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Admin: Challenge 15 closed; Challenge 16 - 60 Minutes - open!

2010-01-11T02:34:59Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

I hope you had a good break, everyone. The Amnesty is now over, and it's back to business as usual!

Challenge 16: 60 Minutes

This fortnight's prompt is something I've always wanted to have a go at: writing a story within a time limit, in this case sixty minutes. Bang it out as fast as you can! It's the ultimate flashfic.

But assuming that doesn't appeal to you, there's also the option of writing about sixty minutes. Is there a sixty minute alien invasion? Is it the countdown on the bomb or the length of the timeloop? Or perhaps how long Jack has to wait for his morning coffee... or some stopwatch antics?

Maybe you want to spin it another way, by remixing Gone in Sixty Seconds (it takes longer to hijack spaceships :) or Nick of Time, or having Torchwood go public and appearing on 60 Minutes.

Think outside the box and as timey-wimey as you please!

The clock is now officially ticking -- the 60 Minutes challenge will close in two weeks, on Sunday 24th January.

Please drop by and give us more prompt suggestions for future challenges. You can comment over on the prompt post.

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Admin: Challenge 14 closed; Challenge 15 - Amnesty - open!

2009-12-31T04:08:54Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

You can stop making New Year's resolutions now -- the vows challenge is closed.

You can find the entries by clicking the challenge:vows tag.

Challenge 15: Amnesty

It's that time of year, when things are crazy and we look back at all our half-finished projects and despair. So rather than a new challenge this fortnight, you are welcome to finish off stories for any of the challenges we've run this year. Look at the tags to jog your memory.

The Amnesty will close in two weeks, on Sunday 10th January.

Happy New Year!

Please drop by and give us more prompt suggestions for future challenges. You can comment over on the prompt post.

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Admin: Challenge 13 closed; Challenge 14 - Vows - open!

2009-12-07T15:50:59Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

You can shake off that shiver going down your spine now -- the Omens challenge is over.

You can find the entries by clicking the challenge:omens tag.

Challenge 14: Vows

Okay, I'm woman enough to admit it. I kind of want wedding fic. I have all these burning questions I want answered: What happened in the lead up to Gwen and Rhys's wedding, and was there any Torchwood excitement on their honeymoon? What exactly happened in that timeloop Jack and John were stuck in (and how many times did they say, "I do"?). And how did Ianto pop the question to Jack and Martha? ;)

But maybe you don't share my yen for wedding stories. Maybe you want to write about vows of vengeance -- Owen after one too many decaf coffees perhaps -- or oaths of allegiance -- what exactly did Tosh agree to when Jack rescued her from UNIT? There are so many possibilities; interpret the prompt as you will!

The Vows challenge will close in two weeks, on Sunday 20th December.

Please drop by and give us more prompt suggestions for future challenges. You can comment over on the prompt post.

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Songvid: "Creep" by cupidsbow (Omens Challenge, Jack/Ianto, PG-15)

2009-12-06T06:03:59Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

Title: Creep
Vidder: cupidsbow/cupidsbow
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Rating: PG-15
Music: "Creep" by Frank Bennett
Summary: Starring Torchwood agent Ianto Jones as himself.
Warning: Spoilers for CoE, and adult themes.
Note: Thanks to the awesome Hope for good suggestions and general inspiration.

Links: Download (29.05MB at FileFront), Streaming (BAM Vid Vault), or Embedded.

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Admin: Challenge 12 closed; Challenge 13 - Omens - open!

2009-11-22T15:37:44Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

Class is out, and the School challenge is done. Sadly, the schoolyard was deserted this fortnight, and no one had a go on the swings.

You can't find any stories by clicking the challenge:school tag. :(

Challenge 13: Omens

Wow! We're up to the thirteenth challenge already, and although we've zoomed past Halloween, there's always room for a few more ominous stories, filled with portents, signs and other omens of good or ill. Am I right, or am I right?

