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What's Good? "Happy Anniversary" (1996, ~4K words, PG) by butterflykiki is June's installment in the recommendation-of-the-month project. In this sharp confrontation, written while third season was still in progress, Natalie drops all her defenses in a bid to save Nick from Lacroix... and himself. On this side of "Last Knight," the story combines the energy of live canon with a shivery consciousness of last chances.

"Forgive me, doctor." A smile tugged at the edges of Lacroix's mouth. "Many women have desired Nicholas. Some have even cared about him. Quite a few thought they loved him... but I can't recall the last one who was willing to take such risks for him, knowing all that he is. No, wait— I do remember. What a long time ago that was..."

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What's New on FKFic-L? One new story, "Cuts Deep" (~11K words, PG-13), and one new poem, "Solace" (~300 words, PG), posted to the list in May. (Both were by me, sorry.) No new fanfiction has yet posted to the list in June.

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/101392.html

Yesterday, May 18, 2011, was the fifteenth anniversary of the first broadcast of "Last Knight" (give or take local syndication). This piece has nothing to do with "Last Knight;" I just like to post something new on that day. Great thanks to batdina for swift, pointed, encouraging beta-reading, so that I could fulfill that tradition this year!

It had been five years since I last wrote a fan poem. When this idea arrived, I tried to fit it into story-shape out of habit; it stalled. When I realized it was a poem, it bloomed.

	Title:	"Solace" (also on AO3)
	Length:	~300 words (3 stanzas of 10 lines)
	Date:	FKFic-L 05/18/11
	Rating:	PG
	Summary:	Different people unwind in different ways after a difficult night.
	Characters:	Natalie, Nick, Schanke, Other
	Quotation:	"pushes the volume up past memory, / driving out the recent and the distant."

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/98705.html

I wrote this story for pj1228 in the oldschoolfic winter 2011 event. (This is the one with the Turkish bath, the blood supplier, and the teenage murder victim.) Thanks to lastscorpion, skieswideopen and amilyn for beta-reading! Thanks to celli and wiliqueen for brainstorming!

PJ is a Cousin, Dark Knightie and UFer who prefers "dark," so I found this assignment extremely challenging. I aimed close to canon, hoping to achieve its openness to being read both ways; the crimes solved in this tale are more disturbing than my usual, and some may find them triggering, though all could have aired as written.

	• Title:	"Cuts Deep" (also on AO3)
	• Length:	~11,000 words
	• Date:	Oldschoolfic 02/02/11, FKFic-L 05/02/11
	• Rating:	PG-13
	• Summary:	Nick and Schanke solve a vicious murder that reminds Nick of a miscarriage of justice in 1885 London.
	• Characters:	Nick, Schanke, Natalie, Lacroix, Janette, Stonetree, Norma, Others
	• Quotation:	"Schanke was right; Nick did know that feeling. He took a deep breath of the clear spring night. 'We give the families closure, Schank. And sometimes, with these high profile cases, the whole community needs that closure, too."

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/97033.html

I wrote this vignette for wiliqueen in the 2010/2011 fandom_stocking event. On her wish list, she said that she likes to read "women being awesome," "friendship," "supporting characters," and "irreverent humor... in the face of catastrophe."

	• Title:	"The Book Club Auxiliary" (also on AO3)
	• Length:	~1,000 words
	• Date:	Fandom Stocking 01/06/11, FKFic-L 03/31/11
	• Rating:	G
	• Summary:	Grace visits Natalie in the hospital.
	• Characters:	Grace, Natalie, Other
	• Quotation:	"Grace read a chapter of the new Weiss novel aloud, and then another, and then put in a bookmark and excused herself for a trip to the washroom while the nurse checked Natalie's vital signs and necessities."

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/95071.html

I wrote this vignette for Andveryginger in the 2010/2011 fandom_stocking event. My thanks to Natmerc for beta-reading.

On her wish list, Andverginger wrote that she likes N&N and "mild-to-moderate angst."

	• Title:	"Metamorphosis" (also on AO3)
	• Length:	~1,000 words
	• Date:	Fandom Stocking 01/06/11, FKFic-L 03/20/11
	• Rating:	PG
	• Summary:	It's time for Natalie to move on ... without Nick.
	• Characters:	Nick, Natalie
	• Quotation:	"He could admit, now, that he had been expecting this almost from the moment she woke up in the hospital, her blood in his veins, a human donor's in hers."

