This is a great Twitter account.
You should go to it — the Magic Realism Bot — and therein you’ll find an endless array of story prompts. I’ve no idea if they’re actually written by a person with intention or somehow cobbled together by a wise and weird neural network (I’d guess the former, but who knows?), but either way, I’d say use ’em.
Pick a prompt.
Write a story based on it.
Length: ~1000 words
Due by: Friday, March 23rd, noon EST
Write at your online space.
And link back so we can read it.
Now, a quick bit — I get emails sometimes where people say to me, “Hey, wait, what does that last part mean? Post to my online space and give a link?” It means you need to find somewhere online to host your work. Be that Tumblr, or WordPress, or some ancient Livejournal instance, you will need to find a place to post your words publicly so that you can then, after posting, grab a link and drop it into the comments below. K? K.
Go write.
Kurt Bali says:
I went with Pure Evil is Celebrating a Birthday.
Here’s what I went with: http://sixgunwizard.blogspot.com/2018/03/happy-birthday-lord-of-all-evil.html
March 17, 2018 — 3:44 PM
Mozette says:
https://youcantgoback-andotherimpossibilities.blogspot.com.au/2018/03/the-child-unborn.html
This was fun!
enjoy.
March 18, 2018 — 12:50 AM
yrnewfriendsam says:
Hello! First go at the flash fiction challenge, have to say the MagicalRealismBot is a wealth of ideas, it was hard to pick just one! I went with:
A politician watches a tv show about an umbrella that can destroy time and becomes obsessed with finding it.
You can read it here:
https://medium.com/@yrnewfriendsam/the-politicians-umbrella-6b01a627a33
or
https://yrnewfriendsam.com/2018/03/20/the-politicians-umbrella/
if you don’t like Medium!
Will definitely be partaking again 🙂
March 20, 2018 — 3:59 AM
Mozette says:
…. and then???
March 24, 2018 — 10:38 PM
Stephen Granade says:
Kimber has faced dangers as a necromancer before, but the most recent one may undo her for good.
http://stephen.granades.com/project/the-uses-of-the-dead-are-endless/
Because I couldn’t not write something based on Magical Realism Bot’s tweets. (I chose https://twitter.com/MagicRealismBot/status/973701221184753664 for my prompt.)
March 20, 2018 — 8:27 PM
andys says:
Well, here’s my entry. I thought it would be goofy fun, but it turned dark quickly. http://andreaspeed.com/2018/flash-fiction-challenge-no-tell/
March 21, 2018 — 4:05 AM
Mozette says:
Woah! Dark isn’t the word for it! H.P Lovecraft anyone?
March 24, 2018 — 10:35 PM
Sam Brady says:
“An alchemist is dancing in a silver pine forest.” Please to enjoy!
https://sambrady.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/chuck-wendig-alchemy/
March 21, 2018 — 3:15 PM
stevedegroof says:
In a diamond cave there is a crystal sequence of 16 numbers.
https://treelobsterstheater.tumblr.com/post/172123442038/digits
March 21, 2018 — 11:18 PM
Modern Authors says:
I had fun with this one.
Here ya go.
https://modernauthors.org/2018/03/22/egg/
March 22, 2018 — 1:31 PM
jakashadows says:
I went with: “A giant clam starts talking to you. It says: ‘Look for a diamond. It will be your guide.’ ”
https://jakashadows.wordpress.com/2018/03/23/flash-fiction-challenge-fantasy-novel-bullshit/
March 22, 2018 — 9:32 PM
Skye Overall says:
“A politician watches a TV show about an umbrella that can destroy time, and becomes obsessed with finding it.” Just a subtle little bit of parody here: https://lunarwriter.com/flash-fiction-the-magic-realism-bots-revenge/
March 23, 2018 — 12:07 AM
Charlie Barker says:
A stranger tells you that you are made of ivory
https://docs.google.com/document/d/128IcT1-VqZeRpJdpT63MXhVRpaEe-GkX-qQnSfyFu4U
It’s not in by noon, but I still wanted to share! This was really fun
March 23, 2018 — 11:59 PM