June 2011 Challenge

Author: Dreamflower
Title: Dream a Little Dream of Me
Rating: G
Theme: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Elements: This quote from the play: "And yet to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays." Bottom, Act III, Scene I
Author's Notes: I thought I'd try using the three key words in the quotation, truth, ( Read more... )

Author: Armariel
Title: Once Upon a Midsummer's Morn
Rating: PG (for a somewhat lecherous remark made by the villain;))
Theme: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Elements: O, hell! to choose love by another’s eye. --Hermia, scene i
Summary: The fairy ancestress of Pippin and Diamond Took plays a part in bringing them together.
Word Count: 6, ( Read more... )

Author: Adonnen Estenniel
Title: When Bright Things Fade
Rating: PG
Theme: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Elements:
"Swift as a shadow, short as any dream,
Brief as the lightning in the collied night,
That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth,
And ere a man hath power to say, -- Behold!
The jaws of darkness do devour it up:
So quick bright things ( Read more... )

Author: Linda Hoyland
Title: A Proper Man for Summer
Rating: PG
Theme: Midsummer Dreams
Elements: A proper man, as one shall see in a summer’s day.
Beta: Virtuella
Author's Notes: Based on an idea of Shirebound’s. A sequel to “Star of Hope at ( Read more... )

Author: Larner
Title: Fences and DreamsTheme: Midsummer Night's Dreams ( Read more... )

Author: Antane
Title: Flames
Rating: angsty G
Element: "My heart is true as steel."
Author Notes:  Frodo has a dream about the Quest long before it happens. It also deals with the effect it has on him during and after his terrible journey. Sam is also briefly in it.
Word Count: 1,139
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I apologize for this late announcement!

The June Challenge will have the theme "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"; the theme is "dreams", and the starter/element will be a quote from the play. You may use your quotation in any way you like-- it does not have to appear in the story, it can be inspiration, or a title, or part of the summary. Of course, ( Read more... )