The collection is live! We have a total of twenty-two fics, in all brand-new fandoms. We juuust barely missed beating last year's record, but we still did really damn good! Well done, everyone :Db
Like usual, please do not check out the fics out via the fandom list page on AO3! Only a couple of fandoms are listed there, due to AO3's wrangling policy, so most of the stories will not show up on said page. Instead, there's an alternative fandom list below. (You can also browse the collection via the works page on AO3, where all are accounted for.)
All stories, ordered alphabetically by fandom:
A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left - Andrew Bird (Song)
History IQ, episode 301 (now lost; fragment of), or: ask our esteemed panel
Overprescribed/Under the mister/We had survived to/Turn on the History Channel
Bodyguards (TV)
Desire
Missing scene for episode 1x03 "Out of the Mouths of Babes". While watching over a 13 year old witness in a safe house, Ian and Liz have a hard time to keep their relationship professional.
Deadly Manners (Podcast)
the heart was meant to beat freely
Beatrice tries not to want what she can't have, but it's hard.
Dòu Máah Dáan | Peking Opera Blues (1986)
The Gravediggers
YEUNG LEI: Do you have room for a few bodies?
JING BAI: ... I already have my troupe, where would I have room for coffins?
Hanakisou (Visual Novel)
Winter
Hanashiro can end this winter. He's the only one who can.
He doesn't.
Hog Wild (1980)
Sweetest Kiss
Tim looks back on how he met the girl of his dreams.
ISOLA (Comics)
Willed by the World, and Yet Unseen
Rook is well aware she is living an adventure.
Kounodori | Dr. Storks
Family Ties
Kounodori Sakura grew up in an orphanage, never knowing his father. Now working as an obstetrician at Persona Hospital, he discovers that one of his patients has an unexpected tie to his past.
La Bamba (1989)
Your Arms Feel like Home
He's drawn into the kitchen by the fondly remembered aroma of baking empanadas and something his mother only makes whenever she's feeling sad or nostalgic, which he assumes is true for both of them.
Murcielago (Manga)
Everyone Needs a Hobby
Since getting involved with Kuroko, handing a sword to a nine-year-old serial killer isn't even close to the most dangerous thing Chiyo's done.
大武生 | My Kingdom (2011)
The Lost Heart
"What do you dream, night after night, brother?"
Quark
Invasion
Quark receives his next assignment: stop the invasion!
Raruurien (Webcomic)
All Is Forgiven
This would be the first year with just the three of them.
The Cowboy and the Lady - John Denver (Song)
...and Summers in Paree
Jack could have kicked himself for not asking for her number.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Rassendyll
I was taking my first faltering steps into adulthood when I first met Prince Rudolf.
The Rosemary Tree - Elizabeth Goudge
The Small Braveries of Miss Anabel Giles
The Rosemary Tree is a novel (as so many of Elizabeth Goudge's adult novels) of faith, friendship and gardens. In it, Miss Giles, the dreaded and dreadful schoolmistress, ill and depressed, begins the process of redeeming herself. Small Braveries takes up her story five years later.
The Sword Interval (Webcomic)
And Over the Third River, Crosswise
Karl Banks has died in one manner or another at least three times now; his spirit, hopefully, put to rest for good this time around. The paintings he'd fashioned of his victims are long gone, too – decayed, destroyed, both here and in the ghastly realm he'd created for himself.
And still Fall Barros dreams of the golden-eyed children.
Tom Corbett: Space Cadet Series - Carey Rockwell
only for those who aren't afraid to fly
After three long years as cadets at the Space Academy, Tom, Roger, and Astro are about to become full-fledged officers of the Solar Guard. It may be something they've all wanted for a long time, but there are a few things they're nervous about.
Violent Playground (1958)
Sisters, Brothers
Moments of serenity and hope, of pain and despair from the intersecting lives of 2 sets of siblings.
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Confession
The layers aren't done unraveling.
Within (2016)
The Good Type of Crazy
They drag her from the dusty hollows of the walls with glass still clutched in her hand. The world goes on. She learns to go on, as well. She knows that she's crazy. She can't change that. So she's determined to be the good type of crazy.
Women of the Silk - Gail Tsukiyama
Mornings Beyond
Some mornings Pei lost herself in preparation for her work, and nearly did not remember.
Thank you all so very much for taking part! I know these are all nonexistent fandoms, but I hope we can try to check out our fellow participants' stories and comment wherever possible. If you're not familiar with any of the fandoms, you can also try browsing the tag page to see if there's a theme that catches your eye.
