SFFest38: Fest Nearing An End!

Jan. 20th, 2026 07:50 am
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I can't believe it's almost the end of January already! There’s just about 12 days left to get your fanwork submission or pimp posted this round! (Or make another claim. *g*) Good luck!
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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Monday, January 19

Jan. 20th, 2026 03:47 am
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Buffy and Angel begin kissing passionately again. After a while they stop and look at each other.
ANGEL: You still haven't told me what you wanted for your birthday.
BUFFY: (smiles) Surprise me.
ANGEL: (smiles) Okay. I will.
They kiss.

~~Surprise ~~


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Yet again, I’ve been injured doing laundry

Jan. 22nd, 2026 03:23 am
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I held the bannister and I got it

I sat down to look for it

I took it with me because I could not find it

Damn splinter!

January 20, 2026: Does The Building Manager Play GURPS?

Jan. 20th, 2026 06:58 am
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http://www.sjgames.com/ill/a/2026-01-20

Emergency evacuation diagram for some building Jean was in

I saw this evacuation route diagram on a wall near the elevators in an office building. I can't remember the last time I saw a hex map in the wild! So naturally I had to take a picture. The individual offices (at least the one I was in) didn't have hex-tiled floors; they were just carpeted.

– Jean McGuire

Warehouse 23 News: The City Never Sleeps Because Of All The Action

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Heated Rivalry: All I Do is Stay Winning by Ragazza_Guasto

Jan. 20th, 2026 06:46 pm
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Fandom: Heated Rivalry
Characters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Cliff Marleau, Connors
Rating: Mature
Length: 5144
Content Notes: no AO3 warnings apply. Descriptions of illness, choking, vomiting.
Creator Links: Ragazza_Guasto on AO3
Themes: Crack treated seriously, Pining, Getting back together, Canon LGBTQ+ characters, Angst with a happy ending

Summary: “Can you believe it? How the hell did he end up bagging her?”

Ilya stared, brain not comprehending what his body already seemed to, that Hollander was dating-

“Rose fuckin’ Landry! How does the lamest guy in the League-”

He knew that smile. He thought it was for him, just for him. But it wasn't.

“No,” he whispered. His stomach spasmed.

“You good, Roz?”

Why would he- How could he-

They were holding hands…

“Rozanov? What the fuck?”

He jumped up from the table and stumbled for the front door, just barely making it through before the first mass of petals came up. He heaved as he ran, trying desperately to get away from the pavement, somewhere he could hide what was happening.

Unfortunately, his teammates had followed, because of course they would. He saw a photo of Shane Hollander holding hands with a movie star and promptly threw up.

Who wouldn't be curious?

Reccer's Notes: Hanahaki disease, where a sufferer of unrequited love starts bringing up flowers, has to be one of the crackiest tropes ever. In this story Ilya develops Hanahaki after seeing the pics of Shane going out with Rose Landry. But it's not some gently romantic fluttering of petals from his lips, it's bloodily bringing up a hard, painful tulip bulb, then more flowers, more bulbs. I guess the trope always has a potentially serious outcome (death vs requited love) but to me the "treated seriously" aspects here are the medical details and treatment, the painful and unromantic way the disease affects Ilya, and the way the fic cleverly incorporates his family history, via his mother. Ilya gets very sick indeed before Shane finds out, with inevitable results. Well written, and a great read.

Fanwork Links: All I Do is Stay Winning
All I Do is Stay Winning (podfic by sd_ryan)

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Transformers (Bay Movies): WHAT. WHAT., by crimsonclad.

Jan. 20th, 2026 12:17 am
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Fandom: Transformers (Bay Movies)
Pairings/Characters: Bumblebee/Ironhide
Rating: Not Rated (I’m going to say Teen And Up; this is brazen steaming erotica, but performed in terms that circumvent meat-centric censorship laws.)
Length: ~800
Content Notes: Alien biology, fusion as relationship, Pervy Human Fancying, size difference, transformation kink
Creator Links: (AO3) [archiveofourown.org profile] crimsonclad; (LJ) [livejournal.com profile] crimsonclad

Theme: Crack Treated Seriously, Pre-AO3 Works, Rare Pairings, Robots, Androids & AI, Worldbuilding, Xeno/Alien Biology

Summary: It was many years since Bumblebee had taken a lover, and as he looked up at Ironhide, he could feel his body trembling. "What do you think we will become?"

Ironhide smiled, and the familiar metallic sound of that motion made Bumblebee shiver. "I don't know, 'Bee. But I can't wait to find out."

Author’s Notes: Perhaps I am more comfortable writing porn with no recognizable gonads????

