OK, I've been threatening this for some time, but it now seems the right time to do it.

For the third year, I'm doing a fast fiction challenge. As a reminder, this is The Challenge:

Reply with a title (maximum of four words) about which you'd like me to write a fast fiction of exactly 200 words, together with a single word you want me to include in the text of the tale.

(Completely daft suggestions will be ignored, so no suggestions of "antidisestablishmentarianism" along with a title of "sex lives of cornflakes".)

I'll try to do one a day, starting in a couple of days, but as always... no promises.

OK, go.

The list of the first one hundred and something stories done in 2005 is here and those done in 2006 are here. Downloadable pdfs of my favourite stories from the two years are here (2005) and here (2006).

I'm hoping that people will plug this on blogs, journals, mailing lists, etc., so feel free to hype this to anyone and everyone. Non LJ members can either post the suggestions using LJ's "anonymous post" thing (but please ask them to remember to identify themselves so I can let them know it's been done!) or email me on budgie at hypotheticals dot co dot uk.

The URL for this entry, by the way, if you want to link to it, is: http://budgie_uk.livejournal.com/789458.html.