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dbsk_flashfic, aka my baby, is having an anniversary contest. Dear flist, please write me it fic?

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[ranalore.livejournal.com]

So...are there any themes in particular you really want?

::is not promisin' nothin'::

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

Well, I do have a soft spot for the 'movement of a hand' challenge. :D

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Is the hand the Zombie Hand of Rob Lowe?

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

... what?

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Nothing. What?

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

:| What.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Dude, no faces like that. Don't make me sing at you.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

... sing what?

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

The song of the damned. By which I mean, anyone who hears me sing will think they're damned.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

I look forward to hearing it! :D

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

I'll be sure to pull out the accent special for ya.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

Oooh, exoticism.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

That's what rural Oregon is known for, after all.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

Definitely.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

That and the hunting accidents.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

Hmm.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

Also, whatever happened to the something you were dropping hints about a couple of months back?

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

If it's the something I think it is, it's still on the table. I'm bogged down in plausible (ha!) worldbuilding, because I am a GEEK.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, worldbuilding?

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Yeah, because Eliza says I can't throw zombies or ABBA at everything. I feel this is narrow-minded of her. Hmm, maybe if I threw zombies and ABBA....

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

Mix it up with some Beatles!

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Pfft. Elvis!

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

... Elvis is a possibility.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Elvis is a certainty. He ain't no cat in a box.

I'm sick. Can you tell?

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

I feel like I'm missing half this conversation.

Maybe just a little

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel better, so am I.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

... not especially.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Oh.

Umm, ♥?

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's cheating.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

What do you want? I'm sick.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

That is not an excuse for everything!

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

If it were, I wouldn't need the zombies and ABBA.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

And the Elvis.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

Elvis is always necessary.

I know what I was going to ask you. Are there going to be two contest categories, one for flash and one for drabbles? I ask because, let's face it, people tend to view drabbles differently, and I don't think they're going to get a fair cop when put up against the longer pieces.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

I'm running it as an open challenge (any length, for any prompt), so I'm not really expecting anyone to write drabbles. If anyone does want to, I guess I could consider two categories, but no-one's raised it so far.

[ranalore.livejournal.com]

I'm running it as an open challenge (any length, for any prompt), so I'm not really expecting anyone to write drabbles.

They might if they weren't concerned about running into the thinking that quantity=quality, which crops up even on comms specifically devoted to shorter story forms.

[kallistei.livejournal.com]

Mm, this is true. I will think about it if I do this again next year, but I'll leave things as-is at the moment.