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.
114 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: You Filthy Weirdos”
My potty mouth and I are pretty fucking excited about this.
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!
Awesome! Good for you. You can collect all the stories then maybe mail it to Clean Reader. That’d be interesting 😛
I think you meant to say, “let’s see what Santorum belches out into your story,” no?
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.
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.
Hooo.
“Holy Bat-testicles Batman, put those away!”
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.
Hm. This is gonna be interesting. I mean I already used ‘stoat-felching stoma-fucker’ in the last challenge.
Girl, I can’t WAIT to see what you come up with! This is gonna be great!
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.
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/
Oh, my! That may have been too subtle for the clean reader….some parts censored and others free to fly.
mwahaha… 😉
Read this one this arvo… gave me the shudders….
It’s tonight… it still gives me the shudders….
Excellent! Thanks for reading — and for the feedback 🙂
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.
Thanks!
That was good. Was I reading too much into it, or was he getting off on the picture of his granddaughter?
the picture…and his memories
Since filth is in the crack of the beholder, this should be entertaining.
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
Loved it.
Great characters and commentary!
Very enjoyable- great dialogue- could picture this scene completely!
Oh! You’re just tempting me…. boy!
I …. write… erotica…. 😀
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/double-crossed.html
There you have it!
Enjoy!
Plenty of unexpected twists in that one! What happens next? Details! I need details!
Next? Um… dunno… Damian and Cindy end up driving off into the sunset together… 😀
Frederick is most certainly wanting revenge. 😛
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
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/
I really liked this one, as I said on your blog. Based on the excerpt I’d buy the book.
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.
your link doesn’t take me to your story… it expects me to sign into WordPress… could you please fix this? 🙂
I think it’s fixed now. The link, not my arse or my writing abilities. 😀
Intense. Good stuff!
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.
That was powerful and a disturbing joy to read.
Thank you!
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.
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.
Thanks. I wasn’t at all sure whether I should hit “post” on it, it’s so bleak. Glad it worked.
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.
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…
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 🙂
Ahhhh! Horrible and tragic.
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!
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/
Delicious!
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!
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/
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.
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)…
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.
Sublime. That’s the best and only word I can come up with to describe this
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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/
That was well done.
Thanks. I hope most people aren’t dropping the story as soon as they read the first line 🙁
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
Hilarious! I loved every single line!
Laughing out loud for real!
Didn’t you mention one day that English was a second language for you? My ‘ass’. No offense, just punning around. Nicely done
That cracked me the fuck up. Nice.
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/
I feel something positively scatological coming (cumming?) on.
Short and sweet (and hot and heavy) here it is: http://wp.me/p4K3CH-97
I loved it! Awesome!
LOL
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
That was SO much fun! Great idea.
I really enjoyed this one!
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. 🙂
Thanks, all. I’m new to tumblr so I still need to add the comment plugin.
There was no point to this other than random cursing. In that respect, it was fun. http://andreaspeed.com/2015/flash-fiction-pure-filth/
If I ever open an ice cream stand, it will be called “Pig Fucking Ice Cream”.
With a chocolate chip and kryptonite cone called “Eat shit and die.”
I would 100% buy that ice cream.
“…dick bucket backwards assnozzles…”
I think I’m in love! LOL.
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/
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.
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And so it goes… http://wp.me/p1saO-19P
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.
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
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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/
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.
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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/
Brings me back to working at the country club. Enjoyable
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.
Well done, and a fun to read.
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.)
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 🙂
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.
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
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Not really any worse than what I write usually, to be honest.
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2015/04/02/filth-a-chuck-wendig-challenge/
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.
Pretty much. That and I figured it made for a good name.
[…] week, in honor of Clean Reader, Chuck Wendig decided to challenge us to create something “filthy.” I’m not sure that I succeeded, but I’m less prudish than some, so who knows. I […]
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/
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
What do you think? Too filthy? Should I tone it the fuck down, or leave it in all its shining, perverted glory?
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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/
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/
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Sci-Fi “Everything Counts” about a really bad day. (2328 words)
https://nightshadeblues.wordpress.com/2015/04/03/everything-counts/