FK Recently: What You Guys Have Been Up To (7/01/16-7/31/16)

For the month of July, in my corners of social journaling, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests and communities that welcome FK

• fkficfest/fkficfest will release stories starting 09/26.
• darkestnightex, an all-fandoms exchange for "dark themes," accepts sign-ups until 8/12.
• iheartscriptfics, an all-fandoms challenge for fanfic in script format, accepts sign-ups until 8/15.
• Recommendation communities that would welcome you posting about your FK favorites include: fanart_recs, het_reccers, gensplosion, recshelf and fancake. (Know more FK-friendly rec communities? Tell me about them!)

Fanfiction
Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary: 4 of the 712 FK stories on the AO3 show posting dates in this period.

• "Catch and Release" by dlyt (general; gen; ~1K words)
• "Five Things Nick Changed for Natalie (and One Thing He Didn't)" by melissatreglia (general; gen, WIP; ~2K words)
• "'X'-mas" by Gozer (unrated; poem; 71 words)
• "Lost Little Butterfly" by CavannaRose (teen; gen, WIP, crossover; ~15K words)

Chatter and meta

• 7/31: melissatreglia blamed/credited FK for a preference for age-difference tropes.
• 7/24: havocthecat pointed out Nigel Bennett's appearance on a recent episode of Dark Matter.
• 7/22: wiliqueen reflected on the 100th anniversary of a historical event that she integrated into an FKFicFest 2010 after-party story.
• 7/13: greerwatson mentioned in passing that the piece she wrote for FKFicFest 2010 is now her second-longest story.