Fic: The Outlaws of Sherwood Forest (chapter one)

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Title: The Outlaws of Sherwood Forest: A Tale of Bono Hood and His Merrye Men
Author: needleandspoon
Rating: PG (this chapter)
Status: It's the dread Work In Progress, girls and boys. The first chapter of many.
Author's Notes: First of all, I should thank jigofspite and espereth for awesomeness in the field of beta-ing. Love you guys. If there are remaining mistakes or inaccuracies, they're my fault, not theirs.

Secondly, this is an AU. A semi-historical AU at that. Feel free to run away now.

Thirdly, this is all made up, and no disrespect to persons living, dead or legendary is intended.

And last but not least, comments of all kinds will be squeed over gleefully.

( Once upon a time, in the twelfth century... )

Continued in chapter two...

Challenge #35: U2 by U2

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Back to our regularly (ish) scheduled challenges! Hope everyone had wonderful holidays and great New Year celebrations!

So, I was thinking. (Worried already, aren't you?) U2 By U2 has been out for over a year now, and yet there have been so few fics written since then (if any?) that use things we learned from the book, or used little tidbits from it for inspiration. So I thought I would give you guys three quotes to work with from the book. They're spaced out throughout their lives fairly well (though I skipped the AB era due to the recent Zoo-related challenge). ( Click for quotes! )

So, your mission is to use these quotes however you see fit. As long as they inspire your fic somehow, it's fair play. If you like, you can use all three. It's up to you. (Bonus half point in the U2 Challenge Challenge to anyone who uses all three.)

This challenge ends at 1159pm PST on January 21st. The Challenge Challenge ends at the same time as well. Currently, clandestine269 is in the lead with 2.5 points, pop_daisy follows closely with 1.5 points, and melissa2u is in third with 1 point. Good luck everyone! Down to the wire now!