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The story written for me in the

hlh_shortcuts exchange has revealed. I think that many of you may enjoy it! Take a look? It's a first-season HL/FK crossover starring Tessa and Natalie. The plot depends on each acting with professional passion and authority. A clever conceit amusingly finesses the crossover.

"Bag of Bolts" by [currently Anonymous]
G, gen, 7K words
Natalie, Tessa, Duncan, OCs
Summary: Natalie attends an ME convention at a hotel where Tessa is installing a sculpture. Danger. Bonding. Pie.

More like Yuletide than FKFicFest, the HLH_Shortcuts prompt slates seem to be pretty loose suggestions. I didn't specifically request (or imagine) this scenario. All credit to the author for the happy surprise.

Of both series, I do dearly love their first seasons, when motivations were clear and rich, and triumphant possibilities endless. Their first seasons, I rewatch just for fun, just for joy.

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/249835.html

I've previously posted about the nice things that I received in my own Fandom Stocking this year, and about the neat things that I spotted in other people's Fandom Stockings, so tonight I thought I'd point out the items that I stuffed into some Fandom Stockings myself. I didn't create as widely or well as I'd have liked, but I did have fun writing:

Highlander: "Lazarus Heart" (Methos/Alexa, 918 words, G) (beta-read by celli!) for beccadg's wish
I'd never tried Methos/Alexa before, but the attempt turned out surprisingly satisfying for me. I hope that it works as well for readers, and doesn't bog down when I poke around inside Methos's head for a bit in the middle.

Forever Knight: "In Pursuit of the Paladin" (Lacroix & Natalie with Nick implied, 991 words, PG) (beta-read by skieswideopen!) for pj1228's wish
This led me to a new approach to the ever-vexing problem of how to write for fellow FK fans who personally prefer "dark" takes that I can't support, myself. Here, I imagined a "bright" scenario that I'd love, but told it from Lacroix's perspective. It worked better for me than some past, straining attempts to approach "dark" prompts, but I don't know whether it really bridges the problem of sufficient respect for preferences I can't share. Maybe it's better not to try? There are so few of us! Are mismatches better than no matches, or not?

A handful of fanfiction "gift certificates" in FK and HL for stories to be posted to the AO3 sometime in 2014
(Four have been redeemed/accepted so far. Coincidentally, that's the same number I still owe from the last time I tried this — you know who you are. ~grin~)

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/170370.html

The

rarewomen ficathon released last Sunday! (AO3 collection here.)

For myself, I wish it would have released last Saturday, as originally scheduled, for then I would have had a little time to go through its riches of 231 stories (in 218 fandoms) starring female characters unjustly neglected by their creators and/or fans. Instead, I have been so slammed this week, from Sunday noon to Friday sunset, that I have read only five of the stories, and haven't even yet managed to return and squee at deserved length over the story written for my prompt. I'll be back with recommendations when I've got more of the stories under my belt, but for the moment, please let me just point out:

For Me: "What Isn't Being Said" by lady_ragnell (Young Blades, ~3K words, gen, starring Jacqueline and Queen Anne)
In this progression of "unseen scene" episode tags, Jacqueline repeatedly encounters the Queen in a delicate dance around their respective secrets of identity and insight. (Despite the form, this is indeed a unified story if you know the canon — yay, YB canon! — not an ordinary "Five Things" assortment.) Please consider taking a peek for this writer who bravely ventured into a microscopic fandom — and remember that you can watch YB on YouTube! The Canadian cuts, even!

By Me: "Yet There Are Many" for ladysilver (Highlander, ~3K words, gen, starring Michelle Webster)
The prompt asked what Michelle had been doing for the past two decades since she became immortal in "Rite of Passage," and what kind of person she grew up to be. I found what I hope is an underutilized corner of larger HL canon suited to the character's scant personal canon, and... turned her loose. (Duncan, Amanda and Cierdwyn walk through Michelle's memories, but not the story's present.)

That said, what's up with

fkficfest/

fkficfest? Are you going to play? Are you going to invite your friends? We've got only one week left to sign up! C'mon: we'll have a blast. :-)

This year, I've decided — for my own personal self only, as a player, not a mod! — to go with quotations and keywords as prompts, rather than plot scenarios. I often prefer receiving scenarios or "what if?" questions, myself, but I've also seen writers drive themselves barmy trying to fit a square story peg into a round scenario prompt. Perhaps writers and readers alike would be happier with more generous sizing, I'm wondering. Also, plot ideas are precious and few; maybe I should write mine myself in the good ol' way, and not wait on ficathons. ;-)

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/159937.html

I wrote "When Everything was New" for hl_flashfic's "Second Banana" event, to the prompt: "Alexa meets Tessa at an art show." I'd written HL in multi-fandom games before, and just because, but this was my first attempt in an HL-specific venue.

Thanks to sholio and skieswideopen for beta-reading!

