Title: Always Useful
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Jack O’Neill, Daniel Jackson.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 400
Spoilers/Setting: Early Season Two.
Summary: Jack has a slight problem, but Daniel has the solution.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 435: Amnesty 72, using Challenge 425: String.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Stargate SG-1, or the characters.

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.





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

The Goodies: Fanfic: String in his Step, by dandelionblizzard
Teen Wolf: Fan Fiction: Strings of Fate, by darkjediqueen
FAKE: Fanfic: Harsh Treatment, by badly_knitted
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Changes, by veronyxk84
Original: Poetry: String Sequence, by lferion
Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Fanfic: The Midnight Violin, by smallhobbit
Women's Soccer RPF: Fanfiction: Heartstrings, by infinitum_noctem
no fandom: icons: musical instruments, by lilly_c
Guardian: fanfic: yesterday’s too close, tomorrow’s too far away, by china_shop
Honor Harrington:fanfic: She Spun A Web Of Chaos (Now It's Tearing Itself Apart), by shannnon_foraker
Torchwood: Fanfic: One hell of a yarn, by m_findlow
no fandom :: icons :: that's just, like, your opinion, man, by highlander_ii

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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: that's just, like, your opinion, man
Fandom: none (or science, maybe?)
Rating: G
Content notes: None apply
Summary: icons of images i found when i did a search for 'string theory'

string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called strings (wiki link)

from a Forbes article, string theory boils down to: at some fundamental level, all the different forces, particles, interactions and manifestations of reality are tied together as part of the same framework


( that's just, like, your opinion, man )

Title: One hell of a yarn
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 2,256 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 425 - String
Summary: Jack's is going to have a real tale to tell after this one.

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Title: yesterday’s too close, tomorrow’s too far away
Fandom: Guardian
Rating: Teen
Length: 2,420 words
Notes: Guo Changcheng, pre-Guo Changcheng/Chu Shuzhi, background SID team. Set during ep 11, after the trip to the Hanga mountains. This doesn’t 100% fit the timeline, but I decided not to care. ;-) Also for mergatrude's prompt, "Is that a bloodstain?" Title from song lyrics heard in the movie "Upcoming Summer" (I don't know the song, sorry). Much thanks to teaotter for beta. No warnings.
Tags: Sex toys, Embarrassment, Humor, Sexual awakening
Summary: Changcheng receives a product brochure that leads to a personal epiphany.

( yesterday’s too close, tomorrow’s too far away )

Title: musical instruments
Fandom: none/original
Rating: G
Content notes: icons of various string musical instruments including guitar, harp, ukulele, viola, violin
Artist notes: all images used are from a public domain image search
Summary: 5 icons of string musical instruments

( I used to be so rock 'n' roll )

Title: Heartstrings
Fandom: Women's Soccer RPF
Pairings: Hope Solo/Kelley O'Hara
Characters: Hope Solo, Kelley O'Hara
Rating: G
Length: 100 words
Author's Notes: Written for Challenge 425: String at fan_flashworks, and fills the "Wall/Tower" square of my 2023 Story Sparks + Drabble Fest Bingo Card. Also inspired by the Tower card in the Lenormand card deck.
Summary: The last seat of the bus used to be Hope's alone. Now it's reserved for Hope and Kelley.

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Title: The Midnight Violin
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: G
Length: 482
Summary: Holmes is playing late at night

( I groaned )

Title: String Sequence
Fandom: Original | Textile Arts
Challenge: String
Other prompt:
Rating: G
Length: 150
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: Thanks go to Zhie & Runa for encouragement & sanity-checking.
Summary: Strings sing the stories

( String Sequence )

Title: Changes
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: veronyxk84
Characters: Buffy, Willow
Rating: PG-13
Length: 200 (Google Docs)
Content notes: none
Spoilers/Setting: Missing scene; Set in S7, after ep. 7x13 “The Killer in Me”
Summary: Buffy tells Willow about Spike’s chip
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: some canon events from ep. 7x13 mentioned

Challenge: #425 - String

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( READ: Changes / Double drabble )

Title: Harsh Treatment
Fandom: FAKE
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo, JJ.
Rating: PG
Setting: Early in the manga.
Summary: Ryo doesn’t understand why Dee has to be so mean to JJ.
Word Count: 955
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 425: String.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.

Title: Strings of Fate
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Passive Suicidal Ideation, Forced Relationship (not between Derek/Stiles)
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Tags: Alternate Universe, Soulmates, Angst, Happy Ending
Summary: The day he woke up with his string broken, Stiles stopped hoping.
Word Count: 2,552
Beta: Grammarly

( Strings of Fate )

Title: String in his Step
Fandom: The Goodies
Rating: G
Length: 100w
Content notes: Incredibly light body horror?
Author notes: As soon as I saw the prompt, this song got stuck in my head.
Summary: It might as well be string.

Our new challenge is:

STRING

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 Monday, 20th November. 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!

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