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Two D&DC ficlets by Senmut (Sharpest_Asp)

senmut recently shared two fun new D&DC ficlets:

"Old Skills in Need" (G, gen; ~400 words): Stars a present-day adult Diana during an emergency. (Credited as inspired by my recent "Muscle Memory," starring Eric, which Senmut kindly beta-read.)

"Honoring the Hero" (G, gen; ~200 words): Stars Sheila but with the whole gang. Supplies a missing scene to bookend Bobby's interrupted birthday party.

I've linked to DW. These are also on Squidgeworld.

It's a joy to have thoughtful, caring, canon-resonant, new D&DC to read!

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HLH_Shortcuts '24 Recommendations

We had 20 new Highlander stories in

hlh_shortcuts this year. Find them all on the AO3.

Here are some that I, personally, subjectively, enjoyed most:

"Moondance or A Series of Extraordinary Events" by

hafital
G, gen; ~19K words
Joyful. This story wraps a final sci-fi Gathering apocalypse -- starring Richie and Methos -- around many independent but threaded shorter missing-scene stories from throughout canon and beyond -- starring Richie and Angie, Richie and Tessa, Richie and May-Ling, Richie and etc. -- and not only delivers a happy ending at the last, but is again and again joyful and uplifting throughout. Each of the embedded stories would be lovely on its own. Yet they're strung like pearls on a necklace, progressing in a line, in a circle, in an orbit. It's more than its parts.

"Duo" by

jasmasson
G, m/m; ~3K words
Amusing. A sensible outsider perspective delivers grins as it clashes with not-at-all sensible run-a-day HL canon in the persons of Duncan, Methos, and a hunter. The narrative packs satisfying, appropriately worded, canon references that fly over the head of the perspective character straight to the audience.

"Guests for the Weekend" by

Annavere
G, gen; ~8K words
Unexpected. I was taken by surprise by how well this combination of characters -- Amanda, Anne, Richie -- came together in this off-to-the-side whodunnit romp of a mini-vacation for Anne, where the stakes are set by thieves so incompetent and security precautions so lacking that Amanda feels embarrassed and Richie plays the bait.

"Holy Ground" by

merriman
G, gen; ~2K words
Historical. Have a Darius-lives scenario, with Methos and early Icelandic history. You're welcome. Bonus: Rumination on how the "Light Quickening" did and didn't do the work of reforming Darius, which he must have thought on often, and which I have opinions about.

Richie & Connor:

"In Good Company" by

Teratornis
G, gen; ~6K words
Cathartic. Structured mostly as an action scene, a dojo workout, this piece has Richie process some of his many emotions in the wake of Tessa's death, his own immortality, and his encounter with Annie Devlin.

"Cousin's Retreat" by

Sharpest_Asp
G, gen; ~1K words
Companionable. Richie gets to train with Connor for a while, as the audience gets to enjoy comparisons and contrasts between our two MacLeods, and the conviction that Richie is an adopted son of this clan.

Randi:

"The Pitch" by

havocthecat
G, gen; ~2K words
Constructive. This piece worldbuilds around Randi across a decade, keeping her consistently canonical as it kneads and stretches her more realistic first-season world until it merges seamlessly with the more fantastic late-season canon, landing her as if fated in Joe's lap as he works to reform the Watchers.

"Behind the Story" by

coralysendria
Unrated, gen, ~2K words
Transporting. Step into the heart of second season with the groundedness of first season. Tessa's murder is news; it's part of Randi's job. Tessa is also someone she knew; it's emotionally jarring, and emotion is not something Randi is particularly good at, so she gropes through the culturally prescribed motions until she finds her way to Richie, grieving, stunned, alone. We see Tessa through both of their eyes, Richie in that moment through Randi's eyes, and the world that was canon in those days as it must have been.

