So, given all the hullaballoo with Clean Reader (“read books, not profanity”) this week, I thought a flash fiction challenge in pure defiance had some meaning.
Thus:
I want you to be inspired by that debacle.
I want you to write filthily.
Or write about filth.
Sex, profanity, perversion. Fiction or meta-fiction.
Any genre.
In some way, take something from the discussion about censorship and profanity and vulgarity and sex and — well, throw all that stuff into a blender, whip it up, and see what foamy frappe belches out into your story.
We’ll say you have 2000 words for this one because fuck it, that’s why.
Post the story at your online space.
Link to that story in the comments below.
Due by next Friday, April 3rd, noon EST.
smkay70 says:
My potty mouth and I are pretty fucking excited about this.
March 27, 2015 — 2:36 PM
Jason says:
The exact excuse I needed for a story that’s so filthy I’ve been on the fence about it for two years. *shiver* Let’s fuck this pig!
March 27, 2015 — 2:37 PM
Ice says:
Awesome! Good for you. You can collect all the stories then maybe mail it to Clean Reader. That’d be interesting 😛
March 27, 2015 — 2:37 PM
pacwhim says:
I think you meant to say, “let’s see what Santorum belches out into your story,” no?
March 27, 2015 — 2:38 PM
Jason says:
Side note: I cannot be the only person who makes the pantomime masturbating hand gesture when I read the words ‘clean reader.’ Those dudes suck.
March 27, 2015 — 2:40 PM
persimmonromance says:
Hmm. Let’s see what I have stewing in the pot. I’m not a terribly profane writer, frankly, and I had no issues at all with the idea of clean reader (anything that boosts accessibility), but I suppose I might stretch my little wings. Nick and Leon might need to have a discussion about vulgarity and its uses.
March 27, 2015 — 2:43 PM
Cai says:
Hooo.
March 27, 2015 — 2:52 PM
Joe Turner says:
“Holy Bat-testicles Batman, put those away!”
March 27, 2015 — 2:53 PM
Anne Hagan says:
I’ve never written pure filth. I just let my characters swear from time to time. I’ve been working up to working a little smut into my plots. I might have to take you up on this challenge and see what my mind can come up with for a maiden voyage.
March 27, 2015 — 2:56 PM
Catastrophe Jones says:
Hm. This is gonna be interesting. I mean I already used ‘stoat-felching stoma-fucker’ in the last challenge.
March 27, 2015 — 3:18 PM
ElctrcRngr says:
Girl, I can’t WAIT to see what you come up with! This is gonna be great!
March 27, 2015 — 4:50 PM
boozoojack says:
Fuckin A…I read a poem by Bukowski in a cw class and the prof said,” I get so tired…” that’s all I remembered of his feedback on my selection to read in the class. I suppose a “pigs pizzle” may have been more inspiring for this particular fuckwad’s assignment. It’s like shit, the prof asks the class to pick a poem to read, share and then he pisses himself for the sharing. And now there is a program to scrub books…hell’s bells.
March 27, 2015 — 3:38 PM
C. Jai Ferry says:
Suh-WEET! You always make Fridays so much fun! I just posted a story that fits this challenge quite nicely:
http://www.cjaiferry.com/blog/flaunting-rules-taking-control/
March 27, 2015 — 4:07 PM
jacki perrette says:
Oh, my! That may have been too subtle for the clean reader….some parts censored and others free to fly.
March 28, 2015 — 1:25 AM
C. Jai Ferry says:
mwahaha… 😉
March 30, 2015 — 10:04 AM
Mozette says:
Read this one this arvo… gave me the shudders….
It’s tonight… it still gives me the shudders….
March 28, 2015 — 9:54 AM
C. Jai Ferry says:
Excellent! Thanks for reading — and for the feedback 🙂
March 28, 2015 — 12:44 PM
upickdandelions says:
This is very well written, C. Jai. I admit I assumed the MC was a woman at first. I made an assumption because of the drink he ordered. I’ll also tell you the story made me shudder. It was uncomfortable to read, but so good I couldn’t stop. Congrats.
March 29, 2015 — 3:19 PM
C. Jai Ferry says:
Thanks!
