11:19 AM
Anna Lewis says:
With a title like “Prey in the Cemetery” I really couldn’t refuse. Wherein a falconer’s goshawk brings about the apocalypse, just like some of us always thought….
http://corsairharbour.blogspot.com/2013/08/prey-in-cemetery-terribleminds-flash.html
August 13, 2013 — 11:37 AM
MaryAnn Lockard says:
Couldn’t stop generating titles; I have fifteen that intrigue me and am still deciding. Here are the top five:
1. The Silver Manuscript of Sorcery
2. The Asylum of Fallen Abbey
3. A Mistletoe of Glory
4. Glass in the Ghostlands
5. The Muddy Black Nothing
What a gold mine!
August 13, 2013 — 12:45 PM
J Dom says:
The Paradox That Killed The Affair
http://oddsignal.tumblr.com/post/58161549694/the-paradox-that-killed-the-affair
August 13, 2013 — 1:10 PM
Jen Donohue says:
Haunted in the Waters:
http://authorizedmusings.blogspot.com/2013/08/haunted-in-waters.html
August 14, 2013 — 1:55 AM
Doranna Benker Gilkey says:
Actual goosebumps happening right now. So good with the dialogue.
August 14, 2013 — 3:37 PM
Jen Donohue says:
Thank you so much! 😀
August 14, 2013 — 4:29 PM
Josh Loomis says:
Dust’s Cape:
http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/2013/08/14/flash-fiction-dusts-cape/
August 14, 2013 — 9:19 AM
annalewiscorsair says:
Fun read! Who doesn’t like a superhero story? I loved the imagery of a little pile of brown sugar in a hotel hallway sneaking under the door by itself.
August 14, 2013 — 6:05 PM
Dan says:
The Fish’s Revolt
http://dankelleywrites.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/flash-fiction-the-fishs-revolt-565-words/
August 14, 2013 — 7:51 PM
Matt Gomez says:
The Dragon of the Gothic Orchard
http://www.writerscarnival.ca/dragon-of-the-gothic-orchard/
August 14, 2013 — 8:25 PM
andreaspeed says:
Weird one, that I just had to write a super-fast story for. Is it a weird follow up to A Suicide of Glass? Could be. Thematically, it might fit. The Hand the Snake Laughed – http://andreaspeed.com/2013/yep-another-flash-fic/
August 15, 2013 — 3:48 AM
xvioletsarebluex says:
Out of the Yellow Cotswold
http://ireallyshouldbewriting.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/out-of-the-yellow-cotswold-flash-fiction-challenge/
I picked the first one after looking up “cotswold,” which is (for anyone else who didn’t know) a sheep of a breed with fine wool, often used to produce crossbred lambs. It gave me a strange twist to work on a short story for an idea I’ve been developing since a large theme of the story is that from two like beings can come a being of an entirely different “breed,” so to speak.
August 15, 2013 — 10:43 AM
Ebonstorm says:
Hello Chuck,
I follow your blog and thought I would participate in your latest challenge. I chose a weird one and decided to run with it anyway.
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Changing Tartarus – A hitman is offered a means to commute his 1000 year prison sentence: http://wp.me/p1UgIB-De
#scifi #amwriting #VR
August 15, 2013 — 5:17 PM
DSNight says:
Just found your blog this week and think it’s really cool, so I decided to the challenge. Anyways, here is my first ever fast fiction to the title of “Chained in Darkness.”
http://www.wattpad.com/23356585-chained-in-darkness
August 15, 2013 — 9:50 PM
momdude says:
After getting my five titles and letting them marinate in the syrupy goo that is the organ formerly known as my brain, I wrote “The Express and the Blackwell” for everyone’s edification and enjoyment, weighing in at a trim 971 words. As always, comments and constructive criticisms are welcome.
http://wp.me/p3tdUw-g4
August 16, 2013 — 12:09 AM
Jemima Pett says:
Gosh, five titles that made some sort of sense to me… too much choice!!
I give you: The Uncommon Cinderella. Not my normal story 🙂 http://jemimapett.com/2013/08/16/friday-flash-fiction-the-uncommon-cinderella/
August 16, 2013 — 2:26 AM
Brigid says:
Okay, this was some kind of awesome. First time writing FF and among my titles I get “The Women Vials.” (Decided not to take “Cthulhu and Toad”. Couldn’t get these guys out of my head: http://bit.ly/16gcypV)
During the day I write middle grade fantasy; for this title, I had to pull on my man suit and try out some bleak SF.
http://rotetinte.tumblr.com/post/58399296639/the-women-vials
August 16, 2013 — 2:39 AM
Double Tofu Burger says:
“Spare Options”
http://doubletofuburger.blogspot.com/2013/08/spare-options.html
August 16, 2013 — 3:03 AM
bluejadeite808 says:
Alright, I have completed the challenge.
