the night has a thousand saxaphones

Because I would be remiss if I didn't pass it on, The Periodic Table of Storytelling. There should totally be some kind of random-element-generator prompt meme, Y/N?

Via cofax7, the Guardian is doing some kind of SF thing.

Calvin & Hobbes futurefic gets me right where I live. Have Hobbes and Bacon part one and two.

( Aliens, zombies, and plauges, oh my )

( And the life update )

Yuletide is by far the awesomest part of the fannish yearly calendar. This year I wrote a main story and a last-minute Treat. (The main story, which I researched for weeks and though about for a month and worked on for days and days, has one comment as of this writing. The dashed-off treat has 12. There’s no accounting for the vagaries of the Claw, I guess. I’ve been told that staying Zen about these things is one of the secrets to being happy in fandom. I am trying.) That said, I got a wonderful present! And have found more than enough beautiful stories already in just the tidgy bit of surfing I was able to do on Christmas Day.

( First, the personal pimping )

( Before you do any other Yuletide reading... )

Recs list to come: Original list of 115 fandoms knocked down to 70! I am going to bed.

Oh god. I have been just WALLOWING in fanfic. Really. Since December 23rd I have done basically nothing but read and read and read and it's been phenomenally fabulous. There's tons of stuff I meant to write, and journal entries and reviews of stuff and yada, but I've just been gobbling up this fantastic fic like a starving woman.

Constance: The Harry Potter, Pan's Labyrinth, and Narnia recs are for you. If you read any of them and like them, say something to me instead of being all secretive. Cause you're like a ghost!

The rest of this stuff is mostly a list, for my own purposes. Cause all this Yuletide stuff has been rec'd EVERYWHERE already. Also, I feel pretty lame for not posting this list before authors were revealed, but it's just because I was too busy wallowing in joy!

First: my first actual fic was rec'd at crack_imapala! That is like, the awesomest piece of awesomeness to ever happen to me. *awesome happy dance*

Second: I got gifts for spn_holidays. Which I know is kind of the point, but I was a little surprised by it. And they are fantastic gifts, too. Especially cause my Voyeur!Sam request was written by possibly the hottest threesome writer on the planet, thenyxie.
Anyway, my request for gen John fic: Cigarette Burns R for violence, awesome for flashbacks and lyrical prose.
And my request for Dean/OC, Voyeur!Sam: Bodies in Motion, NC-17 (oh so very)

( Third, I read some great Harry Potter het stuff )

( Fourth, I read great SPN and J2 stuff )

( And Finally, YULETIDE! Fandoms: Brokeback Mountain, Chuck, Mary Poppins, MASH, Mythology- Greek and Roman, Narnia, Neverending Story, Pan's Labyrinth, Shakespeare, Slings & Arrows, Stardust, Watership Down )

The scary thing? This rec list is approximately a FIFTH of the fics I've read in the last week. And I have a list of 150 more Yuletide stories and 14 SPN fics to read. I told you I've been wallowing! It's been so fun.