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The everywoman '23 exchange (collection by fandom) has revealed its authors. So here are just a few recommendations:

• BSG78: "Duty To Each Other" by malinaldarose (G, gen, ~3K words) (Cassiopeia, Sheba). This is the one written for my exchange request, previously recommended here for relating an attack on the fleet from the perspective of a lumbering shuttle moving civilians between larger ships. I love getting the civilian point of view within BSG78, and I love getting more of the growth of Cassiopeia and Sheba's deeply fraught friendship (canon may forget that Sheba resented Cass, but I don't forget).


• Ancient Greek Religion & Lore: "Red Flowers of Autumn" by calenlily (T, m/f, ~800 words) (Persephone). Myths are a good place for metaphors and symbols to be all too literal. This Persephone finds that returning to the underworld doesn't just bring autumn to the overworld as her mother grieves losing her again, but integrally affects her own body.


• P&P (Austen): "Give It Time" by yletylyf (G, m/f, ~2K words) (Caroline Bingley). Caroline, of course, is the Bingley sister who wanted to marry Darcy herself. This is a nice post-canon pick-up in which Caroline has -- without losing her sharp edges -- done some introspection and personal growth. When she's content that she doesn't need a husband (after all, she does have a personal fortune, as well as a rich brother), that's when she meets Colonel Fitzwilliam, who appreciates her just as she is, sarcasm and all.


• MCU: "Lost Without Her" by capsquared (Not rated, gen, ~500 words) (Maria Hill). This is set after Winter Soldier. I feel it packs a punch for a reader coming off Secret Invasion.

The story I wrote for the exchange is D&DC "So the Heart May Become the Eye" (G, gen, ~6K words) (Terri, Sheila). It's for DesertVixen's request, in which she wanted to explore whether Terri, a one-episode character who came from and returned to the same amusement park as our heroes, ever returns to the Realm, and what she tells the adults back home. While the requested Terri and Sheila are the starring, perspective characters, and Diana has the third-most screen time, the whole gang appears and all get at least a few lines and contribute a plot point. In the nice way that exchanges sometimes accomplish, I really enjoyed getting to know the Terri character and her episode more deeply than I ever had before.

From July, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

• fkficfest started releasing in June and completed in July, with 13 total stories.
• comment_bingo, a challenge to comment on fanworks, has a new round closing November 30.
• small_fandoms is holding a "Shady Spot" fest with daily color/summer prompts through August. Their definition of "small fandom" is looser than Yuletide's and seems to accommodate FK.
• fandomgiftbasket fills continue through September 9.
• womansplace, a prompt fest for characters who identify as women (with some leeway for NB characters), has prompting through October 29 and fills through November 4.
• dailyicons is a community of 2-day challenges to create icons.
• minutia_r is hosting a fan-poetry prompt fest.
• allbingo's August theme is "new adventures."
• fancake's August theme is "time travel."

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive Of Our Own (AO3) Summary: 9 of the 1,298 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

• FKFicFest stories:
  • "Masquerade" by Calliope24 (part 3 of a series) (G, gen, ~13K words)
  • "A Discussion of Evil " by Dlyt (Not rated, gen, ~700 words)
  • "Crack the Code" by Brightknightie (T, gen, ~10K words)
  • "Huic Parce Deus – God Spare Him" by thefruitbat (T, gen, ~5K words)
  • "Experimentally Flawed" by dlyt (T, gen, ~4K words)
• Other FK stories:
  • "Respice Finem by TheFruitBat (WIP) (T, multi, ~35K words)
  • "This town ain't big enough for the three of us" by luciet (WIP) (xover) (G, multi, ~3K words)
  • "Non Non" by Merfilly (G, gen, 100 words)
  • "Dwelling in Infinity" by Celestial_Alignment (WIP) (xover) (part 6 of a series) (E, multi, ~90K words)

FK news & conversation

• 8/04: pj1228 is seeking a beta-reader for a ~9K Lacroix/Natalie story. Read the post.
• 8/01: switchbladeeyes discussed getting to catch up on reading, writing, and watching FK, including that FK has rotated off Prime again and is currently available for purchase only. Read the post.
• 7/28: greerwatson is uploading to the web copies of FKFic-L fic war emails that had previously stopped being available online, and is unzipping files that were zipped when they were previously online. Read the post.
• 7/25: greerwatson has uploaded to the web a copy of Mel's fanfic archive, which was originally an unauthorized copy/paste of the FTP site, and had previously stopped being available online. Read the post.
• 7/26: nicholas_lucien shared that Catherine Disher had continued her decluttering and was selling her third-season crew jacket on eBay (a different jacket than her first sale). Read the post. It looks like it sold for $5 CAD over the minimum requested bid. See the sale.
• 7/23: greerwatson discussed plans to upload copies of sites that had previously come down from the web, and announced having uploaded copies of JADFE, the FTP Site, and the List Gardener page. Read the post.
• 7/15: pj1228 recommended reading this year's FKFicFest stories and mentioned her own contribution and next plans. Read the post.
• 7/10: kalloway mentioned being about halfway through watching FK's first season for the first time! Read the post.
• 7/07: greerwatson announced moving her own website to a dedicated domain. Read the post.

