Microfiction

Given the character of a small bug, write a story in the the back of a cereal box genre, using the subject a public service announcement and the theme a prophecy. If you feel extra creative, write in rhyming couplets.

Your word limit is 425 words.

Given the character of a body builder, write a story in the science fiction genre, using the subject a fairy tale and the theme coming of age. If you feel extra creative, use no adverbs.

Your word limit is 105 words.

Given the character of a historical figure, write a story in the chick literature genre, using the subject a high adventure and the theme an exhortation to hope. If you feel extra creative, use a character from another work you've read.

Your word limit is 320 words.

Given the character of a clown, write a story in the fan fiction genre, using the subject metafiction about fiction and the theme a warning. If you feel extra creative, write from the ending first.

Your word limit is 215 words.

Given the character of a kitchen appliance, write a story in the teen-speak genre, using the subject a character description and the theme a fable with a moral. If you feel extra creative, add another genre of your choice.

Your word limit is 450 words.

Given the character of a mythological figure, write a story in the text message genre, using the subject an argument and the theme bizarre happenings. If you feel extra creative, use only conversation.

Your word limit is 170 words.

Given the character of a wise old owl, write a story in the words scribbled in the margin of another book genre, using the subject a biography and the theme man versus himself. If you feel extra creative, write in a dialect.

Your word limit is 230 words.

Given the character of the wind, write a story in the gothic romance genre, using the subject a confession and the theme a "just so" story. If you feel extra creative, use awkward comparisons and images.

Your word limit is 160 words.

Given the character of a talking frying pan, write a story in the steampunk genre, using the subject a one-up contest and the theme man versus man. If you feel extra creative, have the characters take no action besides thinking or speaking.

Your word limit is 390 words.

Given the character of the king of a foreign land, write a story in the contemporary fiction genre, using the subject a fight over another character and the theme a prophecy. If you feel extra creative, write in dialect.

Your word limit is 150 words.

Given the character of two arguing twins, write a story in the back of the box instructions genre, using the subject a warning to others and the theme man versus nature. If you feel extra creative, rhyme badly.

Your word limit is 495 words.

Given the character of a lottery winner, write a story in the a comic book script genre, using the subject how a boring history book might describe it and the theme pure amusement. If you feel extra creative, write from the point of view of a newspaper columnist.

Your word limit is 250 words.

Given the character of a cowboy, write a story in the technical writing genre, using the subject a television commercial and the theme an exhortation to hope. If you feel extra creative, write acrostically.

Your word limit is 210 words.

Given the character of an oyster, write a story in the magical reality genre, using the subject a retelling of a Shakespeare play and the theme man versus the supernatural. If you feel extra creative, use as many puns as possible.

Your word limit is 190 words.

Given the character of a mysterious stranger, write a story in the a marketing brochure genre, using the subject a tall tale and the theme a fable with a moral. If you feel extra creative, add another character of your choice.

Your word limit is 345 words.