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It's time once again to choose the themes for this year's exquisite corpses! Please vote for as many of the options above as you'd like--most are self-explanatory, but a few have additional info below! We'll be looking to pick three or four themes out of this group, depending on the number of...

One-Shot Contest: Mischief and Malice The Pokémon World is a world of heroes, whether they be new trainers setting out to upend the status quo, trusty partners driving back the tide of darkness, or wise mentors helping the next generation along its path. But wherever there are heroes, there...

One-Shot Contest 2022 Theme Poll It's nearly time for our annual one-shot contest! The writing period will begin June 1st, but before anyone can start their writing, we need to figure out what people would like to write about! The theme options above were selected from suggestions submitted...

Third Anniversary Drabble Bingo We've had a bit of time for reviewing; now it's time to kick off our writing event! The people have spoken, and drabble bingo will return for another year. The premise is simple: post in this thread saying that you'd like a bingo card and, optionally, what you'd...

Catnip Speed Dating 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? Catnip Speed Dating is for...

Thousand Roads' Third Anniversary Celebration It's been three years since Thousand Roads first opened, and it's amazing how much we've grown! We're now sitting at nearly 300 members across the forums and Discord, over 500 stories, and more than 50,000 forum posts. We've hosted one-shot...

Third Anniversary Reviewing Challenge For this year's anniversary, we're focusing on taking the time to catch up with fics we enjoy--those that had an overwhelming number of chapters to begin with, or those that we've just fallen a little behind on. With that in mind, this year's challeng is...

Third Anniversary Fanfic Mafia Player List Sinderella (Dorien Bonhomme) windskull (Muse) AbraPunk (Antares) Inkedust (Altair) Virgil134 (Kichiro) IFBench (Burhalla) Sike Saner (Ekunasic Karo) Starlight Aurate (Archie) Panoramic_Vacuum (Steven Stone) DawningWinds (Nefari)...

Third Anniversary Event Planning Thousand Roads' third anniversary is coming up on April 23rd, and as usual that means we'll be hosting a variety of events over the subsequent two-week period, April 23rd - May 7th! These are mostly intended to be small, casual events, with the idea that you can...

Third Anniversary Fanfic Mafia They say the gods play games with mortal hearts, but they usually don't mean it this literally! Who exactly is it gathering souls from such different worlds to compete against each other in a bizarre trial? Why the cruel choice of game, full of stress and...

By popular demand, the mod team has put together a couple guides to common mod-related processes: one covering warns, bans, appeals, and related topics, and another that covers how to report content to moderators. Not the lightest reading, but they're there for anyone wanting to find out more...

GUZMANIACS VS FETCHDFANS BATTLE TO THE DEATH One Day Only! It's been a long time coming. The Guzma fans, the farfetch'd fans--who could ever have expected them to coexist in peace? At last the tension's boiled over, and it's come time to decide who's better once and for all. Will Team Skull's...

It's time to unveil the final exquisite corpse of our 2021 batch--the Sinnoh Journeyfic corpse! Many pokémon fans' thoughts have been in Sinnoh recently, and it was clearly no different for the writers working on this corpse. They are: The completed story appears below, and the author of each...

Thousand Roads holds a one-shot writing contest every year, and it's time to determine when we'll hold the next! Last year the contest was held in February, but since Review Blitz ran through the end of January, it didn't seem like a good idea to start something big in February this time around...

This is a little one-shot I wrote a while back but never posted over here. It's a slice of life focusing on a woman and her monstrous roommates and how they all try to cope with a big change in their lives--not the kind of thing I often publish! I hope you enjoy. Content Warnings: None Summary...

DeliriousAbsol is stepping down from her moderator position on Thousand Roads due to a lack of time and Discord activity. She's been with the community from the very beginning and has seen it through its early growing pains--thanks for all your hard work, Del! We hope to see you around as a...

It's been a little over a year since we've added to the staff team, and as Thousand Roads has continued to grow, we've decided to add some new moderators to help keep things running smoothly. Please welcome kyeugh and Sinderella as our newest community moderators! They'll be helping to plan and...

Smeargle Swap Do you love getting fanart for your stories? Do you love brightening other authors' days? Then Smeargle Swap is the event for you! Similar to how Catnip Circle is a review swap, Smeargle Swap is a fanart swap. How it works is simple: submit a story you'd like someone to make art...

There have been some Discord discussions recently about some kind of event for creating art and/or writing for other people's stories: maybe quick sketches or drabbles, maybe something more involved. I thought I'd start a thread here to get a sense of whether people might be interested in some...

Have an idea for a fun game of mafia and want to see if there are people interested in playing? Want to know if there are any upcoming games to participate in, or wondering when you might be able to host a game you're interested in running? Look no further! This thread is for proposing mafia...