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A second HLH_Shortcuts '24 story for me!

hlh_shortcuts has now released 18 of its 20 total 2024 stories. See the list. I expect that tomorrow, Monday, will bring the final releases, to be followed by the event’s traditional author-guessing game.

To my surprise, I’ve received a second story for my fest request this year: “The Pitch” (G, gen, ~2K words). (For a completely spoiler-free reading experience, follow the link now and come back later for the rest of this post.) It stars Randi, supported by Joe, with cameos by Duncan and Methos.

Riding the wave of Randi’s conviction that Duncan could be the biggest story of her career, this piece sweeps from Randi spotting Joe near MacLeod & Noel Antiques, through a decade of dogging the literal and paperwork footsteps of Duncan and his friends, to Joe offering her the biggest story of her life... with one little catch.

This Randi is properly tenacious and perceptive. The story compellingly suggests how very much her interests, talents, and drive converge with the commitments and needs of the Watchers, to the point that it set me ruminating on the meta level where Randi and her local TV station may well have been a certain kind of unwitting structural first draft for Joe and the Watcher organization. (But why not both? ~grin~)

More comments on the story itself, of course! Take a look? Or, if this is not your personal HL flavor, try one of the others!

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Richie & Connor

Every

hlh_shortcuts, certain thought trends seem to emerge through the stories, particular themes or questions or canon moments that pop up independently in multiple unrelated, unalike stories that year.

This year, so far, "Richie & Connor after Tessa's death" seems to be a biggie. I have not yet read all the stories released to date, yet I believe I've already bumped into this concept four separate times, one way and another. (See the list of works.) I wonder whether there was a conversation about it somewhere that planted and nurtured these seeds, or whether the thought was carried on the wind long ago and only finally now the conditions for sprouting have arrived. As a trend, I'm certainly enjoying it!

Another trend this year, so far, seems to be very little Duncan. Few appearances, fewer as the perspective character. This is not as new or distinct. I suspect that, at this end of history, many folks find more unplucked story fruit with other characters.

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Preliminary Yuletide pickings

I won't start reading Yuletide until tomorrow, but I've opened tabs and wanted to share:

Yuletide brings us:

2 new Forever Knight stories, one Nick/Natalie and one Nick/Lacroix. Take your pick.
4 new works for assorted The Legend of Zelda games (the newest one and the least popular old ones were eligible). I am all agog to read the crossover between Majora's Mask and Columbo. See the list.
1 new work for the Doctor Strange comics, this one starring Zelma Stanton, hero librarian! Check it out.
0 new D&DC, BSG78, JttW, YB, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish or Dead Poets Society stories. But of course there are other fandoms to check over time, and treats to come.

Plus, HLH_Shortcuts continues to reveal 2 new Highlander stories per day. With 20 total works in this year's collection, we're at exactly 10 revealed and 10 to go, with a wide diversity of lengths, characters, and approaches ... though not a lot of Duncan, curiously, in those I've read so far. Find your favorite.

(A very merry Christmas to everyone celebrating! And warm wishes to everyone, period!)

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Everywoman '24 author reveals

The

everywoman '24 authors are now revealed! See the collection.

As mentioned, my request went up as a pinch-hit and I received both a gift and a treat for Dungeons & Dragons (cartoon, 1983): "Girl Time" (T, gen, ~700 words; Sheila & Diana) and "The Acrobat's Dream" (T, gen, 100 words; Diana). Both, it turns out, are by

DesertVixen, whose assignment in the event was The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015): "The Last Night (Before The Rest of Her Life)" (T, gen, ~500 words; stars Gaby).

