We’re going to ape the challenge from last week because honestly, that website came up with so many rad titles I want to keep forcing you to use them. And I’m also lazy.
Never discount the fact I’m incredibly lazy.
ANYWAY.
Here’s how this’ll work.
At the bottom of this post will be ten titles randomly selected at this website — you must choose one of them and write a flash fiction story (~1000 words) using that title. Any genre. Post it at your online space. Link back to it in the comments. Due by next Friday, January 29th, noon EST.
The ten titles are:
The Incubus’ Tale
The Manor Above
The Dancer And The Shattered Shell
The Hero Will Not Be Automatic
Ring of Bullets
The Music Box of Manhattan
These Damned Insects
Tiger, Burning
A Cold Opportunity Without The Kingdom
The Apocalypse Ticket
120 responses to “Flash Fiction Challenge: Ten More Titles”
The Apocalypse Ticket. Ooooh, gears turning. Will hopefully be back later with something interesting.
Well, here it is. First time participating. Feedback welcome!
https://theonewiththeq.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/the-apocalypse-ticket/
Oooh, thanks, Chuck – those are GREAT titles 🙂
The Hero Will Not Be Automatic looks like a good title! See y’all next week!
omg these titles are so awesome. I WANTS THEM ALL.
I couldn’t choose, so I let random.org pick for me.
Here’s “The Apocalypse Ticket” : http://wp.me/p4p1YR-HR
Funny. Thanks for the laugh.
Nice one! I also did the Apocalypse ticket and am loving how everyone’s takes on the idea are so unique.
Exactly! And, of course, thanks for the read.
What!? Again?
I do love this website, it gives fantastic titles. The Manor Above, The Apocalypse Ticket, Tiger Burning and Ring of Bullets are all intriguing me, however will I choose?
I quite like “The Manor Above” – got the gears moving. But we’ll see if I have time to bash something out. I haven’t written in years. 🙂 Great challenge!
Post said story where?
You need a blog or your own website where you can post the story and then link back to a comment here.
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I participated! http://rebeccajrobare.com/2016/01/22/i-wrote-a-thing/
Nice read.
Thank you!
Enjoyed it. I left a comment.
Loved this. Left a comment. The standard is set high. Looking forward to reading more of your work.
Going to go for “Tiger, Burning”. Cheers, Chuck. Or, since I’m in Yorkshire, “Cheers, Chuck, chuck.”
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Okay, this is fun. 🙂 Here’s mine: http://studiodimare.com/blog/?p=1716
I selected The Dancer and the Shattered Shell
The Music Box of Manhattan
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/the-music-box-of-manhattan.html
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Here’s my contribution (The Manor Above).
http://dispersertracks.com/2016/01/22/another-flash-challenge-the-manor-above/
I enjoyed the pacing. You have that marvelous ability to create warm and complex characters in a few words. Now THAT is flash fiction.
Oooh, I liked this one. Very well done, and didn’t feel longer despite its added word count.
The post with my submission for this challenge is in moderation. Last time, the comment was in moderation for almost a week. If anyone wants to read it, it’s the latest post on my blog as of this writing.
I’m not posting the link because it’s will sent the comment in moderation. For all I know, this will also go in moderation, but I’ll give it a shot.
If that’s the case, mine is currently in moderation likely because of my link. My title is The Dancer and the Shattered Shell as the most recent post on the site studiodimare dot com.
Yeah, mine’s in moderation too. If you’d all like to read mine (as I posted it today), go to my previous post and click on ‘Home’ at the bottom. It’ll show you the new one and a poem I wrote as a tribute to David Bowie.
Read it . . . left a comment there.
Same here. You can get to my blog by clicking on my name, if you’d like. The post is Ring of Bullets.
Also a nice read. Left a comment there.
A highly visual and enjoyable post. I left a comment.
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“Ring of Bullets”, but I cheated on the word limit. Sorry.
https://douglasdanieldotcom.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/flash-fiction-challenge-ten-more-titles-ring-of-bullets/
The story hit me where I live. Nice work.
Ring of Bullets spoke to me.
Here is what it said: https://dcxli.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/ring-of-bullets/
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First attempt at flash fiction:
https://betheredragons.wordpress.com/2016/01/23/the-apocalypse-ticket/
Wow! This is just great, especially for a first attempt. Nicely done!
I’m in the middle of writing mine, and I think maybe I should have chosen a different title. NO WAY I can let any relative of mine read The Incubus’ Tale: Charlie and the Sex Factory. HA! I’ll finish it, though… Poor Charlie.