Reccer's Notes:

Bumblebee's first partner-- so long ago-- had been a sweet thing, and the result of their coupling-- a windmill, turning lazily in the winds of Cybertron-- had been as gentle and solid as their relationship. Once, in the later days of the war, Bumblebee had thrown caution to the wind and mated with an old friend turned traitor, temporary truce formed through their mutual desperation. The result had been a ravenous sawmill, capable of churning through any kind of metal. The sheer power had been intoxicating, but afterward, Bumblebee had felt empty, used. Lonely.

But so many years later, curving up against Ironhide's warm bulk, he knew this would be different. He knew they couldn't help but become something wonderful.

This is another fandom where I scarcely go (and therefore don’t know how common this trope is), but transformation and fusion here become an ecstatic discovery in ways that anticipate Steven Universe. (And don’t miss the avalanche of gleeful bawdy squee in the comments!)

Fanwork Links: WHAT. WHAT., by [livejournal.com profile] crimsonclad on LiveJournal.
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Aurora Coolness

Jan. 19th, 2026 05:00 am

Mother's Curse

Jan. 18th, 2026 06:35 am
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Posted by ghostfire

https://archiveofourown.org/works/77871096

by

Teresa Knight struggled from the beginning - found abandoned, raised by a father who resents her and doesn't understand her, and grappling with abilities that no one, not even she, understands - she makes enemies easily and finds violence a relief. After a school fight that forces her family to seek a fresh start, they move from the home she's known her whole life to Sunnydale. It's not long before she runs across the vampire Angelus and her unique talent, rough as it is, earns his attention. While it might be any other week for Buffy, Willow, and the rest of the gang at Sunnydale High, for Duncan MacLeod, Richie Ryan, and the ancient Immortal currently going by the name Adam Pierson, it's a vacation all the way from Seacouver. Art galleries and tests are soon interrupted, though, because what would a day on the Hellmouth be without a prophecy?

Words: 35989, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Teresa Knight Chronicles

https://archiveofourown.org/works/77871096

PODFIC!!!!

Jan. 19th, 2026 07:55 pm
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Their Holidays [Podfic] (44 words) by blackglass
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Leverage (US TV 2008)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Characters: Eliot Spencer (Leverage), Parker (Leverage), Alec Hardison
Additional Tags: Drabble, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming
Summary:

A podfic of Their Holidays by Merfilly.

"They each have their own."



Family for Parker [Podfic] (44 words) by blackglass
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Leverage
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alec Hardison/Parker/Eliot Spencer
Characters: Parker (Leverage)
Additional Tags: Introspection, Triple Drabble, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming
Summary:

A podfic of Family for Parker by Merfilly.



In the Tides of Their Thoughts [Podfic] (44 words) by blackglass
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: CC-5052 | Bly/Kit Fisto/Aayla Secura
Characters: Aayla Secura, Kit Fisto
Additional Tags: bly is not appearing, but he's talked about, stable threesome, Double Drabble, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming
Summary:

A podfic of In the Tides of Their Thoughts by Merfilly.

"Bly is away, but not far from their hearts at all."

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Unshelved strip originally published on Tue, 27 Oct 2015

Jan. 20th, 2026 12:00 am

Radio Free Monday (January 19, 2026)

Jan. 19th, 2026 06:53 pm
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Welcome to Radio Free Monday for the week of January 19, 2026. RFM posts links to peoples' personal fundraisers asking for community assistance, on Tumblr, Dreamwidth, and the Fediverse.

==== Ways to give ====

Kristina is raising funds for her kitten Damiano's eye care. Read more, share, and support the fundraiser here.

Teresa is raising funds to support her family following her husband being killed in a traffic accident. Read more, share, and support the fundraiser here.

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This has been Radio Free Monday. Submit items for my attention through this link (use English for your submission-text, please. If necessary, use Google Translate.)

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Lord Peter Wimsey: My True Love Has My Heart by Nineveh_UK

Jan. 19th, 2026 07:40 pm
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Fandom: Lord Peter Wimsey
Pairings/Characters: Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane (not requited - yet)
Rating: G
Length: 12,200
Creator Links: [personal profile] nineveh_uk
Theme: crack treated seriously

Summary: Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Wimsey have triumphantly solved the Wilvercombe murder, and only want to return to London. But first they must solve a new mystery: why they have woken up in one another's bodies, and what on earth are they going to do about it?

Reccer's notes Bodyswap is a pretty cracky trope, but here [personal profile] nineveh_uk uses it very effectively to explore the nuances of the complicated and touchy relationship between Peter and Harriet. As the summary suggests, it's set straight after Have His Carcase, where in canon they seem somehow simultaneously closer to and further away from resolving their relationship than ever. The bodyswap twist doesn't make things any less confusing. The voice is pitch perfect: if Dorothy L. Sayers had thought to write this premise, this is exactly what it would have sounded like.

