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List of Story Codes and their meanings
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What's New ending October 2002
What's New ending October 2001
Thanks to Martha for this wonderful graphic!
Note: Links for some new stories may not be active yet, please check back next time if you cannot locate the stories at this time.
Note: Gem's server went belly up and she is in the process of trying to find a new home for her stories. Temporarily you can find her stories here OR here
Note: The monthly story challenge is now listed under each month. For a list of past challenges see the Challenges page. Anyone is welcome to respond to the monthly challenges. Please let us know where the challenge is posted so that we can post a link to it here at the Library.
Hercverse A guide with links to everything Herc on the net!
The Real Legendary Journeys A virtual series, rewriting what once went wrong. Season 1 Coming Soon! Writers needed now.
Story challenge:
October 2003: holiday
search code: 10-2003
submitted by: Library committee
Write a story about a place at Cheiron's Academy where the students were
not allowed to go. No one on staff will speak of it. Why? May be written
as a Young Hercules story or with the characters as adults reminising
about the events surrounding this mysterious place.
Stories added October 2003
In Sickness and In Health by Ceryndip [RLJ sea1, ep3]
A Little Menu-tainment by Margui
Surprising Sacrifices by Margui
Underworld by Owlharp [RLJ sea1, ep4]
Maze of the Minotaur by Melisande [RLJ sea1, ep5]
Finders Keepers by Wildkat
Here, There and Everywhere by Annabelle
Beyond the Eastern Horizon by Arianna [RLJ sea1, ep 6]
The Wrong Path by Rhiannon [RLJ sea1, ep 7]
September 2003: point of view
search code: 9-2003
submitted by: Nicole
Write a story from the point of view of an "extra" who's life is directly
or indirectly impacted by one of our heroes. It can be anyone from a
villian's lacky to someone rescued in a hostage situation to a barmaid or
the owner of an inn where Hercules and Iolaus got in a fight.
****Note: Ceallach's Iolausian Page and Writer's Corner is no longer on the net and any links to her page now lead to an adult site, many of the stories will be archived elsewhere in the near future, watch this space for updates.
Stories added September 2003
Everybody's Free to Wear Pants by Llyra
Royal Pain by MaryE
Hero of Love by Quietwolf
It's Not True by Quietwolf
Wrath of the Golden Hunter by Quietwolf
When the Sun Comes Up by Quietwolf
The Missing Half by Sponge
Taran's Journey by Sponge
The Amazon Women" by Arianna [RLJ sea1, ep1]
The Right Path by Randi DuMois 
Might Have Been by Trfan
The Circle of Fire by Melinda [RLJ sea1, ep2]
The Turtle's Tale by Arianna
My Husband, The Hero by Arianna
Meltdown by Arianna
View the first commercial for the Real Legendary Journeys. Commercial by Bwell.
August 2003: 500 word
search code: 7-2003
submitted by:Mari
Write a story in 500 words or less in which Hercules and Iolaus meet a big, green turtle who is talking and walking on two legs.
Stories added August 2003
Pendrell's Song by Renne [link fixed]
July 2003: List
search code: 6-2003
Submitted by: MaryE
Write a storycontaining at least 6 of the following elements:
dusty scrolls
a ladder
helmet of invisibility
a basket of eggs
a long blond wig
the sentence, "Sorry, it keeps getting in the way."
a Phoenician urn
stuffed grape leaves
Play the Hercules Board Game by Margui
Stories added July 2003
For Better or Worseby Sandman
Rain, Rain, Go Away by Sandman
Better for Everyone by Amorette
Brother Ghost by Amorette
Change of Scenery by Amorette
Chaos by Amorette
Emerald Sea by Amorette
Farewell to Youth by Amorette
Fledgling by Amorette
Ground Iolaus by Amorette
Hero-ics by Amorette
Hiding Camels by Amorette
Laws of Life by Amorette
Natural Born God by Amorette
Safe by Amorette
Sharper than a Serpent's Quill by Amorette
Something Different by Amorette
Splish, Splash by Amorette
Tale of the Temple by Amorette
Tears of War by Amorette
Brother by Allie
Ode To A Phoenician Urn by Arianna
When Ares Came A'Courtin' by Lunita
500 Words about Hercules by Annabelle
Better to Give, or When Hector Was a Pup by Annabelle
Annunciation Gone Awry by MaryE
The Cattle of Geryon by MaryE
There is no story challenge in June.