Maybe you want to explore exactly what kind of psi training Torchwood One gave its operatives, and exactly how Ianto knows so much about everything. Or maybe Tosh's latest gadget has got more functions than meets the eye -- the third eye, that is. What about Gwen and her family's history with the Sight? Does Gwen have a touch of it herself, or does her child? Then there's Owen, who would be extremely pissed off the day he started channelling messages from the other side. Or perhaps Jack has another encounter with the fairies.

The possibilities are spine-tingling, so get out your scrying pools and crystal balls and start predicting the dire or desirous futures -- or pasts, or multiverses -- awaiting the team.

The Omens challenge will close in two weeks, on Sunday 7th December.

Please drop by and give us more prompt suggestions for future challenges. You can comment over on the prompt post.

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Admin: Challenge 11 closed; Challenge 12 - School - open!

2009-11-08T16:14:53Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

Time to finish up the filing and tidy the Archives, people. The Documents challenge is now signed, sealed and delivered. Thanks to those who played.

You can find the stories by clicking the challenge:documents tag.

Challenge 12: School

I hardly feel the need to sell this challenge to you, as school AUs are a staple of fandom, after all. But there is so much more scope to a School Challenge than the good old high school cliche!

Maybe the team go on a training exercise with U.N.I.T., or vice versa. Perhaps Jack and Ianto embark on an intense sexual course of discovery (Mmmm, yes please). Maybe Tosh moonlights as a science tutor in her rare time off, or Gwen is taking a cooking class so she can surprise Rhys with a romantic dinner. Or maybe Owen is a secret Rugby Coach on the weekends... What? Stranger things could happen on the Rift!

So put your thinking caps on and ponder all the possible variations on learning, education and classrooms.

The School challenge will close in two weeks, on Sunday 22nd November.

Please drop by and give us more prompt suggestions for future challenges. You can comment over on the prompt post.

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File Under I - Documents challenge

2009-11-01T12:06:49Z

Posted by: james

Title: File Under 'I' for Annoying
Author: james
Rating: G
Pairing: none
Disclaimer: not mine, no profit made
Warnings: none
Spoilers: none; set vaguely in early S1
Summary: for the 'Documents' challenge. Don't mess with the secretary.

( Read more... )

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Songvid: "Attachments" by cupidsbow (Documents Challenge, Jack/Ianto, PG-13)

2009-10-31T21:07:45Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

Title: Attachments
Vidder: cupidsbow
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Rating: PG-13
Summary: One click of a button, and everything changes.

Links: Download (5.93 MB at FileFront), Streaming (BAM Vid Vault).

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Admin: Challenge 10 closed; Challenge 11 - Documents - open!

2009-10-25T15:52:21Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

Time to unpack your suitcases and do the laundry, everyone. The Journeys challenge is now officially closed. Thanks to those who played.

You can find the stories by clicking the challenge:journeys tag.

Challenge 11: Documents

First an apology for the unexpected hiatus! The mods had such a smashing time on our Whoniverse adventure that it's taken a bit of time to come down from the heady heights and resume our day-to-day lives. But we're back now, and ready to get stuck into flashing you fortnightly. With new challenges, that is. :)

This fortnight, we're going with 'Documents,' which you can interpret any way you please. There are so many possibilities: emails between the team, official correspondence from the Crown, bank balances and the Torchwood accounts, or perhaps that delightful favourite -- cross-time letters between Jack and Ianto, a la The Lake House. *happy sigh*

Or perhaps you'll explore the wrinkles of Jack's Time Agency contract, or the ins and outs of the Shadow Proclamation, or some of the oddities in the Archives. Or maybe the TARDIS operating manual falls through the Rift, and the race is on to limit the damage to the timestream if it falls into the wrong hands.

Have at it, people. Any document, any time, any topic! Let your imaginations and photoshopping skills run free!

The Documents challenge will close in two weeks, on Sunday 8th November.

