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As promised, here’s the place to post links to your stories in the Tick-Tock Hobbit Universe, as described in “Cover to Cover” #278A. You can start at TS 24:10 and hear Jason’s voicemail asking the question, and our responses that led to this idea, or you can just start at TS 40:20 and listen to the last 6 minutes of the show to hear the explanation of the ground rules.
The basic rules of this new fantasy universe:
- There must be Hobbit-like creatures
- There must be some magical-mechanical devices, not highly advanced
- An alien ship crash-lands on the world and changes everything
Write your stories in this universe, keep the stories PG-13, and only post the LINKS to the stories that you have on your own websites, not the stories themselves.
Let’s see where this goes!
Link: (FarPoint Forums thread) Tick-Tock Hobbit Universe
The Hobbits are in an never ending war, until a crashed ship threatens to alter the balance of power.
http://knighttimestories.blogspot.com/2007/09/dp-c2c-story-tick-tock-hobbit-universe.html
A young hobbit is dismayed to get a doll for his birthday.
http://taleswapper.blogspot.com/2007/09/toymaker.html
The world’s survival depends on the blood pact of one family with the beast of “The Clearing”
http://www.bloopdiary.com/viewentry.php?id=46100&num=411
Growing up was fun and peaceful until someone tried to do too much
Here is my take on the Tick-Tock Hobbit Universe. I hope you all enjoy.
Just in case anyone who wishes to view my story doesn’t know to click on my name, you can also follow this link:
http://dcbrotherton.blogspot.com/2008/02/hindsight.html