From last week’s selection, I’ve got ten titles for you. Pick one and go. (Note that the parentheticals are who came up with the title.)
The rules are standard:
Length: ~1000 words
Due by: 5/6, noon EST
Post at your online space, drop a link in the comments, and boom.
Still Turnstiles at Station 6 (Lori Schechter)
The Girl Who Surfed Tsunamis (Christopher)
Murder and Wine and the Oblong Door (Migo)
The Blood Lottery (Marion)
A Pretentious Title For a Pretentious Story (thisdamkid)
The Blind Tattooist (Russell)
Jeremy Pocket and the See-Through Wall (Naomi)
Malwhere (cjaybee)
I’m In Love With A Zombie But He Doesn’t Even Know I’m Alive
They Sat Outside Eating Cake (Tom Byrne)
Brittany DeBeeld says:
I waited to start this challenge because I wanted to pick a title less chosen. When I started this, no one had chosen the title, ” Jeremy Picket & the See-Through Wall, yet.
Now there are two of us (LOVED yours Antwon), but I took it in a decidedly different direction.
Thanks for the title-inspiration, Naomi!
https://brittanydebeeldblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/05/jeremy-pocket-the-see-through-wall-flash-fiction/
May 5, 2016 — 7:31 PM
Qynn Qyksilver (@QynnQyksilver) says:
Really enjoyed this, and found myself with a goofy grin by the (very satisfying) ending.
May 6, 2016 — 12:22 PM
Brittany DeBeeld says:
Thank you! I appreciate it! 🙂
May 6, 2016 — 12:24 PM
Vicente L Ruiz says:
Busy busy week. I had time to write my story but I only read a couple others. Yours was one, and I loved it. When I really thought the plot was going in one direction it surprised me, twisted and turned around. Great. Oh, and the setting is great as well!
May 9, 2016 — 3:00 AM
karen j carlisle says:
Jeremy Pocket and the See-Through Wall jumped out at me – well, Pocket did. He demanded to be heard. Unfortunately I could only whittle the story down from 1900 words to just over 1300 words.
http://karenjcarlisle.com/2016/05/06/flash-fiction-friday-jeremy-pocket-and-the-see-through-wall/
May 5, 2016 — 7:37 PM
J S Kuiken says:
I chose Russel’s beautiful title, The Blind Tattooist:
https://jskuiken.com/2016/05/06/short-story-the-blind-tattooist/
May 5, 2016 — 10:43 PM
J S Kuiken says:
Or choose, rather.
May 5, 2016 — 11:09 PM
Josh Gottlieb says:
Kicked my ass into making a blog, thanks for the nudge.
http://jjgottman.tumblr.com/
May 5, 2016 — 11:11 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
I’m in love with a zombie. Never a good development, but especially hard when you’re a teen.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2016/05/friday-flash-im-in-love-with-zombie.html
May 5, 2016 — 11:46 PM
Qynn Qyksilver (@QynnQyksilver) says:
I chose MalWhere… http://bit.ly/1T4iIou First try at Flash Fiction. Found it hard to keep it under 1K words. Yeesh, My brain must be wired with the -vv switch.
May 5, 2016 — 11:58 PM
Brittany DeBeeld says:
I really enjoyed this! I fell right into your concept and finished it wanting to read more. Well done!
May 6, 2016 — 9:07 AM
Qynn Qyksilver (@QynnQyksilver) says:
Thank you so much! Very much appreciate the kind words. Always terrifying putting one’s penmonkey droppings –errrr, scribblings?– out there for others to read. Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
May 6, 2016 — 10:06 AM
Jo Robson says:
Nicely done. I appreciated the last line in particular.
May 7, 2016 — 12:16 AM
Qynn Qyksilver (@QynnQyksilver) says:
Thank you! Glad that last line worked 🙂
May 7, 2016 — 2:11 AM
Juan Bencomo says:
Finally did it! I went with Still Turnstiles at Station 6 with a suspense-thriller spin, shout-out to Lori Schechter for the great title. http://inkdew.blogspot.com/2016/05/My-attempt-at-flash-fiction-and-what-I-learned-from-it.html
I saw a couple other entries for this tittle which I’ll finally get to read (didn’t want to do it before I finished mine lets I become discouraged with other’s great works) Already saw one for sci fi and another I think is urban fantasy which is awesome, two of my favorite genres so… hype. Thanks for the great idea Chuck, I’m new to the blog and found that this post really motivated me to write something.
May 6, 2016 — 2:24 AM
M. D. Flyn (@mdflynwriter) says:
i like the hacker angle, this was good
June 6, 2016 — 1:32 PM
Jo Robson says:
Well, I went with the title with the most words, I guess. I’m not real impressed with my own work here, but it’s what came out when I thought about “I’m in love with a zombie but he doesn’t even know I’m alive.” https://www.facebook.com/notes/joanna-robson/im-in-love-with-a-zombie-but-he-doesnt-even-know-im-alive/1185649494808466
May 6, 2016 — 2:55 AM
Marion says:
Oh, I like the twist!