Here are a few other stories that I enjoyed in the event:

"a world worth fighting for" by kira_katrine (Captain Marvel (2019); T, gen, ~1K words; Maria & Mar-Vell)
"i'm gonna be fine (but maybe not tonight)" by SleepyMaddy (The Marvels (2023); G, gen, ~5K words; Kamala & Carol)
"like a dream i can't escape by SleepyMaddy (Stargate: SG-1; G, gen, ~1K words; Sam & Teal'c)

The story that I wrote was "Beyond Illusion" (Dungeons & Dragons (cartoon, 1983); G, gen, ~4K words; Varla & Presto), for

DesertVixen's request for “more about Varla exploring/learning about her power.” The piece is a tag/sequel to Varla's one episode, "The Last Illusion;" the day after the day Varla escaped Venger's Forbidden Tower, as she shows Presto around her village, she examines her powers and her options, ultimately choosing a third way that's canon-compliant and yet opens up her future beyond canon.

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Everywoman '24 stories released (I received a story + a treat!)

The

everywoman '24 stories have released! The exchange has 69 total works in 56 fandoms. Check out the collection sorted by fandom or in the complete works list.

Fandoms include Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Captain Marvel & The Marvels, Dungeons & Dragons (Cartoon, 1983), Hawkeye, Labyrinth, The Lord of the Rings, 6 kinds of Star Trek, 3 kinds of Star Wars, and Stargate SG-1.

I personally received both an exchange story and a treat!

"Girl Time" (D&DC, T, gen, ~700 words). This vignette gives Sheila and Diana a quiet, restful interlude between episodes, an opportunity to relax from the often frantic pace of their adventures and reflect on the actual weight and emotional wear of those adventures. It's full of canonical allusions, yet with an undemanding touch that doesn't require a reader to know the references. Thought-provoking!

"The Acrobat's Dream" (D&DC, T, gen, 100 words). This drabble shows Diana triumphant, solo and as a teammate, her hard work and talent fulfilled, both on the Olympic podium and by having made it home from the Realm. Satisfying!

Of course there is a story by me somewhere in the mix. Author reveals are scheduled for this coming Friday, August 9.

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Saturdaymorningex '24 revealed authors

The inaugural

saturdaymorningex 2024 exchange for animated fandoms has revealed its authors. Check out all 20 stories.

I previously mentioned the gift I received, "A Challenge for the Acrobat" (D&DC; T, gen, ~1K words), a highly satisfying Diana-centric piece, now revealed to be by DesertVixen, who happens to be both my gifter and my recipient.

I'd like to also recommend "X-Men: Age of College Apps" (X-Men Evolution; T, m/f, ~500 words), a thoroughly charming little character study of Jean and Scott, from Jean's perspective, by UniqueChimera!

And "Learning to Dance" (BatB; G, gen; ~600 words), a Cogsworth and Lumiere missing scene, is by Sharpest_Asp.

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The story that I wrote for the exchange was "The Map in Adarbrent Manor" (D&DC; G, m/f, ~10K words), for DesertVixen's prompt for an Eric/Sheila story. I've seen her request the pairing in other events through the years, and receive it only once, via pinch-hit. I really wanted to help fill that specific wish for her, though I am a gen writer... and I soon realized that I'd edged out of my expertise, even while staying YA. Luckily for me,

celli generously made time to encourage and reassure me, as well as to expose typos to mend and passages to streamline. Thank you, Celli!

The plot, like most episodes, is a fetch quest in pursuit of a way home from the Realm. The character development is Sheila facing how much they've all changed since they've been in the Realm, Eric confessing his crush on Sheila, and both of them working through memories and feelings to eventually arrive at a first kiss that coincides with the MacGuffin. Our whole gang appears, though in supporting roles to the requested pair.

( navel-gazing )

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Fannish options & enthusiasms: July 2024

Here are some recent fannish things I've happened to see and would like to share:

Highlights

So many fkficfest readers have been awesome, generously sharing comments and kudos across many stories! What a great community!
I also participated in saturdaymorningex, which hasn't revealed yet.
And I finally (finally!) updated my journal's banner and look.

