text: # Happy Weekend, serialists! Welcome to Serial Saturday... ish! \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ***New here?*** If you’re brand new to and thinking about participating in Serial Saturday, welcome! Feel free to dip your toes in by writing for this challenge or any others we have listed on the handy dandy! We appreciate all contributions made to this thread, and all submissions are of course welcomed, whether it addresses a previous challenge or the current one. We hope you enjoy your time in the community! Take a look at our inaugural Serial Saturday post for some helpful tips. You don’t need to catch up by writing for each of the previous assignments, feel free to jump right in wherever fits for you, with whatever assignment or theme fits for you, and post it on the current thread with a link to whichever previously posted challenge you chose to start with. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ # This week it’s all about: New World Order WE MADE IT! It’s the final episode, folks!! Congratulations for making it this far, writers! Everything is coming up Millhouse. It’s a whole new world and it smells of roses and , right? The dust has settled and there’s a new sheriff in town. Those boots don’t fill themselves, and it’s taken a helluva journey to earn them. If there’s ever been a time for a hero to trot out and strut their stuff, now is that time. This is your last chance to answer some questions and really wrap up what you have to say . Some of you will be continuing your universes into the next SerSat cycle. In that case, feel free to hook us with some flirting with your next story arc. Make us demand with this closing chapter. **Things to think about this time around:** Did your characters make the world due to their actions? Is there room left in this topsy turvy setting for your characters anymore, when the story is played out? Are they , or some uninvited guest? Now it’s time to examine what’s left. What’s left after your protagonist crosses their ‘t’s and dots their ‘i’s? Have your characters *peaked?* Are they living the golden years of top performance? Is this the first taste of resting on their laurels ? If we come back in 10 years will this story arc be their best claim to fame? Will we find them kicked back with a beerbaby and a shrine to the things they’ve won? **\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*** **For the final installment of Serial Saturday the word count has been upped to 850 words.** **You have until \*next\* Saturday, 11/28, to submit and comment on everyone else's stories here. Make sure to check back on this thread periodically to lay some sweet, sweet crit down on those who don't have any yet!** \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* # Top picks from last week’s assignment, The Spoils: **Fan favorite with the most votes:** /u/Xacktar, with a retelling that is so cleverly written and just makes us that more excited for the full novella. This week the **Smoking Hot Challenge Sash** goes to an author that nailed the spirit of the assignment: /u/LitCityBlues, for a beautifully poignant story of closure and silver linings. And two honorable mentions: /u/Kammerice, with victories that are short-lived in the world where criminals and politicians collide. And /u/Lynx_elia, delivering a new chapter that is all too fitting for the world that’s been built up since Lynx’s very first Theme Thursday entries. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **The Rules:** * In the comments below submit a story that is between **500 - 850** words in your own original universe. * Submissions are limited to ***one*** serial submission from each author per week. * **Each author should comment on at least 2 other stories** during the course of the week. * That comment must include ***at least one*** **detail** about what the author has done well. * Authors who successfully finish a serial lasting longer than 8 installments will be featured with a modpost recognizing their completion and a flair banner on the sub. * Authors are eligible for this highlight post only if they have followed the 2 feedback comments per thread rule. *Yes, we will check*. * While content rules are more lax here at /r/ShortStories, we’re going to roll with the loose guidelines of "vaguely ***family friendly***" being the rule of thumb for now. If you’re ever unsure if your story would cross the line, feel free to modmail! \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Reminders: * Make sure your post on this thread also includes links to your previous installments if you have a currently in-progress serial. Those links must be direct links to the previous installment on the preceding Serial Saturday post or to your own subreddit/profile. * Authors that complete a serial with 8 or more installments get a fancy banner and modpost to highlight their stories. * Saturdays we will be hosting a Serials Campfire on the main voice lounge. Join us to read your story aloud, hear other stories, and share your own thoughts on serial writing! We start on Saturdays at 9AM CST. **Don’t worry about being late, just join!** There’s a *Super Serial* role on the Discord server, so make sure you grab that so you’re notified of all Serial Saturday related news! **Join the** **to chat with prompters, authors, and readers!** Previous constraint: **The Spoils** Have you seen the ? No? Oh boy! Here's the current cycle's challenge schedule.