Challenge 502: Sand
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fan_flashworksOur new challenge is:
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SAND
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 Saturday, January 10th. 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.
You can view stats for
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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.)Admin: Challenge closed
Jan. 1st, 2026 08:50 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksThe Amnesty challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:
Anywhere But Here Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Finding Happiness, bybadly_knitted
Washing and Clean Challenges: Women's Soccer RPF: Fanfiction: Laundry Day, byinfinitum_noctem
Rumour Challenge: Babylon 5: Unfounded Rumors, bybadly_knitted
Thirst: Guardian: fanfic: Look and Feel, bychina_shop
The Last Word Challenge: Babylon 5: Sacrifice, bybadly_knitted
Solitary Challenge: Babylon 5: On The Outside, bybadly_knitted
Role Reversal Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Healing The Healer, bybadly_knitted
The Other Side Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Far Side Of The Island, bybadly_knitted
Fragile: Call the Midwife: Meta: Fragility, bysmallhobbit
Trapped Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Earthquake, bybadly_knitted
Fight Challenge: Babylon 5: Illegal Actions, bybadly_knitted
It's a Trap!: Stargate Atlantis: Fanfiction:Echo of a Memory, bylucy_roman
Sign Challenge: Babylon 5: Separate Pages, bybadly_knitted
Waiting Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Unexpected Rescue, bybadly_knitted
School : BtVS : icons : SHS, byhighlander_ii
Ice Challenge: Winnie-the-Pooh: Fanfic: Winnie-the-Pooh's Icy Day, bysmallhobbit
Circle Challenge: S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Together, bydarkjediqueen
Choices Challenge: Babylon 5: The Only Way, bybadly_knitted
Memory Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Healing The Healer, bybadly_knitted
Cream Challenge: Torchwood: Fanfic: Self care, bym_findlow
Weather Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Bad Weather, bybadly_knitted
Candles + Marathon: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Misunderstood, byveronyxk84
Not What It Looks Like Challenge: Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: All I Want For Christmas, bysmallhobbit
Memory Challenge: Babylon 5: Traitor, bybadly_knitted
Clean: Your Mum Does the Washing: Poetry: The World According to, byteaotter
science: Stoker: Podfic: no longer human (the nothing that can’t hurt us), bybluedreaming
Congratulations tobluedreaming, who earned 12 Challenge Streak, 12 Posted Works, Brave New Fandoms, 10 Fandom Spread, The Yulegoat, Female Characters, and Governor of Gendom!
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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.
The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.
In September, when we announced the new reports, we confirmed our plan to wait a couple of months and then remove the challenge tags from the comm. That time is NOW.
This is a reminder that the challenge tags will be going away TODAY.
New challenge coming right up!
Anywhere But Here Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Finding Happiness, by
badly_knittedWashing and Clean Challenges: Women's Soccer RPF: Fanfiction: Laundry Day, by
infinitum_noctemRumour Challenge: Babylon 5: Unfounded Rumors, by
badly_knittedThirst: Guardian: fanfic: Look and Feel, by
china_shopThe Last Word Challenge: Babylon 5: Sacrifice, by
badly_knittedSolitary Challenge: Babylon 5: On The Outside, by
badly_knittedRole Reversal Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Healing The Healer, by
badly_knittedThe Other Side Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Far Side Of The Island, by
badly_knittedFragile: Call the Midwife: Meta: Fragility, by
smallhobbitTrapped Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Earthquake, by
badly_knittedFight Challenge: Babylon 5: Illegal Actions, by
badly_knittedIt's a Trap!: Stargate Atlantis: Fanfiction:Echo of a Memory, by
lucy_romanSign Challenge: Babylon 5: Separate Pages, by
badly_knittedWaiting Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Unexpected Rescue, by
badly_knittedSchool : BtVS : icons : SHS, by
highlander_iiIce Challenge: Winnie-the-Pooh: Fanfic: Winnie-the-Pooh's Icy Day, by
smallhobbitCircle Challenge: S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Together, by
darkjediqueenChoices Challenge: Babylon 5: The Only Way, by
badly_knittedMemory Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Healing The Healer, by
badly_knittedCream Challenge: Torchwood: Fanfic: Self care, by
m_findlowWeather Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Bad Weather, by
badly_knittedCandles + Marathon: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Misunderstood, by
veronyxk84Not What It Looks Like Challenge: Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: All I Want For Christmas, by
smallhobbitMemory Challenge: Babylon 5: Traitor, by
badly_knittedClean: Your Mum Does the Washing: Poetry: The World According to, by
teaotterscience: Stoker: Podfic: no longer human (the nothing that can’t hurt us), by
bluedreamingCongratulations to
bluedreaming, who earned 12 Challenge Streak, 12 Posted Works, Brave New Fandoms, 10 Fandom Spread, The Yulegoat, Female Characters, and Governor of Gendom!\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.