Please drop by and give us more prompt suggestions for future challenges. You can comment over on the prompt post.

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Admin: Challenge 9 closed; Challenge 10 - Journeys - open!

2009-09-23T10:50:03Z

Posted by: hope

It's time to wash up the spatulas and put away the dirty linen. The Domesticity challenge is now closed. Thanks to those who played.

You can find the stories by clicking the challenge:domesticity tag.

Challenge 10: Journeys

We realise that this fortnight's challenge is a little... delayed. That's because the mods are currently on a whirlwind tour of all things Who-related. And so it seems appropriate for the new challenge to be about what happens when people step outside their door, and end up somewhere unexpected.

Despite the fanon of Team Torchwood being "married to the Hub", travel in all planes and directions is an integral part of the Whoniverse. The possibilities are practically endless... New planets! Spaceships! Timetravel! British Rail!

This fortnight, let your imaginations roam to the ends of the universe in fantastic voyages and madcap adventures.

The Journeys challenge will close in two weeks, on Wednesday 7th October.

Please drop by and give us more prompt suggestions for future challenges. You can comment over on the prompt post.

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For Domesticity Challenge: At The End Of The Day

2009-09-21T04:22:11Z

Posted by: blackbird_song

Title: At The End Of The Day
Author: Blackbird Song
Rating: G
Characters: Jack/Ianto. Implied/mentioned: Gwen/Rhys, Tosh, Owen
Warnings: Schmoop
Spoilers: None, if you've seen S1 and S2
Summary: Jack and Ianto start getting together on a slightly more regular basis.
Author's Notes: Written for the Domesticity challenge in flashfic_hub. Many thanks to my husband for the beta.

(Read more...)

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Reminder & call for prompts

2009-09-20T09:43:22Z

Posted by: hope

Just a friendly reminder that you have until this Sunday 20 September (that's today, for some of you) to post in response to the Domesticity challenge!

We're also calling for prompts for the next challenge. The original prompt post will give you an idea of what kind of things you can suggest. You're welcome to comment with your prompts either over there or over here.

We'll be posting the new challenge on Sunday.

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for domesticity challenge: Still Life

2009-09-07T21:06:00Z

Posted by: brutal_priestess

Title: Still Life

rating: Strong R, for some sexuality.

spoilers: post-Exit Wounds. In that hazy place before CoE.

characters/pairing: JackxIanto, Gwen

disclaimer: Characters were created by RTD. No copyright infrigement intended.

summary: Barely more than four loosely connected drabbles. Some fluffy domestic pseudo-smut/Retrospective on how Jack came to live with Ianto/Jack being Jack/And a bit of Gwen introspective regarding Jack and Ianto’s relationship.

( Still Life )

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Admin: Challenge 8 closed; Challenge 9 - Domesticity - open!

2009-09-06T17:45:23Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

Time for all the walking dead to return to their graves -- the Resurrection challenge is now terminated. Thanks to those who played.

You can find the stories by clicking the challenge:resurrection tag.

Challenge 9: Domesticity

I think we can all agree that some days the only thing that really satisfies is a story about our favourite characters doing ordinary things, like cooking, or fighting over whose turn it is to do laundry (and who left the one red sock in with the whites!), or doing dodgy home improvements, or accidentally moving in together. In fact, the mods could read accidentally-moving-in-together stories all day long... not that that's a hint or anything. :)

This fortnight we're indulging our desire for the domestic. Anything goes, from curtin fic to shower sex to battles for the remote control. Or maybe you want to look at dysfunctional homes: what Jack's daily routine is like at the Hub, or a day in the life of Owen's death, or what happens out at Flat Holm. Maybe you want to explore the domestic through Rhys's eyes -- is he really a good cook, or does he have secret household ninja skills of some kind? Or maybe you want to answer the age old question: where exactly does Ianto Jones live??

Interpret the prompt as you will!

As usual, you have two weeks to get the team's household chores completed -- the domesticity challenge will close Sunday 20th September.