March 30, 2015 — 10:04 AM
Kristin Mireles says:
That was good. Was I reading too much into it, or was he getting off on the picture of his granddaughter?
April 3, 2015 — 9:32 PM
C. Jai Ferry says:
the picture…and his memories
April 4, 2015 — 1:20 AM
deb says:
Since filth is in the crack of the beholder, this should be entertaining.
March 27, 2015 — 4:54 PM
em4minions says:
here’s one i wrote years ago–once published, but forgotten, the archives lost in the internet…. i thought it fit this. i hope you enjoy it.
http://emjemccarty.tumblr.com/post/114794889091/bukowskis-undertow-and-hemingways-dashes
March 27, 2015 — 7:41 PM
smithshack71 (@SmithShack71) says:
Loved it.
March 27, 2015 — 9:21 PM
jacki perrette says:
Great characters and commentary!
March 28, 2015 — 1:39 AM
curleyqueue says:
Very enjoyable- great dialogue- could picture this scene completely!
March 29, 2015 — 2:55 PM
Mozette says:
Oh! You’re just tempting me…. boy!
I …. write… erotica…. 😀
March 27, 2015 — 7:59 PM
Mozette says:
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/double-crossed.html
There you have it!
Enjoy!
March 27, 2015 — 9:50 PM
Periodically Demented says:
Plenty of unexpected twists in that one! What happens next? Details! I need details!
March 28, 2015 — 11:53 PM
Mozette says:
Next? Um… dunno… Damian and Cindy end up driving off into the sunset together… 😀
Frederick is most certainly wanting revenge. 😛
March 29, 2015 — 9:05 AM
persimmonromance says:
Okay, here we go. I am not a very profane writer. I do occasionally write erotica, but even then I don’t use it all that much. This is a link to my short-short on Goodreads. This is my take on Nick, Leon, and profanity. This is an ongoing series of LGBT Christian fiction, so the viewpoint is a little…non-traditional. And fairly low on vulgarity. https://www.goodreads.com/story/show/395833-f-k?chapter=0
March 27, 2015 — 9:09 PM
warjna says:
Okay, here goes. My entry is a cut from my current WIP (Work In Progress). It’s current time, but set on another world. Sometime soon I’ll fill you all in on that. Just now, though, here’s the excerpt. It’s about people who’ve broken the rules, and those who have to deal with the aftermath. It runs somewhat over the 2000 words Chuck asked for, but hey, breaking rules, yeh? Only one cuss word. Said innocently, too. It’s the rest that hurts…
Here’s the link: https://warjna.wordpress.com/
March 27, 2015 — 10:34 PM
Periodically Demented says:
I really liked this one, as I said on your blog. Based on the excerpt I’d buy the book.
March 29, 2015 — 8:35 PM
Periodically Demented says:
Here ’tis.
https://p33d33.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/chuck-wendigs-filthy-weirdos-flash-fiction-challenge/
My first FFC. Yes, Chuck Wendig took my flash fiction virginity. My arse hurts.
March 28, 2015 — 9:28 AM
Mozette says:
your link doesn’t take me to your story… it expects me to sign into WordPress… could you please fix this? 🙂
March 28, 2015 — 9:53 AM
Periodically Demented says:
I think it’s fixed now. The link, not my arse or my writing abilities. 😀
March 28, 2015 — 11:34 PM
john freeter says:
Intense. Good stuff!
March 29, 2015 — 9:06 PM
Andrew Hickey says:
http://andrewhickey.info/2015/03/29/flash-fiction-filth/
A rather unpleasant story about… well… self-censorship. Note that it doesn’t include a single word that Clean Reader would block.
March 28, 2015 — 8:57 PM
Periodically Demented says:
That was powerful and a disturbing joy to read.
March 28, 2015 — 11:29 PM
Andrew Hickey says:
Thank you!
March 29, 2015 — 7:34 AM
warjna says:
I will repeat the comment I left on your blog: …holy crap! That is just freakin’ SCARY! And the scariest part is that, from what I’ve seen and what I know, there is someone like this out there right now.
You have eminently achieved your objective.
March 29, 2015 — 5:53 AM
Dani says:
Whoa. That was…well done, in a creepy-inside-the-character’s-head-that-almost-makes-sense kind of way. You definitely made your MC believable and that had to be tough to write.
