SFF Sekrit Santa Spectacular 2K11 Edition

geardrops · Sep 28, 2011

Bump to keep this on page one. Only, like, eleven days remaining to sign up

AnnieColleen · Sep 28, 2011

I keep forgetting to come back here and SIGN UP!

Prompt: pick a song, and write the story behind the song. The catch is: it can't be a story we already know. (so, a song with no obvious story attached, or the obvious story has it wrong.)

Anywhere on the SFF spectrum, or close to it. Cleverness and Things Are Not What They Seem (Scott Lynch, Neil Gaiman) are always fun.

Re gore, sex, swearing - dialed down or none, pretty please.

Fenika · Sep 28, 2011

Some of these prompts are already getting my muse twitching

Kateness · Sep 28, 2011

Some of them have my muse shaking

JSDR · Sep 29, 2011

Sup party people!

SIGN ME UP, please!

Prompt: I prefer fantasy with strong, witty protags (moar badassery!), tropes with a twist (cannibal elves, anyone?), maybe a little romanticalness (any combination of sexes, but keep it a couple) and since it's a present, how about a happy ending. Special request - include one or several WTF moments - sneak in a joke or pun, crazy plot twist, etc.

Things I no like: scat/golden showers, whining, bestiality.

lufftocraft · Sep 29, 2011

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I like anything fantasy or light sci-fi. Please no heavy tech/gadget descriptions. Humor preferred, romance fine, any supernatural creatures welcome, No worries with language or violence except no child violence.

If you feel like a challenge my favorite things in RL are dolphins, quilting, music and absolutely anything purple see if you can work any or all of those things somewhere into the story.

geardrops · Sep 29, 2011

Woo 16 people!

megan_d · Sep 29, 2011

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Prompt: I would like a classic road trip story, but with spaceships.

Anything goes as far as I'm concerned, you can make it as tame or as extreme as you want.

This is gonna be fun!

bearilou · Oct 3, 2011

bumps

And to make it relevant...OMG IS IT TIME YET? :hooray:

Pthom · Oct 3, 2011

bearilou said:
bumps

And to make it relevant...OMG IS IT TIME YET?

Nope:

dempsey said:
THE TIMELINE (all deadlines are Pacific time because that's where I live)

~~Signup Thread Opens: September 20th~~

Signup Thread Closes: October 10th

Assignments Given Out: October 11th

Gifts Due: December 20th

Slackards still have 7 days to weigh in on this deal. If you know any slackards, whup 'em up side the head with a sheaf of 92 bright copy paper and tell 'em to get their butts in gear.

geardrops · Oct 3, 2011

Thanks for keeping the thread bumped, guys! :heart:

And yes, Pthom has it right, ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT. Sign up, folks!!

Etola · Oct 4, 2011

*been thinking about my prompt way too long*

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Prompt: Flight

Bonus sub-prompt: What's in the box?

Yes: I love fantasy first, but I have been known to enjoy soft sci-fi on occasion. If you're going to go dark, I prefer bittersweet to tragic. Not going to get any more specific than that, because I would like to keep the writer's playing field wide open. Peter S. Beagle, Neil Gaiman and Ray Bradbury give me squees.

No, Just No: Excessive Gore/Violence, erotica, flat love interests

maxmordon · Oct 4, 2011

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I have a knack for classical detectives archetypes (Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, Miss Marble, etc.) using their classical monologues in unusual situations and settings like Steampunk era, outer space, high fantasy realm, etc.

Just nothing over 4,000 words and no Lovecraftian, please. That has been done to death.

thewakingself · Oct 4, 2011

Pthom said:
If you know any slackards, whup 'em up side the head with a sheaf of 92 bright copy paper and tell 'em to get their butts in gear.

Someone in this thread has listened and done her duty--consider this slackard whupped. Ow.

SIGNUP!

Okay, I'm in the mood for a fairy tale.* It can either be a retelling or one of your own, but the darker the fantasy, the better. If you do retell, try to use something more obscure like "Fitcher's Bird" or folklore like "Baba Yaga." Bonus points if your story's set in a different culture or secondary world.

