Last week’s challenge: It’s X Meets Y!
This week is easy enough:
Roll randomly on the three tables below, and you will select three things that must be contained within your story. A story that will be 1000 words long, posted at your online space, and linked back here by next Friday, noon, EST.
That’s it. Easy.
Use a die or a random number generator for the tables.
Now, get to writing!
Table 1
- A spider
- A pocketwatch
- Betrayal
- A murder
- A journal
- Poison
- A strange bird
- A talisman
- A library
- A sword
Table 2
- An assassin
- A lost comic book
- A found dog
- True love
- The end of the world
- Survival
- A divorce
- A shopping mall
- Public drunkenness
- A vampire
Table 3
- War
- A magician
- A bomb
- A horse
- Resurrection
- A cave
- A forbidden tryst
- A gateway
- A shoebox full of photographs
- A prison
Emily North says:
Ok, a spider, a survivor, and resurrection. Here it is, my first ever attempt at wriitng flash fiction, thanks for being a badass inspiration, btw. Love your blog!
https://emilynorthfiction.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/itsy-bitsy/
January 26, 2015 — 2:46 AM
MyLovingWife says:
Alright so here’s the result… 998 words. But I think editing could cut it down to 800. I just try to work with rough drafts on my blog.
https://awordadventure.wordpress.com/2015/01/26/flash-fiction-challenge-poisoned/
January 26, 2015 — 4:54 AM
Jessie Costin says:
I got betrayal, true love and a forbidden tryst… They go together so well it’s, well, boring.
So I rolled again and got a library, a shopping mall and resurrection. I’ll see what happens…
January 26, 2015 — 8:30 AM
CJ says:
A Murder, a vampire, a forbidden tryst. Just sort of writes itself doesn’t it? I may need to regenerate numbers.
January 26, 2015 — 10:02 AM
underastarlitsky says:
I rolled an 8, 3 and 5 so got A talisman, a lost dog and resurrection. Came in at a bit over 1000 words (1,666 to be exact!). hope you enjoy New World Order, http://underastarlitsky.wordpress.com
January 26, 2015 — 3:09 PM
smkay70 says:
I had no plan this morning when I started writing this…and I have to admit I am pretty pleased:
http://sabrakay.com/fff-challenge-murder-bomb-public-drunkenness/
January 26, 2015 — 3:15 PM
Henry says:
A journal, Survival, and a horse: time for something like a Western.
http://fistfulofwits.com/2015/01/26/flash-fiction-some-disassembly-required/
January 26, 2015 — 5:40 PM
Alan Hammond (@AlanLHammond) says:
Poison, true love, and a gateway. Well, well. See you in a couple o’ days. On my honor, I will not poison my true love and shove her through the gateway.
January 26, 2015 — 9:38 PM
Sam Phillips says:
A strange bird… A lost comic book… War. All joining hands in an odd little tale…”Te Hokioi”
http://idreamofgypsies.blogspot.co.uk/
January 27, 2015 — 7:16 AM
Brad Nelms says:
A cave, a spider and the end of the world.
Mr. Spider’s Big Adventure! http://www.thedailypawn.com/2015/01/flash-fiction-mr-spiders-big-adventure.html
January 27, 2015 — 2:38 PM
smkay70 says:
Loved it! Poor spider!
January 27, 2015 — 3:39 PM
Amy says:
Okay… Here’s mine! “Split”.
http://justmeamy101.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/split.html
January 27, 2015 — 2:59 PM
S.Stars says:
I didn’t expect that kind of story with “True Love, Betrayal, War”. But I love it!
January 28, 2015 — 8:37 AM
Amy Wright says:
Thank you! 🙂
January 28, 2015 — 8:41 AM
Tyler Cumbersnitch (yes, I'm obsessive.) says:
A sword, an assassin and a horse. Seems easy enough…
January 27, 2015 — 4:47 PM
lisboeta1 says:
Here’s mine. I got poison, a lost comic book, and a gateway.
https://catarinadeobidos.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/the-magic-book-flash-fiction/
January 27, 2015 — 4:55 PM
Jemima Pett says:
Very nice! Great tension building.
