Revisiting the 9 outstanding stories of FKFicFest 2016

[brightknightie]

By the end of FKFicFest 2016 in early October, my job had reached a frantic, manic, all-consuming pitch. It didn't let up for some time. I hardly know how I finished the fest. I hope that I did thank all of you who wrote and read! (Thank you!!!) I know that I never did post a wrap-up here of this year's 9 inventive, insightful, new FK stories.

I'd like to do that now. And, maybe, if you missed them before, help you find some last 2016 tales to enjoy before the Yuletide reveal? It was a creative year in FKFicFest!

Let's see whether I can sort to help you find those you'd enjoy most:

By time period

• Pre-canon
  "Encounter in the Hills" by Merfilly (G, 1.7K, gen) (Nick, Stonetree)
• Post-canon
  • "Burn" by LastScorpion (PG, 1.9K, gen) (Nick)
  • "The Time Will Come" by me (G, 2.5K, gen) (Janette, Alma, Aristotle)
  • "Festival of Festivals" by Greerwatson (G, 2.8K, gen) (Myra, Jenny, Stonetree, Schanke, Alix Logan)
• During canon
  • "A Shared Passion" by Nicholas_lucien (R, 5.6K, m/m) (Nick, Lacroix)
  • "Curios-ity" by Waltd (G, 1.2K, gen) (Nick, Natalie)
  • "Broken Ties" by PJ1228 (PG-13, 4.5K, m/m) (Lacroix, Natalie, Reese, Nick, Tracy)
  • "Life... or Something Like It" by MelissaTreglia (G, 1.8K, m/f) (Myra, Schanke, Nick, Jenny)
  • "The Best-Laid Plans..." by Dlyt (G, 3,8K, gen) (Schanke, Stonetree, Nick, Janette)

By genre

• Comedy
  "The Best-Laid Plans..." by Dlyt (G, 3,8K, gen) (Schanke, Stonetree, Nick, Janette)
• Experimental
  • "Life... or Something Like It" by MelissaTreglia (G, 1.8K, m/f) (Myra, Schanke, Nick, Jenny)
  • "Curios-ity" by WaltD (G, 1.2K, gen) (Nick, Natalie)
• Drama
  • "Burn" by LastScorpion (PG, 1.9K, gen) (Nick)
  • "Broken Ties" by PJ1228 (PG-13, 4.5K, m/m) (Lacroix, Natalie, Reese, Nick, Tracy)
  • "The Time Will Come" by me (G, 2.5K, gen) (Janette, Alma, Aristotle)
  • "Festival of Festivals" by Greerwatson (G, 2.8K, gen) (Myra, Jenny, Stonetree, Schanke, Alix Logan)
  • "Encounter in the Hills" by Merfilly (G, 1.7K, gen) (Nick, Stonetree)
• Romance
  "A Shared Passion" by Nicholas_lucien (R, 5.6K, m/m) (Nick, Lacroix)

If you can read only one...

This was a good year for FKFicFest storytelling. I enjoyed every tale! As moderator, probably I shouldn't allow anything resembling favorites.

But if you've been away from FK for a bit, and have time now to dip into only one story from the whole fest... for that, I'd subjectively recommend trying one of these. Perhaps it might remind you pleasantly of how FK can fire the imagination! Or of what you've loved about FK all along. Or just happy golden days of yore...

• "Burn" by LastScorpion (PG, 1.9K, gen) (Nick)
• "Encounter in the Hills" by Merfilly (G, 1.7K, gen) (Nick, Stonetree)
• "The Best-Laid Plans..." by Dlyt (G, 3,8K, gen) (Schanke, Stonetree, Nick, Janette)
• "Broken Ties" by PJ1228 (PG-13, 4.5K, m/m) (Lacroix, Natalie, Reese, Nick, Tracy)

Comments

[senmut]

Thank you, friend.

[brightknightie]

You're very welcome for the game!

Thank you for playing, and thank you for sharing such a tale of Stonetree and Nick!

(If we play in 2017, and if I'm to be the mod, I think it will have to be in the spring or very early summer. Somewhere in the March to June range? I've got to move it out of the path of the bulldozer that is "launch season" at my workplace. ~wry~)

[senmut]

A spring game is something I can get behind. But then... I'm notorious for signing up for exchanges year round.

[skieswideopen]

Thank you for the list! What a great reminder to go back and read!