March 29, 2015 — 6:31 AM
Andrew Hickey says:
Thanks. I wasn’t at all sure whether I should hit “post” on it, it’s so bleak. Glad it worked.
March 29, 2015 — 7:28 AM
ElctrcRngr says:
Wow, that was…powerful. warjna is right, there are people out there who suffer in this way. I may be a bit overboard here, but in the hands of a skilled therapist, this story, or a version of it, could be a useful therapeutic tool. Of course, in the wrong hands…scary. Very nice work. Despite your misgivings, I’m glad you posted it.
March 29, 2015 — 11:46 AM
Andrew Hickey says:
Thank you. And yes, I do believe there are people who think that way. That’s one big reason I was unsure about posting it. The last thing I’d want to do is give anyone ideas…
March 29, 2015 — 1:00 PM
maqhem says:
That is a really good story; very captivating. I like how you used the concept of algorithms. And I mean, who doesn’t love algorithms? I also checked the word count: 869. Not even half of the 2000 words you’re given and still a very well-rounded story. Nice job 🙂
March 29, 2015 — 6:28 PM
jacki perrette says:
Ahhhh! Horrible and tragic.
March 31, 2015 — 12:00 AM
Kristin Mireles says:
Great writing! I’d say that was on par with Brett Easton Ellis’ “American Psycho.” I’ll also say that eating while reading this was a huge mistake on my part. Fantastic job!
April 4, 2015 — 2:03 PM
Tina Ellery says:
Is it wrong I find this so right? My 2,000 words of filth and sex are from my WIP. https://tinaellery.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/chuck-wendig-makes-me-write-dirty/
March 29, 2015 — 1:05 AM
upickdandelions says:
Delicious!
March 29, 2015 — 4:06 PM
Kristin Mireles says:
That was fucking fantastic, and almost as dirty as my entry! It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who let her freak flag fly with this challenge!
April 4, 2015 — 2:19 PM
Dani says:
I went kinda literal here, with an absurd continuation of the idea of censoring/replacing “problematic” words. It’s really short, coming in at ~250 words, but I think it gets the idea across. https://writingouttakes.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/key-words/
March 29, 2015 — 6:34 AM
jacki perrette says:
Ha! Interesting how all the censoring caused me to focus more sharply on naughty words. This reminded me a bit of “The Giver” by Lois Lowry where people were medicated into unthinking compliance.
March 30, 2015 — 10:56 AM
Dani says:
Thanks!
There were actually only two curse words (fuck and hell) thrown in there. The other missing words were words that are used euphemistically for sexual organs in their secondary meaning. Or were words that had been altered because of “reasons” (sex, devil, veteran).
The missing words/altered words are: Dick, slit, fuck, devil, hell, sex, slit, hole, Veteran.
I’d be interested to know if those (or similar words) were what you filled in (or not)…
March 30, 2015 — 5:03 PM
jacki perrette says:
Haha! When you list them out like that, it sounds even more salacious. It is shades of George Carlin. To be honest, I couldn’t quite fill them all in, but it didn’t keep me from trying. I got Dick, slit and devil. The context wasn’t enough for me to get the specific word each time, but I definitely got the big picture. I think communicating can be compromised when censorship comes into the picture.
March 30, 2015 — 6:43 PM
ElctrcRngr says:
Sublime. That’s the best and only word I can come up with to describe this
April 3, 2015 — 11:32 PM
john freeter says:
In defiance of Chuck’s instructions, I wrote a short and sweet story about a young girl and a reverend at a farm.
https://johnfreeter.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/a-day-at-the-farm/
March 29, 2015 — 12:17 PM
Periodically Demented says:
That was well done.
March 29, 2015 — 6:41 PM
john freeter says:
Thanks. I hope most people aren’t dropping the story as soon as they read the first line 🙁
March 29, 2015 — 7:13 PM
Periodically Demented says:
Yep, the first few sentences certainly grab you by the … ahem … and don’t let go. Carpe colei, carpe jugulum. (Seize the testicles, seize the jugular). ;D
March 29, 2015 — 8:42 PM
StarNinja says:
Hilarious! I loved every single line!
