#1dfrightficfest

high in the gallery

by @finelinegynandromorph / finelinegynandromorph

Prompt:  Ever since harry bought that vintage painting and hung it in his gallery, spooky things have been happening around his house...

Summary:

The painting had belonged to his uncle. And, like most of the possessions tucked away in the old Victorian mansion, Harry paid it no mind at first. That is, he was far too busy trying to sort through the tangle of his late uncle’s estate to bother uncovering the dusty canvas sheets in the art gallery. By the time he got around to it, blowing off some paperwork to wander around the wings of the house he was less familiar with, the lawyers and estate agents had all left. When he finally pulled the cover off the massive portrait on the north wall, he was all alone.

or, on break from his job with the orchestra, harry retreats to his late uncle’s manor up north. there’s a painting high in the gallery that he does his very best to ignore. an au (very) loosely inspired by the picture of dorian gray

welcome to the dark side, fellow fic writers and readers!

turn on your lights, lock your doors and windows, double-check underneath your bed… things are about to get scary! if you like murder mysteries, serial killers, demons, vampires, ghosts, horror, and thrillers, this is the right place for you.

timeline

may 1: the 1d fright fic fest begins

rolling prompt submissions & author sign-ups

yes, you can sign up at any time!

prompts will be first come, first serve

october 1: fics are due

october 25: fics begin posting

rules

prompt submission is flexible - if you have an idea for any sort of dark fic, submit it!  

fics must be complete when posted.

if you are writing or betaing an explicit fic for this fest, you must be 18+.

have fun! if you’re ever not enjoying participating in this fest, reach out to the mods and we will do our best to make things better.

do you have a fic idea that you’d like to see written? submit any and all prompt ideas here.

want to participate as a writer? check out the submitted prompts here and sign up here! you can also sign up as a writer for your own prompt idea.

who decides?

by @finelinegynandromorph /  finelinegynandromorph

Prompt: Character A always tells people that fear is easy to beat, nothing more than a trick of the mind. They believed it was true until Character B challenged them to spend one night in a nearby graveyard where the fears they face seem all too real

Summary:

“I did it for us,” Harry pants into his knees, gripping her hand with all his strength. “I did it so we’d both survive.” He coughs into a shiver, and can’t tell whether it’s his own hand tightening, or if there’s an answering squeeze. “We were dying,” he sobs, and when he closes his eyes he can see the outline of a cross branded into the back of his mind. Harry chokes on his next breath.

or, harry spends the night in a field full of bodies. he tries not to think about his own

author spotlight: @finelinegynandromorph​​ (ao3: finelinegynandromorph)

We hope you’re excited for fics coming soon! Here is a spotlight for one of our lovely authors. Send some love their way and get excited for their fics to be posted very soon!

1. What are your favorite tropes to read/write?

Less of a trope, more of a theme, but I love reading and writing gender fics that are centered on non-normative ways of experiencing one's body, whether that's trans or non-conforming characters. I'm trans and fic has offered a pretty safe space for me in terms of thinking through my own identity and presentation, as well as being exposed to different ways of being genderqueer, so gender fics have a very special place in my heart!

2. What are you most excited for about your fright fest fic?

I was really excited to get to explore themes of gender and bodily safety/autonomy through a horror setting. I find the intersection between body horror and body dysphoria a really interesting (and painful) one, and I was really thrilled to get the chance to explore some pretty graphic representations of struggling to feel quite right in your body. It's definitely more dark than I usually write for fics (I'm also pretty new to fic-writing), which was really cool to explore!

3. Can you give any spoilers about your fright fest fic?

Spoilers are just that I'll be writing about trans people, like always, and that neither of them are focused on romance or relationships. They're both quite psychological, I'd say?

4. What song, if any, best fits your fright fest fic? Feel free to explain this as much or as little as you like.

Okay, I won't explain this one but Falling for "high in the gallery".

5. Anything else you'd like to share that we didn't ask about?

welcome to the dark side, fellow fic writers and readers! 

turn on your lights, lock your doors and windows, double-check underneath your bed... things are about to get scary! if you like murder mysteries, serial killers, demons, vampires, ghosts, horror, and thrillers, this is the right place for you.

timeline

april 1: the 1d fright fic fest begins 

april 30: deadline for prompt submissions & author sign-ups

october 1: fics are due

october 25: fics begin posting

rules

prompt submission is flexible - if you have an idea for any sort of dark fic, submit it!  

fics must be complete when posted. 

if you are writing or betaing an explicit fic for this fest, you must be 18+.

have fun! if you’re ever not enjoying participating in this fest, reach out to the mods and we will do our best to make things better.

do you have a fic idea that you’d like to see written? submit any and all prompt ideas here 

want to participate as a writer? check out the submitted prompts here and sign up here! you can also sign up as a writer for your own prompt idea.

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