Heroes Flashfiction

23 April 2008 @ 07:04 pm

Countdown, by

Title: Countdown
Rating: PG? Slight language, mention of violence (completely non-graphic).
Spoilers/Warnings: Slight language, completely non-graphic mention of violence. ;] Spoilers through Powerless (that was this season's finale, right?) plus speculation for the third season. But it's pure guesswork, so.
Challenge: Save The Heroes
Summary: Conversing with Bob was a kind of art -- if you didn't sound casually interested, he'd accuse you of being emotionally involved. There is a moment in which they look at each other, and then Bob shakes his head. Bennett readjusts to life with the Company.
Notes: I didn't see that the amnesty challenge had been closed, so I brushed the dust off of this and finished it. :]

I don't remember who first advanced a couple of the theories I threw in here, just that I've seen them around, and I like them a lot. Oh fannish geniuses of the internets, you never cease to amaze. ;]

( Five hours and counting. )

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trascendenza

29 March 2008 @ 11:01 pm

Reminder: Amnesty Challenge ending Wednesday

The Amnesty Challenge went on a bit longer than originally intended, but it will be ending this Wednesday. If you have any last minute entries, post them before then!

Tags: -admin-, -amnesty-

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colacancol

13 March 2008 @ 07:28 pm

(Amnesty) Challenge 16: Wing!fic - Aspirations

Aspirations - Matt/Mohinder & Molly, PG, 389 words, early second season spoilers

Some people were born to be heroes... Molly slips into her cardboard wings, and hopes she can live up to expectations...

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Tags: -amnesty-, 16- wingfic

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lotus0kid

11 March 2008 @ 10:16 am

Get Dressed Let's Go, by Rainne

Title: Get Dressed Let's Go
Author: Rainne
Characters: Sylar, Mohinder, semi-OFC, a mention of Maury
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,482
Disclaimer: *checks pockets* Heroes, Heroes... Nope, afraid not. *sighs*
A/N: I never thought I would actually write this- it was just a silly idea The Fratellis' "Creeping Up the Backstairs" kept giving me every time I heard it. For the Lyrics challenge.
Summary: Pre-slash high school!AU, though pretty much without the high school. OOC!Sylar, since he's not a murdering sociopath yet. Anyway, goodie two shoes Mohinder meets bad boy Gabriel.

( You're going to make a mother's nightmare out of me, aren't you? )

Tags: -amnesty-, 19- prompt grab bag, 19c- lyrics

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trascendenza

07 March 2008 @ 12:45 am

heroes_flashfic two-week amnesty

The next two weeks are amnesty.

Amnesty means you can respond to any previously issued challenge, whether you have responded to it before or not.

The past challenges have been:

01: Eclipse
02: In the Beginning
03: Travelling Through
04: Secrets
05: Save the Heroes
06: Glee
07: Temptation
08: Daddy Issue
09: Lost and Found
10: Watch Me Watch You
11: Future Imperfect
12: Somewhen Over the Rainbow
13: High School
14: Lockdown
15: Bodyswap
16: Wing!fic
17: Weddings
18: Around the World
19: Prompt Grab Bag (Adaptation; Photograph; Lyrics)
20: Double Helix (Picture)
21: Regrets
22: What Next?

Have fun and get flashficcing! Any questions feel free to leave a comment on this post or PM me, but please be sure to ask before the 9th, as I'll be out of town until the 18th. :)

Tags: -admin-, -amnesty-

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colacancol

03 March 2008 @ 11:35 am

Challenge 22: What Next? - The Bad Part

The Bad Part - Matt/Mohinder, U, 360 words, early first season spoilers

Flowers? A little kitten? What next! Matt thinks he can buy his way out of things with goodies again...

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Tags: 22- what next?

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trascendenza

28 February 2008 @ 02:19 pm

Challenge #22: What Next?

This week's challenge is What Next?

This could include:

What might happen in the next season? You can write a scene from the possible season 3, or a scene from the season 3 you'd like to see happen.

What happened right after the season two finale?

Any broader implications of "what next?", such as what will the Heroes do once they've been revealed? Or what will a specific character do once they'd achieved a certain goal (for example, what might Mohinder dedicate his research to once he's found the cure to the virus? Etc.).

