My picfor1000 assignment for 2015 is a black cat and a castle :

[chamekke]

The challenge 13 theme is "unlucky things" (I guess because it's the 13th challenge), and each participant is given a photograph to inspire any fic as long as it weighs in at exactly 1,000 words. Here's my pic:



Admittedly I did go AWOL on my assignment for the previous 2 years. Well, third time lucky, I say! THIS IS THE YEAR WHERE I BREAK THAT TREND. *determined face*

Luckily this image has tons of potential. I've been toying with various ideas involving (a) Sleepy Hollow, (b) Shirley Jackson (i.e. a postscript story to We Have Always Lived In The Castle, because clearly that IS Jonas outside the Blackwood home), or just maybe (c) Warehouse 13. I figure, in a pinch I can do a fic where an artefact turns the world black and white. You know, the way things were in the olden days.

That said - if your first reaction to the pic is "OMFG this would be perfect for {fandom/plot bunny}", I am definitely all ears! *chinhands*

Not sure how many of you are also doing the challenge? I know draycevixen and severinne have both signed up. How are you faring with your prompt?
 

Comments

[severinne.livejournal.com]

I really liked your pic when I first saw it but in fairness, I'm not sure if I know what I'd do with it either... it's just a rather nice photo and I seem to be fond of cats these days. *g*

I do like the motion in the photo too, though, the flick of sudden movement across a scene that's otherwise got a frozen, timeless quality... anything to work with there? Sorry, not very helpful... *shrug*

[chamekke.livejournal.com]

Any comment is potentially useful! And I like the motion as well, so there may be possibilities around time travel (or stopping time), ghostly things, a lifeless house (no one's visible in any of the windows) with life outside...

So far I've had one idea that I've sketched out into a sort of outline. It has potential but as so often happens, it could easily bloat beyond the 1K word limit. If that's a red pen Annie's holding in your usericon, I may have to ask to borrow it :-)