Discovered in Summer Shorts

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There's been a bit of chat in various places about the loveliness of long Pros stories, and comments too about how nice it also is to have shorter fics to read, and as I was imagining the lads in shorts thinking about that, it occurred to me that summer might be a nice time to have a new discoveredinalj challenge - and so without further ado, I present:


(Challenge banner by brune_arici - now isn't that just brilliantly inspiring? *g* Thank you so much!)

So - the challenge is twofold!
For authors, it is very simply to write short Pros fic for us to read in lovely bite-sized summer moments! As many as you like, as short as you like! Although there's no particular word count we're going for in either direction, it will probably be longer than a drabble, but short enough to fit in a single lj post (though they're quite long, really, so that's a fair amount of scope!) There's no particular theme either - you can write to a summer-y theme (and request a summer-y prompt in the comments below), or you can just write freestyle - case files, AU, cross-overs, whatever steers your Capri... *g*

For artists, it is to create visions to accompany the stories that are posted. You can comment to the author first, or post something as a surprise, or... well, I'm not sure what the other alternatives might be, but - something to go along with the short stories people write, because short stories need covers love artwork too! Plus, it's just always nice to see, so any excuse... *g*

Let's see if by the end of summer we can manage a Discovered in Summer Shorts anthology of stories - when the nights draw shorter again, we can stretch out with a tropical cocktail, turn the heater to high, and re-live our lads in their shorts... (and I will actually put them together into a zine/book/collection of stories and art at the end, if we have enough - authors/artists can opt out if you prefer, but I hope you won't! I might even try to do this as we go along, for extra inspiration!)

Challenge deadline is the end of summer as defined by the autumn equinox - 22nd September, up here in the lads' part of the world. As usual, post by midnight your time (or Pago-Pago time, if you happen to be visiting that timezone)!

( A Very Few Rules )

It would be lovely to have authors and artists, old and new, all involved! Have you been missing our lads? Come back! Would this be your first time posting? Come and join us! The lads are a lovely place to dip your toes... *g*

Anyone think they might like to join in with the lads and their shorts...?