Highlander Flashfiction

Ficathon Time!!

2012-01-18T14:45:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Announcing the next

HIGHLANDER FLASHFICTION FICATHON!

Are you bored? Feeling a sense of post-festive blues now that hlh_shortcuts is over for another year? Worried you won’t be able to find any new Highlander fic? Then worry not! We at hl_flashfiction have decided to run another Highlander Flashfiction Ficathon!

The theme of this ficathon is The Raven. Yes, that’s right it’s all about Amanda. It can be set at any time during her life and have any number of other Highlander characters (or other fandom characters) in supporting roles, but Amanda has to be the star of the show (isn’t she always?)

Signups will be in a week or so, but for now we need prompts so please comment below. If you’d like to see another character in particular then please feel free to add them to the prompt, and the same goes for any crossovers you’d like to see.

If we could all use the format ‘prompt; character(s)/relationship; fandom (if crossover)’ that would make my life easier!

Examples to clarify (I’m sure we all know this by now, but I just want to make sure we’re all on the same page):

Faith and charity; Amanda/Rebecca (meaning a slash relationship between Amanda and Rebecca)

Faith and charity; Rebecca (meaning Rebecca should be in the fic)

Faith and charity; Amanda & Rebecca (meaning friendship between Amanda and Rebecca)

Faith and charity; Parker; Leverage (meaning a crossover with Leverage that features Parker)

Thanks everyone and I’m looking forward to reading the prompts, so have at it!!

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AO3 posting

2011-08-17T21:34:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Authors who want to post their fic on AO3, I've created a collection for the ficathon: Highlander Second Banana Ficathon 2011, and there's a hl_flashfic tag as well.

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Ficathon CLOSED

2011-08-13T12:54:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

The Second Banana ficathon is now officially CLOSED. Thank you to those who posted stories and I hope everyone enjoys reading them.

I have heard from one author who needed some extra time, so hopefully there will be one more story in a week or so. After that I'll post the master list and then we'll move on to the next challenge.

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"When Everything Was New" by Brightknightie (PG, gen)

2011-08-13T04:48:22Z

Posted by: brightknightie

Title: “When Everything Was New”
Author: brightknightie (Amy R.)
Beta-Readers: sholio and skieswideopen
Characters: Tessa, Duncan, Alexa, Martin Sorrel (from “Eyewitness”)
Prompt: “Alexa meets Tessa at an art show, either pre-series or season one.”
Warning/Rating: PG. Mild violence. ~5K words.
Summary: Tessa exhibits in the juried division of the 1986 Seacouver Art and Wine Festival.

( When Everything Was New )

Crossposted on LJ

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"When Everything Was New" by Brightknightie (PG, gen)

2011-08-12T21:40:00Z

Posted by: brightknightie.livejournal.com

Title: “When Everything Was New”
Author: brightknightie (Amy R.)
Beta-Readers: friendshipper and skieswideopen
Characters: Tessa, Duncan, Alexa, Martin Sorrel (from “Eyewitness”)
Prompt: “Alexa meets Tessa at an art show, either pre-series or season one.”
Warning/Rating: PG. Mild violence. ~5K words.
Summary: Tessa exhibits in the juried division of the 1986 Seacouver Art and Wine Festival.

( When Everything Was New )

Crossposted on DW

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Last Call Ladies and Gentlemen!

2011-08-12T20:07:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Yup, we're into the home stretch now, there are just fourteen hours left until the ficathon closes!

As I mentioned before, if you're close to finishing but are worried you won't meet the deadline then please let me know.

Once all the fic is posted I'll post a master list for everyone.

Thanks to those who've contributed so far and I look forward to reading the rest :)

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A Watcher's Prerogative [PG | Nick, Methos, Joe]

2011-08-12T07:44:00Z

Posted by: jinxed-wood.livejournal.com

Title: A Watcher's Prerogative
Author: jinxed_wood
Character: Nick (and Methos, and Joe!)
Prompt: Nick – Amanda's Chronicle (Don't know who posted the prompt!)
Warning/Rating: PG
Summary: It's been three weeks since Nick's first death...

( Nick's eyes burst open, air rushing into his lungs as a ceiling swum precariously into view... )

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Four Days Left!

