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Thursday, July 3rd, 2025 09:23 am
Photograph with added text: Working Together, at Fancake. Workers in India use wide wooden paddles with long handles to shove a huge yard of drying grains into big piles. The grain, most likely rice, is a beautiful golden color, and there's a mix of western and traditional clothing among the seven men and women.
[community profile] fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules.

This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 09:25 pm
Challenge 265:
TRICKSTER
a dishonest person; a person skilled in the use of tricks and illusion; a cunning or deceptive character appearing in various forms in the folklore of many cultures

Maybe he’s a con man, tricking other people out of their money or time. Maybe she’s a stage magician who can make your keys disappear and reappear in the blink of an eye. Maybe they’re an ancient being who’s been around for a very long time and enjoys playing tricks on unsuspecting mortals.

How does it go? Are your tricksters good at what they do, or could they use a little more practice? Do your other characters enjoy the experience?

Write a story about a trickster.

BONUS GOAL: β€œYou can just call me β€˜goddess’. Most people do.”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!


Challenge ends Monday, July 7 at 9:00PM EST.
• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
β€’ Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 265 – trickster
β€’ If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 03:01 pm
Theme Prompt: Summer Vacation
Title: Lost Summer
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating/Warnings: Non-graphic mention of being burned alive (not for long). Nobody dies
Bonus: No
Characters: Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw
Word Count: 397
Summary: It was summer when she burned. And it was summer when she found hope again.

Summer is a time of life. And death. )
Monday, June 30th, 2025 10:37 pm
Since we only have two entries this week, I'm declaring a mini-amnesty for the remaining two days! If you have any fills for Summer Vacation, please feel free to post them any time up until Wednesday, July 2 at 9pm US Eastern Time. Challenge #265 will be up at the usual time.
Monday, June 30th, 2025 03:18 pm
We're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.

Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.