Fanwork Links: My True Love Has My Heart
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Aubrey-Maturin and The Dark is Rising donation thank-yous; Another soulmate drabble

Jan. 19th, 2026 01:24 pm
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The great imponderable of toasted cheese (100 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Aubrey & Stephen Maturin
Characters: Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin
Additional Tags: Drabble, Natural Philosophy, Baffle them with bullshit
Summary:

Jack engages in natural philosophy.


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A cuppa (100 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jane Drew & The Lady (Dark is Rising)
Characters: Jane Drew (Dark is Rising), The Lady (Dark Is Rising)
Additional Tags: Drabble, Hope
Summary:

Jane has tea, not quite alone.


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How to apply torture (100 words) by Petra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Leia Organa & Darth Vader
Characters: Leia Organa, Darth Vader
Additional Tags: Drabble, Alternate Universe - Soulmates
Series: Part 3 of The Shoop Shoop Soulmate Song
Summary:

Common wisdom says everyone has one soulmate, but common wisdom has forgotten the Force.

  • Current Mood: productive
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Snow!

Jan. 19th, 2026 09:58 am
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No dayjob today because we're off for MLK Day.

It snowed all day yesterday, starting before dawn, but nothing stuck to the sidewalk until after dark, by which time it was still snowing and I was just not up for shoveling. Which meant, of course, that first thing this morning, after the overnight freeze, there was a layer of ice on the sidewalk. With a great deal of effort and about an hour in two segments (pre- and post-breakfast), I managed to break up and remove enough to make it reasonably safe. I hope. My hands were a little shaky at the end, which indicates I exerted myself more than I should have. Our house is not that wide, thankfully.

The temperature is supposed to go above freezing this afternoon, so hopefully that softens the remainder enough that I can scrape it up. Putting salt on top of ice doesn't help, it just melts the top so it can refreeze in a new and more slick state. Nope!

I have a free ticket for the Orchestra's MLK Day concert this afternoon; I was originally planning to attend with my friend who is now out of town because of a death in the family. We shall see if I recover from my exertions enough to attend. I am not worried about wasting a spot, they generally hand out more tickets than there are seats for these events, and tell you a seat is not guaranteed.

It's possible more snow will arrive in the coming week. Whee. If it does, I hope it doesn't affect our choir kickoff on Saturday, January 24th. Also, I hope the scores get sent out soon, as I need to make a trip to the library to print mine.

I'm back to the office tomorrow and Wednesday.
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Jan. 19th, 2026 07:42 am

Fanfic, Miami Vice (tv), Sonny/Rico, An undercover assignment gone wrong

Jan. 19th, 2026 01:57 am
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Title: One Way Out
Author: Cat Moon
Fandom: Miami Vice (tv)
Pairing/Characters: Sonny/Rico
Rating/Category: R/Slash
Prompt: An undercover assignment gone wrong
Spoilers: Not really, but minor tidbit for Smuggler's Blues
Summary: An undercover deal goes bad, leaving Rico and Sonny only one choice: protect each other. They’re partners, it’s what they do. Sometimes, that gets out of hand and goes way over the top. The repercussions of this one will change their partnership forever.
Notes/Warnings: Inspired by the scene in the ep, "Smuggler's Blues," where Rico gets frisked and Sonny's very interesting reaction to that. Themes of sexual assault (none occurs).
Word Count: 3848


( One Way Out )
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Job has a coffee maker

Jan. 21st, 2026 02:28 am
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Now, we don't have a coffee maker. We have a french press, and we have a pourover thinger, and no coffee maker. Electric coffee makers are roach magnets, and I will stand by that statement.

But the job has a coffee maker, a nice new model after the pot on the old one broke, and the lid on top opens to the left, which means you have to hold the coffee pot in your right hand if you want to pour the coffee into the machine. Also, all the measurement numbers on the coffee pot are only visible if you're holding the handle in your right hand.

And you may say this is petty, and it is - well, it's petty for me because I have two hands, I might well be more annoyed, and justifiably, if I was missing one! - but somebody made a choice to hinge the lid on the left instead of on the back, and somebody, maybe that same somebody, made a choice to only put numbers on one side of the handle instead of both. And they didn't have to make those choices, they could've made different choices that didn't screw me over personally, me and all the other lefties as well as approximately half of all people who don't have mobility in their right hand or don't have that hand at all*, and they chose poorly. Probably didn't even think it through even a tiny little bit.

* Wait, is this a valid assumption? Or are people more likely to be disabled on this side or that side?