If Charlie isn’t enjoying himself your doing something wrong 🙂
Liking The Apocalypse Ticket.
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http://insani-x.com/2016/01/24/ring-of-bullets/
I’ve included audio as well.
Not having to title things is great, but it also reminds me that titles are kind of low on my priority list. I think back to my favorite books and I think of the character’s names or the world descriptions first. James Bond movies are James Bond movies after all. I’m sure some people really get into the titles, but it explains why I’m bad at it. Maybe?
Such a great take on this title. Very nice indeed.
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I did The Incubus’ Tale!
It’s about grocery shopping before a snow storm.
https://cheesywriterblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/the-incubus-tale/
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I go with “tiger, burning” – check it out. https://thestoryhive.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/tiger-burning/
I’m not ready, it’s evolving to a larger story I was rolling around in my head for quite a while. Enjoy.
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Who can resist “The Incubus’ Tale?” http://bethturnage.com/?p=502
I went with A Cold Opportunity Without the Kingdom and tossed it up: http://iveybooks.com/fiction/a-cold-opportunity-without-the-kingdom/ I like where it ended up!
Very nice. Liked it.
I too choose the Apocalypse Ticket.
http://gigaclon.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-apocalypse-ticket.html
Read it. Left comment.
Wouldn’t let me comment on your site for some reason.
Anyhow, I really enjoyed that. It was a unique take on the premise.
Some people may not have liked the ambiguity of the tickets and the ending, but personally, I dig it when I’m given less information, rather than more.
Thumbs up.
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I went with “Hero Will Not Be Automatic”. I’m super happy with the result, because it gave me an awesome idea for a book.
http://www.fatmaalici.com/2016/01/25/flash-fiction-challenge-hero-will-not-be-automatic/
Weird . . . Norton blocked an attack when I clicked on the link and would not let me go there. Sorry.
Norton blocked this post on the link. Sorry …
I stopped using Norton years ago. Anyway, good story. Left a comment.
Thanks, I replied to it : )
In response to the norton issues, I’ll do a deep scan of my site, later tonight. Thanks for the heads up.
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I chose “The Hero Will Not Be Automatic.” Here is my slightly funny, slightly morbid result:
https://52lettersinthealphabet.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/short-story-the-hero-will-not-be-automatic/
I like where you went with this and the unconventional style. I laughed several times…thank you.
Love all those titles but this one jumped out at me first: These Damned Insects
I posted my piece on my blog and here it is:
http://www.lizmadridbooks.com/2016/01/a-flash-fiction-challenge-these-damn.html
Eww, creepy! Great job!
I tried leaving a comment on your site but it seems I’m having an issue with Blogger over here in Italy.
I chose “The Dancer and the Shattered Shell”. Hope you like ballet in your sci-fi!
https://aimeeogdenwrites.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/fiction-the-dancer-and-the-shattered-shell/
This was so much fun. I’d almost forgotten how much I enjoyed writing Flash Fiction. I chose
“The Music Box from Manhattan.” Here is the result.
http://sooozsaysstuff.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/my-contest-entry-for-chuck-wendigs.html
Sorry, the entry is of course ‘The Music Box of Manhattan” not ‘from’ Manhattan. It is correct in the story, I promise.
Do you have a link for us? I got an error when I clicked your name.
Hi, Smiles. Lets try that again. It works when I check the link.
http://sooozsaysstuff.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/my-contest-entry-for-chuck-wendigs.html
Fingers and toes crossed.
It worked! 🙂
Nice story!
I noticed one word mix-up. I think you meant queue instead of cue. The meanings are slightly different and could easily be confused.
Many thanks for picking that one up for me, Smiles. ave gone in and corrected.
Those Damned Insects http://www.cre8tivelife.net/hunting-party/those-damned-insects
nice story! I left a reply on your site.
Someone just pointed out that you were using my generator for your challenge. Glad you dig it, man.
I don’t know if Chuck will read this but I came across this writing prompt on facebook last night and I thought it was cool and wanted to share it:
You’ve been kidnapped, you call on the characters from one TV show to make a rescue attempt. Which show is it?
Now that sounds like fun. I may have to choose the lovable nuts in ‘Big Bang Theory’ as a rescue team. eeek!
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A RNG made me write “The Dancer and the Shattered Shell.” https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/the-dancer-and-the-shattered-shell/
I really enjoyed this. Well done! Is Silas a nod to Sylar from Heroes? He was an horologist on that show.
I did notice one little typo/word confusion – “along” when I believe you meant “alone” when talking about the parts.
Nope, Silas was just a name I picked because I thought it worked for an old tinker. Glad you enjoyed the piece.