The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.
In September, when we announced the new reports, we confirmed our plan to wait a couple of months and then remove the challenge tags from the comm. That time is NOW.
This is a reminder that the challenge tags will be going away TODAY.
New challenge coming right up!
[ SECRET POST #6936 ]
Jan. 1st, 2026 07:21 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #6936 ⌋
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science: Stoker: Podfic: no longer human (the nothing that can’t hurt us)
Jan. 1st, 2026 01:30 pmbluedreaming posting in fan_flashworksTitle: no longer human (the nothing that can’t hurt us)
Fandom: Stoker
Mods please use the f: movie (category) tag
Reader's name: bluedreaming
Author's name: bluedreaming
Link to text version of story: text here
Rating: M/R
Length/file size: 2:00 min, 1.37 mb (largest)
Content notes: references to past canonical major character death (murder), callous reflections on bodies and decomposition
Podficcer's notes: A no-music version, and two versions with music recorded on different mics.
For Cross-Pollinator purposes, this podfic was also created for DOUBLE DIP forvoiceteam mystery box 2025 (not posted elsewhere).
Summary: In which India thinks about her uncle.
( embedded streaming and direct-download links )
Fandom: Stoker
Mods please use the f: movie (category) tag
Reader's name: bluedreaming
Author's name: bluedreaming
Link to text version of story: text here
Rating: M/R
Length/file size: 2:00 min, 1.37 mb (largest)
Content notes: references to past canonical major character death (murder), callous reflections on bodies and decomposition
Podficcer's notes: A no-music version, and two versions with music recorded on different mics.
For Cross-Pollinator purposes, this podfic was also created for DOUBLE DIP for
voiceteam mystery box 2025 (not posted elsewhere).Summary: In which India thinks about her uncle.
( embedded streaming and direct-download links )
Привет! LiveJournal imports may be slow
Dec. 31st, 2025 08:24 pm![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png){kind=small}
denise posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_maintenanceПривет and welcome to our new Russian friends from LiveJournal! We are happy to offer you a new home. We will not require identification for you to post or comment. We also do not cooperate with Russian government requests for any information about your account unless they go through a United States court first. (And it hasn't happened in 16 years!)
Importing your journal from ЖЖ may be slow. There are a lot of you, with many posts and comments, and we have to limit how fast we download your information from ЖЖ so they don't block us. Please be patient! We have been watching and fixing errors, and we will go back to doing that after the holiday is over.
I am very sorry that we can't translate the site into Russian or offer support in Russian. We are a much, much smaller company than LiveJournal is, and my high school Russian classes were a very long time ago :) But at least we aren't owned by Sberbank!
С Новым Годом, and welcome home!
EDIT: Большое спасибо всем за помощь друг другу в комментариях! Я ценю каждого, кто предоставляет нашим новым соседям информацию, понятную им без необходимости искать её в Google. :) И спасибо вам за терпение к моему русскому переводу с помощью Google Translate! Прошло уже много-много лет со школьных времен!