Happy reading! I hope to see you guys again next year ♥
Like usual, please do not check out the fics out via the fandom list page on AO3! Only a couple of fandoms are listed there, due to AO3's wrangling policy, so most of the stories will not show up on said page. Instead, there's an alternative fandom list below. (You can also browse the collection via the works page on AO3, where all are accounted for.)
All stories, ordered alphabetically by fandom:
A Nervous Tic Motion of the Head to the Left - Andrew Bird (Song)
History IQ, episode 301 (now lost; fragment of), or: ask our esteemed panel
Overprescribed/Under the mister/We had survived to/Turn on the History Channel
Bodyguards (TV)
Desire
Missing scene for episode 1x03 "Out of the Mouths of Babes". While watching over a 13 year old witness in a safe house, Ian and Liz have a hard time to keep their relationship professional.
Deadly Manners (Podcast)
the heart was meant to beat freely
Beatrice tries not to want what she can't have, but it's hard.
Dòu Máah Dáan | Peking Opera Blues (1986)
The Gravediggers
YEUNG LEI: Do you have room for a few bodies?
JING BAI: ... I already have my troupe, where would I have room for coffins?
Hanakisou (Visual Novel)
Winter
Hanashiro can end this winter. He's the only one who can.
He doesn't.
Hog Wild (1980)
Sweetest Kiss
Tim looks back on how he met the girl of his dreams.
ISOLA (Comics)
Willed by the World, and Yet Unseen
Rook is well aware she is living an adventure.
Kounodori | Dr. Storks
Family Ties
Kounodori Sakura grew up in an orphanage, never knowing his father. Now working as an obstetrician at Persona Hospital, he discovers that one of his patients has an unexpected tie to his past.
La Bamba (1989)
Your Arms Feel like Home
He's drawn into the kitchen by the fondly remembered aroma of baking empanadas and something his mother only makes whenever she's feeling sad or nostalgic, which he assumes is true for both of them.
Murcielago (Manga)
Everyone Needs a Hobby
Since getting involved with Kuroko, handing a sword to a nine-year-old serial killer isn't even close to the most dangerous thing Chiyo's done.
大武生 | My Kingdom (2011)
The Lost Heart
"What do you dream, night after night, brother?"
Quark
Invasion
Quark receives his next assignment: stop the invasion!
Raruurien (Webcomic)
All Is Forgiven
This would be the first year with just the three of them.
The Cowboy and the Lady - John Denver (Song)
...and Summers in Paree
Jack could have kicked himself for not asking for her number.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Rassendyll
I was taking my first faltering steps into adulthood when I first met Prince Rudolf.
The Rosemary Tree - Elizabeth Goudge
The Small Braveries of Miss Anabel Giles
The Rosemary Tree is a novel (as so many of Elizabeth Goudge's adult novels) of faith, friendship and gardens. In it, Miss Giles, the dreaded and dreadful schoolmistress, ill and depressed, begins the process of redeeming herself. Small Braveries takes up her story five years later.
The Sword Interval (Webcomic)
And Over the Third River, Crosswise
Karl Banks has died in one manner or another at least three times now; his spirit, hopefully, put to rest for good this time around. The paintings he'd fashioned of his victims are long gone, too – decayed, destroyed, both here and in the ghastly realm he'd created for himself.
And still Fall Barros dreams of the golden-eyed children.
Tom Corbett: Space Cadet Series - Carey Rockwell
only for those who aren't afraid to fly
After three long years as cadets at the Space Academy, Tom, Roger, and Astro are about to become full-fledged officers of the Solar Guard. It may be something they've all wanted for a long time, but there are a few things they're nervous about.
Violent Playground (1958)
Sisters, Brothers
Moments of serenity and hope, of pain and despair from the intersecting lives of 2 sets of siblings.
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Confession
The layers aren't done unraveling.
Within (2016)
The Good Type of Crazy
They drag her from the dusty hollows of the walls with glass still clutched in her hand. The world goes on. She learns to go on, as well. She knows that she's crazy. She can't change that. So she's determined to be the good type of crazy.
Women of the Silk - Gail Tsukiyama
Mornings Beyond
Some mornings Pei lost herself in preparation for her work, and nearly did not remember.
Thank you all so very much for taking part! I know these are all nonexistent fandoms, but I hope we can try to check out our fellow participants' stories and comment wherever possible. If you're not familiar with any of the fandoms, you can also try browsing the tag page to see if there's a theme that catches your eye.
Happy reading! I hope to see you guys again next year ♥