The prompt is pretty loose, so play with it as you will. You have a week to respond. Any questions, feel free to comment to this post or contact me via PM, and suggestions for future challenges are welcome at any time.

Tags: -admin-, 22- what next?

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trascendenza

21 February 2008 @ 03:25 am

Challenge #21: Regrets

This week's challenge is the word regrets.

re·gret /rɪˈgrɛt/ [ri-gret] verb, -gret·ted, -gret·ting, noun
–verb (used with object)

1. to feel sorrow or remorse for (an act, fault, disappointment, etc.): He no sooner spoke than he regretted it.
2. to think of with a sense of loss: to regret one's vanished youth.

( More definitions, origin, etc. )

As always, feel free to use the challenge word as you see fit--within the fic, as a thematic inspiration, etc.

You have a week to respond. Any questions, feel free to comment to this post or contact me via PM, and suggestions for future challenges are welcome at any time.

Tags: -admin-, 21- regrets

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trascendenza

14 February 2008 @ 02:21 am

Challenge #20: Double Helix (Picture)

This week the challenge is an image. See it here:

[ Double Helix DNA strand. ]

You have a week to respond, and may use the prompt however you see fit—literally, figuratively, metaphorically. Your creativity is the only limit. Any questions, feel free to comment to this post or contact me via PM, and suggestions for future challenges are welcome at any time.

Tags: -admin-, 20- double helix picture

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trascendenza

12 February 2008 @ 07:22 pm

Reminder:

Challenge #19 will be ending tomorrow when the next challenge is posted, so if you wanted to write for it, be sure to do it before then!

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comeon_eileen

08 February 2008 @ 08:58 am

fic: from the ashes, victory (nathan, pg, 855 words), by comeon-eileen

Title: From the Ashes
By

comeon_eileen
Rating: PG
Characters: Nathan, Matt
Warnings: Spoilers for basically the whole show.
Prompt: The photograph
Summary:

( You can't keep a good man down. )

't

Tags: 19- prompt grab bag, 19b- photograph

Current Mood: accomplished

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trascendenza

07 February 2008 @ 01:42 am

Fic: Ladder [Sylar, PG, 266 words], by trascendenza

Sylar, PG, 266 words. Set sometime before The Kindness of Strangers.

( Ladder )

Tags: 19- prompt grab bag, 19a- adaptation

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trascendenza

07 February 2008 @ 12:37 am

Challenge #19: Prompt Grab Bag

Hello all! I'm

trascendenza, and I'll be helping out with posting the challenges.

This community will be on a weekly challenge posting schedule; challenge will be posted once a week (probably Wednesdays/early Thursdays) and you will have one week to respond to the challenge.

This week, I've decided to go a grab bag of prompts. You are welcome to respond to any of the prompts singly, or you can mix and match, or you can respond to them all individually, if you're ambitious! Basically, any kind of response that is posted in response to one (or more) of these prompts is acceptable. Just do remember that we encourage stories between 100 and 2,000 words as ideal, with more emphasis on the shorter end of the spectrum.

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Prompt #1, Word Prompt: [ADAPTATION]:

A change in structure, function, or behavior by which a species or individual improves its chance of survival in a specific environment. Adaptations develop as the result of natural selection operating on random genetic variations that are capable of being passed from one generation to the next. Variations that prove advantageous will tend to spread throughout the population.

Prompt #2: Photograph.

Prompt #3: Lyrics.

Surrender, you've got to give up your need.
Surrender, you've got to give it to me.
The republic of complicity,
So electric--with electricity.

- Cruising by Erase Errata (full lyrics | song file)

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Next week we'll probably be back to one challenge (unless people prefer this format?). I'm interested in seeing what sort of prompts you all prefer, so this is sort of a testing of the waters. Any questions, feel free to comment to this post, and of course to comment with any challenge suggestions!

Tags: -admin-, 19- prompt grab bag, 19a- adaptation, 19b- photograph, 19c- lyrics

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technosage

01 December 2007 @ 02:37 pm

Admin: Whoops!

Whoops.

In the craziness of the year, the strike, other fic challenges, etc. we completely forgot about Flashfic.

Flashfic's a wonderful idea, and a lot of fun, if there's an active and vibrant Flashficcer community. So far, Heroes hasn't had that.

Some of that's our fault, for not being more on top of this and more active ourselves. Some it's just that the show's so broad spectrum, it's hard to get the kind of support for activities like Flashfic that you'd get when there's a more dominant ship in a fandom.