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/94345.html

I wrote this for odditycollector in the 2010/2011 fandom_stocking event. My thanks to natmerc for beta-reading.

The idea for this vignette came when Odditycollector's observation that Natalie is "a mad scientist at heart" overlapped the brief history of the science of chirality in The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean, which I was reading at the time.

	• Title:	"Method in Her Madness" (also on AO3)
	• Length:	~850 words
	• Date:	Fandom Stocking 01/06/11, FKFic-L 03/08/11
	• Rating:	G
	• Summary:	Natalie has a new theory of Nick's condition, but she needs his help.
	• Characters:	Natalie, Nick
	• Quotation:	"'Well, it turns out you were right all along.' Natalie took a deep breath. 'You're dead.'"

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/93440.html

I've encountered much news coverage of a recently-released study of the state of the medical examiner and coroner systems in the US. As summed up by Scientific American magazine, the investigative journalists discovered that "only about 20 percent of coroners have forensics certification, and most face limited resources and large workloads." Of course this is across the border as well as across the years from our favorite fictional Toronto Medical Examiner, but the reports share diverse information and anecdotes about real life in the profession, and I thought perhaps someone might be inspired by the reporting -- besides helping address the Real Life issues, if that's within your sphere, of course! -- to write a new FK fanfiction focusing on the Coroner's Office side of the story, perhaps starring Natalie or Grace.

(In "Cherry Blossoms," Natalie says: "I'm sorry, Nick. It's been a bad day. They've cut my budget all to hell. I've got to lose two of the attendants from my shift, and they've all got families. Worst of it is, they've got nothing to go to. Working in a morgue doesn't really qualify you for anything else.")

The extensive Scientific American article is "Real CSI: Patchy U.S. Death Investigations Put the Living at Risk" by A.C. Thompson, et. al. (February 1, 2011). The PBS Frontline documentary is now available online. And NPR has broadcast numerous reports, including "Autopsy Cutbacks Reveal 'Gray Homicides'."

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/91656.html

What's Good? To kick off the new year in the recommendation-of-the-month project, I'm pleased to get to feature Jean G.'s "No Requiem" (1999, PG-13, ~8K words). This brisk story begins with a traditional Nick/Natalie "happy ending" as an AU sequel to "The Fix," but soon shelves the romance to pitch the characters into an action-driven drama.

Natalie opened her mouth to scream, only to utter a surprised yelp when she was suddenly pulled violently aside. A feral growl drove all four vampires back, and they hissed their displeasure at this intrusion. LaCroix released the viselike grip that had yanked her free and snarled at her as well. "You take foolish risks, Dr. Lambert."
There was no denying that...

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What's New on FKFic-L? No stories posted in December, but there has been one story in January so far.

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/90368.html

What's Good? Christy S.'s "Little Altar Boy" (2004, G, ~600 words) chimes in on the song challenge by entwining lyrics and story so closely that they merge into a music video. This reflective gen vignette is sweet and rich with the thematic aspirations of first-season FK, but is set indeterminately on any Christmas Eve after the flashbacks of "Only the Lonely."

(I neglected to get Christy's permission to feature this before she died in 2006, so until I changed the rule about deceased author authorization this year, her one and only FK fanfiction wasn't eligible for the recommendation-of-the-month project. Now it is.)

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What's New on FKFic-L? No stories have yet posted in December, but in November the list saw three new stories by three authors: ( list with links )

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/87757.html

I've spent many a holiday reading fanfiction; I posted this new piece to FKFic-L on US Thanksgiving Day for anyone in that position this year. "Heart's Ease" is a tidied-up take on the commentfic I gave hearts_blood in late September; she requested Natalie, Lacroix and "human!Nick" with his first cold in eight centuries. Thanks to wiliqueen for beta-reading!

My previous post poked fun at the usual characteristics of my fanfic, so there's irony that this light little story runs off those rails. If I didn't know, I wouldn't guess it was me. (Would you?)

•	Title:	"Heart's Ease" (also on AO3)
•	Length:	~1,200 words
•	Date:	Posted to FKFic-L on November 25, 2010
•	Rating:	G
•	Summary:	Soon after achieving a cure, Nick finds himself at the hospital.
•	Characters:	Nick, Tracy, Lacroix, Natalie
•	Quotation:	"You aren't going to spend a sick day on a little cold, are you?"

Crosspost http://brightknightie.livejournal.com/86079.html

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