Man from U.N.C.L.E. Section VII

Up For Another Challenge?

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 18:16:04 GMT

Posted by: jantojones

The Short Affair Challenge is still ongoing for anyone who fancies taking a crack at it. However, how about another to run alongside?

The PicFic challenge has always been hosted by mrua7 in the past, so I hope she doesn't mind me treading on her toes with this. The premise is simple. Write a story based on the photograph below. For the time being, there will be no rules for this challenge. Make it whatever length you like, and post it whenever you like. (Hopefully, we'll be able to get back to our proper schedule, but until then we'll make do.)

The only thing you need to remember is that Section VII is a gen community.

Here's your prompt image, and I look forward to what comes from it.

(Cross-posted to LJ and FB)

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PicFic Prompt

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 19:06:49 GMT

Posted by: glenmered

It's Tuesday and that means PicFic. You can post whenever you like, before or after the two week window with this prompt. 500 word minimum and Gen in nature, and that's all it takes.
Since I still can't figure out how to post pictures here, the link to the Section VII Live Journal page is HERE.

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The Trouble In The Ballroom Affair - PicFic 2/16/21

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:52:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

In a long corridor that led to a grand ballroom, Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin walked silently towards an arched doorway that shone from a solid wall of windows beyond. As they approached that light they encountered a young woman dressed in a gown that seemed to float around her body; shades of pale rose was a near match for her bare arms. Napoleon was tempted to speak to her when another woman emerged.

“Is that April?”

Both men stopped in mid step, unsure now if they had misunderstood the mission parameters. April and Mark weren’t scheduled to be part of this mission.

Having heard the approaching footsteps, April turned to see her friends and colleagues. She was in a gown made from silk, so that it rustled slightly as she walked towards them. Her auburn hair was in an updo, and as the other woman turned to watch April, Illya was struck by a similarity between them.

For the rest of the story, follow this... The Trouble In The Ballroom Affair

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Wednesday is A Little Drabble Do Ya... and more

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:27:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

The drabbles are the norm, and if you're so inclined please post a photo and a few comments about a favorite episode.
uncle_du_jour is posting highlights from Season 3, so check that out as our sister community takes up the MFU Standard for episode related fun.
You can still post PicFic stories today, as will I later on. I got caught up in the drama of a winter storm and some of what is accompanying that on the home front, but my PicFic will be here later today.
New Year folks, let's fill it up with more stories and MFU fun!

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Wednesday...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:40:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

It's another day for drabbles, so just jump into A Little Drabble Do Ya! One hundred words to give us a scene, a scenario or a little banter. This is your day to be succinct and to the point.

Don't forget to take a look at the PicFic photo prompt. The stories start posting next Tuesday. You answered the Poll, here's your opportunity to start writing in our oldest challenge. It has aged very well.

Short Affair prompt is up and ready for you to stretch your fingers and your imagination. Don't let it slip past you. You can still write and post for the prompt that was due on Monday.

Marian, aka mrua7, is hosting the Section VII Daily UNCLE Walk-a-Thon. Let us know how you're doing or if you plan on joining in this New Year adventure.

And finally, I hope everyone is well and looking forward to good days ahead. It isn't about politics, it's about attitude and intention. Loving the antics and adventures of MFU is definitely part of all around goodness.

Have a terrific day today and everyday.

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PICFIC TUESDAY IS BACK!

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:36:00 GMT

Posted by: mrua7.livejournal.com

Your story is Due: Tuesday February 16th

Please try to post on the date, but it you’re late, that's okay. We'd rather read your story a little late than not at all! Just make sure to include the photo prompt(s) with your story!

Statistical stuff: Minimum 500 words, no maximum.

Subject Matter: Write a MFU story using the photo prompt. Your fic. can be specifically about the prompt, featured or just mentioned in your story. It's meant to inspire

Posting here should fit into the GENeral concepts of the section7mfu community, contain nothing explicit and reflects the 1960's series in style and content, and featuring our brave men from U.N.C.L.E. (of course) It's okay to use characters from the Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as well as original characters, but Napoleon and/or Illya must be part of your story!

