Month of Monsters 2025 Writing Challenge

by SilvermistAnimeLover

Summary:

A collection of oneshots and shorts based off one-worded prompts from the September Month of Monsters Writing Challenge from my Discord server. Prompts will be listed in the first chapter, and they range from fluff to angst. Feel free to check out the first chapter (directory) to see what each prompt is about!

Fair warning, most will probably be Sans or Frisk centric.

Notes:

Hello everyone! If you know anything about me, then you've probably realized I'm a huge Zelda nerd. That said, I saw the whole 'Linktober' challenge that comes out each year and thought "Why not make one for some other fandoms?" So I've decided to do just that! I've decided that September should be the Month of Monsters because... uh... it's my birthday month and I like it? XD

That said, anyone's free to participate even if you're not on my server! Just put 'Month of Monsters 2025' as one of your tags so other people can find it! There's also a Collection for it now, also titled "Month of Monsters 2025". Make sure you add your story to it if you participate.

First chapter is the directory, and will be updated with per-chapter summaries as I post them. I can't promise to do all 30 of them, but I'll do my best. :)

Chapter 1: Directory

Sept 1: ACT — Sans is frustrated by the constant RESETs, but he doesn't dare risk changing the script and throwing unknown variables into the equation. At least... that's the plan until he finds Frisk crying alone in the woods of Snowdin
[Themes: comfort, protective Sans, good big brother Sans]

Sept 2: Trust — This one takes place when Sans was a child, following my worldbuilding of Sans' childhood.
– Sans had been living on the streets for a while now, doing his best to care for his babybones brother who can't even properly walk yet. But that Fire guy was nice... too nice. Nobody would just offer him help these days, not when he didn't have parents to protect him and Paps anymore. But... Paps was sick, likely caught whatever Sans himself had been fighting off for days. And Sans didn't really care if he was sick, but Paps was a completely different story. Just this once, he'd try this whole... trust thing.
[Themes: sickfic, protective older brother Sans, protective dad Grillby, learning to trust]

Sept 3: Love (all lowercase) — A small scene of Frisk with Toriel during their very first trip to the Underground—before they even realized they had the RESET power. They're understandably frightened of this tall intimidating monster, even if Chara continually assures them that she won't hurt them, but what's this weird flickering warmth in their chest? 

Sept 4: Hope

Sept 5: PAPYRUS

Sept 6: sans

Sept 7: LOVE (all uppercase, Level of Violence)

Sept 8: Flowey

Sept 9: SOUL

Sept 10: Death

Sept 11: RESET

Sept 12: Memories

Sept 13: Pacifist

Sept 14: Fear

Sept 15: Mercy

Sept 16: Genocide

Sept 17: Human

Sept 18: Scientist

Sept 19: Stars

Sept 20: Tradition

Sept 21: Magic

Sept 22: Surface

Sept 23: Stories

Sept 24: Trauma

Sept 25: Ghost

Sept 26: Home

Sept 27: Truth

Sept 28: Party

Sept 29: Family

Sept 30: Frisk