All this fic sucks.
At least, that's what every SINGLE one of the authors who submitted their work to me told me as a disclaimer. Including myself. Personally, I think most of it is utterly marvelous and I couldn't be more pleased with the results. But I suppose everyone will have to decide for themselves...
CHRISMAS IN JULY - MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY (THE PREMISE)
Okay, it's easy this time: Everyone who participated emailed their favorite pairing and genere and fandom. I scrambled the names and redistributed them. Everyone gets a fic they know they'll be interested in, and every writer gets a bit of a challenge to come up with something new and write for a deadline. And I break my writer's block. Everyone wins! Thanks tons to the lovely people who participated.
Title: ||Timekeepers||
By: Am
For: Narkyologist
Am's Lance/Joey is cute enough to make me want to pinch cheeks, but they're guys, dammit, and that's not allowed. It's also a disturbing tribute to hair growth. *g*
Title: ||Not Everyone||
By: Caedn
For: Kirke
I was going to have the summary be all about how Cae hates Ben and how this was an equal challenge to Narky's squicks. But then I read this sentence, and decided it could summarize the fic for me: . “I am the God of Rock, how dare he resist me! And for a woman!” - Ben
Title: ||The Worst Thing (About Me)||
By: Kirke
For: Am
If there was a "greek tragedy" category for fic, this would be it. Kirke has managed to capture every single POSSIBLE thing that could go wrong, centered it around the pivotal holiday of Christmas (a hatred of which I share with Mr. Jones), and added a splash of Evil Daniel to cap off the angst. Oliver, an rarely seen character, makes a lovely cameo.
Title: ||Of Leather and Dumpsters||
By: Lau
For: Caedn
They're young, they're crazy, they're completely un-canon. Daniel gets scraped up by the evil Ben and Darren looks after him.
Title: ||Ignis Fatuus||
By: Narkyologist
For: Scott
A bittersweet piece, Karl is described delicately and with such beauty, it really makes me look at him as an entirely new person. It's nice to strip away the conventional pairings sometimes and see things like this...even if it was hard for Narky. She never writes fluff, she never writes Daniel/Karl, but she loves me and she put aside her squicks to put together a wonderful fic.
Title: ||Drabbles||
By: Scott
For: Lau
Mmm...drabblicious. Cute, funny, definitally the-best-for-last, especially after subject matter of the first one. Good stuff, and it's only 200 words.
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