Well, this one’s a doozy.
(If you want to skip the song and dance, click here to go right to the prompt.)
I feel like I might have said that last month, too. But that’s the nature of these Flash Fiction Draw writing prompts: they’re as random as the categories I picked for them in the first place.
Here’s the story (or stories) so far. The items that have already been used for previous prompts are grayed out:
| ♣ | ♥ | ♦ | |
| Card drawn | Genre | Setting | Object |
| 1 | Romance | Spaceship | Ray gun |
| 2 | Science Fiction | Restaurant kitchen | Key |
| 3 | Fairy Tale | Studio apartment in a big city | Hairbrush |
| 4 | Horror | Auditorium | Length of rope |
| 5 | Mystery | Sewer | Pendant and necklace |
| 6 | Thriller | Highway tollbooth | Potted plant |
| 7 | Comedy | Farm field | Tablet computer |
| 8 | Fantasy | Pawn shop | Fountain pen |
| 9 | Ghost Story | Marsh | Decorative pillow |
| 10 | Suspense | Tulip field | Vacuum cleaner |
| J | Crime Caper | Trunk of a car | Bouquet of roses |
| Q | Action/Adventure | Toolshed / Utility closet | A stray sock |
| K | Historical Fiction | Shopping mall | Suitcase |
And the prompt:
- an action/adventure…
- in a restaurant kitchen…
- with a stray sock.
(Yes, really.)
So, your mission, if you choose to accept it: write a 1,000-word (max) flash fiction piece and post it online by Monday, April 12, and let me know! Drop a link in the comments below, send me an email, tweet it at me—you can try telepathy, but lots of people will tell you I’m not very sensitive. (You see what I did there, of course, because you probably are sensitive.)