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[CW] Smash 'Em Up Sunday - A Journey to the Underworld

Welcome back to Smash ‘Em Up Sunday!

Check out previous posts here!

 

Thank you to everyone who has submitted stories since the feature returned! It really means a lot to me, and I hope we can continue on in earnest.

SEUSfire

 

I know that the campfire for this feature was beloved, and I would like to bring it back for you all, but I do not have a guaranteed time for that to happen yet. Please bear with me while I figure that out.

 

Last Week

 

There was 5 stories last week!

Community Choice from Alternate History

 

There was not enough votes to have a community choice this week!  

Aly’s Choice

Palace Chamber by u/Iwantcreativewriting

 

 

This Week’s Challenge

 

Hi friends, over the summer I would like to spend some time in my current obsession, which is mythic fiction. It may be names, tropes, or subgenres. Stay tuned to see what comes next ;D

A Journey to the Underworld

Here, have a wiki link

The underworld looks a little bit different in every country / religion / myth system, and I want to leave it up to you guys what your starting and ending point with it is.

Of course, we only have 800 words, so feel free to twist any of that to suit your needs!

Please don’t forget that the stories need to follow all subreddit rules!! That means no nazi stories, no political or religious arguing, nor child harm, or any of the other rules, regardless of what path you choose.

 

How to Contribute:

 

Write a story or poem, no more than 800 words in the comments using at least two things from the three categories below. You have until next sunday to submit a response.

After you are done writing, please be sure to take some time to read through the stories before the next SEUS is posted, and tell me which stories you liked the best. You can give me just a number one, or a top 5, and I’ll enter them in with appropriate weighting. Feel free to DM me on Reddit or Discord (Alyxbee on Discord)!

As a note, I do find it super helpful when folks add the word count to the bottom of their story <3

 

Category Points
Word List 1 Point
Sentence Block 2 Points
Defining Features 3 Points

 

Word List

Sentence Block

  • I require a name, a token, and a reason.

  • The path twisted like old memories.

 

Defining Features

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  • A death occurs on screen

  • A guide appears.

 

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I hope to see you all again next week!