50-Word Stories

[sagitta33]

Happy Wednesday! I'm Sagitta33 (LJ and DW). Today is Mercury Day. Let's tackle the middle of the week with a micro-story.

All stories have a beginning (status quo, in media res), middle (conflict), and resolution (new status quo). Micro-fiction contains word counts of as little as six words to a hundred. For this first week of July, let's write 50-word stories.

The rules are as follows:

• No more than five prompts in a row.
• No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
• Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
• No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
• If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut. Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name] Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Other guidelines:

You may add specifics or guidelines to your prompts. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are welcome.

We are now using AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection. See further notes on this new option here. Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community. While the use of LJ's advanced search options is available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future. If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site, please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site but you are still more than welcome to participate. If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so…and spread the word! comment_fic

tag= Happy Wednesday! I'm Sagitta33 (LJ and DW). Today is Mercury Day. Let's tackle the middle of the week with a micro-story.

All stories have a beginning (status quo, in media res), middle (conflict), and resolution (new status quo). Micro-fiction contains word counts of as little as six words to a hundred. For this first week of July, let's write 50-word stories.

The rules are as follows:

• No more than five prompts in a row.
• No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
• Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
• No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
• If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name] Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Other guidelines:

You may add specifics or guidelines to your prompts. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are welcome.

We are now using AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection. See further notes on this new option here.

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? You can use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community.

While the use of LJ's advanced search options is available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching in the future.

If you are viewing this post on our Dreamwidth site, please know that fills posted here will not show up as comments on our LiveJournal site but you are still more than welcome to participate.

If you have a Dreamwidth account and would feel more comfortable participating there, please feel free to do so…and spread the word! comment_fic

tag= micro-fiction

Comments

[cozy_coffee]

any, any fandom, Alternate Universe

South Park - Kenny McCormick/Butters Stotch

[lumiosecity]

In another life, the princess—beautiful, deadly, wielding a dagger with just as much poise and grace as she does social mores—is unrepentant as she shoves a blade into her trusted paladin’s back.

In this one, Kenny laughs, low and acrid, equally unrepentant.

“Love? Butters, I don’t even like you.”

Re: South Park - Kenny McCormick/Butters Stotch

[cozy_coffee]

I dont know south park, but your icon is awesome and so is this! Thank you!!

Re: South Park - Kenny McCormick/Butters Stotch

[lumiosecity]

Haha, thank you! It’s probably my favorite of all the icons I have right now; something about the cool composition in contrast with the canon art style amuses me far too much.

I’m really glad you liked this fic! Alternate Universe is always a fun prompt to work with, and I thought a little game of compare and contrast with the original canon setting and the official fantasy AU would be particularly punchy in such a small word count.

Fill: The Iliad, Hector & Cassandra

[drabblewriter]

Hector watches from atop the walls as the pyre of Achilles burns beside the Greek camp. The battle had been fierce, Hector’s killing blow lucky, but he’s proud of the outcome nonetheless. The best of their enemies is dead.

Beside him, eyes dark, Cassandra murmurs, “This will not change anything.”

Re: Fill: The Iliad, Hector & Cassandra

[cozy_coffee]

Thank you so much! Thjis was perfect!