Category: Fiction

Song Title Challenge #15: Marijuana – Brujeria

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is Marijuana by Brujeria and the genre is Horror/Thriller.  Thanks to bumblepuppies for the suggestion.

Marijuana

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Song Title Challenge #14: Battle Hymn of the Republic – Julia Ward Howe

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is The Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe and the genre is Crime/Mystery.  Thanks to bumblepuppies for the suggestion.

Battle Hymn of the Republic

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Song Title Challenge #13: Purple Rain – Prince (I think)

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

I got several suggestions this week and it was quite hard to pick one.  At least I can assure you there are some interesting titles coming up.

This week’s song is Purple Rain by Prince (at least, I think his name was Prince at the time the song came out).  It was suggested by one of my Facebook friends.

I cheated a bit with this one.  Let’s see if you can figure out what I did 😉 (Hint: it has something to do with style)

Purple Rain

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Song Title Challenge #12: Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles

It’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  You can pick your own genre or use the one suggested to me.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bangles and the genre is Romance.  Thanks to Bumblepuppies for the suggestion.

(I might mention here that when it comes to reading I don’t touch Romance with a ten-foot pole, so feel free to point out the shortcomings of my piece and mock me relentlessly 😉  Also, you’ll notice I didn’t reference the title directly – usually I try to, but it didn’t work this time and I don’t force it.)

Walk Like An Egyptian

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Song Title Challenge #11: Dirty Laundry – Don Henley

The temptation is very big to write something about the new Doctor (especially since I see none of my fellow Whovians on my blogroll has done so yet), but that’ll have to wait for tomorrow as it’s time for this week’s Song Title Challenge.

This week there’s a twist:  After my previous piece, Bumblepuppies remarked that he (or she – it’s never really come up) is going to give me a title with no potential fantasy or sci-fi connections (if you’ve been reading my fictional pieces you would know that’s what I tend to write – not so much by conscious choice, though; it’s simply what comes out).  I immediately accepted the challenge.  The terms are as follow:  I have to write fantasy or SF on anything Bumblepuppies throws at me.  If I succeed, I win Bumblepuppies’s eternal respect (until the next one).  If I fail, Bumblepuppies gets to laugh at me (which is okay as there’s an entire ocean between us, so I won’t hear it).

But I’m expanding the side-challenge also to you, my other readers:  From today, if you suggest a title, you will have the option of also giving me the genre in which the piece must be written.  I’m going to limit it to the standard genres (and no cross-over) because there’s only so much one can do in 300 words, but that may very well change in future.

As always, you’re welcome to take part.  Write a short piece of fiction, around 300 words, using the song title as your story title but don’t listen to the song.  Remember to link back to this post so I can find yours.

If you would like to suggest a song title for a future post, you can do so from the challenge page.  You can also leave a suggestion on the Facebook page.

This week’s song is Dirty Laundry by Don Henly and the genre is Fantasy/Science Fiction.  Thank you to Bumblepuppies for the challenge.

Dirty Laundry

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