Creative flu or short stories that keep nagging to be written

Creative fiction short stories are rather like colds or flu. They'll bug you until you have a good sneeze and let them out.

I've had a science fiction (SF) short story that's been nagging me to be written for something like three years now. You know the sort of thing. Somebody tells you about a story they've written and, ping, your mind conjures up a variation.

Like a cold that needs to break, this SF short story keeps niggling me and wanting to come out.

Problem is I don't write Sci Fi and don't particularly want to.

While this short Sci-Fi story has been nagging me, I've written lots of other fictional stories so it isn't a question of writer's block or anything like that.

Maybe I'm just a stubborn old *** that doesn't like to be pushed around.

Here's the real rub. It's now been joined by another short story that also want to get into print.

Aaaaeghhh! They're ganging up on me!

It's a romantic Thomas Crown Affair chess short horror story ... You know the sort of thing. Lots of sultry eye contact while chess pieces are moved about the chess board like the hero and heroine want to manipulate each other. It's got a twist that makes it a bit different and a touch of horror. But I'm not sure how different it would be so that's perhaps why I don't want to write it.

What about a short story about a short story writer driven mad by a plague of creative short story ideas that won't leave him alone.

Oh no! Not another!

Perhaps I should just sneeze, give in and go down with a really good dose of creative flu and get it over with ...

But how long would the respite last? There are so many creativity germs about.

Bye for now

Rob

(Rob Hopcott - online author all bunged up with creative writing flu)