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*flops on couch, hand over eyes*

I spent the last ... uh, month or so ...? rereading all fourteen extant novels of the Dresden Files, plus the Side Jobs shortfic collection, and choosing a cast image for every character Harry exchanges a conversation with or gets a good description of. That's ... a lot of characters. And a lot of reading; thousands and thousands of pages' worth. Phew. Don't think I'll be doing that again for a few years.

(This is, by the way, why I haven't posted any new story parts in a few weeks. Later this week, I promise.)

Finished just in time. I'm going out to buy Skin Game after lunch tomorrow (having taken time off work for that purpose). And then I'm going to the cemetery, setting up my camp chair, and reading it with my dad. Since we can't actually discuss it this year. For my own personal memorial day observation. (He was looking forward to it, too.)

Anyway. There may be a spoiler-cut post sometime later today-ish? Anyone one else rushing out to buy it?

PG; Avengers MCU x Dresden Files, 800 words. For Day 14. Worldbuildy Natasha fic.

The program that produced the Black Widow didn't have much use for magic.

in what distant deeps or skies

(Linked @ wishlist_fic and AO3; written for fiona-nk)

PG-13; DF/Star Trek XI, 5200 words. For Day 3. (Finishing off The Only Logical Conclusion)

Forget the sufficiently advanced science and the fact that Kirk and his men had swum against the Currents of Time; the fact that their particular wizard might be one I'd actually heard of might just be the most unbelievable part of their tale.

Tying Up the Loose Ends

(Linked @ wishlist_fic and AO3; written for jilltanith)

So this was me today:

( Dresden Files 14: Cold Days (some vague spoilers) )

PG-13; Dresden Files/Transformers: DOTM, 2300 words. For Day 22.

I should have known something wicked this way came the minute the mysterious detectors started going up around the boundaries of my city.

Saving The World, One Hexus At A Time

(Linked @ wishlist_fic and AO3; written for moonbeamsfanfic)

PG-13, Dresden Files/Person of Interest; 1700 words. Follows Part 1.

I'd known from the start that there was something a little... different... about Finch.

( Someone With The Skills To Intervene: Part 2 )

(x-posted to

pofinterest_fic and at AO3)

PG-13; Dresden Files/Stargate: Atlantis, 3500 words. For Day 21. "Small Favor" spoilers.

Gard arrives a little late to the rescue-- and Harry, John and Ivy take an unexpected trip through the Nevernever.

What Lives On The Other Side

(Linked @ wishlist_fic and AO3; written for jenna_marianne)

PG-13, Dresden Files/Person of Interest; 1300 words. Inspired by POI 1.19, "Flesh and Blood"

"So what is it about this Elias character that requires Wardenly intervention?"

( Someone With The Skills To Intervene )

(x-posted to

pofinterest_fic and at AO3)

PG-15; Dresden Files/B:tVS, Harry Dresden/Buffy Summers, 2000 words. For Day 20.

I woke to the unusual sensation of soft, warm flesh draped over my chest and thighs, and the slightly more familiar din of tiny dwarves with hammers pounding away on the inside of my skull.

Exorcizing Old Memories

(Linked @ wishlist_fic and AO3; written for musesinspire)

PG-13; Dresden Files/Star Trek XI, 2900 words. For Day 15. Follows The Only Logical Conclusion.

I couldn't help but think we'd all be better off if I caught up to our technological time travelers sooner rather than later.

Is There a Problem, Officer?

(Linked @ wishlist_fic and AO3; written for jilltanith)

PG-13; Dresden Files/Sorcerer's Apprentice, 1200 words. For Day 8. Post-"Dead Beat", Pre-"Changes".

The dark-haired young man standing in the flaming circle would definitely qualify for White Council ranks someday, if he hadn't graduated from brown robes already.

Common Cause

(Linked @ wishlist_fic and AO3; written for polgara_5)

PG-13; Firefly/Dresden Files, 2000 words. For Day 4. Past Zoe/Harry.

