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

hey, don't worry if you DON'T write an extra story. No One KNOWS!

This is my first time doing this. I am really looking forward to it.

Give: I like writing urban fantasy/sci fi. I like to keep it light-hearted and fun, no gratuitous sex or gore.

Receive: A woman orders what she thinks is a lovely piece of home décor on eBay but it turns out to be a dragon egg and it just started to hatch.

DianneM said:

This is my first time doing this. I am really looking forward to it.

Give: I like writing urban fantasy/sci fi. I like to keep it light-hearted and fun, no gratuitous sex or gore.

Receive: A woman orders what she thinks is a lovely piece of home décor on eBay but it turns out to be a dragon egg and it just started to hatch.

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Great prompt!

Oh, yay. I thought I'd missed the deadline. I'd like to sign up to give and receive please.

GIVE: I mostly write romance (f/f, m/m, or f/m all fine) but I'm happy to write fantasy and soft scifi with no romantic elements too. I'm not good at horror, suspense, or hard scifi. I am happy to write violence, gore, sex scenes...etc. I'm happy to write about humanoid fantastical creatures/aliens...etc but please no talking animals. And I enjoy writing humorous things but not anything off-the-wall zany.

RECEIVE: I'd like to read a light-hearted story about lesbian dragons. Doesn't have to be a romance, they can simply be friends who know each other and happen to be gay. I'd prefer humanoid or able to transform into humanoid dragons and I'd prefer something light-hearted for this prompt with a happy ending. Please no sexual violence or any other serious business topics, and no in-story homophobia.

MORE PARTCIPANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tianaluthien said:

MORE PARTCIPANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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And we're both in the mood for dragons

I did some maths! Because numbers are fun.

By my count, we have 14 new people who didn't play last year but are in this year. (Welcome, y'all, if you haven't played before, you're in for good times!)

There are 17 people from last year who have not yet signed up. You know who you are *coughCobracough*

So, potentially, we could absolutely destroy our count from last year considering we only need four more to tie it. *coughThreeifCobragetshisnameincough* Man I am so sorry, I think I have something in my throat.

Ahh, good old peer pressure

Maggie Maxwell said:

Ahh, good old peer pressure

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Maggie Maxwell said:

Ahh, good old peer pressure

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Well done!

Heh, Cobra's prompt reminds me of a one-liner I came up with a while back, but have never used.

"For sale: My soul. Good condition. Never used."

CobraMisfit said:

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...I just noted a lot of my responses lately have consisted of a single emoji. In an attempt to rectify that, I'm adding potentially pointless text to state the obvious. You're welcome.

(Yes, I have had wine why do you ask?)

CobraMisfit said:

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That just killed me.

It's a good thing Maxwell put on the peer pressure, otherwise I would have. XD

Worth it. How could we miss out on

CobraMisfit said:

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I don't even need context. I just can't believe the context even exists.

I do wonder how you prove you're a serious buyer?

_Sian_ said:

I do wonder how you prove you're a serious buyer?

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Only used once.

ONLY used once.

ONLY USED ONCE.

Would it make a difference if it was used more than once?

Well, to be fair, it could've belonged to a vampire who was staked by Buffy. That would make it alright, right?

Well, no, probably not.

Welp, here we go! I'd like to sign up for both.

GIVE: Would like to expand my horizons and attempt to evade my would-be guessers (Tiddlywinks, JJ Litke, Maggie Maxwell, et al.) by writing a very un-Griffins, serious story this year. So, no overtly comic prompts please. Still not attempting a romance though!

RECEIVE: Your protagonist is hosting a banquet for ghosts in the Arizonian desert. The why, how, and what happens next is up to you!

Hiya...

I've never done this before Hope I do it right...

Um. So. Both I suppose?

Giving: Anything really, but I lean ridiculous; I do better when tinged with ridiculous I think.

Receiving Prompt: Give me a story in which a loom features prominently as an obstacle, an antagonist, or a primary instrument of the antagonist. "Loom" can be interpreted broadly and can make things other than cloth if you like, as long as it's still loomy enough to be called a loom. The loom can also switch sides if you want at some point in the story, as long as it is used somewhere, and affectingly, for villainy, or general obstruction to the protagonist's goal.

buzhidao said:

Hiya...

I've never done this before Hope I do it right...

Um. So. Both I suppose?

Giving: Anything really, but I lean ridiculous; I do better when tinged with ridiculous I think.

Receiving Prompt: Give me a story in which a loom features prominently as an obstacle, an antagonist, or a primary instrument of the antagonist. "Loom" can be interpreted broadly and can make things other than cloth if you like, as long as it's still loomy enough to be called a loom. The loom can also switch sides if you want at some point in the story, as long as it is used somewhere, and affectingly, for villainy, or general obstruction to the protagonist's goal.

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Love your prompt

^^^ really good

buzhidao said:

Receiving Prompt: Give me a story in which a loom features prominently as an obstacle, an antagonist, or a primary instrument of the antagonist. "Loom" can be interpreted broadly and can make things other than cloth if you like, as long as it's still loomy enough to be called a loom. The loom can also switch sides if you want at some point in the story, as long as it is used somewhere, and affectingly, for villainy, or general obstruction to the protagonist's goal.

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A Loom? If ever there was a fanfic waiting to be written...

buzhidao said:

Receiving Prompt: Give me a story in which a loom features prominently as an obstacle, an antagonist, or a primary instrument of the antagonist. "Loom" can be interpreted broadly and can make things other than cloth if you like, as long as it's still loomy enough to be called a loom. The loom can also switch sides if you want at some point in the story, as long as it is used somewhere, and affectingly, for villainy, or general obstruction to the protagonist's goal.

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This is an excellent prompt!

We now have exactly 50 people.

One more person to meet the record.

Two more people to break it.