Remember, Section VII is a GEN community.

That being said, there is a GEN-mature tag option for stories that contain more violence, torture, angst or very mild het. So if your story falls under one of these categories, please use the gen-mature tag.

Where to post:

Gen stories, gen-mature post in section7mfu
Very Het stories in mfu_map_room

All other genres post in uncle_du_jour

Subject Header: Please include in the Subject Header: your Title, the phrase:'For Picfic Tuesday' and the original due date.

Again, please include the photo prompt with your story as a reference for you readers!

Here's your prompt:

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THE RETURN OF THE PICFIC CHALLENGE!

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 10:49:00 GMT

Posted by: mrua7.livejournal.com

For those of you not familiar with PicFic, it's a weekly challenge to write a MFU story based upon or incorporating a photo prompt.

The first PicFic prompt of 2021 will post on February 9th

Here are the general rules of the challenge:

Your story is Due: to be determined, it may be 24 hours, 1 week, or anytime after the prompt is posted on a Tuesday.

Statistical stuff: Minimum 500 words, no maximum.

Subject Matter: Write a MFU story using the photo prompt. Your fic. can be specifically about the prompt, featured or just mentioned in your story. It's meant to inspire

Where to post:

Gen stories, gen-mature post in section7mfu
Very Het stories in mfu_map_room

All other genres post in uncle_du_jour

Subject Header: Please include in the Subject Header: your Title, the phrase:'For Picfic Tuesday' and the original due date.

You must include the photo prompt with your story as a reference for you readers!

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More on PicFic and Archives

Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:53:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

Mostly this is about PicFic, but using the Archives is a good way to get to know more about this challenge.
Our Archive is full of terrific stories, and it spans 9 years now, back to 2012 when Section VII began.
The Archive tab is at the top of Section VII Home Page ... section7mfu
PicFic occupies quite a lot of those pages, and some of the best stories on MFU writing sites started with this challenge.
Take a look at this small sampling and enjoy reading, and hopefully be inspired to keep writing.

mrua7 "A little snooping never hurt...well sometimes"~for the Picfic Tuesday Challenge 2/3
glennagirl How To Spoil A Party - PicFic 2/4/14
avrovulcan Jinxed?! - Picfic 02/04
alynwa Picfic Tuesday February 4, 2014: That Computes
Heat Rising by rosywonder
The Start of the Evening by otherhawk
https://section7mfu.livejournal.com/2282122.htmlCan You Hear Something? by hypatia_66

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From the Archives... Ad Infinitum

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:06:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

I was reminded of this story when a comment was left for it on AO3. The story was originally a PicFic entry, and we're going to be starting up PicFic once again.

It was first introduced during our first year as a community, back in 2012. So many good stories came out of that challenge, and in fact, Section VII helped repopulate the MFU category over on ff.net by driving up the numbers of stories there in record time. If you go back and check, the stories nearly doubled due to the entries that originated here, mostly from PicFic challenge stories.

The story today is from 2013, eight years ago. It posted on February 12, 2013, and we've been writing and posting every year for nine years. I hope we can continue on and meet the challenges that will continue to show up here on Section VII.

Ad Infinitum

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Writer's Choice - A Man of Many Hats

Sat, 30 May 2020 09:41:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

This story is a PicFic Challenge entry from 2013. Napoleon is sent to rescue his partner, but his success depends on ... well, you'll see.

A Man of Many Hats

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PicFic Reminder...

Tue, 12 May 2020 10:10:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

We have a prompt from last Tuesday that is open today for posting stories. You can find the photo prompts HERE

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Hit and Miss - Writer's Choice

Sat, 09 May 2020 14:19:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

I ran across the story as I was cleaning out my google docs. I didn't have a name on it, so tracked down the original posting by way of the date on the document. I don't remember it, but I enjoyed re-reading it and hope you will as well.

Hit and Miss

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Impromptu PicFic

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 08:56:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

PicFic will start again in February, but I thought we might indulge in an Impromptu Challenge prompt from the photo files. No word limits, make it a sentence, a drabble or whatever you come up with.

