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ETA: And now with recs for my two gifts too. I am very tired and not at my best today. :)
Since Trick or Treats reveals have been eaten by a bug unless the author manually deanoned themself, I decided to throw up a quick recs post! A lot of these are pretty short, because I read the really short stuff first. I still have a number of longer stories on my phone waiting for me to get to them.
Original Works
I got two original works as gifts this year and they were both completely fabulous. I've never requested an original story before and I was a little worried that I'd be disappointed not to get something for one of my fandoms instead, but I wasn't at all. Both these stories are wonderful
Almost Blue (856 words) by Deepdarkwaters - Actor Cast As A Vampire Who Is Actually A Vampire, Disgraced Vampire Queen Moonlighting As A Barista
When I saw these character nominations I could not resist asking for a story about them. These characters are wonderful, and the story has a marvellous amount of backstory hinted at for its length.
Mundanity at the Nexus of Worlds (2433 words) by Silex - Original Characters, Original Non-Human Characters
I looked at the list of nominated original characters and declared that some of them were just begging for a coffee shop AU. This author wrote me one with all of my requested characters, and it is delightful.
Last Meal (1541 words) by Arithanas - M/M, Original Male Characters
Really, can you go wrong with a story tagged “Cowpocalypse!”? Exclamation point included? This is a delightfully original m/m story and the author clearly had a ton of fun with the character voices and over-the-top period slang heavy dialogue.
“The odds we escape this mux with our hides intact are nigh unto nairn,” Jonah said, groping Ezekiel’s butt with both hands, and breathing as if he had been calving in the middle of the day. “I’m planning to make your ass my last meal. Any problem with that, partner?”
Lyle (1146 words) by havisham - Giant Spider In A Dad Suit
This is surprisingly sweet and heartwarming. Lyle is an excellent dad.
A Blue So Loud (901 words) by tuesday - Original Alien Character(s), Original Human Character(s)
Creepy horror from a non-human pov.
The Blue Death was different. It was beautiful, but it was a planet of monsters.
Those Hard to Reach Places (415 words) by Shoulder_Devil - An Electric Toothbrush That Hungers for Human Brains
Unbelievably hilarious. Whoever came up with this character prompt deserves a prize, and this author is a hero of the revolution for pulling it off so perfectly.
Camp Guh-Nuh-Kutya (2120 words) by HostisHumaniGeneris - Original Female Character
I laughed through this entire story. Cadey is the most perfect oblivious Final Girl EVER.
Sunken Water (100 words) by Jean Cabot
A perfectly formed drabble.
A Fair Guardian (518 words) by Arithanas - Original Non-Binary Character, Sentient Hair
If my hair was as protective (and deadly) as this hair, I never would have cut it.
Hell Sick (2737 words) by Phlyarologist - Demon Who Has Accidentally Locked Himself Out Of Hell And Just Wants To Go Home
Possibly the funniest story in the collection this year and that’s a very high bar.
Forgotten Best Friends (866 words) by Arithanas - Black dog, Original Female Human Character
Oh, my HEART. This is so sad, but then it is not sad at all.
Black Dog of Deep Space (1907 words) by Anonymous - Original Male Character, Black Dog
Another, rather creepier Black Dog story. Even terrifying horror dogs in space are Good Dogs.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Miss Etta Place Seeks Work (549 words) by Miss_M - Etta Place
A wonderfully-characterized imagined future for Etta. Etta is a great character, who is rather underserved by the canon, so it was great to see a story focusing entirely on her.
MASH
Sweet things (639 words) by snowshus - Maxwell Klinger, Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, Charles Emerson Winchester III, Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
This has the wonderful stealth-heartwarming humour of the series, and great characterization.
James Bond
Silk (315 words) by ba_lailah - James Bond/Original Male Character
Cruelty has always been Bond's kryptonite.
Jurassic Park
walk of shame (from the comfort of your own home) (1177 words) by spock - Alan Grant/Ian Malcolm
A completely perfect flirty phone call, with fantastic character voices.
Labyrinth
The Party Don't Stop at Dawn (319 words) by FireEye - The Fire Gang
Sooooo creepy-perfect.
The Other Side of the World (752 words) by FireEye - Jareth, Original Characters
An excellent origin story.
Torchwood
Wind In Face (617 words) by NancyBrown - Myfanwy
A bit of Myfanwy-pov that grabbed me from the very first line.