January 29, 2015 — 6:06 PM
lisboeta1 says:
Thank you for the kind words. I didn’t edit it much:) I am in the middle of editing my novel and I needed a break from it.
January 31, 2015 — 2:39 PM
Joe Turner says:
RNG gave me
A Talisman
A Shopping Mall
A Magician
This is what I made of it
https://joetblogs.wordpress.com/2015/01/27/terribleminds-flash-fiction-challenge-must-contain-three-things/
January 27, 2015 — 5:56 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
I like it. It suggests a lot!
January 29, 2015 — 10:48 PM
Liam says:
A Journal
An Assassin
A Prison
Lets see how that worked out:
https://lsquail.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/cleaner/
January 28, 2015 — 9:16 AM
gahlearner says:
Hello, I’m new. This is a fun challenge. I got: A murder, The end of the world and resurrection.
Here is my offering: https://gahlearner.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/writerly-wednesday-a-question-and-a-dream/ — I’m sorry that it hasn’t been proofread by anyone else other than me.
January 28, 2015 — 10:45 AM
Eva Therese says:
I got Betrayal, Survival and A Bomb and made this: https://evathereseebert.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/must-contain-three-things/
January 28, 2015 — 1:28 PM
Sarah Donaldson says:
I got a pocketwatch , An Assassin and A forbidden tryst. I hope the story context stayed in context after I did some editing.
http://sarahwatches4u.blogspot.com/2015/01/flash-fiction-challege-accepted-4.html?spref=tw
January 28, 2015 — 2:22 PM
karen j carlisle says:
First time I have tried one of these challenges.Only had 1.5 days to write it, due to other deadlines. Just made the 1000 words. I got: A strange bird, a vampire, and shoebox full of photographs. http://karencarlisle.purplefiles.net/2015/01/29/flash-fiction-challenge-curiosity/
January 28, 2015 — 10:59 PM
Sarah says:
1. Betrayal
2. Public Drunkenness
3. Resurrection
Let’s-uh-go-ah!
http://www.with-hart.com/leaves-of-immortality/
January 28, 2015 — 11:35 PM
CJ says:
Murder/Vampire/Forbidden Tryst – as i said, it’s pretty much just written itself but I tried to make it less predictable than that. I wanted to work on moving the story without dialogue so there’s minimal speaking compared to my last two.
http://imagination.cjreader.com
January 29, 2015 — 10:30 AM
Joe Turner says:
I think you did a good job of moving the story without dialogue, and without making it feel like an info dump. Look forward to the next one.
January 31, 2015 — 12:55 PM
keithjcollier says:
I got a library, an assassin, and a bomb. It’s nice when things work out.
Check it out: “The Book Assassin”:
https://keithjcollier.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/the-book-assassin/
January 29, 2015 — 1:24 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
Ooh, an evil, evil man! (Thus spake the Librarian 😀 ).
January 29, 2015 — 10:51 PM
Alan Hammond (@AlanLHammond) says:
Great story. I left a comment on your blog. Libraries ARE cool places, after all!
January 30, 2015 — 11:50 AM
ellsimp says:
Man, I need to get into doing these again.
Here’s mine (Poison, True love, A Box full of photos): https://ellsimp.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/wretch-a-short-story/
January 29, 2015 — 2:06 PM
Jemima Pett says:
I love these. I got a murder, a shopping mall and a shoebox of photographs… so please enjoy Guilt in Greyscale – goes live at 12.05 UTC (about an hour from now)
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2015/01/30/flash-fiction-friday-guilt-in-greyscale/
January 29, 2015 — 6:13 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
I went ahead and made mine live early. Betrayal, Assassin, Cave
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2015/01/friday-flash-continuing-adventures-of.html
January 29, 2015 — 10:35 PM
Andy says:
I have been watching these challenges for a few weeks now, and finally threw together a blog just so I could participate. Is it a complete story? No. Is it my best work? Hell no. But it’s SOMETHING, which is more than the NOTHING I’ve been writing for the last couple of months. So for that, Mr. Wendig, thank you.