March 30, 2015 — 7:54 PM
jacki perrette says:
Laughing out loud for real!
March 31, 2015 — 12:05 AM
ElctrcRngr says:
Didn’t you mention one day that English was a second language for you? My ‘ass’. No offense, just punning around. Nicely done
April 3, 2015 — 11:35 PM
Kristin Mireles says:
That cracked me the fuck up. Nice.
April 4, 2015 — 2:26 PM
upickdandelions says:
I am a new writer and this is my first attempt at erotica. The content is vanilla but explicit. https://redeemingquantity.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/loving-touch/
March 29, 2015 — 2:26 PM
kirizar says:
I feel something positively scatological coming (cumming?) on.
March 30, 2015 — 12:49 PM
kirizar says:
Short and sweet (and hot and heavy) here it is: http://wp.me/p4K3CH-97
March 30, 2015 — 3:19 PM
jacki perrette says:
I loved it! Awesome!
March 31, 2015 — 12:10 AM
Kristin Mireles says:
LOL
April 4, 2015 — 3:00 PM
Anthony Elmore says:
I let my potty mouth overrun the page and here’s the result: http://barelyok.tumblr.com/post/115083665130/chuck-wendigs-flash-fiction-challenge-you-filthy
March 30, 2015 — 10:13 PM
jacki perrette says:
That was SO much fun! Great idea.
March 31, 2015 — 12:59 AM
Kelly Jensen says:
I really enjoyed this one!
April 1, 2015 — 2:31 PM
writerchick says:
You had me laughing so hard I think I wet my pants. You are awesome writer. Excellent. I wanted to post a comment on your blog but couldn’t figure out how. 🙂
April 2, 2015 — 9:40 PM
Anthony Elmore says:
Thanks, all. I’m new to tumblr so I still need to add the comment plugin.
April 2, 2015 — 11:47 PM
Andrea Speed says:
There was no point to this other than random cursing. In that respect, it was fun. http://andreaspeed.com/2015/flash-fiction-pure-filth/
March 31, 2015 — 3:26 AM
Anthony Elmore says:
If I ever open an ice cream stand, it will be called “Pig Fucking Ice Cream”.
March 31, 2015 — 7:30 AM
Periodically Demented says:
With a chocolate chip and kryptonite cone called “Eat shit and die.”
March 31, 2015 — 8:40 AM
Andrea Speed says:
I would 100% buy that ice cream.
March 31, 2015 — 5:44 PM
Kelly Jensen says:
“…dick bucket backwards assnozzles…”
I think I’m in love! LOL.
April 1, 2015 — 2:21 PM
Maurice says:
So… I guess it’s not really as filthy as I could go given all of the smutty vampire stuff a la TruBlood and Anita Blake that gets out into the world – but this piece does like to swear frequently enough. I put this piece up on my blog this week as a part of a writing challenge I’ve been putting myself through. Hope you all enjoy it!
http://ossua.com/emblogination/wordpress/week-12-writing-challenge-hunters/
March 31, 2015 — 1:54 PM
Maurice says:
It’s also a stretch, but my randomly selected avatar here looks a lot like a fat middle finger – perhaps given by Mookie Pearl himself.
March 31, 2015 — 1:55 PM
writerchick says:
And so it goes… http://wp.me/p1saO-19P
April 1, 2015 — 11:05 AM
Kelly Jensen says:
I’d always wanted to write a tentacle story: http://afflictionssons.tumblr.com/post/115223433134/jonas-polvo-had-been-in-worse-predicaments-at
Total pwop, but, hey, the language is essentially clean. Mostly.
April 1, 2015 — 1:52 PM
Jana Denardo says:
Here is a scene from my Sci-Fi wip. More details at the post. It’s a sex scene from somewhere in the middle. Hope you enjoy. http://jana-denardo.livejournal.com/167651.html
April 2, 2015 — 12:04 AM
smokedragon68 says:
Alright, I have given it a go. Profanity? Oh, lots and lots, of profanity. Deep philosophical meaning? Um…no.
https://simplyterriblewriter.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/gangbang-flash-fiction-challenge-you-filthy-weirdos/
April 2, 2015 — 2:53 AM
Periodically Demented says:
That was pretty full on. You have a great, if really sick and twisted, sense of humour. I like that, but then I like dick and fart jokes so, boy stuff, y’know? Good shot, well aimed.