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Youth by Frank Horne

Jan. 19th, 2026 02:01 am
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I am a knotted nebula—
a whirling flame
Shrieking aftire the endless darkness ...
I am the eternal center of gravity
and about me swing the crazy moons—
I am the thunder of rising suns,
the blaze of the zenith—
... the tremble of women’s bodies
in the arms of lovers ...
I sit on top of the Pole
Drunk with starry splendor
Shouting hozzanas at the Pleiades
... booting footballs at the moon—
I shall outlast the sun
and the moon
and the stars.…

*****


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Jan. 18th, 2026 09:46 pm
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Xander: Yeah. You know, I kinda had a problem with the math.
Willow: Uh, which part?
Xander: The math.

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January 19, 2026: A Pet For Your Pet For Your Pet For . . .

Jan. 19th, 2026 06:03 am
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http://www.sjgames.com/ill/a/2026-01-19

I've lately been posting a bit lately about the Roman Empire (not because it's particularly on my mind, but because I keep stumbling across cool articles about it).

In that same vein, I recently discovered that Roman elites had monkeys as pets . . . and some of those monkeys had kittens or piglets as pets of their own. Here's the article summarizing it, and here's the Cambridge University Press abstract it's basing this info off of.

So – RPG gamers – if you're now going to have wealthy people in your campaigns whose pets have pets, you'll be joining a noble tradition that includes a particularly fancy character I'm playing in my next game . . .

– Steven Marsh

Warehouse 23 News: Why Is The Darkness Blinking?

They're trapped between the realm of the living and the dead . . . and they're not too pleased about it. The Book of Unlife adds 44 unliving monsters to your The Fantasy Trip campaigns, along with a complete adventure setting. Live like there's too many tomorrows thanks to Warehouse 23!

http://www.sjgames.com/ill/a/2026-01-19

That's where it is - Star Wars story, soulmate AU continued

Jan. 19th, 2026 12:20 am
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That's where it is (600 words) by Petra
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars - All Media Types
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala/Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala/Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala
Additional Tags: Drabble and a Half, Drabble Sequence, Alternate Universe - Soulmates
Series: Part 2 of The Shoop Shoop Soulmate Song
Summary:

A variety of ways in which Anakin meets his soulmate.


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People read and reviewed, so I wrote more.
  • Current Mood: choose your own adventure
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svpromptstables | arrowverse & smallville prompt tables

Jan. 18th, 2026 09:46 pm
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[community profile] svpromptstables is an Arrowverse (*coughs* check out it's multiverse *winks*) & Smallville Prompt table challenge, with prompt tables options ranging from 7-100 prompts. Low stakes, no limit on how much you can "claim" (and anyone can "claim" the same things), only a minimum of 100 words and no deadlines.

Tables | FAQ | Claim & Claim List
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Unshelved strip originally published on Mon, 26 Oct 2015

Jan. 19th, 2026 12:00 am

settling into a good one in the snow and the wind

Jan. 18th, 2026 07:40 pm
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I used one of my Christmas gift cards to order a 12" carbon steel frying pan. I have a cast iron one but it is very heavy. I don't need it often, but when I do I'm always worried I'm going to drop it when it's full of hot food and I have to transfer it from stove top to oven or broiler, or vice versa. So we'll see how the carbon steel pan goes. I love the one I have for crepes, but it is much smaller and flatter.

It was top of mind this weekend because I decided to make this skillet chicken parm, but I was able to use my 10" (enameled) cast iron pan for it, which is more manageable, since I only had 2 chicken breasts. And it was pretty good! I made the Marcella Hazan simple tomato sauce for it and it worked out well. It's definitely easier than breading and frying a bunch of cutlets, and it gives a decent approximation of the best bits, which are the breading and cheese and sauce all melding together.

Then today I made this slow cooker creamy lemon chicken and it was okay - needed more lemon, imo, and also after reading the comments, I was prepared and added more cornstarch when the sauce didn't thicken much. I also thought it was weird that they want you to brown the chicken in butter first, but not saute the shallot and garlic. I didn't bother with searing the chicken, since generally I don't bother when I'm using the slow cooker, but I did saute the shallot and garlic first and added the dried herbs and let them sizzle for about 30 seconds before removing the pot from the stove and fitting it into the Instant Pot.

So it's been nice and cozy in here while the weather has been stupidly cold. Sadly, I have to go to a conference on Tuesday, when the high is supposed to be like 20°F. The agenda sounds interesting but I already told my boss if it was snowing I was staying home, but I don't think I can bail if it's just super cold but clear and dry. Who runs a conference in New York in January!? This is the time of year to be someplace warm. (Not that they would pay for me to go to a conference someplace warm! We're not even paying for this one - the tickets are comped because our head of HR is moderating a panel.)

I'm just glad I don't have to go out tomorrow, when it will be messy.

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