Back in October, I signed up to participate in the SPN Reverse Bang. The concept was simple - fan artists create art in various mediums - drawings, digital art, manips - pretty much everything was fair game. And then the authors (that'd be me and about 150 other people) come along and claim a piece of art, using it as a prompt for a fic. It was the first time I'd ever done anything along these lines, and I was excited to give it a try.
When I logged in to view the art prompts, I was thinking that I'd really rather stay away from digital manips, because oftentimes they look tacky and aren't well done. But then, right there on the first page, was a beautiful manip featuring Dean and a gorgeous spacescape. It was something along the lines of the covers of the classic sci-fi novels I grew up reading, and as I looked at it (my brain still in no-manips mode), I suddenly had an amazing idea for a story (or at least I thought so). And unlike most of my inspirations, this one came almost fully formed - plot points and plot twists and characters already laid out in detail in my head. I couldn't not write it, and so I put in my claim, hoping I'd get lucky - and I did!
After getting in contact with my artist (who goes by the name of glasslogic on LJ, and was amazing to work with), I ran my ideas past her, then leapt into writing. With the help of my very awesome sister, I managed to figure out a style that worked well for the story I wanted to tell, and over 8,000 words later, I had a short story!
(This is the part where I shamelessly plug my own work)
For those of you who aren't into Supernatural, that doesn't actually matter here, because this is an AU fic - the only things borrowed from the show are character names. So really, this is a piece of science fiction where the characters just happen to have the same names as the Winchester brothers. You don't have to know a thing about the show to understand it - just dive in and (hopefully) enjoy Traders Wild!
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