BUNNY APOCALYPSE
What is the bunny apocalypse? It is a flash fiction collaboration penned by twenty writers and then published on the moderators blog concluding on, appropriately enough, Easter day.
What is
flash fiction? I had no idea either. The always amazing Ksenia Anske
put out a call on Twitter last week for writers interested in doing an Easter
flash fiction called Bunny Apocalypse. Of course, having no idea what that was,
armed only with the information above and the fact I had a 500 - 600 word limit, I
jumped right in. I had this picture in my head of the Easter Bunny à la William
Wallace in the movie Braveheart that just delighted me. I
assumed each writer came up with an individual short piece. I hammered mine out
real quick and zipped an email to Ksenia; I really
wanted to make the cut (there was a black leather duster with a hole for the
tail, plus purple war paint because Lenten vestments are purple). I was excited
and symbolic.
I was also wrong;
flash fiction is a round robin. Not helping? The first chapter sets up the initial premise. Each subsequent entry builds off the previous until there is one piece of collaborative fiction written [in this
case] by twenty different authors.
My dorky
enthusiasm got my entry voted as the lead. And now I get the unique
pleasure of watching the story as it unfolds. I’ve already read the next several
chapters ahead of the one I wrote. It gets dark, fast, and it is funny. This is
going to be a bloody, bunny, good time.
The Bunny
Apocalypse goes live today 9:30 pst/12:30 est.
Easter will never be the same.
CLICK HERE
------------------->>>>>>>>>> Ksenia Anske
And don’t
forget to follow the #bunnyapocalypse
on Twitter
or we’ll send the Peeps
after you
Hahaha! A great blog entry, Becky, to accompany a great opening chapter.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you've read your tweets yet, but i blogged this morning and now your lovely face graces my blog!
Well done, and thank you for the wonderful beginning which made things easier for me xx
Thanks David! I'm having a great time with this. Now I have to log on to Twitter & then find your blog. The bunnies have taken over!
DeleteFantastic opener, Becky, and thanks so much for jumping ahead and writing the 1st Chapter. Hold on to your whiskers, this will get crazy fast!
ReplyDeleteI've my whiskers firmly in hand *wink* no worries!
DeleteIt WAS a great opening! I don't know wy, but this line gets me EVERY time: "They bounced, they pounced, and they ate carrots by the bushel." I love his four claw salute too =) It was a genius set up for everyone else to build off! Great job!
ReplyDeleteBTW - just so you know, flash fiction IS usually a short story written by one person, about 500-600 words. It's just usually something done quickly, and about a given subject. Sometimes there are flash fiction contests where you compete against other writers for honorary titles. Ksenia is just doing something truly ground breaking with flash fiction + building on each other = full story once done. I'm so happy to be a part of it too! =)
I'm partial to his coat, personally ;)
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