With a slight delay, I present my responses to the 15 characters meme! I absolutely love the questions I got - you guys are brilliant. :-) And I would so love to read some of these crossovers ( Read more... )

Well-known SF authors Jim Hines, Charles Stross, John Scalzi and Patrick Rothfuss made a promise: If fans donated a certain amount of money for a good cause, they would pose to recreate a SF novel cover. The fans came through... and so did the authors.

The cover in question? Here it is.


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I am officially declaring this day Crack Sunday. Please have four overgrown drabbles for X-Men, X-Files, Grimm and the up and coming fandom of The Dubious Dentists Meet The Thing!

For synecdoche_and
Prompt: X-Men, Charles/Erik; Erik is getting out of prison, and Charles is waiting for him.Charles is waiting for him just outside the prison gate, a lone figure ( Read more... )

Title: The Fall of Magneto
Author: Sylvia / rheasilvia
Pairing: Charles/Erik.
Rating: Not rated.
Disclaimer: Not my characters.
Story Notes: Mild crack based on X-Men First Class; story length ~1,400 words. Inspired by analise010's prompt "fall".

Summary: Erik falls. Charles is there to catch him. And it all ends up on Youtube the next morning.

The Fall of Magneto ( Read more... )

So, after a year of slacking off, I have recently started making soap again. Yin and yang, rose, lavender, coffee, pomegranate stars, neon stars, tea tree, an absolute luxury soap in two versions, one with sea-buckthorn oil...

And wow, I have never ever heard the word sea-buckthorn in English before. But why? It's awesome! Yummy and healthy and ( Read more... )

Three more "3 sentence" meme story fragments. Again, they are somewhat longer than 3 sentences, and are in order of striking inspiration. Four more to go!

Junno is an alien vampire baker, Ryo is a vampire prosecutor. Needless to say, sparkliness ensues. (for glitterburn)

( The cupcake was decorated with a smooth, glistening cap of frosting the color of arterial blood. It was topped with an anatomically correct white chocolate heart, all of it decorated by a drift of edible silver sparkles. )

The first "3 sentence" meme story fragments, which are considerably longer than 3 sentences in most cases, and are in order of striking inspiration. ;-)

Mulder and Krycek in space (for ellensmithee)
( Sneaking onboard the Alliance flagship without being caught turned out to be surprisingly easy. )

Title: Trials of a Teenage Deity
Author: Sylvia / rheasilvia
Pairing: Christ/Christ
Rating: PG-13
Note: This cracky ficlet is the result of a conversation I had with glitterburn about one of my pet peeves - that fannish authors will persist in using "mein Leib" as a translation for "my love". I feel like I should apologize. Uhm. Sorry?

Warning: Do not read if you are ( Read more... )

Dating a deity is a monumentally bad idea. While I'm sure you are all well aware of this fact, temptation may tempt even so - which is why I want to remind you to stay strong, no matter how hot the divine entity you are tempted to make eyes at may be. Here's a recent essay on the subject that may bolster your crumbling resolve!My own advice would ( Read more... )

Which of the following are not actual dramas?

No cheating by internet, please!

Poll Plot without limits!Hint: Five of these titles are actual Korean dramas. Yes, really ( Read more... )