Ficathons, fests & communities

Create & engage
- fandomgiftbasket, a gifting fest (like FandomTrees, FandomStocking, etc.), has sign-ups through July 14 and gifting through September 14.
- threewordapocalypsefest, a themed challenge fest, has sign-ups through August 25 and reveals on September 1.
- classicfilmex, an exchange for movies released before 1980, has nominations through July 15 and stories due September 15.
- julybreakbingo, a highly customizable bingo challenge, will close sign-ups on July 7.
- minutia_r is hosting a poetry prompt fest throughout July (or for as long as interest lasts).
- nuh_s is running Minor League Exchange, a flash event for minor and one-off characters, with sign-ups closing later today, July 4, and works due on July 18.
- iddyiddybangbang, the "idfic" challenge, has sign-ups July 10-17, with works due September 12.
- trope_of_the_month's July theme is an "amnesty." (Write for any of the previous themes.)
- allbingo's July themes (concurrent) are "Winter Fest" (beat the heat) and "Games and Entertainment."
- pinchhits is a forum for pinch-hits in fannish exchanges. For example, everywoman is currently seeking pinch-hitters for fandoms including Hazbin Hotel, Hunger Games trilogy, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Final Fantasy.
Enjoy & share
- fancake (themed fanfic recs); July theme: "stranded"
- het_reccers (m/f fanfic recs)
- gensplosion (gen fanfic recs)
- recthething (fanwork recs)
- fanart_recs (fanart recs)

FKFicFest 2024 stories released in June

“Noblesse Oblige” by Calliope24 (G, gen; ~10K words; comedy, drama)
“To Say Goodbye” by Sharpest_asp (G, gen; ~500 words; reflection, post-LK)
“Visiting Room C” by Switchbladeeyes (G, gen; ~2K words; policework, drama)
“Past and Future” by LittleBlackaPony (G, gen; ~7K words; drama)
“Early Nights” by TheFruitBat (T, m/m; ~600K words; pwp, romance)
“An Unexpected Visitor” by WaltD (G, uncategorized; ~1K words; drama)
“By Any Other Name” by PJ1228 (T, gen; ~5K words; policework, mystery)
“Mortal Bonds” by SwitchbladeEyes (T, gen; ~10K words; historical, horror)
“Picking up the Pieces” by GreerWatson (G, gen; ~3K words; reflection, post-LK)
“Day 17” by Calliope24 (G, gen; ~3K words; pre-canon, policework)

Note: "Recently:FK" is now "Recently:Enthusiasms."

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FKFicFest 2024 recommendations

This year's

fkficfest had a huge haul of 16 total stories! And many folks were absolutely lovely in reading and commenting, appreciating all the widely diverse tastes and approaches! So I feel it's okay for me to go ahead and recommend just a very few of the total stories that happened to speak most to me, personally, as a reader and fan. Obviously, my own subjective preferences may well not be yours, so you should check out the full collection to find just the right stories for your own tastes. :-D

(These recommendations do contain spoilers.)

"To Say Goodbye" (G, gen, ~1K words; Grace & Natalie) by

Sharpest_Asp
This deliciously layered post-LK interlude is simultaneously a slice of life, with Grace relaxing after a long, hard shift; an elegy, with Natalie's good advice, good example, and good friendship remembered and missed; and a supernatural mystery that Grace, in the end, chooses not to pursue, for very good reasons built on costly lessons learned. There's relief and hope as well as grief; the reader has more information than Grace in interpreting Natalie's visit. I felt satisfied.

"Day 17" (G, gen, ~3K words; Tracy) by

Calliope24
Surprisingly suspenseful for what's fundamentally a character study, this story exhibits Tracy's motivations, fears, and sense of self through a single shift of escalating incidents attended by raw rookie Tracy and her training officer, from a routine traffic stop, to a domestic violence intervention, to crowd control at a murder scene. Almost every tidbit of Tracy's background winds in somewhere, deployed for maximum resonance. I felt riveted.