For your reading pleasure: The Hell that Could Not Embrace Earth
http://goodtoknowbyjade.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/dystopian/
August 16, 2013 — 4:20 AM
nes says:
What can I say, I got inspired. I give you: Punch & Boy
Yes, with the title it is exactly 1,000 words, and yes, I intentionally left the story unresolved.
http://nesbolin.tumblr.com/post/58406883317/flash-fiction
August 16, 2013 — 4:32 AM
nitromidget says:
1000 words on the dot. The Bookkeeper of the Grim, Hideous Ticket
First time submitting, so I hope I cut the mustard!
http://nitromidget.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/the-bookkeeper-of-the-grim-hideous-ticket/
August 16, 2013 — 6:50 AM
benjaminryant says:
The Beast’s Scientist
http://benjaminryant.wordpress.com/2013/08/15/flash-fiction-thursday-random-story-title-generator/
August 16, 2013 — 8:15 AM
Lani Gerbi says:
So I got ‘The Door of Savage Abbey’, which was just too interesting to pass up. Hope you enjoy it! 😀
http://lanigerbi.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/fiction-door-of-savage-abbey.html
August 16, 2013 — 8:34 AM
Paul Hamilton says:
Barely in under the wire.
http://ironsoap.com/2013/08/the-new-dark-bookkeeper/
I’m not too happy with it, considering the potential suggested by the title, but I wanted to get something posted.
My other options were:
Queen of Hearts
Houdini Earth
The Jewels of Moonlit Salvage
The Mozart that Shall Not Kill Heist Job
If I’d had more time I might have abandoned this and tried one of the others. The Jewels of Moonlit Salvage sounds like it also has some potential.
August 16, 2013 — 10:25 AM
rebeccadouglass says:
Here I am, always one of the last. Had a little fun with a character I invented a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2013/08/flash-fiction-friday-iron-desert.html
August 16, 2013 — 10:29 AM
Mike Berkey says:
Not even close to the last. 🙂
Ha! I have gained the coveted last-but-not-actually-late title.
Angelo For Corrupt Time, a lean, svelte 601 words:
http://billionmonkeys.blogspot.com/p/angelo-for-corrupt-time.html
Kind of a weird one for me. Decided to write it as a business memo–first time I’ve done a non-standard story format like that. Fun, though.
August 16, 2013 — 11:15 AM
Mike Young says:
My network is bouncing up and down, so hope this gets in on time. I blended last week’s something punk challenge with this week’s random title.
http://www.ravensview.ca/ravens/2013/08/a-couple-of-challenges.html
August 16, 2013 — 11:56 AM
nickolaskusen says:
Hey Guys, here’s my second attempt at the flash fiction challenge.
http://nickolaskusen.wordpress.com/2013/08/16/flash-fiction-challenge-random-story-title-generator/
I got the five titles:
1.) Constantine, See
2.) The Weirds of the Consuming Will
3.) The Amulet that Would Not Laugh
4.) Caverns Laughed
5.) Woods Beyond Poisoned Guns
And I decided to go with the Fourth one, “Caverns Laughed”
Enjoy!
August 16, 2013 — 11:58 AM
nickolaskusen says:
Whoops, saw the whole story didn’t post, just the summary. The page has been updated.
Thanks!
August 16, 2013 — 1:12 PM
Ron Wodaski says:
This was fun. My title is “Revolution’s Metronome.” I’ve put the file here:
http://wodaski.com/wp-content/uploads/rw/Revolution-s-Metronome.pdf
August 16, 2013 — 1:01 PM
danzierlea says:
Late to the party, but I will have to write The Gentleman In The Weaving Dragons tonight or there will be no sleep.
August 16, 2013 — 3:12 PM
boydstun215 says:
My apologies for the late entry, but this story just wouldn’t behave. Finally had to put it down like a rabid dog. At any rate, this was originally going to be a sort-of Triffids vs. Guy Richie sort of story and just ended up being more of a Guy Richie kind of story but without the gratuitous violence.
The title of this piece is “Dragging the Plant” and, yeah, it’s way over the 1000-word mark, but I had a blast writing it.
http://jeremiahboydstun.com/2013/08/17/dragging-the-plant/
August 17, 2013 — 12:56 AM
angelacavanaugh says:
I wrote this the day it was announced, but like always, I forgot to post it cause I always want to wait til Friday for my blog. Well, if anyone is still interested, here it is: The Heist Job of Death
http://angelacavanaugh.wordpress.com/2013/08/18/flash-fiction-friday-belated-the-heist-job/
August 18, 2013 — 3:36 AM
alreadynotpublished says:
So I’m way way late, but my story was about Mata Hari – I had to write something!!!
http://alreadynotpublished.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/what-if-mata-hari-lived/
I like it, and it’s less than 700 words 🙂
August 22, 2013 — 10:29 AM
Jon says:
Also a bit (ok really) late, but here is my story, Atlantis Brothers:
http://fountainoflore.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/atlantis-brothers/
September 3, 2013 — 12:20 AM
Michael Coorlim says:
Just noticed this, but thanks for featuring my goofy little title generator.
November 1, 2013 — 9:17 AM