Announcing the Chase challenge. This could be any type of pursuit -- criminal, romantic or (in Dief's case) sustenance-related. Go for your life! :-)

It's April 2 -- stories are due by midnight, April 16, Chicago time.

Next up is the Age challenge, for stories about birthdays or getting old, set in the Age of Sails or the Stone Age, or about rites of passage. Is Fraser getting gray hairs? What happens when Ray Vecchio has a midlife crisis? Why does Ray Kowalski make Frannie feel old? When did Dief know he was no longer a cub? Those are all about ageing, but any ( Read more... )

Announcing the Vital Clue challenge, in which one of our beloved characters gets one (a clue, that is). It could be the missing piece of evidence that solves the case, or it could be the spark in Fraser's eye that makes Ray (or Ray or Turnbull or Frannie or Welsh) finally twig that they've got a chance. It could be the dusting of icing sugar on ( Read more... )

mergatrude suggested a Snow challenge: cool, huh? (Pun totally intended.) Anything from snowballs to avalanches, to the first flurries dancing in the air -- it's all game.

It's January 25 -- stories are due by midnight, February 8, Chicago time.

As is traditional at this time of year, ds_flashfiction is now having its holiday amnesty! Check out the awesome possibilities in the tag list ( or behind this cut )

Announcing the Butter challenge: bread and butter, buttering someone up, someone looking like butter wouldn't melt in their mouth. Think laterally or literally, whichever takes your fancy!

It's November 22 -- stories are due by midnight, December 6, Chicago time.

Announcing the Interruptions challenge. Crimes, speeches, sex -- you name it, the Due South characters can interrupt it or be interrupted doing it. \o/

It's November 2 -- stories are due by midnight, November 16, Chicago time.

It's that time of year, time for ghoulies and beasties and things that go bump. Time, in fact, for the Spooked challenge. It doesn't have to be Halloween-themed: spooking of all varieties -- spies, ghosts, fraidy cats -- are all fair game. Whatever takes your fancy.

It's October 18 -- stories are due by midnight, November 1, Chicago time.

aingeal8c's suggested a Penguin challenge. Fraser's nickname in Pizza and Promises was Penguin. What if Ray Kowalski saw a (very lost) penguin when he and Fraser were Canada? Ray Vecchio in a penguin suit ( Read more... )

Announcing the Towel challenge. The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has a few things to say on the subject of towels. In this context, the towel could be falling to the floor suggestively, it could be wrapped around a stray kitten, it could be a crucial piece of evidence in a crime, anything! Think outside the box bathroom. (Or in it, if you ( Read more... )