Knitting (Anthropomorphic)
Sacked (366 words) by debirlfan - Red Heart Super Saver, handspun wool yarn, Lily Sugar'n Cream
*dies laughing*
Yarn Horror Stories (423 words) by by lah_mrh
A yarn horror-story with a funny-sweet twist at the end.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The End of Fellowship (247 words) by minnabird - Bodhi Rook
Defecting is never easy.
Jolene (Song)
we'll find in each other the things that we need (826 words) by rosefox - Jolene/Narrator
There’s a wonderful thread through this about the stories we make up about strangers and the stories we make up about ourselves.
Lynes and Mathey Series - Amy Griswold & Melissa Scott
snapshot (3181 words) by labocat - Julian Lynes/Ned Mathey
Another great, creepy story that slots quite easily into the existing canon.
Lymond Chronicles - Dorothy Dunnett
The Garden of Sevigny (1067 words) by fajrdrako - Marthe/Philippa Somerville
A lovely missing scene that enriches and complicates the relationship between the characters.
The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Covert Ops (1570 words) by Lorelei - Murderbot
In which Murderbot hacks the studio that produces The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon, and is much more successful than it intended to be.
Twelfth Night - Shakespeare
A Desperate State Of Being (2066 words) by tielan - Orsino/Viola | Cesario
I’m totally pretending this fic was for me! *g* One of my prompts was a request for fic queering Twelfth Night, and this does so in a simply delightful manner.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
your sharp and glorious thorn (1242 words) by copacet - Pietro Maximoff/Wanda Maximoff
In which Wanda warps reality to save her brother. So gloriously fucked up.
DC Comics
in loco fratris (6101 words) by meretricula - Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Damian Wayne
I don’t really have Batman feels, but I have a LOT of Batfamily feels especially when it comes to intra-Robin dynamics, and this hit me in ALL of those feels.
Art
X-Men
Jean Grey Holding Emma Frost Who Has Been Transformed Into A Cat by venndaai
Exactly what it says on the tin. I love the details of Jean’s hair and also the perfect look on cat!Emma’s face.
Original Work
Fin. by phoxinus - Ghost Whale
So beautiful and ghostly
Follow Me by Anonymous - Grizzled Soldier Who Keeps Adopting Abandoned Kitten
SO. CUTE. I think the last sketch is my favourite.
Since Trick or Treats reveals have been eaten by a bug unless the author manually deanoned themself, I decided to throw up a quick recs post! A lot of these are pretty short, because I read the really short stuff first. I still have a number of longer stories on my phone waiting for me to get to them.
Original Works
I got two original works as gifts this year and they were both completely fabulous. I've never requested an original story before and I was a little worried that I'd be disappointed not to get something for one of my fandoms instead, but I wasn't at all. Both these stories are wonderful
Almost Blue (856 words) by Deepdarkwaters - Actor Cast As A Vampire Who Is Actually A Vampire, Disgraced Vampire Queen Moonlighting As A Barista
When I saw these character nominations I could not resist asking for a story about them. These characters are wonderful, and the story has a marvellous amount of backstory hinted at for its length.
Mundanity at the Nexus of Worlds (2433 words) by Silex - Original Characters, Original Non-Human Characters
I looked at the list of nominated original characters and declared that some of them were just begging for a coffee shop AU. This author wrote me one with all of my requested characters, and it is delightful.
Last Meal (1541 words) by Arithanas - M/M, Original Male Characters
Really, can you go wrong with a story tagged “Cowpocalypse!”? Exclamation point included? This is a delightfully original m/m story and the author clearly had a ton of fun with the character voices and over-the-top period slang heavy dialogue.
“The odds we escape this mux with our hides intact are nigh unto nairn,” Jonah said, groping Ezekiel’s butt with both hands, and breathing as if he had been calving in the middle of the day. “I’m planning to make your ass my last meal. Any problem with that, partner?”
Lyle (1146 words) by havisham - Giant Spider In A Dad Suit
This is surprisingly sweet and heartwarming. Lyle is an excellent dad.
A Blue So Loud (901 words) by tuesday - Original Alien Character(s), Original Human Character(s)
Creepy horror from a non-human pov.
The Blue Death was different. It was beautiful, but it was a planet of monsters.
Those Hard to Reach Places (415 words) by Shoulder_Devil - An Electric Toothbrush That Hungers for Human Brains
Unbelievably hilarious. Whoever came up with this character prompt deserves a prize, and this author is a hero of the revolution for pulling it off so perfectly.