"Homecoming" (T, gen, ~5K words; Janette, Nick & Lacroix) by

SwitchbladeEyes
This is Janette's vivid story of what happened in 1925 after the "Father's Day" flashbacks. It's rich with Janette being fully Janette, navigating between a spot-on Nick and Lacroix not remotely at their best, beautifully carving out her own full, conflicted life under their radar. It's wholly in tune with canon themes, and cleverly stitches together some key missing developments from between canon flashbacks. I felt nostalgic.

"Noblesse Oblige" (G, gen, ~10K words; Nick, Janette, Natalie, Schanke & Alma) by

Calliope24
Set in late first-season, this charming story poses a new reason for the Raven redecoration. In some ways, this tale unfolds like an episode, with a dramatic historical flashback, entwined human and vampire interests, and deeper insights, but it's oriented toward a crisis for Toronto's vampire community, not a police procedural, and has a notably light touch, mining humor wherever it can. Throughout, it offers the positive thematic orientation and openheartedness that I cherish in first-season. I felt delighted.

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The story that I wrote for the fest myself is "Found in the Fog" (T, gen, ~5K words; Nick & Lacroix). It's Nick-centric, pro-Nick, and anti-vampirism, as you'd expect from me. I set it in 1890s California, where Nick, working as a lighthouse keeper, has gone to process the "Love You to Death" flashbacks before moving on to "Dark Knight"'s Altun Kinal dig. (It's based on real historical incidents, so of course has endnotes.)

Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful participation in this year's ficfest!

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Saturdaymorningex released! Exchange story for me

saturdaymorningex, the animation exchange, did release overnight! Find 21 total stories in its AO3 collection. Fandoms include AtLA, BatB, D&DC, Pinky and the Brain, My Little Pony, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Yu-Gi-Oh!, X-Men: Evolution, and more. (To my personal surprise, a full ~25% are rated M or E. Interesting!)

The story written for me is delightfully for my Dungeons & Dragons (cartoon, 1983) request: "A Challenge for the Acrobat" (G, gen, ~1K words).

It stars Diana (clearly!) and creates a scenario specifically to comment on a key difference between her and the others, that her totemic weapon of power facilitates an astounding skill that she already had -- had already earned -- back home, while the others are directly and newly dependent on their weapons to interact with the dangers of the Realm. That is, the others' weapons are metaphorically related to their characters; Diana's is literally manifesting her skill as a gymnast. In addition to thoughtfully giving Diana the spotlight, which I love, the story also gestures to my fondness for interludes between adventures -- those moments of downtime trailing connections to what comes before and after.

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FK signal-boosts

nicholas_lucien spotted on Facebook that Fred Mollin, FK's composer, is selling his copies of the two "Dark Knight" episode scripts (that is, parts one and two). He will sign the scripts if asked. Learn more on Facebook. (See Nicholas_lucien's DW post.)

This is the time of year that I actually open ForKni-L digests, so I saw McLisa post that she's seeking a copy of an FK story she wrote and lost long ago, probably titled "The Werewolf of Toronto," and that she would greatly appreciate anyone who can share a file or a link. It's a lighthearted Halloween story in which, among other things, Nick and Schanke, working undercover at a Halloween parade, become their costumes (a la BtVS), and while Nick is dressed as a movie vampire, Schanke is dressed as a werewolf.

And while I have you, I should plug

fkficfest again! Not that you don't know that we've reached the halfway point, with eight stories revealed and eight yet to go.

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HLH_Shortcuts '23 has finished releasing

hlh_shortcuts brought us 25 new Highlander stories this year. Check them out via the community or directly in the AO3 collection. They're still anonymous, pending this fest's traditional author-guessing game.

