Foreward

Disclaimer: I do not in any way own or profit from the characters or settings of Thunderbirds. They were created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, and the copyright is held by Granada. These stories are for my own entertainment and that of others.

Author's Note: These drabbles are an on-going project, and unlike most of my works, will be updated from time to time as the muse moves me. Many were inspired by the prompts on LiveJournal's all_unwritten and fic simplicity communities. Others sprang from challenges given in a variety of places, including my C2 community at FanFiction.net, Classic Thunderbirds Showcase and its sister forum, Classic Thunderbirds Forum. I began posting them on February 28, 2007. Many of the drabbles are the result of cross-prompting, using a prompt from one site to inspire or shape a prompt from another.

A drabble is, by definition, a writing exercise where an author tries to create a scene in just 100 words. Each of these drabbles counted 100 words according to Open Office, which is the word processing program I use. For most of the entries, I also counted by hand. I've grouped them here by fives, and each individual drabble mentions the prompt or prompts that inspired it, the person or site where the prompt was found, as well as any Thunderbirds episodes linked to it. Wherever possible, I have also added the date of publication. If the date is not listed, it is because either the site is defunct, or the specific challenge is no longer available online.

For the splash page, I have tried to use either screen shots or images that speak to the drabble. One of the images in the splash page, a scene of purple jellyfish on a black background, was taken by Alek von Felkerzam (a.k.a. pushbeyond) and was posted at stock.xchng. All of the other non-Thunderbirds images have been taken from either stock.xchng or from Morguefile, and are used within their usage restrictions.

I hope you will enjoy these little glimpses of life in the Thunderbirds world.

Tikatu