The 2017-2018 Sekrit Solstice Sci-Fi Fantasy Story Swap

Some of the best things come from typos. Remember the 'dong garden' in the Cantina? That was a typo.

CobraMisfit said:

OH, THE SHAME!

Sorry about that. Fixed it on the sigh-up post. If I messed it up in my e-mail to you, apologies as well.

Okay, we're all caught up to Riv's prompt. Everyone should now have confirmation e-mails (thanks, gang), so if you don't have it and it's not in your spam folder, please let me know.

Also, I'd like to give a huge Thank You and round of applause to Esmae Tyler who pointed out to me that in the Rules, The Beta Option was listed as Rules #6, but when I reorganized everything, it was actually Rules #5.

Thank you for keeping us honest, Esmae!

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No worries at all. Just thought you'd want to know... in the interests of being correct and all. (and cause the anal spelling freak in me couldn't take it *g*)

Wait... we were supposed to READ those? I just zipped down to the sigh up here bit.

aliwood said:

Some of the best things come from typos. Remember the 'dong garden' in the Cantina? That was a typo.

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I don’t even go in there and I know about the dong garden.

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I have been known to have some pretty interesting/funny typos. I blame everything on autocorrect.

Wow. Look how long the thread is already. I better get in here.

I'm signing up to give and receive.

Give: I write science fiction and fantasy. I try to write other things, but then the aliens land and things happen, so expect whatever prompt I'm given to go to a SFF place. I also don't do sex scenes.

Receive: There's a line that keeps running through my head, and never goes anywhere. I'd like to see what someone else can do with it: "I keep telling mama there's ghosts in the walls." Genre can be anything, including horror, but nothing that would qualify as grimdark.

Last year, the story I received was completely unlike anything I had imagined with my prompt, and it was AWESOME. I can't wait for this year.

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *runs around in circles with a wine glass in each hand* *makes sure to avoid Tiddles who stole her wine last year*

*cough*

Sign me up for BOTH

Receive: Same prompt as always, make of it what you will: A tale for a winter's night. Set in winter -- either eternally or just the season, your choice -- and something with a happy ending. I'm a sucker for a good guy-meets-girl and they live happily ever after but how they come to it is up to you. Save the world? The city? The toast from being burnt? Fantasy/sci-fi/steampunk/fairytale retellings ok. No graphic violence or smexy times please.

Bonus points for including:
-sparkles
-the colour red
-a violin
-setting a work email/message/parchment/whatever on fire (*cough*)
-"It wasn't forbidden...but no one really talked about it." (dialogue or scene setting, your choice)

Give: I write scifi/fantasy/steampunk/Victoriana horror/fairytale retellings. I'll do some heat if you like but I don't write full-on sex scenes. Or graphic violence. Or smexy manatees in tutus. Or emo vampires. I'M JUST COVERING MY BASES OK.

IT'S THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAR!

tiddlywinks said:

*eyes narrow on the skull*
*Winks begins to sharpen her scythe*

Oh, and for the person who reppied me saying they totally got that I want pink fluffy kittens and rat patooties, you'll pay for that. (So Riv, there's one ahead of you on my requires-sparkles-of-death-and-destruction list.)

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Whew!

tiddlywinks said:

I have one of her alien probes! Add that to the sparkling bag of...um...stuff I'll leave on her doorstep, and I think we'll terrorize--er, I mean, cajole--her into bringing her mind-bending scifi into the mix.

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-Riv- said:

*scuttles off to hunt down the ever-elusive PastyAlien*
*thinks she may need to enlist the help of the goat to subdue Pasty and force her to sign up encourage Pasty to join in the fun*

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tiddlywinks said:

I have one of her alien probes! Add that to the sparkling bag of...um...stuff I'll leave on her doorstep, and I think we'll terrorize--er, I mean, cajole--her into bringing her mind-bending scifi into the mix.

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HEY! Quit talking about me. My eyestalks are burning--and not from that, ahem, encounter I had in the sigma-Orionis cluster.

You know what? It's become my goal to write a Sisyphus story for every member - eventually. Not all in one year. But over the next 40 or 50 years? Hell yes!

So Cobra, I guess you're stuck with me for the rest of our natural lives.

I am so very excited already. I should be preparing for my oral exam but instead I'm reading all the posts!

_Sian_ said:

I am so very excited already. I should be preparing for my oral exam but instead I'm reading all the posts!

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I have other things to do as well...but same.

I've been so MIA this year with school, work, and....writing...that it is soooooooooooooo good to be back

tianaluthien said:

I have other things to do as well...but same.

I've been so MIA this year with school, work, and....writing...that it is soooooooooooooo good to be back

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And welcome back, by the way

tianaluthien said:

I have other things to do as well...but same.

I've been so MIA this year with school, work, and....writing...that it is soooooooooooooo good to be back

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I feel much the same, but I always make time for the SSSFFSS because it matters. I was terrified my first year (and most years after), but it's a good kind of scared and eventually I might not be scared to finish my work and submit it somewhere. (The Abby Quinn story is a novel in progress now. Woot!)

Welcomia toia theia MIA Tia!!!

Also, I'm hoping someone other than Maggie might guess me this year. She has me pegged.

tjwriter said:

Also, I'm hoping someone other than Maggie might guess me this year. She has me pegged.

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Ehehe, I'll let you get guessed by someone else this time. XD

I hope I do a better job guessing this year. last year I'd only been on the site a few months, and didn't know anyone's style yet.

Cliff Face said:

You know what? It's become my goal to write a Sisyphus story for every member - eventually. Not all in one year. But over the next 40 or 50 years? Hell yes!

So Cobra, I guess you're stuck with me for the rest of our natural lives.

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this is the best goal

Awwwwww you guys are the best

*deposits plate of cookies and wanders off*

Wow, only 5 days in and we're already at 43 participants! Quick! Everyone rope in somebody new! Then we can beat our record for participation!

What's the record?

*cues up 17 fake AW accounts to join the madness*

Cliff Face said:

What's the record?

*cues up 17 fake AW accounts to join the madness*

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Last year, there were 51 participants.

we're close! we can do it!

Has someone created an announcement for the entire forum? That always helps get some new recruits.

I've invited someone this year.