AND WE’RE BACK.
Sorry — I was away for the last couple weeks.
Which is how I’m leading into today’s flash fiction challenge! Drum roll please: I’d like you to write a story about a vacation. This can be in any genre. Horror, sci-fi, fantasy, romance, whatever. Whatever it is, it must be set in and around a vacation (though your interpretation of that is as flexible as your creativity).
Length: 1500 words
Due by: Friday, August 5th, noon EST.
Post at your online space.
Drop a link to it in the comments below.
ENJOY YOUR TRIP.
Jess Flaherty says:
So I didn’t actually write this in response to the challenge thrown out today, but earlier this month in response to a random writing prompt, but it fits the bill, although I’m 59 words over. I just really kind of like it and wanted to share.
https://demonsrunlit.wordpress.com/2016/07/03/anything-you-need-flash-fiction-jf/
July 29, 2016 — 11:50 AM
debscarey says:
Deliciously creepy and I really liked the unexpected switch at the end.
August 5, 2016 — 6:00 AM
Jess says:
Thanks so much! Creepy is my favorite way to write, lol.
August 5, 2016 — 9:05 AM
Rev. Leslie Aguillard says:
The challenge is about a vacation. So I was in my early thirties, a long time ago on a beach far far away, when I could still wear a bikini, and it was so early in the morning that I was all alone with the sea, watching my feet and picking up small seashells, happy as a clam, assuming clams are totally content. I never heard the guy sneaking up behind me, the surf masher chicken shit that he was. Bending down to pick up another favorite cat’s paw shell there was a sudden thrusting force felt in my panty area nearly knocking me forward. My immediate thought was: is that (friend’s name)? I turned. Did I scream? No. Did I wonder who the heck was messing with me? Yes, and there was an athletic swarthy young man running away, leapt up on a cement block wall, then jerked down his swim trunks to wave his genitalia before disappearing off the wall. Hey, I shouted. But he was gone. Was I scared? No. Shouldn’t I have been? I don’t know, but probably should have been. Was I hurt? No that I knew of. Was I violated? Apparently I have been so used to violation that this one came as no real surprise. I was just calm. Did I continue to beach comb? Yes. Did I ever go back to Mazatlan? No.
July 29, 2016 — 1:53 PM
Rev. Leslie Aguillard says:
I’m not sure what’s wrong with my old Windows 7 but I had to cut that story real short in order to have the post comment button appear. Oh well.
July 29, 2016 — 1:55 PM
Jenn K. says:
http://kleeklutch.tumblr.com/post/148158454511/drabble-of-my-3yo-the-beach
July 29, 2016 — 2:30 PM
Mozette says:
http://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/on-lovely-little-cruise.html
Enjoy!
Oh… and check out the others I did in Chuck’s absence. 😀
July 30, 2016 — 9:37 AM
Tiffany M Catron says:
http://tmcatron.com/flash-fiction/the-vacation/
July 30, 2016 — 11:01 PM
Roxanne says:
Would you please recommend an online script writing course?
July 31, 2016 — 12:14 PM
Tiffany M Catron says:
Sorry… THIS is the correct link: http://tmcatron.com/2016/07/31/flash-fiction-vacation/
I had to change it because the other wasn’t working.
July 31, 2016 — 2:04 PM
dcxli says:
Great insight into the horrors of family vacation. As a twin, I understand that sibling rivalry too well.
August 1, 2016 — 3:31 PM
Tiffany M Catron says:
Thanks! I have a younger sister. When we were kids, she tried very hard to live up to her title as Most Annoying Person on the Planet. I like her now, though. 🙂
August 1, 2016 — 4:11 PM
dcxli says:
I took a vacation of my own. Haven’t written in a while, and I hope this piece gets me back into the swing of things.
https://dcxli.wordpress.com/2016/07/31/vacation/
As always, critique welcome.
August 1, 2016 — 2:40 AM
debscarey says:
I totally grinned when I got to the “I was Bait” line 🙂
August 5, 2016 — 6:11 AM
Mark Gardner says:
I continued my superhero saga: http://wp.me/p4le2s-1DD
August 1, 2016 — 9:35 AM
Leslie says:
It never occurred to Jim to just leave it alone.
http://www.leslieconner.com/screamin-demon/
August 1, 2016 — 2:17 PM
Eva Therese says:
A small piece about two of the people working in tourism so that other people can have a great vacation. https://evathereseebert.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/the-vacation
August 2, 2016 — 2:22 PM
Matthew X. Gomez says:
https://mxgomez.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/vacation-interrupted/
As always, comments are welcome!
