{"id":32363,"date":"2018-06-22T11:57:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T15:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/?p=32363"},"modified":"2018-06-22T11:57:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T15:57:09","slug":"flash-fiction-challenge-pop-culture-mash-up-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/2018\/06\/22\/flash-fiction-challenge-pop-culture-mash-up-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Flash Fiction Challenge: Pop Culture Mash-Up Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a classic, and it\u2019s always a blast \u2014 roll a d20 or use a\u00a0random number generator<\/strong><\/a>, once for each of the two tables below. Then, take each of the results and mash them together in a flash fiction story.<\/p>\n

Note: the goal is not to tell a literal fan-fic story set in those pop culture storyworlds \u2014 though, I guess if you wanna do that, hey, YOU DO YOU. The goal is to take the\u00a0spirit\u00a0<\/em>of those two properties and find a story that embodies the weird mashup. (The origins of this particular challenge come from that old Hollywood conceit of pitching your original story to executives as X meets Y \u2014 \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0The Big Bang Theory\u00a0meets\u00a0Westworld ha ha ha right? Hand me money.\u201d)<\/p>\n

Length<\/strong>: You have, mmm, let\u2019s say 2000 words for this one.<\/p>\n

Due by<\/strong>: next Friday, 7\/19, noon EST.<\/p>\n

Post the story at your online space.<\/p>\n

Give us a linky-poo so we can follow it back.<\/p>\n

Now, the two tables \u2014<\/p>\n

TABLE X<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. The Incredibles<\/li>\n
  2. The Last Starfighter<\/li>\n
  3. Adventure Time<\/li>\n
  4. Gravity Falls<\/li>\n
  5. Nightmare on Elm Street<\/li>\n
  6. Gilmore Girls<\/li>\n
  7. The Thing<\/li>\n
  8. Saving Private Ryan<\/li>\n
  9. Goodfellas<\/li>\n
  10. The Hobbit<\/li>\n
  11. Dune<\/li>\n
  12. The Handmaid’s Tale<\/li>\n
  13. The Jetsons<\/li>\n
  14. Batman<\/li>\n
  15. Stephen King’s The Stand<\/li>\n
  16. Get Out<\/li>\n
  17. The Matrix<\/li>\n
  18. Watership Down<\/li>\n
  19. The Hunger Games<\/li>\n
  20. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    TABLE Y<\/h2>\n
      \n
    1. DuckTales<\/li>\n
    2. Hamilton<\/li>\n
    3. Avatar the Last Airbender<\/li>\n
    4. The Princess Bride<\/li>\n
    5. When Harry Met Sally<\/li>\n
    6. The Shape of Water<\/li>\n
    7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/li>\n
    8. Se7en<\/li>\n
    9. Neuromancer<\/li>\n
    10. Spirited Away<\/li>\n
    11. Indiana Jones<\/li>\n
    12. The Fast & The Furious<\/li>\n
    13. James Bond<\/li>\n
    14. Alice in Wonderland<\/li>\n
    15. Transformers<\/li>\n
    16. GI Joe<\/li>\n
    17. The Cat In The Hat<\/li>\n
    18. Parks and Recreation<\/li>\n
    19. Twin Peaks<\/li>\n
    20. The Bible<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      This is a classic, and it\u2019s always a blast \u2014 roll a d20 or use a\u00a0random number generator, once for each of the two tables below. Then, take each of the results and mash them together in a flash fiction story. Note: the goal is not to tell a literal fan-fic story set in those […]<\/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-32363","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-8pZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32363","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=32363"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32365,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32363\/revisions\/32365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/terribleminds.com\/ramble\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}