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"A bird's eye view" for the September PicFic Challenge

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 11:59:00 GMT

Posted by: mrua7.livejournal.com

The prompts:

Napoleon Solo was piloting an UNCLE helicopter with his partner seated in the passenger side. The aircraft was hangared at a small heliport in Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn.

Their destination was the Statue of Liberty located on Liberty Island is located in the Upper New York Bay within the waters of Jersey City, though it was one of the islands that were part of the borough of Manhattan in New York.

They’d be there in minutes, doing a flyover for anything suspicious going on around Lady Liberty. There’d been some chatter about an attempt to defile the statue.

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Liberty and Death - Pic Fic (a bit late) - Sept 27th

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 20:07:00 GMT

Posted by: jantojones.livejournal.com

You can find the story below the cut, or you can follow the link to go to AO3.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20795513

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Archives - September 2015

Fri, 06 Sep 2019 08:32:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

Before I get to the Archives selections, if you didn't see it already, take a look at the previous post about a new daily challenge: Word of the Day.

The stories are from September 7th and 8th, including a multi-part story from mrua7. The links to previous chapters are included in this post.
I hope you enjoy digging into the Archives!

10:11 am: mrua7 "The really unexpected affair"~ chapter 6- for The Short Affair Challenge - 4 comments
02:57 pm: alynwa Short Affairs, September 7, 2015: Uncle and Nephew - 14 comments
08:49 pm: jantojones Patience - Short Affair - Sept 7th - 13 comments
8th: 10:37 am: mrua7 "Vendetta"~ for PicFic Tuesday September 8th - 17 comments
02:18 pm: glennagirl Air Raid - PicFic 9/8 - 8 comments
06:23 pm: rosywonder Pic fic 8 September - HEAT RISING - 1 comment

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Did the Earth Move for You? - Pic Fic 7th Anniversary - August 27th

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 20:46:00 GMT

Posted by: jantojones.livejournal.com

Napoleon and Illya have been asked to meet a possible Thrush defector.

You can find the story beneath the cut, or you can click the link to go to AO3.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20417495

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Another View - PicFic 7th Anniversary

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:38:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

Illya stood on the sand, the waves lapping at his bare feet as he scanned the surrounding area in search of his partner. In his hands the binoculars made the sea and sky beyond like something from another realm, the details were excruciatingly sharp; R&D had done an excellent job on crafting them.

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Archives - August 2016

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:28:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

Let's travel back to 2016 ... August 15 & 16

09:10 am: glennagirl Changing Times - Short Affair - 10 comments
12:00 pm: ssclassof56 Short Affair Challenge – A Night at the Lake – August 15th - 2 comments
01:00 pm: mrua7 "Finding inner peace"~ for the Short Affair Challenge 8/15 - 16 comments
05:16 pm: rose_of_pollux "When in Rome" (Short Affair Challenge 8/15 - 18 comments
08:07 pm: lilidelafield Short Affair Challenge, 15 August,2016; prompts: Copper. guest. word count 993: The Promise - 14 comments
08:29 pm: alynwa Short Affairs for August 15, 2016: Some Things Never Go Out of Style - 20 comments
16th: 01:00 pm: mrua7 "The Thai Fighters Affair"~ for the PicFic Tuesday Challenge 8/19 - 12 comments
01:28 pm: glennagirl Keep Repeating - PicFic 8/16 - 8 comments
11:09 pm: otherhawk Interrogation - Short Affair Challenge 15/08/2016 - 17 comments

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Fri, 09 Aug 2019 10:09:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

This is a selection of stories from August of 2015, between the 10th and 18th, not necessarily in order. Interestingly, the most prolific writers that month are represented here.