Available:	The Ficathon \| My Fansite \| The AO3
Length:	~4,800 words
Date:	HL_FlashFic 08/12/11
Rating:	PG
Characters:	Tessa, Duncan, Alexa, Martin Sorrel, uncredited cameos
Summary:	Tessa exhibits in the juried division of the 1986 Seacouver Art & Wine festival.
Quotation:	"Tessa hesitated. Pressing for public reaction was rarely wise; and, usually, she was content with her own assessment and Duncan’s, other critics be hanged. But she remained unsure where her efforts fit at this festival, if they fit at all."

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/106812.html

This little Highlander Christmas story is not for any fest or ficathon. It's just because. My thanks to batdina for beta-reading, and to celli for Chicago-checking. As always, constructive criticism is welcome.

•	Title:	"Comes but Once a Year" (also on AO3)
•	Length:	~1,400 words
•	Date:	December 2010
•	Rating:	G
•	Characters:	Starring Joe Dawson. Also with Lynn Horton and other relatives.
•	Summary:	Joe babysits his sleepy niece on Christmas Eve 1978.
•	Quotation:	"For ten years, Joe had gotten fairly sedate, settled assignments, and it wasn’t like he didn’t know why. But that was about to change, he told himself."

Posted in the oldschoolfic community.

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/87921.html

This is the Highlander story that I wrote for the Summer 2010 oldschoolfic event. My thanks to karrenia_rune for the prompt, and to batdina for the beta-reading. (As always, constructive criticism is welcome.)

I'd never written Charlie DeSalvo before, and I'm not sure that I'd ever read a story from Charlie's perspective, either. When I looked for screenshots from which to make an icon to go with this story on the ficathon, I found only half a dozen unique images of Charlie on the entire Internet. It's curious. He really is a significant character, if not as significant as some.

•	Title:	"Present Company" (also on AO3)
•	Length:	~2,900 words
•	Date:	July 2010
•	Rating:	PG
•	Characters:	Starring Charlie. Also with Richie, Randi, Duncan and Joe.
•	Summary:	Charlie has a lot on his mind when Duncan finally returns to Seacouver.
•	Quotation:	"Charlie thought again about legitimate reasons that a stranger might have popped up like this -- and about how very little he wanted to end up charged with assault -- but the weight in the man's right hand inside his pocket skewed the odds."

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/77884.html

[Back-posted]

This is the Highlander story I contributed to the December 2008 oldschoolfic ficathon. My thanks to Dragonsinger for her prompt of "Richie never expected that his first Christmas with Duncan and Tessa would involve a swordfight," and to Batdina and Wiliqueen for beta-reading.

•	Title:	"So This is Home" (also on AO3)
•	Length:	~5,400 words
•	Date:	December 2008
•	Rating:	G (gen plot, m/f subplot)
•	Summary:	A first-season Christmas season, with a theft at the shelter where Angie works.
•	Setting:	December 1992 Seacouver
•	Characters:	Starring Richie. Also with Duncan, Tessa, Angie, Randi, Powell and many more.

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/66588.html

Again prompted by the season, I'm going to tweak this rolling retrospective out of chronology to bring up my one New Year's fanfiction, "An Appointment Unkept," which is also my one true crossover to date. In this case, the cross is Forever Knight/Highlander. The story is less about those lost than those who miss them.

•	Title:	"An Appointment Unkept"
•	Length:	~2,982 words
•	Date:	Posted to FKFic-L December 31, 2005
•	Rating:	PG
•	Summary:	Nick and Darius have a longstanding appointment, but neither of them make it.
•	Setting:	Paris, New Year's Eve 1999
•	Characters:	Original HL Immortal, Janette
•	Quotation:	"She met his eyes, her own again a rich blue. The depth of the sorrow there shocked him. Carefully controlled, it nevertheless went down, and down, and down, perhaps without end."

I wrote this Highlander story as a gift for Leela-cat and a challenge for myself.

•	Title:	"Get Well Soon" (also on AO3)
•	Length:	~900 words
•	Date:	December 2007
•	Rating:	G (gen)
•	Summary:	Tessa is home sick.
•	Setting:	1992-1993 Seacouver
•	Characters:	Starring Tessa. Also with Richie.

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/66954.html

I wrote these Highlander snippets in my notebook back when I used to take the train to work. There are two ripped-out pages between them; I don't remember why I ripped them out.

•	Title:	"Conversational Snippets"
•	Length:	~200 words
•	Date:	February 2005
•	Rating:	G
•	Summary:	Just two unrelated snatches of dialogue.
•	Setting:	Unspecified, after third-season
•	Characters:	Duncan, Methos and Joe

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/67211.html

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Entries tagged with fanfic:fandom:highlander

"Bag of Bolts" HL/FK crossover in HLH_Shortcuts

My Fandom Stocking Stories: FK "In Pursuit of the Paladin" and HL "Lazarus Heart"

A Tale of Two Ficathons

HL Fanfic: "When Everything was New"

HL Fanfic: "Comes but Once a Year"

HL Fanfic: "Present Company"

HL Fanfic: "So This is Home"

FK/HL Fanfic: "An Appointment Unkept" (a New Year's Story)

HL Fanfic: "Get Well Soon"

HL Fanfic: "Conversational Snippets"

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