Hello, everyone! I'm sorry to say that I'm going to be closing the Small Fandoms Flashfiction community on LJ. (The creation of # hashtags, which has screwed up the tagging system here, was the last straw for me ( Read more... )

The Savoir-faire challenge is now closed.

Our next challenge is: Cataclysm

Def:

1. any violent upheaval, especially one of a social or political nature.
2. Physical Geography. a sudden and violent physical action producing changes in the earth's surface.
3. an extensive flood; deluge.

Syn: calamity, catastrophe, deluge, destruction, ( Read more... )

The Inveterate challenge is now closed.

Our next challenge is: Savoir-faire

Def: knowledge of just what to do in any situation; tact.

Syn: adroitness, composure, elegance, finesse, grace, manners, poise, style, tact, worldliness ( Read more... )

The Boon challenge is now closed.

Our next challenge is: Inveterate

Def:

1. settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like: an inveterate gambler.
2. firmly established by long continuance, as a disease, habit, practice, feeling, etc.; chronic.

Syn: abiding, chronic, continuing, entrenched, habitual, incurable, ingrained, ( Read more... )

The Talisman challenge is now closed.

Our next challenge is: Boon

Def:

1. something to be thankful for; blessing; benefit.
2. something that is asked; a favor sought.

Syn: benefit, blessing, favor, gift, godsend, good fortune, largesse, windfall ( Read more... )

As of 4/17/17 I have imported this LJ community into the mirror community on DW: smallfandomflshWhen new challenges are posted, the challenges will be posted to the LJ comm, after which a new import will be done that will carry the new challenge, as well as any fic written and posted to the LJ comm during that two week period, over to DW. This ( Read more... )

The Bonzer challenge is now closed.

Our next challenge is: Talisman

Def:

1. anything whose presence exercises a remarkable or powerful influence on human feelings or actions.
2. a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
3. any amulet or charm.

Syn: ( Read more... )

The Peccadillo challenge is now closed.

Our next challenge is: Bonzer

Def: remarkable; wonderful

Syn: exceptional, extraordinary, marvelous, remarkable, splendid, wonderful ( Read more... )

The Paroxysm challenge is now closed.

And since I'm a day late, our next challenge is: Peccadillo

Def: a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.

Syn: failing, fault, misbehavior, misconduct, shortcoming, wrongdoing ( Read more... )

The Rollick challenge is now closed.

Our next challenge is: Paroxysm

Def:

1. Any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion (paroxysms of rage)
2. (Pathology) A severe attack or a sudden increase in intensity of a disease, usually recurring periodically

Syn: agitation, anger, fit, frenzy, outburst; attack, convulsion, ( Read more... )