FKFicFest '22 recap

fkficfest '22 shared 9 stories by 8 authors. We saw, of types, 5 gen, 2 m/f, 1 m/m, and 1 other; of audiences, 5 general, 2 teen, and 2 mature; across genres, AU, historical, post-series, policework, drama, missing scene, reflection, PWP, tragedy, romance, and crossover.

This year came through unusually light on appearances by Natalie (one starring and three supporting ), and also light on Schanke (three supporting) and Tracy (one supporting). Stonetree, Grace, and Screed didn't really come to play, but Reese, Merlin, Constantine, Cohen, and Vachon all got moments. This year seemed perhaps a little heavy on Lacroix (only three stories don't directly feature him, and they all reference him). Urs got a lead. And Janette got two leads and one very strong supporting appearance. Nick appeared in all but two stories, and played roles in those without appearing, which is expected. I feel that the scale seemed to tilt toward "dark" this year, with lots of vampirism in almost all stories.

As mod, I feel like I shouldn't have favorites or do recs. I do want to suggest that if you chose not to read "Limner" because it doesn't list its characters, please reconsider; the characters go unspecified because the reader gets to figure out who the characters are, which, in this particular story, I found very satisfying.

To find an FKFicFest story that you'd personally enjoy, out of this year's or all 13 years, either: (a) ask me for a personal recommendation, (b) sort and filter our AO3 collection, or (c) use our DW tags.


The story I wrote this year was "Amaranth (love-lies-bleeding)" (5,468 words). Yes, it's yet another Fleur story; you know I do that (Nick understands). But this one is different, I promise. I tagged it "mature" and "m/f," but that's in comparison to my own work, not AO3 norms; "Crimetime after Primetime" could have filmed it, no problem. I have a lot of feelings and reflections about this story and its history in my head and in my interpretation of FK through the years, but I did manage to keep that sort of thing out of the endnotes this time! My thanks to skieswideopen for her generous investment of time, insight, and reassurance in beta-reading it for me.