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
165 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Must Contain Three Things”
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/
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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/
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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…
A Murder, a vampire, a forbidden tryst. Just sort of writes itself doesn’t it? I may need to regenerate numbers.
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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
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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/
A journal, Survival, and a horse: time for something like a Western.
http://fistfulofwits.com/2015/01/26/flash-fiction-some-disassembly-required/
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.
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A strange bird… A lost comic book… War. All joining hands in an odd little tale…”Te Hokioi”
http://idreamofgypsies.blogspot.co.uk/
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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
Loved it! Poor spider!
Okay… Here’s mine! “Split”.
http://justmeamy101.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/split.html
I didn’t expect that kind of story with “True Love, Betrayal, War”. But I love it!
Thank you! 🙂
A sword, an assassin and a horse. Seems easy enough…
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/
Very nice! Great tension building.
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.
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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/
I like it. It suggests a lot!
A Journal
An Assassin
A Prison
Lets see how that worked out:
https://lsquail.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/cleaner/
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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.
I got Betrayal, Survival and A Bomb and made this: https://evathereseebert.wordpress.com/2015/01/28/must-contain-three-things/
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
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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/
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1. Betrayal
2. Public Drunkenness
3. Resurrection
Let’s-uh-go-ah!
http://www.with-hart.com/leaves-of-immortality/
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
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.
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/
Ooh, an evil, evil man! (Thus spake the Librarian 😀 ).
Great story. I left a comment on your blog. Libraries ARE cool places, after all!
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/
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/
I went ahead and made mine live early. Betrayal, Assassin, Cave
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2015/01/friday-flash-continuing-adventures-of.html
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
http://aliceekeyes.blogspot.com/p/meticulous-tie-fling-ranger-from-now.html
A Forbidden Tryst, A Missing Comic Book, A Spider
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/
Really solid atmosphere built out here, Alan! Left me curious about the forces at work on the characters here.
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
Left you a comment on the blog. Loved it.
Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it.
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/
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
I liked this a lot, and the format. It was like a suspenseful short film.
I agree. The format really kept the pace moving
Left you a comment on the blog. Great story!
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A talisman. An assassin. A bomb. http://wp.me/pWseh-wm
I’m new to write club. Is there an initiation or…?
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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/
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!
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Mine was pocketwach, a found dog, and a horse.
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/running-dog-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
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.
Poison. True Love. Magician: https://gettinweirdwithmyweirdfriends.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/poison-true-love-magician/
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