Stories added June 2003
Gambling with the Godsby Stubby
Conversations in a Cave by Stubby
Arcadia> by Martha Wilson
Compufurb by Llyra
May 2003: First line
search code: 5-2003
Submitted by: Ceryndip
Write a story beginning with the line of dialogue:
"Assuming we do get out of here, what are we going to do?"
Stories added May 2003
Stretching the Truth by Margui
The Dancing Hours by Naomi Prince
The Wind Beneath My Wings by Lunita
Cast Your soul To The Sea by Arianna
Condemned To Die by Arianna
January 2003 Challenge by Arianna
Pariah by Arianna
Why He Stayed by Arianna
Watch Your Back by Arianna
The Real Legendary Journeys A virtual series, rewriting what once went wrong. Season 1 Coming Soon! Writers needed now!
April 2003 - Young Hercules story
Search Code: 4-2003
Submitted by: MaryE
Write the story of how Young Hercules found out he was the son of Zeus. (Who told him and under what circumstances.)
Stories added April 2003
Down By The Sea By Lunita
From Boeotia With Love by Allie
The Weeping Maiden by Arianna
Better and Better by Melinda E. Riley
January 2003 Challenge by Quiet Wolf
Hero in Their Midst by Quiet Wolf
I Was Born to Sing Your Song by Quiet Wolf
False Gods by Deborah Wright
Chapter and Verse by Wildkat
Hydras, Pumpkins, and Fools, Oh My by Wildkat
Look what I got in my email Herc! by Skylark
Chip off the old block by Skylark
Iolaus' Boot by Caro
The Demigod and the Dog by Caro
March 2003 - List challenge
search code: 3-2003
Submitted by: Amorette
Write a story that includes:
a very small dog
a very large amphora
a length of brightly colored ribbon
a bouquet of flowers
and a soggy pair of leather pants.
Stories added March 2003
February 2003 - Fish falling from the sky
search code: 2-2003
Submitted by: jfgtesar@yahoo.com
Write a story that includes the following lines: Hercules got up and headed across the field towards the lake. "Iolaus," he said as he passed him, "why are there fish falling out of the sky?"
Stories added February 2003
A Day In The Life Of Hades, Lord God Of The Underworld by Allie
The Solstice Gift by Arianna
Prison by M14mouse
Not Who I Am by M14mouse
Mirror of the Soul by Carolyn Golledge
Hercules: Another Journey in Another's Eyes by Renne
Little White Lies by Margui
And the Rest is Silence... by Owlharp
The Champion by Owlharp, Stefka, and Cassima
Double Jeopardy by Annabelle
The Celtic Warrior II by trfan
Working Out With Iolaus by Skylark
January Story Challenge: Characters
search code: 1-2003
Submitted by: Pythia
Write a short description (500 words or less)summarising a character, but as seen from another specific
person's point of view - eg: Alcmene by Iolaus, Jason by Chiron, Hercules by Ares, Falafel by Salmoneous, Iolaus by Xena (that would
be interesting ...) and so on.
Stories added January 2003
Eyes of a Child by DreamCatcher
Hercules' Sorrow by DreamCatcher [Warning, this story contains content that may be unsuitable for young readers.]
Cat and Mouse by Ceryndip
A Sense of Place by Annabelle
Music Hath Charms by Annabelle
Everyone's Friend by Brit
Fated, Part Five by Melinda E. Riley
Walls by Melinda E. Riley
Good and Evil by Quiet Wolf
Believe In You by Quiet Wolf
Take Me Home by Quiet Wolf
Overture by Quiet Wolf
The Facts of Life by Quiet Wolf
A "Very Special" Solstice Story by Quiet Wolf
Fortunes of War by Randi DuMois
The Facts Of Life by Arianna
Stories added December 2002
Results of 2002 Iolausian Fan Fiction Awards
Dec 2002 - Holiday Filk
search code: 12-2002
submitted by: the Library Committee
A filk song is one in which new lyrics are written for an existing tune. Your mission is to rewrite a Christmas or Holiday song with new Herculean lyrics.
Note: No new stories were added this month.
Stories added November 2002
Hercverse A guide with links to everything Herc on the net!
Nov 2002 - Facts of life challenge
search code: 11-2002
submitted by: Amorette
Write a story in which Iolaus has to explain the "facts of life" to someone. How the phrase "facts of life" is interpreted is up to the author.
You See It's Like This... by MaryE
Ultra Amorem by MaryE
Epilogue to "King of Thieves" by Owlharp
Another Pink Rose by McJude
Room At The Inn by McJude
Surf City by McJude
Anam Cara by Arianna
Dark Hunt by Martha Wilson [now complete]
Something To Prove by Arianna
