Here's this week's Author Aerobics challenge. Answers to the challenge will be posted on Friday. If you want to participate just post a link to your entry in the comments below and I'll update this post with links to yours. Everyone's welcome!
Genre-Bender Challenge
Here's something a little different this week. Have you ever tried birthing your own mutant genre child? Gritty-rural fantasy? Zombie-noir? There are endless combination's and permutations at your disposal.
This week's challenge: Redraw the boxes, and break conventions. Write a story (1000 words or less) in a new or obscure genre. This week's theme: "narcissism"
Don't know where to start? The SF/F glossary might help, but there's no need to limit this to speculative fiction.
The entries this week so far!
- Don't Look For Too Long by J. P. Cabit - A peek at a skewed reality, where looking into mirrors could have some dire consequences.
- The Last Gunfighter by Aidan Fritz - A genre-blender! How many genres can you identify?
- Glass Half-Empty part 1 by T.S. Bazelli - Hardboiled / Noir / Steampunk - To be continued on Monday.
Oooo, very cool challenge!
Time to put on the creative hat!
Agreed... another interesting challenge.
I look forward to the stories that may come of this!
I hope we have a few this week :) I've got all kinds of ideas it's so hard to choose what to write!
AW TESSA THAT'S SO COOOLLLL!!!!! It literally brought a grin to my face when I read this week's challenge. I will definitely attempt to throw my hat in the ring. (I'll be throwing in a Swiss Sombrero! lol)
LOL a Swiss Sombrero! Looking forward to what you cook up!
I may be first again ;) I chose genre-blender. I may have gone overboard.
http://aidanwrites.blogspot.com/2010/06/last-gunfighter.html
I read it as a play on "gender bender".
That it was, but both ways work!
Bright and early as usual! lol, :-) My genre is "Skewed Reality."
Thank you sir for your contribution!