Flash Fiction Challenge: Super-Ultra-Mega Game Of Aspects

Last week’s challenge: The Game Of Aspects, Redux

Get your d10.

Go to your random number generator.

It’s time to pick from five categories. All five! DO IT DO IT NOW.

Ahem.

This time, I’ll give you 2,000 words.

Post at your blog or online space.

Link back here.

Due by next Friday, March 8th, noon EST.

Subgenre

Weird West
Epic Fantasy
Monster (Vampire, Werewolf, etc.) Erotica
Southern Gothic
Time Travel
Lovecraftian
Space Opera
Psychological Thriller
Hardboiled
Sci-Fi Satire

Setting

The Rainforest
An Opium Den
The Zoo
Center of the Earth
Inside Someone’s Mind
The Devil’s Palace
An Art Museum
On A Form Of Public Transportation (Bus, Plane, Taxi, Etc.)
The Villain’s Lair
A Popular Nightclub on Friday Night

Conflict

Revenge!
Haunted by Guilt!
Love Triangle!
Ecological Disaster!
A Difficult Choice!
Abduction!
Political Maneuvering!
A Ticking Clock!
Betrayal!
Temptation Versus Virtue!

Aspect To Include

A mysterious locket
A rare bird
A bad dream
A lever-action rifle
A forbidden book
A treasure map
A piece of undiscovered technology
A monkey
A severed hand
A small town

Theme

Chaos always trumps order
Love will save the day
Love will fuck everything up
Vanity is man’s downfall
Nature is man’s greatest enemy
Man’s greatest enemy is himself
Sex is power
Never make a deal with the devil
Mankind’s imperative is to discover
Innocence can never be regained