The story gifted to me in the exchange is "Hellish Dreams of Heaven" (G, gen, ~4K words) (Richie, Duncan, Connor, Powell, Joe, Tessa). Entirely from Richie's perspective, it navigates sequentially through missing scenes fitting within -- or sparking off lines in -- "The Gathering," HL's premiere. I love the first few HL seasons best of all, as you know, and I like missing scenes and canon awareness, so this story is very comfortable in some ways. In others, though, it's rightly challenging; this early Richie's internal narrative bristles with disenchantment, between what he thinks he's found to be the ideal and the real. He wants to believe; he tells himself he's seen too much to believe... Yet he believes.

I haven't read all 25 stories, but of those I have, I'd especially like to recommend:

"Know Where It's At" (G, gen, ~5K words) (Richie, Darius, Methos, Tessa, Duncan) -- This time-travel fix-it pulls Richie from an unspecified future moment (possibly circa "Richard Redstone," possibly later) back into his younger body in the days leading up to Darius's murder by Horton. Can Richie put right what once went wrong?
"Friendship And Favors" (G, gen, ~2K words) (Rebecca, Darius) -- Of the two stories this year featuring Darius and Rebecca, this is the cooking one (the other is chess). This precisely-set historical interlude richly intertwines Darius and Rebecca in their shared hopes for the future: in individual students, in a community, and, implicitly, in the whole world exponentially in expanding rings. We readers know we'll lose them both too soon, but their work (and hope) will survive them.
"The Polyglot" (G, gen, ~3K words) (Methos, Richie, Joe, Amanda) -- This fun story lightly romps through some practical, ordinary, real-world threats, nothing a sword can solve, and delivers a happy ending all around.

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"FK Recently" newsletter: What you all have been up to (11/01/23-12/03/23)

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

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

wish_upon_a_meme is a gifting event modeled on insmallpackages. Requests through 12/31/23, fills through 1/14/24.
fandomtrees is a gifting fest modeled on fandom_stocking. Sign-ups through 12/06/23, fills through 1/10/24, reveals 1/11/24.
genprompt_bingo has opened sign-ups for a new round. As always, while all prompts are gen, fills may be any type.
trope_of_the_month's December theme is "holidays and celebrations."
allbingo's December theme is an amnesty, meaning filling out extra squares from previous cards.
fancake's December theme is an amnesty, meaning recommendations for past themes.

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive Of Our Own (AO3) Summary: 4 of the 1,322 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

"Respice Finem" by TheFruitBat (WIP) (T, multi, ~45K words)
"Hours into Days, Days into Years" by SwitchbladeEyes (T, gen, ~12K words)
"…do (it like) a Torontonian" by TheFruitBat (xover) (part 2 of a series) (E, m/m, ~9K words)
"On the Edge" by TheFruitBat (E, m/m, 100 words)

FK news & conversation
11/04: pj1228 let us know that FK season 3 will finally be released on DVD in Germany. (As a reminder, only season one has extra footage in the German release.) Read the post.

This newsletter is reportage only. Inclusion is not endorsement. Omission is not disrecommendation.

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"FK Recently" newsletter: What you all have been up to (10/01/23-11/01/23)

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

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

ushobwri ("You Should Be Writing") is hosting a November Social event to help inspire and support writers.
trope_of_the_month's November theme is "five things" (or 5+1).
allbingo's November theme is "drabble fest."
fancake's November theme is "arts & crafts."

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive Of Our Own (AO3) Summary: 19 of the 1,301 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period. (I believe that all but two of them are newly archived copies of old FKFic-L stories.)

