Genprompt Bingo Card 9-4-15

[ysabetwordsmith]

Here is my card for Round Eight of the genprompt_bingo fest. This bingo challenge encourages original or fanfic material across all formats and lengths. It's a terrific fest if you want general and/or gentle fiction, although people can interpret prompts any way they like. There are many categories, and you can choose to omit up to three. Read the rules first.  Browse the Round Eight prompt list.  Make sure to read Category #23!  Request a Round Seven card here. Prompt lists are renewed once a quarter, and you may request a new card then even without bingo on a previous card. (See all my 2015 bingo cards.)

If you'd like to sponsor a particular square, especially if you have an idea for what character, series, or situation it would fit -- talk to me and we'll work something out. This is a good opportunity for those of you with favorites that don't always mesh well with the themes of my monthly projects. I may still post some of the fills for free, because I'm using this to attract new readers; but if it brings in money, that means I can do more of it. That's part of why I'm crossing some of the bingo prompts with other projects, such as the Poetry Fishbowl.

Round Eight: September 1, 2015-December 31, 2015.
Cards may be requested prior to December 31.
Any content, fiction or poetry, etc. fanfic or original.
Minimum of 100 words for fiction, poetry, or other text fills.

Underlined prompts have been filled.


GENPROMPT BINGO CARD

Alexithymia (Obscured Emotions)	Vatican City	Suicide	Zombies	Ambitious
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword	Supernatural Elements	It's a Trap	Midnight	The Ties that Bind
Secret Identity	Angst	Wild Card	North America (Continent)	Farce
Mechanisms, Engines and Clockwork	Pioneer	Priceless	Winners and Losers	Furnishing the Home
New Year	Rainstorm	Music	Slow Regard of Silent Things	Amnesia

Comments

[mdlbear]

Alexithymia! I haz it.

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I realized that I have several characters with this trait in various ways.

[moonvoice]

I just opened this to comment on this particular square as well! I've had state-based alexithymia for a long time now, and seeing it anywhere makes me go 'OHHHH.' Heh.

[mdlbear]

Nice to know I'm not the only one.

[moonvoice]

The comorbidity of alexithymia with things like Asperger's and PTSD is actually pretty high, so we're definitely not alone. :) There's some growing literary material on the subject as well which is pretty awesome. It seems that a lot of counsellors/psychologists still don't know much about it - so - like you I imagine? - I'm used to getting a lot of blank looks when I mention it.