Thank you also to everyone who's been giving our new neighbors a warm welcome. I love you all ❤️
[ SECRET POST #6935 ]
Dec. 31st, 2025 07:54 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #6935 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 23 secrets from Secret Submission Post #990.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Clean: Your Mum Does the Washing: Poetry: The World According to
Dec. 31st, 2025 01:28 pmteaotter posting in fan_flashworksTitle: The world according to historical Chinese dramas (from the perspective of your mum as she does the washing)
Fandom: Your Mum Does the Washing – Joshua Idehun
Challenge: Clean
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Fandom: Your Mum Does the Washing – Joshua Idehun
Challenge: Clean
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Memory Challenge: Babylon 5: Traitor
Dec. 31st, 2025 09:18 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Traitor
Fandom: Babylon 5
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Garibaldi, Bester.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Spoilers/Setting: The Face of the Enemy.
Summary: Now that Bester has restored Garibaldi’s memories, Garibaldi must find a way to fix what he’s done.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 501: Amnesty 83, using Challenge 144: Memory.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Babylon 5, or the characters. They belong to J. Michael Straczynski.
A/N: Triple drabble.
( Traitor... )
Not What It Looks Like Challenge: Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: All I Want For Christmas
Dec. 31st, 2025 08:06 pmsmallhobbit posting in fan_flashworksTitle: All I Want For Christmas
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 511 words
Summary: Don't believe all that you see
Also written forficlet_zone Mariah Cary challenge
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Rating: G
Length: 511 words
Summary: Don't believe all that you see
Also written for
ficlet_zone Mariah Cary challengeCandles + Marathon: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Misunderstood
Dec. 31st, 2025 05:38 pmveronyxk84 posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Misunderstood
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some coarse language
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S5, during ep. 5x17 “Forever”.
Summary: Spike honours Joyce in his own way.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenge: #501 (Amnesty 83) using: #42 Candles + #416 Marathon
Also for: #475 - Resolve by100words
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( READ: Misunderstood )
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author:
veronyxk84Characters/Pairing: Spike
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: some coarse language
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S5, during ep. 5x17 “Forever”.
Summary: Spike honours Joyce in his own way.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.
Challenge: #501 (Amnesty 83) using: #42 Candles + #416 Marathon
Also for: #475 - Resolve by
100words —
( READ: Misunderstood )
Weather Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Bad Weather
Dec. 31st, 2025 11:05 ambadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Bad Weather
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Liana, Sil-El, Varian, Fred, Willaway, Scott.
Rating: PG
Setting: Between Children of the Gods and A Dream of Conquest.
Summary: The weather is turning bad and there’s not much available in the way of shelter; the travellers will just have to make do.
Word Count: 634
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 501: Amnesty 83, using Challenge 67: Weather.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
( Bad Weather... )
Cream Challenge: Torchwood: Fanfic: Self care
Dec. 31st, 2025 07:54 pmm_findlow posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Self care
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto, Jack
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 995 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 501 - Amnesty using Challenge 431 - Cream
Summary: Jack walks in on Ianto in the middle of an important, yet private regiment.
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Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto, Jack
Author: m_findlow
Rating: PG
Length: 995 words
Content notes: None
Author notes: Written for Challenge 501 - Amnesty using Challenge 431 - Cream
Summary: Jack walks in on Ianto in the middle of an important, yet private regiment.
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[ SECRET POST #6934 ]
Dec. 30th, 2025 06:28 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #6934 ⌋
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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 34 secrets from Secret Submission Post #990.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Memory Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Healing The Healer
Dec. 30th, 2025 12:32 pmbadly_knitted posting in fan_flashworksTitle: Fading Memories
Fandom: The Fantastic Journey
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Varian, Gwenith, Jonathan.
Rating: PG
Setting: After the series.
Summary: All Varian has left of Gwenith are his memories of her, and already they’re beginning to fade.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: Nada.
Written For: Challenge 501: Amnesty 83, using Challenge 144: Memory.
Disclaimer: I don’t own The Fantastic Journey, or the characters. They belong to their creators.
A/N: Triple drabble.
[ SECRET POST #6933 ]
Dec. 29th, 2025 06:03 pmcase posting in fandomsecrets⌈ Secret Post #6933 ⌋
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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 47 secrets from Secret Submission Post #990.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
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