I’m going to attempt a fast fiction challenge. You may have seen other people trying this, but I’m going to try putting my own spin on it.
Here are the rules for this challenge:
In the comments, give me a 4 word title and an object to be involved in the story.
I will then write a story of 250 to 300 words with that title and that object. Each story will be part of a larger narrative, so each story will be an episode of that plot, but self contained.
Start putting your comments in now. On November 5th I will start writing and posting a story a day for 30 days or until the title suggestions have run out.
You can post as many titles as you can think up and stories will be written in the order they are suggested.
Let’s see how this goes.
Challenge Now Closed. No More Titles Being Taken.
Thanks to everyone who sent one in.
‘Pleasure!’, screamed the spider.
An unripe banana.
Sun in the Window.
A potted fern.
Title: A Maiming At Midnight
Object: a caged budgerigar.
Best of luck!
Title: Do I know you?
Object: Bungee cord
The Question Is Why?
Filing cabinet.
Title: Blue House
Object: Monster Truck
Title: Monday, The World Ends
Object: A stick of Burt’s Bees chapstick.
The Thief Cried Wolf
A feather
“If Not, Then Only”
A Mont Blanc pen (gold).
Blind and Oblivious Amnesty
A Monty Python VHS
The Toxicity of Sunlight
A child’s beach ball
Should it do that?
A Big Red Button.
The day I cried – neon pink tea pot
Fuck all them fuckers – a bloodied handkerchief
The fire hose tango – sentient orchid
Trying to forget them – a comedic over-sized overdraft statement
(I think I remembered them correctly)
It should be “Forgetting that they exist” not “Trying to forget them”. Doh!
Title: Wait, what laser blaster?
object: an alien mothership
has fog lights, really
object – a canoe
The Truth? Or Lies?
A yo-yo.
Never would have guessed.
Bottle of sake