"The Trilling Wire" by SwitchbladeEyes (T, gen, ~14K words)
"Cold Comfort" by nitelvr (xover) (T, gen, ~4K words)
"The Cure" by nitelvr (G, gen, ~500 words)
"Random Acts of Murder" by nitelvr (G, gen, ~200 words)
"No Fond Farewell" by nitelvr (G, gen, ~5K words)
"To a New Day" (Dusk to Dawn challenge) by nitelvr (T, gen, ~4K words)
"All I Have to Give" by nitelvr (T, m/f, ~2K words)
"No Goodbyes" by nitelvr (M, m/f, ~2K words)
"Not Exactly Jell-O" by nitelvr (G, gen, ~1K words)
"Trigger" by TheFruitBat (G, gen, ~800 words)
"Dark Night" by nitelvr (poem) (T, gen, 88 words)
"Sun Stroke" by nitelvr (poem) (T, multi, 21 words)
"Transformations" by nitelvr (poem) (T, unspecified, 109 words)
"Valentine" by nitelvr (poem) (T, unspecified, 29 words)
"Lust for Blood" by nitelvr (M, gen, ~15K words)
"Vengeance Will Be Mine" by nitelvr (M, gen, ~28K words)
"Peccadillo's" by cousinmary (G, m/f, ~13K words)
"Mutual Acquaintances" by cousinmary (G, m/f, ~900 words)
"Brown Paper Packages Tied Up With String" by cousinmary (G, m/f, ~2K words)

FK news & conversation

10/01: nicholas_lucien shared the news (and a photo) that the "close up" Caddy was totaled in an accident in 2001. Read the post.
10/01: switchbladeeyes discussed writing and posting a new FK story, "The Trilling Wire." Read the post.
10/10: switchbladeeyes encountered the Bennett & Kapelos "Green Eggs and Ham" reading from Syndicon '97. Read the post.
10/13: switchbladeeyes mentioned FK in some musings on fanfiction, the AO3, and fandom. Read the post.
10/19: switchbladeeyes recommended "What Lies Buried" by pj1228. Read the post.
10/20: greerwatson included FK in her Yuletide "Dear Author" letter. Read the post.

This newsletter is reportage only. Inclusion is not endorsement. Omission is not disrecommendation.

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Nitelvr AO3 account

The recently-new AO3 account

nitelvr has been uploading the author's vintage fic from FKFic-L days. If you were there then, you probably recall this fan; check the profile for the author's self-identification.

Back in the days of my very defunct, not to be revived, "FK recommendation of the month" project (DW tag) (fansite), I recommended 2 of this author's pieces that are now available on the AO3:

"To a New Day" from 1995 (~4K words, PG, gen)

"Lust for Blood" from 1994 (~15K words, PG-13, gen)

This author was reliably Nick-centric and pro-Nick. If that's your cup of Ribena, maybe check out a few stories?

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"FK Recently" newsletter: What you all have been up to (9/01/23-10/01/23)

A question came up last month that I felt I should address here on the next newsletter post. These "FK Recently" installments are reportage, not recommendations, endorsements, or approval. I list items because they are FK-relevant. This sometimes includes items with which I disagree and usually includes stories I have not read. I sincerely apologize to those who perceived this newsletter as recommendations or endorsements! I will label it more clearly from now on.

(Is this newsletter still of much interest, or has it far outlived its expiration...? It takes time. I could drop it altogether. Or replace the FK focus with something general to my current interests.)

That all said, from September, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

yuletide_admin is processing nominations, and FK should be among them. They've also issued a default amnesty; if you've previously defaulted, learn about reinstatement. This is Yuletide's 21st year.
smallfandombang, a challenge for stories of 10K+ words in small fandoms, has sign-ups through October 31. FK qualifies.
sick_or_treat, a free-for-all challenge for hurt/comfort stories titled after Pokemon moves, runs October 1 to November 30.
latetreatbonanza, a motivational event for leftover/unfinished fic gifts and treats, is open through December 24.
trope_of_the_month's October theme is "last times."
allbingo's October theme is "fall fest."
fancake's October theme is "undercover."

