The Bump in the Night Ficathon
We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.
--Stephen King--
Summer is known for many things around the world. There is one tradition that can help fight the oppressive heat with chills of fear, the Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai (百物語怪談会), or A Gathering of 100 Ghostly Tales. This is where our ficathon starts.
There are all sorts of things that go bump in the night. Gelth, werewolves, unicorns, zombies, any anything else that comes to mind are actively encouraged for this ficathon, whether they are all in one fic or in one of each in all you write. It is your choice.
All forms of suspense are welcome. Whether your story is truly something terrifying or is a bait and switch with a silly ending, it is welcome here.
As the tradition goes, 100 candles would be placed in a circle, and the players would each tell a ghoulish tale, often a story from their local village, or perhaps a more personal experience. As each tale ended, the storyteller would douse a single candle, the light slowly fading as the tension rose. The game was said to be a ritual of evocation, the expiration of each story and each candle summoning more spiritual energy, transforming the room into a beacon for the dead. With the vanishing of the final light, someone or something terrible would be waiting in the darkness.
Now, we haven't any candles, but I am sure with everyone's help, we can gather 100 suspenseful stories.
Rules
- As per our community's rules, all fics must be of Nine or Ten with Rose.
- There needs to be some element of suspense, whether it is something that goes bump in the night or simply a missing banana, that is up to you.
- Write as many fics as you like. Help us reach our goal of 100.
- The ficathon will run until 15 August extended until the end of August by popular request.
- All prompts are open for use, but using our prompts is not a requirement.
- Post your fic to this community, but feel free to also post it elsewhere.
Now, not only writers may participate in this ficathon. If you simply visit this community to look at the prompts and read the fanfiction, there is a way you can help. This post will be a place for you to share prompts you think would inspire something fitting the Bump in the Night theme. Images, quotes, lyrics, places, and lines are welcome.
Weekly prompts will still be posted every Thursday.
More information on Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai (百物語怪談会) can be found here on Seek Japan.
Remember:
♥ Link back to us if posting elsewhere
♥ Tag your post to never_ever_will with 'ficathon: bump in the night'
♥ We focus on Series One and Two Doctor/Rose
♥ Have fun
--Stephen King--
Summer is known for many things around the world. There is one tradition that can help fight the oppressive heat with chills of fear, the Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai (百物語怪談会), or A Gathering of 100 Ghostly Tales. This is where our ficathon starts.
There are all sorts of things that go bump in the night. Gelth, werewolves, unicorns, zombies, any anything else that comes to mind are actively encouraged for this ficathon, whether they are all in one fic or in one of each in all you write. It is your choice.
All forms of suspense are welcome. Whether your story is truly something terrifying or is a bait and switch with a silly ending, it is welcome here.
As the tradition goes, 100 candles would be placed in a circle, and the players would each tell a ghoulish tale, often a story from their local village, or perhaps a more personal experience. As each tale ended, the storyteller would douse a single candle, the light slowly fading as the tension rose. The game was said to be a ritual of evocation, the expiration of each story and each candle summoning more spiritual energy, transforming the room into a beacon for the dead. With the vanishing of the final light, someone or something terrible would be waiting in the darkness.
Now, we haven't any candles, but I am sure with everyone's help, we can gather 100 suspenseful stories.
Rules
- As per our community's rules, all fics must be of Nine or Ten with Rose.
- There needs to be some element of suspense, whether it is something that goes bump in the night or simply a missing banana, that is up to you.
- Write as many fics as you like. Help us reach our goal of 100.
- The ficathon will run until 15 August extended until the end of August by popular request.
- All prompts are open for use, but using our prompts is not a requirement.
- Post your fic to this community, but feel free to also post it elsewhere.
Now, not only writers may participate in this ficathon. If you simply visit this community to look at the prompts and read the fanfiction, there is a way you can help. This post will be a place for you to share prompts you think would inspire something fitting the Bump in the Night theme. Images, quotes, lyrics, places, and lines are welcome.
Weekly prompts will still be posted every Thursday.
More information on Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai (百物語怪談会) can be found here on Seek Japan.
Remember:
♥ Link back to us if posting elsewhere
♥ Tag your post to never_ever_will with 'ficathon: bump in the night'
♥ We focus on Series One and Two Doctor/Rose
♥ Have fun