Hello, fair citizens. OMG, I swear I’m never screwing up my blog post schedule again. Between delaying the flash fiction posts and missing my post yesterday, my content calendar now looks like a weird game of chutes and ladders, only with long, squiggly arrows instead of slides and ladders.
But that’s ok, because I have arrived on Tuesday with a schedule for the upcoming round of flash fiction!
If you’re new to the blog, welcome! My flash fiction consists of short stories in various paranormal-themed genres, some horror, some dark fantasy. Most of them are less than 300 words.
I used a new method of choosing subject matter this time. Previously, ideas would just kinda pop into my head, or I’d read something that would spur an idea. I still have ideas that way, of course. Now, I just have another method to toss in.
Basically, I use a couple of books. I turn to a random page in one and choose a word, and then do the same thing with the other book. I end up with word combos.
The books I’m currently using are 1. an absurdly thicc illustrated encyclopedia and 2. a history of magic and the occult. I don’t use the first words I land on. If I skim a bit, I usually end up finding better words down the page.
Then I write the words down in a journal and kick them around until they give me a story.
I’m not quite finished with all of these stories yet, so there might be yet more pushing and shuffling, but below is the intended schedule. I plan to post one every Wednesday, starting tomorrow.
Week 1: The Burning
Week 2: Armor
Week 3: Stellar
Week 4: Discordant
Week 5: What Remains
Week 6: Summer Clay
Week 7: Reliquary
Week 8: What Fits the Bones
Week 9: In League
Week 10: The Mariner
Yes, yes, I have two titles that start with “What.” One was an older title that I had written down, forgotten about, and then found again. I decided I was okay with having two “What” titles. The stories are very different, so I don’t think it will matter much in the end.
Anyway, if you’d like to get in on the stories from the jump, you’ll probably want to wander back this way tomorrow.
Professional Stringer of Words 