May 6, 2016 — 3:33 PM
Jemima Pett says:
Thank you, Naomi, for Jeremy Pocket and the See-through Wall.
http://jemimapett.com/blog/2016/05/06/fridayflash-fiction-jeremy-pocket-and-the-see-through-wall/
May 6, 2016 — 4:58 AM
Mike Young says:
I did a random spin and got The Girl Who Surfed Tsunamis. It’s a littl long at 1200 words, even after some trimming.
http://www.ravensview.ca/ravens/2016/05/the-girl-who-surfed-tsunamis.html
May 6, 2016 — 8:12 AM
Alex says:
Just sneaking in before the deadline. Glad it’s EST as it’s half one in England!
https://foodfortheslushpile.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/the-blind-tattooist/
May 6, 2016 — 8:28 AM
Lori Schechter says:
Here’s my link to Still Turnstiles at Station 6. Wrote it as an ominous title that can go all sorts of places…
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YYIo5TXmC8fvyFMX2IHKANVAKs40ujcv8w-JRITQHEU/edit?usp=sharing
May 6, 2016 — 10:02 AM
Mike Young says:
Nice transition from the boring ho-hum another day fighting my way to work to OMG what’s happening to me. The horror builds nicely.
Just one comment – at the end maybe should be ‘everything goes dark’ ?
May 7, 2016 — 9:53 AM
M. D. Flyn (@mdflynwriter) says:
Very strong voice.
June 6, 2016 — 12:49 PM
swordsoftheancients says:
I fiddled with a few ideas for different titles, but Still Turnstiles at Station 6 was the one that felt best. Here’s a quick piece about interplanetary immigration. https://swordsoftheancients.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/still-turnstiles-at-station-6/
May 6, 2016 — 11:43 AM
M. D. Flyn (@mdflynwriter) says:
I love how you fit a ton of info in such a short story.
June 6, 2016 — 1:16 PM
Mark Plattner says:
I’ll give this a shot. My first public writing in 20 years.
http://notouchmonkey.tumblr.com/post/143946164240/still-turnstiles-at-station-6
May 6, 2016 — 11:57 AM
M. D. Flyn (@mdflynwriter) says:
I can see finding this line already underlined on my Kindle “there is no place for the people to go for the people have stopped going”
June 6, 2016 — 1:21 PM
AA Payson says:
(Running down the hallway in dishevelled clothes and covered in flop sweat) “Oh shit…ohshitohshitohshitoh PLEEEEASE be there…please be there.
(Tries to turn the knob to the classroom door, but it’s locked, and the lights are out.)
FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHH…
(Defeated, he slips a copy of his entry, and skulks away.)
https://aapayson.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/the-blind-tattooist/
May 6, 2016 — 5:52 PM
Melissa Clare says:
Well, late but I wrote therefore I post. Also, this one didn’t get a lot of mileage, so I have to represent. This was inspired by the Hugo Awards and rabid, definitely sad (and certainly pretentious) puppies. It’s the first hit on my space at: http://melissaclarewright.com/
May 7, 2016 — 1:19 AM
Melissa Clare says:
I should have mentioned, it was thisdamkid’s “A Pretentious Title for a Pretentious Story” – credit where credit is due 🙂
May 9, 2016 — 12:31 PM
Lori Schechter says:
Hey Mike, thanks for your comments. I guess I chose “went dark” because it had a more final ring to it. “Goes” just seems to be more hopeful and temporary. So maybe if I rework it to “— something indeed grabs (or grabbed) me. Then everything went dark.”
May 7, 2016 — 11:26 AM
Levi Stribling says:
Finally done. Took a bit, but here’s my horror short – The Turnstiles of Station 6: http://www.lpstribling.com/?p=3046
May 25, 2016 — 5:51 AM
Marion says:
Levi, really nice suspense and some beautiful sensory description here.
May 25, 2016 — 11:16 AM
M. D. Flyn (@mdflynwriter) says:
You maintained so much suspense throughout.
June 6, 2016 — 1:14 PM
tharuvairamesh says:
Reading this blog provided the motivation to help me write this piece, so although not related to any of the suggested titles, here it is:
https://historynmystery.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/murder-in-500-words/
June 3, 2016 — 5:15 PM
M. D. Flyn (@mdflynwriter) says:
I’m late to the party but I just banged this out in a parking lot. Affirm: Still Turnstiles at Station 6 http://www.mdflyn.com/affirm-still-turnstiles-at-station-6/
June 6, 2016 — 12:44 PM