August 2, 2016 — 2:40 PM
Adam Hughes says:
Most of the best vacations end up in a “Throwback Thursday” eventually.
http://adamhugheswriter.com/throwback-thursday/
August 2, 2016 — 8:38 PM
M. D. Flyn (@mdflynwriter) says:
Staycation Rehab by M D Flyn http://www.mdflyn.com/staycation-rehab-original-flash-fiction/
August 2, 2016 — 9:33 PM
The Writer says:
A little trippy adventure. Enjoy! Good to have you back Chuck.
https://atcrump.com/2016/08/03/dreams-r-us/
August 3, 2016 — 1:28 AM
Vicente L Ruiz says:
A little holiday adventure set in space, “Interesting Holidays”:
https://medium.com/@VicenteLRuiz/interesting-holidays-32bdd4d26606#.e7t61g7mk
August 3, 2016 — 6:57 PM
Nick says:
Elder Tour
http://www.nickthewriter.com/2016/08/elder-tour/
August 4, 2016 — 2:12 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
Ugh! good job there. I could feel the claustrophobia…and I might never look at a pretty ocean the same way again!
August 5, 2016 — 12:18 AM
Rebecca Douglass says:
The vacation from hell. Or to hell.
http://www.ninjalibrarian.com/2016/08/friday-flash-devils-in-details.html
August 4, 2016 — 6:31 PM
grahamwrites says:
Sure I had a go. https://medium.com/@mrgrahamstewart/the-vacation-8aee2269ca39#.obohc4baj
August 4, 2016 — 7:28 PM
Helen Espinosa says:
I pulled out an old story I started last year and completed it for this challenge – I just couldn’t resist, and it gave me a chance to finish something I started. If you want to read the whole thing, I posted it in parts starting on Sunday. https://helenespinosa.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/the-beach-house-finale/
August 4, 2016 — 8:19 PM
Christopher says:
Hey Helen, great job, strong finish. Its crazy, this was a multi-part story that I actually took part in when you first wrote it. And your intro had this subtle creepy vibe that I KNEW was going to be a horror/thriller. I’m glad thats where you were headed! So yeah, well done on finishing. Deadlines are not important lol.
August 5, 2016 — 10:20 AM
Helen Espinosa says:
It’s a good thing deadlines weren’t important for this one, otherwise, I would have been screwed, lol. It’s so cool that you read the first part last year when I wrote it. To be honest, I had no idea, at the time, where it was going or what would happen. Thanks so much for the support. I’m happy you liked it! 🙂
August 5, 2016 — 10:44 AM
debscarey says:
Missed your story the first time round, but got pulled right in this time round. Fab!
August 8, 2016 — 6:13 AM
debscarey says:
Missed your story the first time round, but got pulled right in this time round. Really loved it.
August 8, 2016 — 6:28 AM
debscarey says:
Oops, laptop hung up and I thought it hadn’t worked first time!
August 8, 2016 — 6:29 AM
debscarey says:
Squeaking in under the wire, here is mine:
http://www.bunnyandthebloke.com/blog/flash-fiction-the-vacation
Now, for the best bit, I can go and read everyone else’s 🙂
August 5, 2016 — 5:46 AM
Christopher says:
Just got it in time. This one was also the completion of an old hangnail flash fiction. Glad to be done with it. The original was a random title selector. I got ‘Son of Wave’ and I loved it, but could never finish it. Well, here it is…plus a little vacation.
http://roktyping.blogspot.kr/
August 5, 2016 — 10:06 AM
Henry says:
I’m late, I know, but I’ve tried to transpose (and rewrite) the characters from Tintin into a more modern setting while retaining their voices and plausibly Tintin-ish things for them to do. Do while on vacation, that is.
https://fistfulofwits.com/2016/08/05/flash-fiction-vacation/
August 5, 2016 — 3:06 PM
Skye says:
Yes, I’m a day late. Hoping it’ll still get posted. Here’s the link: http://runnerskye.ca/flash-fiction-challenge-the-honeymoon/
August 6, 2016 — 5:25 AM
M. D. Flyn (@mdflynwriter) says:
Man I missed you people, oozing talent everywhere.
August 6, 2016 — 2:04 PM