The story written for me in the
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For the first time, I participated in HLH_Shortcuts, the Highlander winter fanfiction exchange, this year. Though they've been around longer than FKFicFest, this is their first year posting to the AO3 ( Read more... )

The annual hlh-shortcuts exchange game is accepting sign-ups through October 9, 2016 (Eastern Time). I've never played in this game, but I always read it!

Schedule:

• Sign-ups close: 10/09/16
• Assignments sent: By 10/11/16
• Submission deadline: 12/15/16
• Releasing: 12/20/16.

Historically, this game has been played on LiveJournal only, with players emailing their stories ( Read more... )

Of the stories that I read in this year's hlh_shortcuts, I'd recommend:

• "The Beginning of Always" by
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The annual hlh-shortcuts exchange game has 12 stories up since Sunday, with 6 to go ( Read more... )

The Highlander community hlh_shortcuts is open for its annual 2015 fanfiction exchange game!

• Sign-ups: 10/08/15 to 10/15/15
• Assignments sent: By 10/18/15
• Stories due: 12/15/15
• Reveals: Starting 12/20/15

I look forward to reading the stories!

I won't be playing, myself, for the usual reasons: ( Read more... )

I didn't read every story in this year's hlh-shortcuts ficathon, but I read most, and it was a good year! They had 21 stories. These are the ones I personally liked best:

1. " Stars Made of More Than Ticky-Tacky" (gen) - Methos is living an ordinary life. One of his neighbors is extraordinary. Maybe ordinary is extraordinary, when you look right.
2. " An Audience of ( Read more... )

This year's Highlander fic exchange at hlh-shortcuts needs a pinch-hitter. (It looks like a writer defaulted after reveals began. The ficathon has been posting 4 stories per day since the solstice; by that pattern, the last 4 should post today.) I don't have any details; I'm just passing on the plea: " Pinch Hit: Is anyone available?"

Addendum: It looks like ( Read more... )

hlh-shortcuts has begun releasing this year's HL gift-exchange stories (4 are up now; 16 more will come throughout the week). I've read those that have released so far; I'll wait to rec until all reveal, but I'm happy to report that there are rec-worthy stories already, a cameo by Rachel, and even a well-calibrated passing mention of Tessa. The mood across ( Read more... )

The 2014 hlh_shortcuts Highlander exchange fiction is accepting sign-ups through this Thursday, October 9. Submissions are due December 15 ( Read more... )