Thunderdome turns fifty this week, and every round has seen the bright red blood of the fallen splashed against the arena walls. But in honor of this golden anniversary, why don't we add a bit more color? The prompt: Write a story influenced by a Crayola color of your choosing. Love story, hate story, whatever you want. Understand that I'm not looking for stories where one character happens to be wearing a Jazzberry Jam shirt: I want the color to matter. Give us a White story about winter. Give us a Green story about envy. Come up with something less cliché than either of those if you can.

Announce your color when you sign up. Discontinued names are acceptable, but not duplicates: anything chosen by someone else is off limits. If you really, truly can't decide, a judge will pick a color for you. Hope you like Atomic Tangerine and Periwinkle!

Note that despite the source of the week's title, I do not want to read your ideas of erotica.