2011-08-08T14:24:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Just a quick reminder to those taking part in the hl_flashfic Second Banana Ficathon - you have just four days left to post your entries to the community. Posting will close at 10am BST(GMT+1) Saturday 13th August (I'm allowing a little extra time to compensate for time differences). Remember, this is an open posting challenge - when you're ready just post the fic to the community.

So far there's only been one fic posted (mine) so I really hope to see some more appear in the next couple of days. If you don't think you'll be finished before the deadline then please contact me by commenting here, PM me or email at highlander.flashfiction@gmail.com and we'll come to an arrangement - I'd rather have late entries than no entries!

Good Luck finishing your fics, and I'm really looking forward to reading them all.

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Dexter's Progress by idontlikegravy

2011-07-31T17:36:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Title: Dexter’s Progress
Author: idontlikegravy
Beta: thanks to aeron_lanart
Character: Jeremy Dexter
Prompt: for jinxed_wood – Jeremy Dexter and Amanda first meet
Warning/Rating: PG-13
Summary: Dexter was apprenticed to a scrivener but he never wanted that life. Now Immortal, he sets off on his own to seek his fortune in London. It is a journey that will change his life forever…

( Fic's under the cut )

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Dexter's Progress by idontlikegravy

2011-07-31T16:36:29Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy

Title: Dexter’s Progress
Author: idontlikegravy
Beta: thanks to aeron_lanart
Character: Jeremy Dexter
Prompt: for jinxed_wood – Jeremy Dexter and Amanda first meet
Warning/Rating: PG-13
Summary: Dexter was apprenticed to a scrivener but he never wanted that life. Now Immortal, he sets off on his own to seek his fortune in London. It is a journey that will change his life forever…

( Fic's under the cut... )

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Notice to writers - Ficathon

2011-07-30T19:14:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Just a quick reminder to everyone that the closing date for posting is Friday Aug 12th (exact time to be decided later). That gives you all just under two weeks to finish and post your fics everybody!

If anyone is having any problems then please let me know by commenting here, I'm sure we can come to some arrangement about the deadline.

Due to recent events, I've created a mirror community on Dreamwidth - still hl_flashfic, so if there are any more problems with LJ feel free to post your fic there instead. I'm also going to set up something on AO3 too, more details once it's done.

(Also, if anyone knows what the Dreamwidth style sheet equivalent of flexible squares is, can you let me know pls?)

ETA: If you need an invite to Dreamwidth please let me know as I've got loads for the asking!

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ADMIN

2011-07-30T18:55:40Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy

Welcome to Dreamwidth everyone! This is the mirror community/bolthole/backup for Highlander Flashfiction. From here on in you'll have the option to post both here and on LJ (if you only use one, I may crosspost for you). I'm also planning on setting up an AO3 archive too, more on that when I've done it.

I've no plans to copy the old posts over here, but if anyone thinks I should then please comment below.

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Reminder to Writers

2011-07-15T17:23:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Just a reminder to those taking part in the hl_flashfic Second Banana Ficathon that you have four weeks left to write and post your entries.

Closing Date is Friday Aug 12th (Exact time to be decided at a later date)

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Instructions to writers

2011-06-21T22:05:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

First, a mahoosive thank you to everyone who contributed a prompt. As you’ll see from the really, really long list, we’ve got lots to choose from, which is fantastic! In fact, we’ve got so many now that I’m putting them in two posts, listed alphabetically by character’s first (or only) name. Post one is Immortals and post two is Mortals.

( Rest of instructions under the cut )

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Prompts: Mortals

2011-06-21T22:02:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Prompts are listed by character's first name (or only name), those with multiple prompts first and then the rest after. If you'd like to know who suggested the prompt then please leave a comment below and I'll get back to you, or you can look at the comments to this post

( Characters with more than one prompt )

( and the rest... )

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Prompts: Immortals

2011-06-21T21:51:00Z

Ficathon admin

2011-06-20T19:17:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

The post for prompts is now CLOSED, thank you to everyone who commented. I'll need a couple of days to get organised and then I'll post a full list of prompts and the instructions for writers.

In the meantime, please pimp this wherever possible to as many Highlander writers as you can think of!

ttfn

idontlikegravy

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Ficathon Timetable

2011-06-17T10:59:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Just to let everyone know, the prompt post will stay open over the weekend, at least until Monday, possibly Wednesday (depending on the response). I will then collect all the prompts together and post them along with instructions for writers.