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive Of Our Own (AO3) Summary: 2 of the 1,301 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

"Salt" by SwitchbladeEyes (T, uncategorized, ~5K words)
"Respice Finem" by TheFruitBat (WIP) (T, multi, ~44K words)

FK news & conversation

9/28: switchbladeeyes shared a vintage newspaper article about a 1998 production of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde in which Geraint Wyn Davies acted, in the context of FK memorabilia. Read the post.
9/24: greerwatson proposed collaborating on FK nominations in Yuletide. Read the post.
9/06, 9/08, 9/09 & 9/24: switchbladeeyes completed her rewatch of FK. Read the posts about "Avenging Angel," "Fallen Idol," "Ashes to Ashes," and "Last Knight." ("Jane Doe" and "Francesca" didn't get their own posts.)
9/19 & 9/09: greerwatson announced updates to her FK Website Archive. Read the announcements for Loftworks and a links page.
9/19 & 9/22: switchbladeeyes discussed her "box of FK stuff" and FK fandom memories. Read the first post and second post.
9/18: greerwatson included FK in her Trick Or Treat exchange Dear Author letter. Read the post.
9/13: switchbladeeyes recommended two humorous FK fanfic stories. Read the post.
9/10: switchbladeeyes described the inspiration for her recently-posted all-new FK story, "Salt." Read the post.
9/07: switchbladeeyes noted that there are zero FK/What We Do In The Shadows crossovers on the AO3. Read the post.

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FK Recently: What you all have been up to (8/1/23-9/4/23)

Happy Labor Day, US and Canada! From August, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

yuletide_admin announced a rule change that makes FK again eligible for Yuletide, the giant, annual, small-fandoms exchange.
trickortreatex, an exchange of a "trick" or a "treat" story, not necessarily Halloween-themed, has nominations through September 8. Reveals October 31.
spook_me, a spooky story challenge with images of creatures as prompts, hasn't yet announced for this year, but I expect it to soon.
launchtheship is a challenge to write the first fic on the AO3 for any pairing. Closes October 20.
screen_icons is an icon challenge community with bimonthly challenges.
inspiredby is a monthly collection of curated prompt lists.
trope_of_the_month's September theme is "first times."
allbingo's September theme is "story sparks."
fancake's September theme is "unusual jobs."

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive Of Our Own (AO3) Summary: 3 of the 1,299 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

"Knighty-Night, Nick" by [orphan_account] (xover) (G, multi, ~1K words)
"Respice Finem" by TheFruitBat (WIP) (T, multi, ~40K words)
"Dwelling in Infinity" by Celestial_Alignment (WIP) (xover) (part 6 of a series) (E, multi, ~90K words)

FK news & conversation

8/01: switchbladeeyes chatted about intending to read FKFicFest, starting to write new stories, and rewatching season two. Read the post.
8/04: pj1228 announced that she's seeking a beta-reader for a Lacroix/Natalie story. (I believe she's still looking!) Read the post.
8/13: switchbladeeyes discussed significantly revising and improving an older fanfic, "Poison in Their Blood," as well approaches to tagging. Read the post.
8/24: switchbladeeyes marked the anniversary of Pompeii's explosion with a chat about Lacroix's Romanness. Read the post.
8/08-8/24: greerwatson continues uploading content that had been removed from the internet. Read posts about uploading SOSFK and KtK, Crusader, Faction sites, and Faction "war" pages.
8/06-27: switchbladeeyes has been rewatching FK with a spouse who has never seen it before. Read posts about watching season-three episodes: HF, DoN and GVP, Fever, Strings, SoB, NiQ, MBIAV, BF, BB1&2 and OtLi and BW.
8/29: switchbladeeyes recommended Bonnie R.'s "Quiet, Cold Heart." Read the post.
8/29: switchbladeeyes discussed Nick's track record in converting people to vampirism. Read the post.

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2 FK writers looking for beta-readers

It looks like 2 FK writers are currently seeking beta-readers:

switchbladeeyes; Nick & Lacroix; Read the post.

pj1228; Lacroix/Natalie; Read the post (ETA: Broken link fixed!).

Naturally, if you can help or pass the word...?

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Everywoman '23 is now de-anonymized

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.