Please drop by and give us more prompt suggestions for future challenges. You can comment over on the prompt post.

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What Goes Around.... (1/1)

2009-09-06T16:05:23Z

Posted by: keenquing

Title: What Goes Around....
Fandom: Torchwood
Couplings: Jack/Estelle, pre-Jack/Ianto
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 2631
Spoilers: Takes place right after Small Worlds, and references the events of The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances.

Summary: "I should be enough. Enough for you to bring her back to me. Please."

Other notes: First of a series. Written for flashfic_hub's Resurrection challenge.

http://keenquing.dreamwidth.org/8340.html

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Resurrection Challenge: "Revenant" by cupidsbow (Art, No Pairing, Jack, PG-13)

2009-09-06T14:48:21Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

Title: Revenant (fan art)
Artist: cupidsbow
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: None (or Jack/Time)
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Time: Jack's harsh mistress.
Note: for the Resurrection challenge on Flashfic-hub.

( Revenant )

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Reminder & call for prompts

2009-09-06T10:11:45Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

Just a friendly reminder that you have until this Sunday 6 September to post in response to the Resurrection challenge!

We're also calling for prompts for the next challenge. The original prompt post will give you an idea of what kind of things you can suggest. You're welcome to comment with your prompts either over there or over here.

We'll be posting the new challenge shortly.

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Admin: Challenge 7 closed; Challenge 8 - Resurrection - open!

2009-08-23T18:27:01Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

Hopefully we've all crossed the items off our lists, because the Five Things challenge is now closed. Thanks to those who played.

You can find the stories by clicking the challenge:5 things tag.

Challenge 8: Resurrection

Resurrection is a theme that's--ahem--clawed its way out of the crypt since Children of Earth, but the concept of resurrection goes beyond mere fixit. Zombies and vampires rise from the dead in your classic horror stories, and whoniverse canon already loops and winds back time to bring people back from the dead. Not to mention the properties of certain alien gauntlets.

Whether you have them smelling like saintly roses or partially decomposed corpses, the decimated team and their wealth of deus ex machinas leave open a whole raft of afterlife possibilities.

You have two weeks to bring the team back from the grave -- the challenge will close Sunday 6th September.

Please drop by and give us more prompt suggestions for future challenges. You can comment over on the prompt post.

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Five Things Challenge: "Homme Fatale" (TW, Jack/Ianto, PG-13)

2009-08-23T18:07:20Z

Posted by: cupidsbow

Title: Homme Fatale, or, Five Ways Ianto Jones is Not What He Seems
Author: cupidsbow
Fandom: Torchwood
Pairing: Jack/Ianto, Ianto/OC
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Children of Earth
Summary: Torchwood trained Ianto Jones, but that doesn't make him theirs.
Note: For the Five Things challenge on Flashfic-hub. Thanks to Hope for the beta.

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Reminder & call for prompts

2009-08-22T12:19:25Z

Posted by: hope

Just a friendly reminder that you have until this Sunday 23rd August to post in response to the Five Things challenge!

We're also calling for prompts for the next challenge. The original prompt post will give you an idea of what kind of things you can suggest. You're welcome to comment with your prompts either over there or over here.

We'll be posting the new challenge on Sunday.

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The Naming of Things by find_rightbrain (Jack, PG)

2009-08-20T23:20:21Z

Posted by: find_rightbrain

Title: The Naming of Things
Author: find_rightbrain
Characters/Pairing: Jack, various OCs
Word Count: 956
Rating: PG
Summary: Four people Time Agent 426O1 has been, and one he won't be again.
Notes: Written for flashfic_hub's five things challenge. Spoilers for Children of Earth.
Disclaimer: Doctor Who, Torchwood, and all characters belong to the BBC. I am not affiliated with the BBC, and am not making any money from this.

