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Aeons and Avatars One-Shot Contest Results Here we are with the results of our 2023 one-shot contest, Aeons and Avatars! We ended up having exactly the same number of entries as we did in 2022, making for a pretty hefty chunk of legendary fics! I hope you enjoy reading through all the entries...

The last exquisite corpse to be read for 2022 was the second fanregion supreme corpse, hosted by Bench! Since he wasn't able to host the reading himself, I'm posting this one on his behalf. This second exploration of new lands and new mon included the following authors: I had a lot of fun...

The first of the Gen IX DLC additions has been out for a couple weeks now, and I thought it would be nice to have a place to discuss it, as well as the upcoming part two. Feel free to share your thoughts on the DLC, show off any impressive catches or other findings, or speculate about what's...

Exquisite Corpse 2023 It's time to kick off the 2023 edition of Exquisite Corpse! An Exquisite Corpse is a frankenfic created by a group of authors working together... without getting the full story of what's going on! Anything can happen as the story passes from one writer to the next...

It's time for another round of Exquisite Corpse! If you've never played this game before, it's a collaborative storytelling exercise where a group of writers gets together to create a collaborative story--with the twist that each player only knows the last two sentences of the scene the person...

One-Shot Contest: Aeons and Avatars The Pokémon World is full of wondrous creatures--but some are more wondrous than others! Among the common insects that can cause hurricanes, fire-breathing cats, and thunderbolt-calling mice walk entities that some consider the living manifestations of time...

One-Shot Contest 2023 Theme Poll + Judge Call One-shot contest season is upon us once again, and the first order of business is deciding what we'd like to write about this year! Thanks to everyone who shared theme ideas over Discord. If you aren't familiar with how our one-shot contests usually...

Fourth Anniversary Speed Catnip Want to get all the fun of Catnip Circle in one concentrated burst? Enjoy checking out stories but not sure when you'd have time to read and review any? Or looking for a way to get your work in front of multiple different people with one event? Speed Catnip is...

Thousand Roads' Fourth Anniversary Celebration Thousand Roads officially opened to the public on April 23rd, 2019, and since that time we've grown a ton! This year marks us crossing the threshold of 10,000 posts in our fanfiction forum, as well as the posting of the coveted 666th thread in the...

Fourth Anniversary Drabble Bingo It wouldn't be a writing community anniversary without a writing event! Our drabble bingo challenge has been a big hit in the past, and it's returning now for another year. The premise is simple: post in this thread saying that you'd like a bingo card and...

Fourth Anniversary Mini Review Blitz Another year, another anniversary, and another small review challenge to help you catch up on your reading list! The premise is simple: go out and leave feedback on a few stories this This year's theme is spring beginnings! Write reviews for three fics you...

Fourth Anniversary Event Planning It's that time of year again! The Thousand Roads community is turning four this year, and we'll be celebrating from April 23rd - May 7th with all kinds of events! The anniversary period is intended to be a relaxed community event where you can sample a number...

Hey everyone, it's been wonderful talking fic with you for the last several years, but in recent months I've unfortunately found my interest in writing waning. It was a very difficult decision, but I've decided to take Thousand Roads in a new direction, one that better reflects my interests and...

Grand Re-Branding Celebration Welcome to Thousand Roads, the hottest Pokémon fanart site on the internet! I know we've got truly amazing talent in our community, and for the first weekend of our new community, I want to celebrate it! I understand that some people may be attached to their...

The Foolish Oddish Warnings: None Feedback Preferences: I love all feedback, and I adore constructive criticism! Author's Notes: Welcome to "The Foolish Oddish," a one-shot that got a bit overgrown and which is presented here as a short chapterfic instead. This story came about because I...

Another corpse posted late, this is the first of this year's Oops, All Quag! corpses! Here you'll find philosophy, astronomy, apocalypse, and of course, lots and lots of quagsire. Here are all the authors who put this one together for us: This one was a great time! I hope you'll all enjoy...

Today's Exquisite Corpse reading reminded me that I'd actually forgotten to get a couple of my previous corpses properly posted. Sorry about that! Here's the first of them, the first of the two legendary POV corpses! We had ten wonderful authors for this corpse: Thanks to all of you for...

Now that Blitz 2022 has concluded and we've all had a couple days to breathe, I'd love to hear any feedback you might have on the event! This was my first time running this sort of thing, and I'm already thinking about ways I can do better next year. If you have any thoughts or suggestions for...

Content Warnings: None Summary: Finals are hard enough when you aren't waking in the middle of the night, thinking about aliens. Six more days until the end of the semester--Kalea doesn't know if she's going to make it. Author's Notes: This one-shot was written as a Blitz prize for kintsugi. The...

Review Blitz 2022: Prize Claim Thread Welcome to the prize claim thread, where you can cash in your hard-earned Blitz points for any one of the wonderful prizes provided by our team of volunteers. Take a look at the list of offerings below, and when you've decided what you like, simply post...