I want subversion, I want diverse characters with actual agency. None of this "damsel in distress" crap. I'm fine with language and gore and sex, but please don't be gratuitous.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

*Plz to not have actual fairies though, kthx.

Pthom · Oct 4, 2011

Whut's wrong wit fairies? Would they be okay if we spelled it faerie?

AlexPiper · Oct 4, 2011

Sign me up too!

Now, I have a fondness for fantasy stories centered around dreams. That's something I often enjoy writing just for myself, so I think I'd like to see someone else's take on such a thing. Dark fairy-tale, epic poem, whatever. Have fun with it!

thewakingself · Oct 5, 2011

Pthom said:
Whut's wrong wit fairies? Would they be okay if we spelled it faerie?

Wellll... I might be okay with fairies/fae/faeries so long as they aren't the cute and cuddly kind. Like, if we're talking a fairy godmother, she'd better not be all lollipops and sunshine and glitter.

AnnieColleen · Oct 5, 2011

Given who's asking, they might turn out to be robotic or alien instead.

Pthom · Oct 5, 2011

heh. I get a faerie assignment and you can be damn sure they won't be any cute little diaphanous damsel fly-like cuties with tutus on spewing sparkles.

Well, they might be diaphanous--hard to see--and they might spew sparkles--deadly ones. But they definitely will not be cute.

Except maybe to their mothers. You know how mothers are.

CheG · Oct 6, 2011

I saw this last year but didn't try it, but this year I'd like to put my skills (and my new Dragon software) to the test!

SIGN ME UP!!

Things I like: Tropical Venice, cities with canals and boats, houseboats, boat markets, FOOD, especially desert! I can't eat sugar or chocolate so I obsess over food a lot. I like ghosts, secondary world fantasy, mythical and made-up beasties, magic, and cool characters. Male or female is fine. Kicking butt not necessary but not discouraged either. Romance is a hard sell for me. I like Jane Austin... Gore, swearing etc. all good. I hope this is an ok list... OH! And I do like vampires

Things I don't like: Not into erotica so much but i do love fetish fashion! So if you can work in a guy in a corset that would be awesome.

I like anime and manga, Hayao Miyazaki, Hellsing, Sugar Sugar Rune, anything cool and cute! Authors- China Mieville (aka GOD), Chuck Pahlanuik, Peter Watts, Garth Nix, Jacqueline Carey, Kim Newman

geardrops · Oct 7, 2011

So it's currently Friday. I'm closing signups whenever I get to a computer on Monday morning. Meaning if you're going to sign up, this weekend is your LAST CHANCE.

Pthom · Oct 9, 2011

Last Call for late comers! Sign up now or forever wish you were more on the ball.

zanzjan · Oct 9, 2011

Huh. Just saw this now. Okay, I'm game: SIGNUP

I'd like something involving lost Vikings. SF is good, F is almost as good. I'm not really that picky.

I'm not a fan of graphic sex, sexual violence, or bad things happening to children. Otherwise, go wild.

lastlittlebird · Oct 9, 2011

I've been putting this off because I can't think of a prompt!

Now my time has run out, so
SIGN ME UP!

OK, my prompt is: elevators.
Sci-fi or fantasy. Sorry I'm not more specific

I am fine with violence, sex, swearing, sex...

Thank you!

Etola · Oct 10, 2011

*eagerly awaits the assignments*

SFF Sekrit Santa Spectacular 2K11 Edition

Good thing I like my day job

Invisible Writer

wants moar baddassery.

Good thing I like my day job

Falling in the milk

DenturePunk writer

Word butcher

Good thing I like my day job

Still looking for stars...

Penúltimo

Plays with fire.

Word butcher

Wayward Wordsmith

Plays with fire.

Invisible Writer

Word butcher

Good thing I like my day job

Word butcher

killin' all teh werds

avem narrans

Still looking for stars...