RULES





There are only a few to remember…

1. This is a community for ficlets and fics of any length, be as long or as short as you want to be.

2. ficlet_zone is a monthly challenge community. There will be a new prompt posted on or around the fifteenth of every month. Challenges will remain open at all times; there are no deadlines, so dip into any challenge that strikes your fancy. Obviously this means there’s no need for Amnesty weeks.

3. You must be a member of the community to post here, but there is no limit to the number of fics and ficlets you can post for each challenge. Post your fics as entries to the community, NOT as comments to the challenge posts. You can either post direct to the community, or to your own journal wherever it happens to be, with just a header and link posted to the community.

4. Please post ficlets one to a post if posting direct to the community. If you’re linking from elsewhere you can put several in a post, each with its own header if they’re all in the same fandom. When posting direct, please put the body of the post under a cut so that only the header visible.

5. Please include at least Title, Fandom, Author, Rating, Challenge, and a short summary in your headers. Include Warnings and Spoilers if you feel they’re needed.

6. You DO NOT need to use your prompt word or phrase in your fic. How you use a prompt is entirely up to you. Please note in your header which song or episode title you're using as your prompt though.

7. Please play nice; be polite to fellow writers and the mod.

8. Questions and suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post. Requests for fandom or other tags can be left on the Tag Request post.


Tagging


Please tag your entry with any tags that apply. These should include at least challenge, rating, and fandom. For crossovers, please use the crossover tag as well as tags for the fandoms used. For RPF, use the rpf tag and one or more fandom tags. I'll be adding fandom tags as needed, so if there's no tag for your fandom, please ask at the 'Tag Requests' post. There is no limit to the number of fandom tags you can request.

There will also be tags for slash, femslash, het, and gen, under the ‘type’ heading, and for alternate universe, crossover, rpf, and original fic, under the ‘category’ heading. If I'm missing anything essential, please ask at the 'Tag Requests' post.




Challenges


There will be two kinds of challenge, which I hope to alternate.


Song Title Challenges

This is where a singer or band will be selected and the titles of any of their songs can be used as the prompt for your fic.


Reverse Fandom Challenges

This is where a fandom is selected and the titles of any of its episodes can be used as the prompt for your fic. Your fics can be in any fandom, you don’t have to write in the challenge fandom - unless you want to. (I hope that makes sense.)


Come in and have fun; everybody, and every fandom, is welcome!

This month's challenge is:





Click on the challenge, pick any song title, or more than one, as inspiration, and start writing!


Reminder of Rules

Entries can be any length you like. You can post as many entries to each challenge as you're inspired to write.
If posting direct to the community, please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Category, Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your fic, though you can if you like. Please include the song or episode title you use in your header.
Suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post.
There is no deadline for entries.

Have fun!

Title: Tricksters and Fools
Author: enchanted_jae
Fandom: Cal Leandros
Characters: Cal, Robin
Rating: PG
Warning(s): Mild language, first person pov (Cal's)
Word count: 100
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of Rob Thurman, et al. This drabble/fic was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for: ficlet_zone Prompt No. 96 – Cheers titles. I chose: Fools and Their Money.
Summary: A Trickster is as a Trickster does.

Tricksters and Fools

Title: No Will
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Author: smallhobbit
Rating: G
Challenge: #96 - Cheers - Where there's a will
Spoilers: None
Summary: Because Lucas' father failed to leave a will, there are those who wish to object. Had there been a will, there should have been fewer problems.

No Will on AO3

This month's challenge is:






Click on the challenge, pick any episode title, or more than one, as inspiration, and start writing!


Reminder of Rules

Entries can be any length you like. You can post as many entries to each challenge as you're inspired to write.
If posting direct to the community, please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Category, Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your fic, though you can if you like. Please include the song or episode title you use in your header.
Suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post.
There is no deadline for entries.

Have fun!

Title: Rumors and Reminders
Author: enchanted_jae
Fandom: Cal Leandros
Characters: Cal, Robin/Ishiah
Rating: PG13
Warning(s): Suggestion, first person pov (Cal's)
Word count: 100
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of Rob Thurman, et al. This drabble/fic was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for: ficlet_zone Prompt No. 95 – Asleep at the Wheel songs. I chose: Somebody Stole His Body.
Summary: Cal is a ray of darkness.

Rumors and Reminders

Title: Dead Girl Walking
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #92 Dead Like Me - Dead Girl Walking
Fandom(s): The Sentinel
Pairing(s): very background Jim Ellison/Blair Sandburg
Wordcount: 8,703
Warning(s): serial killer, off-screen murders, physical assault

Summary: The Bayside Strangler has Cascade in a chokehold during the summer of 1997, and an unassuming dress shop clerk will have to work with CPD if they have any chance of putting an end to the killings.

Title: Well, it is Raining!
Fandom: Hercule Poirot
Author: smallhobbit
Rating: G
Challenge: #95 - Asleep at the Wheel - Don't get caught out in the rain
Spoilers: None
Summary: Hastings comes in very wet; Poirot does not approve.

Well, it is Raining!

This month's challenge is:






Click on the challenge, pick any song title, or more than one, as inspiration, and start writing!


