Post by Dreamchild on Jun 22, 2012 2:04:01 GMT -8
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes...
The annual anthology series returns for 2012! This year's volume of Fantasmic Nightmares will send chills up your spine, tickle your funny bone, or both!
If you're interested in contributing to Fantasmic Nightmares 2012, here are the guidelines!
- In the now-defunct A Fantasmic Kingdom Halloween, the master of ceremonies was the Halloween Narrator. This enigmatic character was broad and vague enough for just about anyone to use. Some stories omit this narrator altogether. The Narrator is not required.
- You may write Halloween stories based in either the Fantasmic Kingdom canon or the Dream League canon. Crossovers between both canons are subject to debate.
- Halloween does not have to be directly referenced in your story, nor does your story have to take place during the holiday. However, your story must be supernatural or eerie in some way. Not every story has to be horrific or scary, i.e., your story can be a comedy. But your story has to have something eerie or supernatural in some way, shape, or form.
- You may use characters that you do not role-play in your story.
- You may use Disney characters that are not role-played anywhere in Fantasmic Dreams in your story.
- Stories and poems are allowed. There is no limit to how much you may contribute for one volume.
- The maximum rating for a story is PG-13. You may write R-rated stories, but they won't be distributed by this website. You may write an 'uncut' version of your story and send it to your friends, but all stories hosted here must be below an R rating. G-rated and PG-rated stories are welcome.
- Original characters are allowed, because the Halloween stories are not considered canon.
- Your story must feature at least one Disney/Studio Ghibli-Disney-Dubbed character. Completely original content without a trace of Fantasmic Dreams conventions is prohibited. Poems, on the other hand, are fair game.
- A Disney character role-played in Fantasmic Dreams may not be killed, unless there is permission from that character's role-player. Never mind that these stories aren't canon.
- Story length requirement: no shorter than 1,000 words. Don't be intimidated; a mere 1,000 words is nothing!
- There is currently no word limit for poems, because they're generally much shorter than stories.
- ALWAYS MAKE COPIES OF YOUR STORIES! Nearly every single person who has contributed or started a Halloween story has had computer issues that resulted in lost files! It’s maddening and it happens far more often than one dreads! Every time you update your story’s progress, do yourself a favor and save another copy, whether on an external hard drive or even sent to yourself as an e-mail. It’s better to be safe than sorry, and don’t say we didn’t warn you!
- Stories are due between the 1st and the the 28th of October. The revamped format defies the classic distribution. All stories no longer go up at once; they can be uploaded any time separately within the aforementioned period. We hope that this makes the time requirement more lenient, relaxed, and less stressful.
- You will post your stories in the Fantasmic Nightmares board, and you'll have to add [2012] to your thread title.
Fantasmic Nightmares 2012
Confirmed stories
- The conclusion of Abracadabra by Joseph. Due to personal issues, the story was left unfinished last will, but will be completed for 2012! Sunshine, Duck Avenger, Dreamchild, and She-Wolf must battle the revived witches from Salem, the Sanderson Sisters (Hocus Pocus). Winifred is the vicious leader, Mary the portly bloodhound, and Sarah the sultry vixen. Will the four members of the Dream League defeat the three witches and protect Epcot's children?
- The Dream Leauge Meets Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man by Riley. It's basically Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein with Duck Avenger and Wastelander replacing the first fat guy/skinny guy comedy duo. I added Dracula and Wolf Man to the title to give some decent credit.
If you would like to contribute, and no pressure (OH PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!), simply post your intentions in this thread!
Will you write it?