Zoe's a bit better acquainted with Serenity's newest client than Mal had been expecting.

Gather Seashells While You May

(Linked @ wishlist_fic and AO3; written for dhark_charlotte)

PG; Dresden Files/Mummy Returns, 1000 words, gen. For Day 2. (Post-Dead Beat).

Harry Dresden is not the only wizard with a skull-bound familiar. Much to his surprise.

An Uncomfortable Arrangement

(Linked @ wishlist_fic and AO3; written for beckyh2112)

PG-13, Dresden/B:tVS fusion-AU; Harry/Buffy. 1200 words, set in the Handle With Care 'verse.

"Ah-ree! You should have told me your little friend would come by today," Thomas said, in that hideously thick accent he affected in order to be taken seriously as a stylist.

( Words Unspoken )

(x-posted to

twistedshorts and at AO3)

So, I bought Ghost Story at lunch on Tuesday and had a reading party with

maevebran....

I'm not going to go into any great detail, but... ( cut for spoilers, anyway. )

Anyway. I'll probably reread it and dissect in more detail later just what I did and didn't like, and did or didn't see coming, and where I see it going, et cetera... but I want to post before LJ crashes again, so. What did you think?

PG-13; 1600 words. Dresden Files AU, post-Small Favor. Five Crosses 'verse; background slash.

Anything that could keep me distracted until I could see Michael sounded like a good plan.

( For Those Who Wait )

(x-posted to

dresdenslash and at AO3)

PG-13, het; B:tVS/Dresden Files, 4600 words. Post White Night, and Handle With Care 'verse.

"And your current intentions....?" Buffy asked without missing a beat. "...Are to ask a very lovely woman who has every right to tie me into a pretzel whether she'd like to have dinner with me instead," I ventured.

A Spirit of All Compact of Fire

(Linked @ wishlist_fic and AO3; written for pprfaith)

PG-13; Boondock Saints/Dresden Files. 2300 words, for

faithburke.

The pub's façade was as plain and worn as McGinty's back in South Boston; it was an island of familiarity in a strange place.

( For Shepherds They Shall Be )

(x-posted to

df_crossovers & AO3)

PG-13; Stargate SG-1/Dresden Files, 3800 words, gen. For Day 23. (Season 10/Book 8).

Teal'c had never, in all his years of service to the Goa'uld, seen anything like the horror slithering its way into a world utterly unprepared to receive it.

An Unanticipated Detour

(Linked @ wishlist_fic and AO3; written for bastardsnow)

So. I ended up writing five stories for my fifth

yuletide: four full-length ones, and a short.

One of them is a dead giveaway, if you know my writing history; another is also a fandom and POV character I've written before; and the others are all new to me. All canon characters, all different fandoms, and split between gen and het this year. Between the five stories, they total 9800 words.

They'll be anonymous until next Saturday; if you can guess any of them before then, I'll write any prompt you like that fits the specifications I allowed my 2010 Wishlist participants. Have fun reading in the Yuletide Archive, if you haven't visited it yet - 2,647 stories this year, all in rare or new fandoms!

... Oh, and what's that you ask - what did I receive? Three lovely and very different stories:

The Man Who Knew What He Wanted, for 2007 TV miniseries "Tin Man". Does an excellent job getting into Zero's head right after the miniseries, lending depth and realism to the motivations of what was presented as a rather 2D bad-guy character on screen. I loved it, right down to the ambiguous ending.

The Truth of Reality, for the 2010 movie "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time". A collection of family moments with Prince Dastan (and a Tamina moment!) in the aftermath of the movie. Made me smile!

Waiting, for the "Dresden Files" book series by Jim Butcher. A fabulous short introspective piece from Charity Carpenter's POV during "Changes". An interlude in the life of one of those who also serve, as she thinks on her husband's supernatural career, and her daughter's.

\0/ Apparently I was a very good girl this year! If you know the fandoms, go and give them some love. ♥