FK Christmas drabble challenge
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In the proper tradition of FK challenges, she has met the challenge first herself, with three drabbles so far ( 1 , 2 , 3 ).
These are my half of the "door prize" drabbles (100 words each) written for the
on-time players in FKFicFest 2011. (See the
whole slate for eight more by amilyn. My thanks to her for beta-reading mine, and for writing hers!) They're assorted, answering a diversity of prompts.
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Available: | The Ficathon | My Fansite | The AO3 |
Length: | 8x100 words | |
Date: | FKFicFest 07/29/11 | |
Rating: | Assorted | |
Characters: | Nick, Natalie, Lacroix, Janette, Feliks, Reese, Jenny, Jody, Perry | |
Quotation: | "She had been growing, working, straining toward this almost since she could remember, before her school chorus, back to her dad’s cassette tapes. Stravinsky, Parker, Lennon... even polka." |
These seven miniature stories were my contribution to the "door
prizes" for on-time players in the May 2010 fkficfest game. (You can read the whole slate here,
with seven more drabbles by
amilyn
and one by
leela_cat.)
I'd written a drabble -- a 100-word story -- once before, but just the once. People often compare the discipline of a 100-word story to a haiku. The goal is to fit an entire, self-sufficient tale into the few words, not just an excerpt of a larger piece; I found it very challenging, and I know that my success varies across these selections.
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• | Title: | "Party Favors" (also on AO3) |
• | Length: | 7 x 100 words | |
• | Date: | Posted to ![]() |
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• | Rating: | Assorted | |
• | Quotation: | "The little camera on the patrol car's dashboard ensured that Vachon had to take it like a human." |
By my calendar, today (May 18, 2008) is the twelfth anniversary of the first broadcast of "Last Knight." Your syndication may have varied. I considered marking the day by digging up my original 2006 fkspoilr post responding to that airing. Instead, I sent "Clearing the Air" (my entry in Medie's drabble-a-thon) to fkfic-l and archived it on my site.
On this twelfth anniversary/memorial, I just wanted to say, hey, we're still here, and I'm so glad. Thank you, all!
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• | Title: | "Clearing the Air" |
• | Length: | 100 words | |
• | Date: | Posted to FKFic-L May 18, 2008 | |
• | Rating: | G (gen) | |
• | Summary: | Tracy asks Natalie why things are so strained between them. | |
• | Setting: | During "My Boyfriend is a Vampire" | |
• | Characters: | Tracy, Natalie | |
• | Quotation: | "Do you blame me for Detective Schanke and Captain Cohen's deaths?" |
I wrote these Highlander snippets in my notebook back when I used to take the train to work. There are two ripped-out pages between them; I don't remember why I ripped them out.
• | Title: | "Conversational Snippets" |
• | Length: | ~200 words |
• | Date: | February 2005 |
• | Rating: | G |
• | Summary: | Just two unrelated snatches of dialogue. |
• | Setting: | Unspecified, after third-season |
• | Characters: | Duncan, Methos and Joe |