jkkitty Challenge: The Short Affair 8/15 Friends Come First - 8 comments
mrua7 "An itch that needs scratching"~ for the Short Affair 8/10 - 4 comments
otherhawk Remedial - Short Affair - 10th August - 15 comments
jantojones Contact - Short Affair - August 10th - 11 comments
otherhawk Walking in Death's Footsteps Part 1 - Picfic 11th August - 12 comments
otherhawk Walking in Death's Footsteps Part 2 - Non Challenge fic
otherhawk Walking in Death's Footsteps Part 3 - Non Challenge Fic, conclusion - 7 comments
mrua7 "Wong Fook Hing Mistake"~ for the PicFic Tuesday challenge 8/18 - 12 comments
otherhawk The Start of the Evening - Pic Fic, 18th August - 12 comments
otherhawk Bored Games - Short Affair for 17th August - 12 comments
jantojones Another Rescue - PicFic - August 18th - 12 comments
jkkitty Challenge: The Short Affair 8/18 Enjoying Yourself? - 12 comments
mrua7 "The really unexpected Affair"~ for the Short Affair Challenge - 8 comments
jantojones Incriminating Evidence - Short Affair - Aug 17th - 9 comments

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How About Those Halloween Prompts?

Fri, 09 Aug 2019 09:52:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

I'm going to get out of my lane a little and put in a plug for the Halloween Challenge over on mfu_scrapbook
There's quite a few prompts over there that are still unclaimed, and I'm thinking some of the writers here on Section VII just haven't noticed. Am I right? Because, let's face it, we do that here... writing.
We'll be having our own Seven Days of Halloween, but let's not forget to support writing for MFU when we see the opportunity.
It's a fact of life that there are fewer people participating now than in years past, but the fires of the fandom are present even if in need of some stoking.
So, if you haven't already, take a look at the prompts and see if anything calls out to you. Several of our members/writers here on Section VII have submitted story prompts (myself included), so it's a little like answering a challenge here in our own playground.
If you've been there once already but need a second look, here's where to find them... Halloween prompts

This is a writing season for us if you take a look at what's coming up in the next few months. And there will be a Christmas Round Robin once again, so take a deep breath and start typing.

Long Story Affair Challenge (coincides with 55 year anniversary, begins posting on September 22)
Halloween Challenge (on mfu_scrapbook)
Seven Days of Halloween
Return of these challenges on Section VII:
PicFic Tuesday
Once Upon A Time
Song Story
Seasonal (HODOWE, Great Episode Challenge)

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Secrets and Lies - July PicFic - July 30th

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:15:00 GMT

Posted by: jantojones.livejournal.com

You can find the story down below the cut, or you can click either of the prompt pictures to go to AO3.

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Hope Against Hope - PicFic July 30

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 20:14:00 GMT

Posted by: glennagirl.livejournal.com

My apologies for such a short story, but I'm just happy to write something. Time has been short of opportunity. This story will have more to it, I promise. It's origin is in the story linked at the end, and may end up as the prologue to my Long Story Affair for that challenge. I took liberties with the photo prompt, making is a black and white to better represent what is in the story.
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The image in the photograph was at once familiar and unknown. Napoleon Solo looked again at the old black and white photo of a man in shadows, the profile of someone he knew and … didn’t recognize.

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"Inquisitio veritatis"- to seek the truth. For the July PicFic Challenge"

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:59:00 GMT

Posted by: mrua7.livejournal.com

The drive along the Belt Parkway heading away from the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge was a surprisingly pleasant one.

It was a beautiful day, the view of the river called the Narrows, was spectacular as the sunlight danced upon the water. Napoleon wished he had time to head out to the Hamptons where his boat, the Pursang, was berthed at his parent’s house.*

It would have been a perfect time to make a getaway on his tihirty-foot yacht; no one was home. No father with whom to argue yet again, no mother and sisters to fawn over him, not that he didn’t mind it, but sometimes it could be too much....

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(the prompt)

* Pursang was the name given to Napoleon's yacht by St. Crispins, and borrowed from her.

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Dangerous Obstacle - PicFic Tuesday - June 25th

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 21:08:00 GMT

Posted by: jantojones.livejournal.com

You can find the story under the cut, or you can click the prompt pic to go to AO3.

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