The Ficathon will begin July 1st - posting will be open to all, just post when you've written your fic, and you are more than welcome to submit more than one fic if you so choose (I'll explain properly later!) and posting will continue until Aug 15th to allow people time to write longer fics or multiple fics.

There will then be a few weeks rest and we'll start the process all over again with a new challenge! :)

As always, feel free to ask me any questions in the comments or by emailing: highlander.flashfiction@gmail.com

ttfn
your friendly neighbourhood mod.

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The Second Flashfiction Ficathon is Here!!

2011-06-16T00:07:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Back by popular(ish) demand, it's now time for the SECOND HIGHLANDER FLASHFICTION FICATHON!!!!

The theme of this ficathon is once again Second Banana. Basically, entrants can choose any secondary character from all of Highlander (this includes the Series, the Raven, the movies and even the anime if you so choose). So, absolutely NO Macleods, Methos, Joe Dawson, or Richie Ryan* (there's enough fic about them already people!) but bucketloads of Darius, Hugh Fitzcairn, Rebecca, Ramirez, Bert Myers, Tessa Noel and any other secondary character you might feel has had short shrift in fanfic.

*The primary characters are allowed to appear in your fic, but they should not be the protagonist of it.

I am allowing a certain grey area for Nick Wolfe because the Raven is woefully lacking fic, and he's kind of a second banana anyway *pets Nick*, but this year I am excluding Amanda (although she can still appear in the story!).

Minimum length will be 500 words, we want lots of entries to make this a success, but there is no maximum. We only ask that the fic is posted complete.

Signups will begin next week, so please pimp this on any comms you belong to/maintain and your LJ.

In the meantime, we need prompts so please leave your suggestions in the comments below.

Love
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Mod

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Highlander Kink Meme

2011-05-09T08:05:00Z

Posted by: tryfanstone.livejournal.com

9th May - 30th May

How to play Prompts Questions

(That gorgeous banner? killabeez. And thank you as well to hl_flashfic mod idontlikegravy for permsion to pimp!)

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Pimpage!

2009-11-11T20:38:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

The posts for prompts are now open until Nov 17th so please toddle on over with your ideas!

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That's All Folks....

2009-10-06T18:29:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

So, that's all the fic posted now. If by some crazy random happenstance you have sent me a fic and I haven't posted it then please let me know (apparently gmail has been on the fritz of late so I may not have received it) and feel free to post it here following the other posts as a guide, or resend it to me.

I want to thank everyone who's participated and I hope you all had a good time, I know I have. Hopefully we can do this again soon, but in the meantime, if you still have a need to write some Highlander, why don't you mosey on over to hlh_shortcuts and signup for the annual Sekret Santa?

Thanks again

your friendly neighbourhood mods

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...'Til the Rat Lady Sings by Silvercobwebs

2009-10-05T18:27:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Title: …‘Til the Rat Lady Sings
Author: Silvercobwebs
Rating: PG-13/R for Fitz being Fitz
Character: Fitzcairn
Prompt: opera
Word count: Approx 1700.
Author’s notes: The character of Anna is inspired by Florence Foster Jenkins. I recommend you look her up after you finish reading this.
Summary: Never trust women who admire Wagner, Mac, it’s the mark of a deeply troubled soul.

( ..’Til the Rat Lady Sings )

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A Square in Paris by enviropony

2009-10-04T17:28:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Title: SCENE: A square in Paris
Author:enviropony
Characters: Matthew McCormick, Duncan MacLeod, Methos
Rating: PG
Character/Prompt: Matthew McCormick/opera
Word count: 1400
Summary: Enter Matthew McCormick, on two immortals arguing.
Author’s note: The idea of an immortal Hammurabi was filched, with much respect, from mackiedockie’s excellent classic, Risk.

( SCENE: A square in Paris )

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He Dreams by Rhi (vipersweb)

2009-10-04T17:21:00Z

Posted by: idontlikegravy.livejournal.com

Title: He Dreams
Author: Rhi (vipersweb)
Character: Darius
Prompt: Druidic/over the hills and far away
Word Count: ~1800
Warning/Rating: PG-13; depiction of blood sacrifice
Summary: Darius never expected the lasting legacy of the last Immortal he beheaded.

( He dreams )

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