( The night starts here - forget your name, forget your fear... )

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Five Things Challenge: Five Times Gwen Cooper Suffered the Consequences of Her Actions by holdingoff

2009-08-14T20:40:53Z

Posted by: holdingoff

Title: Five Times Gwen Cooper Suffered the Consequences of Her Actions
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Torchwood Series One and Two cast.
Warnings: In fanfic, the Teflon self-insert Mary Sue is the most reviled creature. So, what would happen if Torchwood's own Mary Sue actually had to pay up? [Translation: not Gwen friendly]
Notes: For the Five Things Challenge.
Disclaimers: I should own Torchwood and its characters. I'd do a damn sight better job of caring for them than those pillocks.

But don't worry, Jack; I won't be leaving for a very long time.

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Challenge Response: Five Ways Ianto Surprised Jack

2009-08-13T21:35:43Z

Posted by: brutal_priestess

Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me, they were created by RTD.

Title: Five Ways Ianto Surprised Jack

Summary: Pretty self-explanatory. Content ranges from gen to shippy.

Pairing: JackxIanto

Rating: strong R overall for some very heavy petting near the end.

Spoilers and settings by part: One-None. Pre-series. Two-“Cyberwoman”, set somewhere in between “Small Worlds” and “Countrycide”. Three-“Fragments”, set within Ianto’s flashback in “Fragments”. Four-None really, maybe “End of Days”, set after “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang". Five-None, Set sometime before “Cyberwoman.”

( Five Ways Ianto Surprised Jack )

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The Five Episode Endings Jack and Tosh Didn't Have (Jack/Tosh, rated R)

2009-08-12T22:33:25Z

Posted by: donutsweeper

Title: The Five Episode Endings Jack and Tosh Didn't Have
Author: donutsweeper
Rating: R
Warnings: Jack/Tosh pairing, spoilers for S1 episodes.
Summary: Alternate endings for "Cyberwoman," "Small Worlds," "Greeks Bearing Gifts," "Captain Jack Harkness" and "End Of Days."

The five things that didn't happen, but could have if things had been a little different.

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Admin: Challenge 6 closed; Challenge 7 - Five Things - open!

2009-08-09T16:55:34Z

Posted by: hope

The Harlequin challenge is now closed. Quite possibly we were all still smarting from Children of Earth, so hopefully this fortnight's challenge is a bit more broadly stimulating. Thanks, though, to all those who played.

You can find the stories by clicking the challenge:harlequin tag.

Challenge 7: Five Things

If you've spent any time reading fanfiction in any fandom, you've probably come across the "Five Things" story model. When it first sprouted it generally presented in the form of five snapshots of alternate universes ("Five Things That Never Happened To [Character Name]" being the most common title of such stories, doing exactly what it says on the tin), but over the years its characteristics have broadened. These days, a "Five Things" story is simply a set of multiple scenes -- generally not with the same chronological timeline -- that have a connecting theme.

The Five Things model can be one of the most fun to play with, letting you explore ideas and get your hands (very briefly) dirty without becoming mired in a larger plot.

There are the AU scenarios -- the obvious "Five things that never happened to..." that can span from forks in paths: what if Andy instead of Gwen had witnessed the resurrection gauntlet scene that first time? What if Jack had stood firm on his refusal to hire Ianto?

Or you might want to go more extreme with a set of entirely alternate universes. For example, "Five teams Torchwood Three never was" -- crewing a tourist ferry, ping pong champions, a gang of highwaymen/women...

If the AU route isn't for you, you might explore a theme within the canon framework: "Five artefacts Ianto catalogued," "Five autopsies Owen conducted," "Five cases Gwen solved," "Five times Jack went against his instincts."

The best thing about Five Things is that it's perfect for flashfic -- your ideas can be quick and spontaneous. Scenes don't need to be long, plot is rarely required. You've got two weeks to play around -- the challenge will close Sunday 23rd August.

Please drop by and give us more prompt suggestions for future challenges. You can comment over on the prompt post.

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