Reminder of Rules

Entries can be any length you like. You can post as many entries to each challenge as you're inspired to write.
If posting direct to the community, please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Category, Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your fic, though you can if you like. Please include the song or episode title you use in your header.
Suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post.
There is no deadline for entries.

Have fun!

Title: Cheat Day
Author: enchanted_jae
Fandom: Cal Leandros
Author's note: In a perfect world, we would all treat one another with kindness and respect, our pets would live as long as we do, and Niko would never have cut that glorious long blond fall of his hair.
Characters: Cal, Niko
Rating: PG13
Warning(s): Language, first person pov (Cal's)
Word count: 240
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of Rob Thurman, et al. This drabble/fic was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for: ficlet_zone Prompt No. 94 – The Good Doctor titles. I chose: pain, smile, fractured, change of perspective, cheat day, broken or not.
Summary: There are no cheat days when your brother is a fitness freak.

Cheat Day

Title: Steeped In Remembrance
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #93 Mariah Carey - All I Live For
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): Pre-John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Wordcount: 982
Warning(s): canonical character deaths (The Last Man ep), grief/mourning

Summary: Rodney is performing his second Athosian tea ceremony, this time for himself as he remembers everyone he's lost since John went missing through the Gate.

Title: Fake It (Till You Make It)
Author: brumeier
Challenge: #94 The Good Doctor - Risk and Reward
Fandom(s): Trixie Belden Mysteries/The Three Investigators
Wordcount: 1,274
Warning(s): shady dealings in a warehouse, a knife is produced but not used

Summary: Trixie has to think on her feet when her case is about to go sideways, but can she trust the stranger who gets mistaken for her non-existent partner?

Title: A Piece of Cake
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Author: smallhobbit
Rating: G
Challenge: #94 - The Good Doctor - A Piece of Cake
Spoilers: None
Summary: Lucas is out on a job

This month's challenge is:







Click on the challenge, pick any episode title, or more than one, as inspiration, and start writing!


Reminder of Rules

Entries can be any length you like. You can post as many entries to each challenge as you're inspired to write.
If posting direct to the community, please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Category, Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your fic, though you can if you like. Please include the song or episode title you use in your header.
Suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post.
There is no deadline for entries.

Have fun!

Title: Do In the Clowns
Author: enchanted_jae
Fandom: Cal Leandros
Author's note: In a perfect world, we would all treat one another with kindness and respect, our pets would live as long as we do, and Niko would never have cut that glorious long blond fall of his hair.
Characters: Cal
Rating: PG13
Warning(s): Language, first person pov (Cal's)
Word count: 185
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of Rob Thurman, et al. This drabble/fic was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for: ficlet_zone Prompt No. 93 – Mariah Carey song titles. I chose: After Tonight, Close My Eyes, Clown.
Summary: Even monsters have nightmares.

Do In the Clowns

Title: 'The Whole Bloody Business'
Fandom: The Monkees
Author: but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Challenge: #38: Reverse Fandom: Psych ('High Noon-ish')
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Notes: Crossposted to genprompt_bingo and whatif_au

Summary: I ain't the new schoolmarm.

( The Whole Bloody Business )

Title: 'The Accusation'
Fandom: The Monkees/Doctor Who
Author: but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Challenge: #45: U2 Song Titles ('With or Without You')
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Notes: Crossposted to genprompt_bingo and whatif_au

Summary: Still flummoxed and frightened, Davy and Mike stared at each other.

( The Accusation )

Title: 'Wasting Time'
Fandom: Labyrinth
Author: but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Challenge: #39: Dolly Parton Song Titles ('Run That By Me One More Time'/'Is It Real'/'I'm Wasting Your Time and You're Wasting Mine'/'We'd Have To Be Crazy'/'Working on a Dream'/'A Gamble Either Way'/'Speakin' of the Devil'/'I've Been This Way too Long'/'Fighting Kind'/'Unlikely Angel'/'Halos and Horns'/'Tomorrow is Forever')
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Notes: Crossposted to whatif_au and genprompt_bingo

Summary: Smirking, Jareth leaned close, staring into her eyes.

( Wasting Time )

Title: 'Two Evils'
Fandom: Friends
Author: but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: PG
Challenge: #50: Reverse Fandom: Elementary ('The Woman'/'Heroine'/'The Adventure of the Nutmeg Concoction'/'Possibility Two'/'Lesser Evils'/'Details')
Warnings: Brief mention of murder
Notes: Crossposted to whatif_au and genprompt_bingo

Summary: "Fine. I confess--I killed him," she announced.

( Two Evils )

Title: All I Want For Christmas
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Author: smallhobbit
Rating: G
Challenge: #93 - Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You
Spoilers: None
Summary: Don't believe all you see

All I Want For Christmas

This month's challenge is:





Click on the challenge, pick any song title, or more than one, as inspiration, and start writing!


Reminder of Rules

Entries can be any length you like. You can post as many entries to each challenge as you're inspired to write.
If posting direct to the community, please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Category, Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your fic, though you can if you like. Please include the song or episode title you use in your header.
Suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post.
There is no deadline for entries.

Have fun!