Title: Ageless
Fandom: Christmas Classics (such as Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, How Mrs. Claus Saved Christmas, and Jack Frost) and a cameo from another certain ageless classic
Author: Apache Firecat
Characters: Nicholas/Layla, Rudolph/Clarice
Rating: PG-13/T
Summary: One Christmas Day morn, Missus Claus awakens, knowing her husband is in trouble.
Word Count: 2876
Written For: The author's 12 Days of Christmas 2023, and also fulfilling Fan FlashWorks Challenge 429: Amnesty: Challenges 424 - 428: Guest, String, Dash, Map, and Rain
Warnings: N/A
Disclaimer: All characters within belong to their rightful owners, not the author, and are used without permission.





( Read more... )

The Map challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Spooks (MI5): Fic: Pawprints on a Map, by smallhobbit
Teen Wolf: Fan Fiction: Traitor's Map, by darkjediqueen
Torchwood: Fanfic: Mapping The Maze, by badly_knitted
Warrior Nun: Fanfic: Wherever it leads, by sisterdivinium
Guardian: fanfic: How to map the heart, by china_shop
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Hide and Seek, by veronyxk84
Silmarillion: Fanfic: Maps and String, by lferion
Hanson; Fiction; Finally Getting Out, by andersenmom
The Rat Patrol: fanfic, by shannnon_foraker
THE DOG Island: Fanart: A Trail, by winter_doggo
Torchwood: Fanfic: A wrong turn, by m_findlow
Women's Soccer RPF: Fanfiction: So in Love, So in Love, by infinitum_noctem
Suits : fanfic : Behind the Times, by highlander_ii


\o/ \o/ \o/

Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.

New challenge coming right up!

Title: Behind the Times
Fandom: Suits
Rating: PG
Length: 245 words
Content notes: none apply
Summary: Mike and Harvey are driving somewhere... for something.


( Behind the Times )

Title: So in Love, So in Love
Fandom: Women's Soccer RPF
Pairings: Hope Solo/Kelley O'Hara
Characters: Hope Solo, Kelley O'Hara
Rating: G
Length: 258 words
Author's Notes: Written for Challenge 427: Map at fan_flashworks, and fills the "Love Without Limits" square of my 2023 Valentine's Bingo Card. Also inspired by the Heart card in the Lenormand card deck.
Summary: Hope Solo is so in love with her family.

( Read more... )

Title: A wrong turn
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 3,019 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 427 - Map
Summary: Ianto and Sian’s camping trip ends up with them both far from where they should be.

( Read more... )

Title: A Trail
Fandom: THE DOG Island
Rating: G
Content notes: None
Summary: X marks the spot, as they say. You and Petasi have something to look for.
( Follow the trail... )

Title: Finally Getting Out
Fandom: Hanson
Rating: G
Length: 1458 words
Content notes: No warnings
Author notes: This was an interesting thing. I haven't written Hanson in over a decade.
Summary: They've been caught at this campsite for who knows how long, and they want to go home. Strange feelings or not, they're going up the mountain again.

( Finally Getting Out )

Title: Maps and String
Fandom: Silmarillion
Challenge: Map
Other prompt: Scribbles and Drabbles 2023 Slide #106 "Fabrics of the Forest" by Ysilme. Ysilme's lovely moodboard is here: Fabrics of the Forest
Rating: G
Length: 400
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: Thanks go to Zhie, for encouragement. Rundatoa -- Polished wood in Quenya -- is from Chestnut_pod's Elvish Name List
Summary: The top right-hand drawer of the map-cabinet had been stuck closed for nearly an Age.

( Maps and String )

Title: Hide and Seek
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: veronyxk84
Characters: Spike, Dawn
Rating: PG-13
Length: 200 (Google Docs)
Content notes: None
Spoilers/Setting: Missing scene; Set in S5 during ep. 5x19 “Tough Love”
Summary: Dawn and Spike are hiding from Glory
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Author notes: this scene is supposed to take place shortly before the canon scene where Spike tells Dawn: “Nothin’ to be worried about, kid. No one’s gonna hurt you.”

Challenge: #427 - Map

—
( READ: Hide and Seek / Double drabble )

Title: How to map the heart
Fandom: Guardian
Rating: G-rated
Length: 1353 words
Notes: The Mirror Girl in Dixing. Thanks to mergatrude for beta and title. ♥ No warnings.
Tags: Deportation/Displacement, Heartbreak, Hopeful Ending
Summary: The Black-Cloaked Envoy had brought her to a boarding house.

( How to map the heart )

Title: Wherever it leads
Fandom: Warrior Nun
Characters: Jillian Salvius
Rating: G
Length: 856 words
Content notes: Features some light pondering on religion, lighter still concerning death.
Author notes: Takes place somewhere during 1x09
Summary: Jillian reflects that sometimes there is no telling where a map will ultimately take us.

( She who so fiercely sought to evade death... )

Title: Mapping The Maze
Fandom: Torchwood
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack, Team.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 675
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Ianto knows more about the Hub’s layout than anyone else, but there’s still more to discover, if he ever gets the opportunity.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 427: Map.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.

Title: Traitor's Map
Series: Quiet Riot
Rating: R
Warnings: Abuse, Animal Death, Battle, Blood, Burning, Brutal Injuries, Death, Dismemberment, Graphic Language, Hand-to-Hand Combat, Explicit Sex, Imprisonment, Intense Violence, Murder, Physical Torture, Poisoning, Psychological Torture, War, Dead Dove Do Not Eat
Fandom: Teen Wolf, The Empyrean, 9-1-1
Relationships: Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Background Pairings
Tags: The Empyrean Fusion, Alternate Universe
Summary: Peter knew that he had enough information to doom his whole family, but in the end, they were with him in this anyway, for the better of everyone.
Word Count: 5,301
Author Notes: This all takes place prior to the events of Fourth Wing. The warnings for the series as a whole, as I will probably touch on all topics as I write. Please heed the warnings and take care of yourself; this takes place in and around a very brutal military college where killing other students is more than allowed most of the time. Prepare to enter Basgiath War College.
Beta: Grammarly

Title: Pawprints on a Map
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 348
Summary: Indicating a destination is not always easy when you are a werewolf

Our new challenge is:

MAP

As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for you.

Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4pm Pacific Time on Sunday, 10th December. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom and challenge. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.

All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post.

Reminder: We've removed the media tags, but please continue to post your entries with subject lines in the format: [fandom]: [media]: [title] - thanks!

Also, keep an eye out for the next ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)