{"id":26977,"date":"2015-06-05T10:22:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T14:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=26977"},"modified":"2015-06-05T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T14:22:05","slug":"flash-fiction-challenge-the-random-title-jamboree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2015\/06\/05\/flash-fiction-challenge-the-random-title-jamboree\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction Challenge: The Random Title Jamboree"},"content":{"rendered":"

YES, JEEZ, I KNOW, last week, no flash fiction challenge showed up.<\/p>\n

This one below was supposed to, but I was traveling and the post failed to fire for reasons unknown — and I was unable to properly troubleshoot whilst in the sun-humped cactusland of Phoenix, Arizona. And I would’ve posted late, but this is a good enough challenge I wanted to grant it the full week that it properly deserves.<\/p>\n

That said, we’re back!<\/p>\n

And we’re back with a title mixup challenge.<\/p>\n

Here’s how this works:<\/p>\n

You pick one item from each table. You can use a random number generator<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to do so, or grab your nearest d20 and get rolling. You mash Column X with Column Y and you get yourself a title to use.<\/p>\n

You can modify that title a tiny bit — permutations allowed are adding “the” and making a word plural or non-plural as you see fit. But that’s it. Don’t fidget too much, goddamnit.<\/p>\n

Examples might be:<\/p>\n

The Dismal Warbler!<\/strong><\/p>\n

God’s Own Testmaker!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Radioactive Mummy!<\/strong><\/p>\n

And so forth.<\/p>\n

You’ve got 1500 words this go around. Write it up at your blog post or other online space, and make sure we have a link in the comments so we can read it. Due by Friday the 12th, noon EST.<\/p>\n

Get to randomizing, folks.<\/p>\n

Column X<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Red<\/li>\n
  2. Executioner’s<\/li>\n
  3. Madness of<\/li>\n
  4. Fist Full of<\/li>\n
  5. Termagant’s<\/li>\n
  6. Distant<\/li>\n
  7. Undying<\/li>\n
  8. Forgotten<\/li>\n
  9. Unholy<\/li>\n
  10. Stolen<\/li>\n
  11. Five Days of the<\/li>\n
  12. Bloody<\/li>\n
  13. Doc Gurley’s<\/li>\n
  14. Whispering<\/li>\n
  15. Back Country<\/li>\n
  16. Dismal<\/li>\n
  17. God’s Own<\/li>\n
  18. Cleansing<\/li>\n
  19. Radioactive<\/li>\n
  20. Neon<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Column Y<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. Warbler<\/li>\n
    2. Cobblers<\/li>\n
    3. Expanse<\/li>\n
    4. Mummy<\/li>\n
    5. Lockbox<\/li>\n
    6. Testmaker<\/li>\n
    7. Bridesmaid<\/li>\n
    8. Jeweler<\/li>\n
    9. Monster<\/li>\n
    10. Bullets<\/li>\n
    11. Dreamscape<\/li>\n
    12. Sands<\/li>\n
    13. Villanelle<\/li>\n
    14. Dingo<\/li>\n
    15. Junction<\/li>\n
    16. Straitjacket<\/li>\n
    17. Trenches<\/li>\n
    18. Hearts<\/li>\n
    19. Brains<\/li>\n
    20. Cartographer<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      YES, JEEZ, I KNOW, last week, no flash fiction challenge showed up. This one below was supposed to, but I was traveling and the post failed to fire for reasons unknown — and I was unable to properly troubleshoot whilst in the sun-humped cactusland of Phoenix, Arizona. And I would’ve posted late, but this is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-theramble","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pv7MR-717","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26977"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26981,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26977\/revisions\/26981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}