I got a strange bird, a shopping mall, and a magician.
http://www.andreajill.com/?p=1
January 29, 2015 — 11:15 PM
Alice E Keyes says:
http://aliceekeyes.blogspot.com/p/meticulous-tie-fling-ranger-from-now.html
A Forbidden Tryst, A Missing Comic Book, A Spider
January 29, 2015 — 11:37 PM
Alan Hammond (@AlanLHammond) says:
Poison. True love. A gateway. Here you go (my first attempt at “flashing”)
http://www.ahammondwriter.com/2015/01/29/flash-fiction-poison-true-love-and-a-gateway/
January 29, 2015 — 11:51 PM
Anthony Karcz says:
Really solid atmosphere built out here, Alan! Left me curious about the forces at work on the characters here.
January 30, 2015 — 1:12 PM
Alister Davison says:
A pocket watch, a vampire, a resurrection.
This is a far cry from the Gothic horror story I’d originally intended. I’ve taken myself by surprise with this one.
http://mister-alister.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/flash-fiction-challenge-must-contain.html
January 30, 2015 — 1:51 AM
Alan Hammond (@AlanLHammond) says:
Left you a comment on the blog. Loved it.
January 30, 2015 — 11:46 AM
Alister Davison says:
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it.
January 30, 2015 — 2:41 PM
momdude says:
A murder, a prison, and a found dog. The idea was there immediately, clear in my head – the execution of that idea feels like it’s not quite there yet.
http://pauljwillett.com/2015/01/29/flash-fiction-kate-and-max/
January 30, 2015 — 2:49 AM
Anthony Karcz says:
I got “public drunkenness, poison, and a box of photographs.” It was fun getting away from my comfort zone of genre fiction. Tried something new with the format too. Hope you guys enjoy it.
http://www.thetailthehead.com/2015/01/flash-fiction-challenge-murder-by.html
January 30, 2015 — 5:55 AM
mannixk says:
I liked this a lot, and the format. It was like a suspenseful short film.
January 30, 2015 — 10:13 AM
jmrieger79 says:
I agree. The format really kept the pace moving
January 30, 2015 — 10:39 AM
Alan Hammond (@AlanLHammond) says:
Left you a comment on the blog. Great story!
January 30, 2015 — 11:45 AM
Jessyca says:
A talisman. An assassin. A bomb. http://wp.me/pWseh-wm
I’m new to write club. Is there an initiation or…?
January 30, 2015 — 7:44 AM
jmrieger79 says:
My first time posting here as I recently found Chuck on twitter. Love the Friday writing inspiration and glad I came across this site. My three were A comic book, poison, and resurrection. Could be a fun story to expand at some point.
http://www.tenlanes.com/flash-fiction-friday-awakenings/
January 30, 2015 — 8:08 AM
Anthony Karcz says:
I love the twist! I also appreciate the casual profanity of the kids – my son is in seventh grade and he and his buddies haven’t found a curse word they couldn’t put to immediate and frequent use!
January 30, 2015 — 1:16 PM
Matthew X. Gomez says:
Mine was pocketwach, a found dog, and a horse.
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/running-dog-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
January 30, 2015 — 8:14 AM
jmrieger79 says:
I’m new too, but from what I can tell the only rule is not to talk about write club. Also, nice ending to your story.
January 30, 2015 — 11:37 AM
Zdroik says:
Poison. True Love. Magician: https://gettinweirdwithmyweirdfriends.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/poison-true-love-magician/
January 30, 2015 — 11:38 AM