femslashficlets | queer women's literature prompt table

THIS CHALLENGE IS NOW CLOSED TO NEW CLAIMS

The theme is Queer Women's Literature Quotes. You can interpret the prompts as loosely or as literally as you would like – there's no restrictions at all on how you use them for inspiration. However if there's any that really don't do anything for you, you can (within reason, obviously) substitute a few quotes of your own choosing.

TABLE

1.	I feel I stand in a desert with my hands outstretched, and you are raining down upon me. Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt
2.	The realization of great mutual love can at times be so overwhelming a thing, that even the bravest of hearts may grow fearful. Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness
3.	You have come to do an autopsy and at the first excision found a beating heart. R. Erica Doyle, Proxy
4.	Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them. Djuna Barnes, Nightwood
5.	Then they took the last step together, and when she kissed her, her mouth as warm as summer, the taste of her sweet and clear, she knew, at last, that she was home. Malinda Lo, Ash
6.	Stand and face me, my love, and scatter the grace in your eyes. Sappho
7.	That conversation we were always on the edge / of having, runs on in my head. Adrienne Rich, Twenty-One Love Poems
8.	when she looks at me / i float in a warm lake / feel my muscles go weak with want Pat Parker, My Lover Is a Woman
9.	But on the wild nights who can call you home? Only the one who knows your name. Jeanette Winterson, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit
10.	We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
11.	I want to possess you completely— / Your jade body /And your promised heart. Wu Tsao
12.	the moonlight striped her, marked out places where the whispering thing would slip through and she would unfold. Helen Oyeyemi, White is for Witching
13.	The border is longing; when both have fallen in love but still haven’t said anything. Tove Jansson
14.	I knew that I couldn't lie beside her, without wanting to touch her. I couldn't have felt her breath upon my mouth, without wanting to kiss her. And I couldn't have kissed her, without wanting to save her. Sarah Waters, Fingersmith
15.	I tell you this / to break your heart, / by which I mean only / that it break open and never close again Mary Oliver, Lead

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<td>1.</td>
<td>I feel I stand in a desert with my hands outstretched, and you are raining down upon me. Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt</td>

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<td>2.</td>
<td>The realization of great mutual love can at times be so overwhelming a thing, that even the bravest of hearts may grow fearful. Radclyffe Hall, The Well of Loneliness</td>

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<td>3.</td>
<td>You have come to do an autopsy and at the first excision found a beating heart. R. Erica Doyle, Proxy</td>

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<td>4.</td>
<td>Our bones ache only while the flesh is on them. Djuna Barnes, Nightwood</td>

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<td>5.</td>
<td>Then they took the last step together, and when she kissed her, her mouth as warm as summer, the taste of her sweet and clear, she knew, at last, that she was home. Malinda Lo, Ash </td>

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<td>6.</td>
<td>Stand and face me, my love, and scatter the grace in your eyes. Sappho</td>

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<td>7.</td>
<td>That conversation we were always on the edge / of having, runs on in my head. Adrienne Rich, Twenty-One Love Poems</td>

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<td>8.</td>
<td>when she looks at me / i float in a warm lake / feel my muscles go weak with want Pat Parker, My Lover Is a Woman</td>

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<td>9.</td>
<td>But on the wild nights who can call you home? Only the one who knows your name. Jeanette Winterson, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit </td>

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<td>10.</td>
<td>We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest cravings. Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power </td>

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<td>11.</td>
<td>I want to possess you completely— / Your jade body /And your promised heart. Wu Tsao </td>

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<td>12.</td>
<td>the moonlight striped her, marked out places where the whispering thing would slip through and she would unfold. Helen Oyeyemi, White is for Witching </td>

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<td>13.</td>
<td>The border is longing; when both have fallen in love but still haven’t said anything. Tove Jansson</td>

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<td>14.</td>
<td>I knew that I couldn't lie beside her, without wanting to touch her. I couldn't have felt her breath upon my mouth, without wanting to kiss her. And I couldn't have kissed her, without wanting to save her. Sarah Waters, Fingersmith</td>

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<td>15.</td>
<td>I tell you this / to break your heart, / by which I mean only / that it break open and never close again Mary Oliver, Lead </td>

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RULES:

on the ficlets themselves:
- To complete the challenge you must write 15 ficlets, one for each of the prompts listed.
- The quotes may be used for inspiration as literally or as loosely as you'd like.
- You can post your ficlets in any order and at any time prior to the deadline of May 31, 2020
- Your ficlets must follow general community rules - femslash, between 100 and 1000 words, etc.
- Please tag all your entries in this challenge with the tag prompt table challenge: literature
- There is an AO3 subcollection for the challenge to which you can add your fics if you wish.
- Comment to this post when you've completed your table and I'll add you to the finished list.
- You can either post the ficlets as you go or wait and post your whole table when you're done.

on making claims:
- You can claim a character, pairing or fandom, or you can make a general claim and write a variety of subjects.
- Claims are not limited in any way, so more than one person can claim the same thing.
- Original fiction and characters are allowed.
- Crossovers are permitted, whether as a specific claim or as part of any of your ficlets.
- You can make a second (and a third and etc) claim, but only after you've finished the first one.
- You can continue to make claims right up until the deadline.

CLAIMS IN PROGRESS

alasse_irena: general claim

anissa7118: general claim

auroracloud: general claim

bellsprouting: general claim

horsdhaleine: general claim

keeperofseeds: general claim

lavendre: general claim

ohnonnie: general claim

preludian_staves: general claim

rosage: general claim

samuraiter: general claim

sdk: general claim

human_veil: general claim

threedices: general claim

veggiemom general claim

vindoletta: general claim

zdenka: general claim

clarahow: ASOIAF & Game of Thrones, general fandom

streeptastic: British Femslash, general fandom

ruvolea: original works, general fandom

fiachairecht: Tolkien's Legendarium, general fandom

COMPLETED CLAIMS

ilthit: general claim, completed table

elasticella: general claim, completed table

machinaperegrina: Ophiuchus Shaina/Eagle Marin, pairing from Saint Seiya, completed table

smallredboy: general claim, completed table

merryghoul: general claim, completed table

skyrosebud: general claim, completed table

melime: ER, general fandom, completed table

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