April 2, 2015 — 5:37 AM
dhippensteel says:
It’s not really filthy. It certainly isn’t 2000 words. It does however swear like a sailor.
https://cornedbeefhashtag.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/professional-discourse/
April 2, 2015 — 8:08 AM
Alice E says:
Brings me back to working at the country club. Enjoyable
April 2, 2015 — 10:11 PM
stevechatterton says:
Here’s mine, holy shit damn poop jizz! I call it Incorrigible Blasphemies.
http://www.wattpad.com/116358985-short-stuff-incorrigible-blasphemies
It’s a dystopian future where the righteous use neurotransmitters to rewrite your thoughts before you have a chance to speak them out loud.
April 2, 2015 — 2:04 PM
Alice E says:
Well done, and a fun to read.
April 2, 2015 — 10:25 PM
Kristin Mireles says:
Awesome! Mine is dystopian, too! I started it Sunday, and didn’t finish it until yesterday. I promise to read yours later today; it’s wayyyyyyy past my bedtime right now (2 a.m.)
April 3, 2015 — 3:10 AM
katemcone says:
https://katethesape.wordpress.com/read-my-stuff/ Here’s mine — “Devil’s Advocate” which is about 1971 words long, give or take a few. It’s YA LGBT Urban Fantasy. Hope you like 🙂
April 2, 2015 — 3:20 PM
katemcone says:
https://katethesape.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/devils-advocate/ Here’s a direct link to my story — got some helpful feedback about posting these individually.
April 3, 2015 — 11:15 AM
Alice E Keyes says:
I fucked up an old terrible minds challenge – literally. It’s around 1000 words because fuck the rules.
http://aliceekeyes.blogspot.com/p/flash-fiction-for-terrible-minds-flash.html
April 2, 2015 — 3:22 PM
Matthew X. Gomez says:
Not really any worse than what I write usually, to be honest.
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/filth-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
April 2, 2015 — 8:48 PM
Periodically Demented says:
Scouse got me in. As soon as the name came up everything he said after that was in a scouse accent. I’m assuming you did that on purpose. That was fun.
April 2, 2015 — 9:09 PM
Matthew X. Gomez says:
Pretty much. That and I figured it made for a good name.
April 2, 2015 — 10:22 PM
Henry says:
I swear enough in real life that I felt like switching things up. Instead of having lots of words that Clean Reader would Clean, I tried to write content Clean Reader would find objectionable while using very few words that Clean Reader would recognize as “dirty.” The result is basically erotica, something I’m quite comfortable with writing.
http://fistfulofwits.com/2015/04/02/flash-fiction-definitely-nsfw/
April 2, 2015 — 11:08 PM
Kristin Mireles says:
I tried editing my piece down to 2,000 words, but it’s so hard and long! I’ll continue to work on it later today. I hope you’ll find it to be firm and supple to your satisfaction. (And I DO aim to satisfy!) http://mireles-musings.blogspot.com/2015/04/you-filthy-weirdos.html
April 3, 2015 — 2:56 AM
Kristin Mireles says:
What do you think? Too filthy? Should I tone it the fuck down, or leave it in all its shining, perverted glory?
April 4, 2015 — 3:04 PM
momdude says:
A rush job with way too little sleep, and the title makes no sense, but I like it anyway, at least the core ideas of obscenity, censorship, and theocracy, all taken to an extreme. The story all came out of the first two sentences, which I had stuck in my head for the last couple of days. The rest was almost stream of consciousness writing. Maybe that’s where the title came from.
http://pauljwillett.com/2015/04/02/flash-fiction-stream/
April 3, 2015 — 3:03 AM
Jemima Pett says:
No, I’m keeping out of the stupidity. I am going to talk about poo, though. All part of my ⌗atozchallenge.
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2015/04/03/flash-fiction-friday-the-coprolite-conundrum/
April 3, 2015 — 5:30 AM
Afrokot says:
Sci-Fi “Everything Counts” about a really bad day. (2328 words)
https://nightshadeblues.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/everything-counts/
April 3, 2015 — 6:04 AM