"The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago...had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands." Partial SYOT closed.

5 years before Katniss and Peeta made a statement in their Hunger Games Lysander a tribute from District 10 volunteers to fight. Will he survive

"Nothing around here is quite as it seems. Not sure if anything's real or a dream" (SYOT)

It is a simple thing for a man to keep his memories and regret unspoken and chained within his depths. Until one link breaks, and what resurfaces reveals the remnants of him once thought lost and beyond reach. How will the chains reform and reconnect the pieces? Will they liberate him, or will they only become his anchor, pulling him back under to drown within those depths?

The Capitol is back in power but how they rose again is a mystery. Mutants with dangerous powers plague Panem's future. The public believes the Capitol means to contain the mutant threat. Some had other ideas. Like educating the mutants and training them for the Games. Follows a group of students as they fight to survive the Institute, the cliques that rule it, and a mad scientist

President Willoughby Shakira was volatile yet incompetent. Head Gamemaker Konstance DuMouchel was efficient yet ruthless. I, Griffin Cadbury, bring you the story of the 329th Hunger Games, juxtaposed against the striking backdrop of a shifting political climate and the rebellion it brought about.

"On the 125th Games, to remind us that some relationships aren't forever and our country survived even the worst betrayal, the arena will be made of illusion." (SYOT open)

A new law is in place allowing for Victors to travel freely between the Capitol and their home Districts. For five Games Victors, this announcement means that they have an opportunity to bond over their shared love of books and poetry. But things take a dark turn when, a month before the 44th Games, one of the members of the Literature Club is found dead… SYOT closed, rewrite.

"For when youth passes with its giddy train, troubles on troubles follow, toils on toils, pain, pain, forever pain; and none escapes life's coils. Envy, sedition, strife, carnage and war, make up the tale of life." Welcome to the 68th Hunger Games. SYOT OPEN [4/24].

When the nightmare is over and one has triumphed, will you lay me to rest? (SYOT Closed)

I wrote a fic about the 23rd Games, and that spiraled into a little universe with 22 Victors I had to make up. This will give them backstories I can draw on for future appearances. I'll be adding more Victors as more come from my SYOTs. Canon Victors will get a little something, but I don't want to mess with them, since neither I nor my readers made them up, so they'll be shorter.

To die is a privilege—the largest suffering in this world is living. Welcome to the 100th Hunger Games. SYOT.

Resurrection Games for Tributes 15-18

It's a game. It's fun, it's safe. But uh oh! They better watch out. It looks like there's a glitch in the system.

Inspired by Tales of the Jedi, these stories explore many figures throughout the history of Panem, from the Dark Days, the reign of Snow, the Hunger Games themselves, and to those that the Games affect. The following is intended for mature audiences only. It contains graphic violence, strong language, depictions of self-harm, and sexual content. Reader's discretion is advised.

"It feels like insanity. Perhaps, that's exactly what it is." The third installment of The Cut Verse (SYOC).

In which Katniss misses her shot on Cato and has to climb down from the cornucopia to retrieve the arrow; and confront her former enemy. Extended ending to the first book, canon compliant.

Amber always knew she'd die young. It was her family's curse. If the Games didn't take her, some freak accident would. Two years after losing her twin sister, she takes destiny into her own hands and volunteers for the 66th Annual Hunger Games, hoping to win and rid herself of the curse, but how can one escape death when it is a part of who they are?

Lost to history, we visit the birth of the Hunger Games: Hope will be vanquished as children are ripped from their homes and forced into an Arena where only one will be left standing. Districts in disarray as the Capitol reaches out to snatch complete control of Panem- the iron fist beneath a silken glove. Long live the Capitol and Happy Hunger Games. SYOT open.

Dakota Grangerford is just a disabled, abandoned child. And that's all she ever would be, until she was reaped for the 54th Hunger Games. All Dakota expects is death. But even in the arena, kindness and goodness can conquer anything. Victor Exchange with AmericanPi

SEQUEL TO BY YOUR SIDE! Viva le revolution. Plucked from the arena, Katniss must face District 13 and her own personal worst nightmare.

"To show that even if your parent or family relative won the Hunger Games, if doesn't always means youre truly safe from getting reaped as well. This year, for the One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Quarter Quell, the tributes that shall be reaped will be a relative of a past victor." / in which the tributes reaped are related to past victors. [SYOT OPEN 0/24]

The unexpected resource — the wildcard — is Nikola Kaplan. Native to Three, he's an intelligent medic, deft-fingered, the smiling type — and Gloss Rosewood invites him into the Career alliance against the wishes of everyone else.

the chosen; they are the 24 hand picked tributes for the 4th quarter quell. they are the strong, the brave, the fearless and everyone in between. [24/24] [SYOT closed]

When Caius Thorntree agrees to take his father's place as Head Gamemaker, he has no idea what he's getting himself into. The tributes of the 98th Games are the strongest he's ever seen, and they're split like never before when a five-year-old rivalry divides the tributes into all-out war. With feuds, betrayals, and twists never seen before, these Games will be one to remember.