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A 50 word story challenge.
Can you tell a story in fifty words?
Way back at MarsCon 2023, the Three Moms of the Apocalypse challenged their fellow con goers to write a story in fifty words—no more, no less. They handed out image prompts to anyone who wanted to take up the gauntlet.
The enthusiastic reaction to this resulted in a series of Postcard Stories featuring the very best fifty word submissions.
In the tradition of Fredric Brown (the most brilliant short story writer in existence) we wanted to revive the fun of fifty word stories by offering you a prompt:
Spampunk!
Traditionally hyphenated words count as one word, like “forty-two.” But “Spamonating-giga-sprocket-transmogrifier” is still four stinkin’ words.
Working a short bit of flash fiction can help develop concise storytelling, and focuses on essential elements of story like plot, character, and setting. Exercise your skills in succinctness, clarity, and creativity!
Submit your fifty word story in the comments below. Comment, encourage, challenge each other!
“That’s the last, Cap’n!” the Vet Engineer 1st Class called out as the GenMod hamster nibbled the last bit of Spam from his fingers. The Tocino gave the hamsters a little more juice for their wheels, but would it be enough to get the wounded airship back to friendly skies?
The smell of pork infused the ship
“Sir, the fusion reactor is ready to go”, ensign Codswallop announced.
“By all means, Ensign, full ahead”
The Spam Drive’s thrust smoothly took the ship into hyperspace. No one thought that a 20th century meat product would have been the secret interstellar travel.