Camp Guh-Nuh-Kutya (2120 words) by HostisHumaniGeneris - Original Female Character
I laughed through this entire story. Cadey is the most perfect oblivious Final Girl EVER.
Sunken Water (100 words) by Jean Cabot
A perfectly formed drabble.
A Fair Guardian (518 words) by Arithanas - Original Non-Binary Character, Sentient Hair
If my hair was as protective (and deadly) as this hair, I never would have cut it.
Hell Sick (2737 words) by Phlyarologist - Demon Who Has Accidentally Locked Himself Out Of Hell And Just Wants To Go Home
Possibly the funniest story in the collection this year and that’s a very high bar.
Forgotten Best Friends (866 words) by Arithanas - Black dog, Original Female Human Character
Oh, my HEART. This is so sad, but then it is not sad at all.
Black Dog of Deep Space (1907 words) by Anonymous - Original Male Character, Black Dog
Another, rather creepier Black Dog story. Even terrifying horror dogs in space are Good Dogs.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Miss Etta Place Seeks Work (549 words) by Miss_M - Etta Place
A wonderfully-characterized imagined future for Etta. Etta is a great character, who is rather underserved by the canon, so it was great to see a story focusing entirely on her.
MASH
Sweet things (639 words) by snowshus - Maxwell Klinger, Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, Charles Emerson Winchester III, Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce
This has the wonderful stealth-heartwarming humour of the series, and great characterization.
James Bond
Silk (315 words) by ba_lailah - James Bond/Original Male Character
Cruelty has always been Bond's kryptonite.
Jurassic Park
walk of shame (from the comfort of your own home) (1177 words) by spock - Alan Grant/Ian Malcolm
A completely perfect flirty phone call, with fantastic character voices.
Labyrinth
The Party Don't Stop at Dawn (319 words) by FireEye - The Fire Gang
Sooooo creepy-perfect.
The Other Side of the World (752 words) by FireEye - Jareth, Original Characters
An excellent origin story.
Torchwood
Wind In Face (617 words) by NancyBrown - Myfanwy
A bit of Myfanwy-pov that grabbed me from the very first line.
Knitting (Anthropomorphic)
Sacked (366 words) by debirlfan - Red Heart Super Saver, handspun wool yarn, Lily Sugar'n Cream
*dies laughing*
Yarn Horror Stories (423 words) by by lah_mrh
A yarn horror-story with a funny-sweet twist at the end.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
The End of Fellowship (247 words) by minnabird - Bodhi Rook
Defecting is never easy.
Jolene (Song)
we'll find in each other the things that we need (826 words) by rosefox - Jolene/Narrator
There’s a wonderful thread through this about the stories we make up about strangers and the stories we make up about ourselves.
Lynes and Mathey Series - Amy Griswold & Melissa Scott
snapshot (3181 words) by labocat - Julian Lynes/Ned Mathey
Another great, creepy story that slots quite easily into the existing canon.
Lymond Chronicles - Dorothy Dunnett
The Garden of Sevigny (1067 words) by fajrdrako - Marthe/Philippa Somerville
A lovely missing scene that enriches and complicates the relationship between the characters.
The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
Covert Ops (1570 words) by Lorelei - Murderbot
In which Murderbot hacks the studio that produces The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon, and is much more successful than it intended to be.
Twelfth Night - Shakespeare
A Desperate State Of Being (2066 words) by tielan - Orsino/Viola | Cesario
I’m totally pretending this fic was for me! *g* One of my prompts was a request for fic queering Twelfth Night, and this does so in a simply delightful manner.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
your sharp and glorious thorn (1242 words) by copacet - Pietro Maximoff/Wanda Maximoff
In which Wanda warps reality to save her brother. So gloriously fucked up.
DC Comics
in loco fratris (6101 words) by meretricula - Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Damian Wayne
I don’t really have Batman feels, but I have a LOT of Batfamily feels especially when it comes to intra-Robin dynamics, and this hit me in ALL of those feels.
Art
X-Men
Jean Grey Holding Emma Frost Who Has Been Transformed Into A Cat by venndaai
Exactly what it says on the tin. I love the details of Jean’s hair and also the perfect look on cat!Emma’s face.
Original Work
Fin. by phoxinus - Ghost Whale
So beautiful and ghostly
Follow Me by Anonymous - Grizzled Soldier Who Keeps Adopting Abandoned Kitten
SO. CUTE. I think the last sketch is my favourite.