90s_channel_tv_exchange released at a delay and on a weekday this past week, and so may have fallen under the radar for many readers. They have 41 works in 28 fandoms. Review the works by fandom on the AO3.

There were no FK stories, and BSG78 and D&DC weren't eligible, obviously, but I personally chose to read stories from:

• HL (pre-canon and then a much later-set tag; how Joe and Methos meet)
• HL/E:FC (second-season E:FC; how Liam and Methos meet)
• P&P (post-canon AU epistolary; Lizzie writes Georgiana with keen advice for optimal approaches to Collins, Mary and others)
• QL (pre-canon, the original timeline; how Sam learns about Beth from Al)
• XF (fourth season; Mulder and Scully in a little downtime on a case on the road)

These 5 are all gen and friendship-oriented. I enjoyed them all in their different ways! And I got to beta-read the HL one. Check it out. :-)

From April, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

• fkficfest has 4 prompts for its challenge this year. Stories come due June 24.
• ushobwri has a "New Frontiers" challenge with reveals on May 29.
• summerofhorrorexchange has nominations through May 7, with works due July 6.
• seasonsofdrabbles has nominations through May 7, with works due May 20.
• flowersforgraves is hosting a Trans Characters Promptfest through May 6.
• genprompt_bingo's current round runs through July 31.
• allbingo is celebrating "Three Weeks for Dreamwidth" plus its full-month May theme of "pets and animals."
• fancake's May theme is "big bangs."

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive Of Our Own (AO3) Summary: 9 of the 1,259 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

• "Poison in Their Blood" by SwitchbladeEyes (T, unspecified, ~3K words)
• "Dwelling in Infinity" by Celestial_Alignment (WIP) (xover) (part 6 of a series) (E, multi, ~80K words)
• "S4E08: A Glimmer of Hope" by ErebusBeck (part 8 of a series) (T, gen, ~12K words)
• "I Lie, I Forget" by rhodrymavelyne (unpspecified, other, 1K words)
• "Funny That" by rhodrymavelyne (xover) (unspecified, other, 4K words)
• "Respice Finem" by TheFruitBat (WIP) (T, multi, ~33K words)
• "Stages" by dante0220 (T, other, 20K words)
• "S4E09: Rogue" by ErebusBeck (part 9 of a series) (T, gen, ~11K words)
• "First Times" by sarah1228 (WIP) (E, m/f, 3K words)

FK news & conversation

• 4/09: switchbladeeyes joined DW specifically for the FK fanfic. Read the post.
• 4/15: switchbladeeyes reminisced about FK and time on the email lists in the '90s. Read the post.
• 4/16: switchbladeeyes described and shared pictures of 3 FK memorabilia items purchased at a '97 convention. Read the post.
• 4/18: greerwatson posted the sad news that Steph K. has apparently died. She also stated that she intends to re-host all the vintage FK content that Steph K. had previously maintained. Some people replied to praise this intention. Others replied to express serious concerns about this intention. Read the post.
• 4/24 & 4/28: switchbladeeyes shared some lighthearted observations in connection with rewatching FK. Read the first post and the next post.
• I saw 4 locked/filtered posts mentioning FK in March.

From February, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

• fkficfest elected June 25 as a due date. Expect a calendar and prompt nomination steps soon.
• marchmetamatterschallenge is a challenge for both creating new meta and preserving and disseminating old meta.
• elasticella is hosting a "Marginal March" ficathon for minor charachers.
• comment_bingo is a bingo challenge community where you win by commenting on fanworks. The current round runs through June.
• monstersmashexchange is a ship exchange in which at least one half of the ship must be a monster. Nominations through March 8.
• nexticon is an icon challenge community.
• sweetandshort is a prompt challenge community for works <300 words.
• fandomweekly is a weekly challenge community for works <1K words, with voting on favorites.
• allbingo's March theme is "March is..." (for example, Women's History Month and St. Patrick's Day).
• fancake's March theme is "pre-canon."

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive Of Our Own (AO3) Summary: 9 of the 1,250 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

• "Fall from Grace" by TheFruitBat (T, multi, ~9K words)
• "S4E03: One Step Back" by ErebusBeck (part 3 of a series) (T, gen, ~16K words)
• "Valentine's Fool" by TheFruitBat (G, gen, ~2K words)
• "S4E04: Sudden Death" by ErebusBeck (part 4 of a series) (T, gen, ~13K)
• "Last Chapter" by ErebusBeck (part 16 of a series) (M, multi, ~17K words)
• "One Drink or Two" by taibhrigh (G, gen, 13 words)
• "Dwelling in Infinity" by Celestial_Alignment (WIP) (xover) (part 6 of a series) (E, multi, ~73K words)
• "S4E05: Perfect Murder" by ErebusBeck (part 5 of a series) (M, gen, ~14K words)
• "Respice Finem" by TheFruitBat (WIP) (G, multi, ~23K words)

FK news & conversation

• 3/03: nicholas_lucien invited thoughts on an in-progress eBay auction which appears to be Catherine Disher selling a unique piece of FK memorabilia. Read the post.
• I saw 6 locked/filtered posts mentioning FK in February.