Still, we're sorry, for forgetting and for not being better cheerleaders for this. We'd like to do more with this comm, but we're not sure if you're interested. If you'll participate - not just as readers, but as writers.

We're considering doing Flashfic assignments during the hiatus to keep things vibrant while we wait for a (hopefully stronger) new series of episodes, but it won't work if you don't want to write it.

Are you still interested? What sort of challenges would spur your imagination? Do you have a brilliant and burning passion for flashfic and want to help mod the community?

Talk to us. We're listening.

Allie, for Linaerys and Katarin

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technosage

06 September 2007 @ 10:30 am

admin: challenge #18 - "around the world"

All around the world, people crumble for them. Everywhere they go people stop and they scream! (I can haz bastardizations of songs. My bastardizations, let me show you them!)

Whether it's the Heroes World Tour or my own personal sojourns, one thing seems clear: Heroes is the next big pop culture thang. When I went to buy an HD DVD player, the sales people asked me if I'd seen Heroes yet. Not since the first Harry Potter books have this many people I didn't know liked something that I do, ALL AROUND THE WORLD. And there is nothing like that.

So this week's challenge is dedicated to our beautiful shiny show with the best cast ever. RPF, canon, AU, you name it - make our Heroes or our cast travel, write about Papa Suresh's map if you wanna, a stop on the World Tour, something inspired by a World Tour picture (and you can cross-post to the World Tour RPF challenge!) whatever "around the world" makes you think of.

Remember, flashfic is supposed to be fun. One shots, short, no stress no pressure. It's just a fun way to make more Heroes fic! Of course, you can write as long as you want, but there's no need. Have a blast.

Ready, set, flashfic!

Tags: -admin-, 18- around the world

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technosage

06 September 2007 @ 10:23 am

admin: going to the chapel challenge now closed

The "Going to the Chapel" challenge is now closed (*koff* a long time later, sorry gang!)

We had two stories:

Do you promise to (Peter/Claude, PG) by

indyhat

Part of the job (Niki, Tina, PG) by

rainne

Thanks, y'all!

New challenge in a few minutes.

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lotus0kid

08 August 2007 @ 04:16 pm

Part of the Job by Rainne

Title: Part of the Job
Author: Rainne
Characters: Niki, Tina
Rating: PG-13 for an itty bitty curse word
Word Count: 390
Disclaimer: Heroes is Tim Kring's sandbox, not mine.
A/N: It was harder to come up with something for this prompt than I thought, maybe that's why it's my shortest flashfic yet.
Summary: Minutes before her wedding, Niki has a problem.

( Everything's a go. )

Tags: 17- weddings

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indyhat

01 August 2007 @ 03:26 pm

Do you promise to

Characters: Peter/Claude
Rating: PG-13 for my usual vague slash
Word count: 800
Summary: see below.
A/N: Written in 90 minutes to kill two birds with one stone: the

heroes_flashfic Wedding challenge, and the

peterandclaude Shave the beard, save the world challenge. Expect unbridled (as opposed to unbridal-ed) sentimentality, and smut.

( When he thinks about what 'forever' means, he's surprised that it's not actually frightening. )

x-posted to

peterandclaude

Tags: 17- weddings

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linaerys

31 July 2007 @ 09:03 am

admin: challenge #17 - goin' to the chapel

Taking a little break from cliches this week for a request from

mandysbitch: Weddings!

Are they forced to get married, simply at a wedding, planning a wedding, hoping for a wedding or wishing they were anywhere else?

Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a flash fic that has something to do with weddings. You can be literal, or figurative, after all, a wedding is bringing two things together, possibly not even people. Use your imagination, and don't forget something old, something new, something borrowed and somthing blue!

Ready, set, WRITE!

Tags: -admin-, 17- weddings

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linaerys

31 July 2007 @ 08:54 am

admin: wingfic challenge is now closed

The wingfic challenge is now closed. We had 5 participants:

Grounded by

acejillian

Human by

talk_back

Flights of Angels by

swallow_dream

Fallen 1, 2 and 3 by

indyhat

Devil's Needle by

lotus0kid

The following amnesty entries were posted:

Fighting Temptation by

emmademarais (Challenge #7 - Temptation)

A Simple Girl by