Title: The Circle Game
Author: otherdeb
Artist: milosflaca
Pairing: Howie/Chris
Rating: Warnings: R (emotional baggage, m/m sex)
Word Count: 20,267
Summary: Howie and Chris have been everything from friends to lovers to enemies over the years. Can they make it last this time?

First off, I want to thank those who encouraged me to do this, beckyo, luxshine, bellamyrose, and ravenbat. There is no way I could have done this without them cheering me on.

Second, special thanks to beckyo and ravenbat, who proofread, copy-edited, and kicked my butt when needed. I love you guys.

Third, thanks to milosflaca, for her take on the final scene of the story.

Fic Links:

Part I
Part II
Part III

Art Link:

art by milosflaca

WE ARE AT AN END, YOU GUYS. Thank you all for a GREAT posting week! Posting has now been closed and the master list is heeeeere.


( Take a peek under here for the amazing stuff! )


So out of the 35 that originally signed up, 15 have completed and posted their stories, with two more coming sometime next week. I want to say a huge, HUGE thank you to everyone who contributed, who stayed up long nights writing or drawing or mixing away. I am completely in love with the turnout, and I can't wait to finish the rest of these stories, because the ones I've read so far have been fantastic!

So we are offically done with bittybang! Thank you for a GREAT challenge, you guys! And once again I have to encourage everyone who watches this comm to read through the stories, check out the art, and leave some feedback. People have worked so hard, and I think that deserves an acknowledgement. ♥

Title: Don't Worry About It
Author: inahurricane
Artist: linear_flower
Pairing: AJ/Nick
Rating/Warnings: R
Word count: 20,269
Summary:

"Nice to meet you." Nick extended his hand to a weak, tattooed hand which shook it lightly. AJ eyed him suspiciously since he first appeared in the doorway. He was tall with blue eyes and blonde hair that seemed to spike out every direction it chose, but what caught his attention most was that he had never seen him before. He had been there for a bit over two weeks so he figured he knew every doctor, nurse, and staff member. Just when he thought he had the system figured out, this guy walks in wearing his blue scrubs and his stethoscope around his neck and—wait, did Elaine really refer to him as a nurse? AJ looked at the ID clipped to the pocket of his shirt. Nick Carter, RN, BSN. Definitely a nurse. Even got his Bachelor's in Nursing.

Link to fic: Master Post
Link to art: COMING SHORTLY!

Many thanks to bubbleforest who has been nothing but a fucking saint of a mod during the past 3 months. I don't think people outside of the challenge realize what a fantastic job she's done. From the bottom of my heart, Mette, thank you for putting this together and thank you for putting up with me.

Title: (You've Got) That Pornstar Flava
Author: epicflailer
Artist: samibee
Pairing: Chris-centric, with sides of Chris/AJ; Chris/JC; Chris/Justin; AJ/Brian; Justin/Nick; AJ/Nick; AJ/Justin; Jensen/Jared; David Cook/David Archuleta (I am an equal opportunist) all to varying degrees
Rating: R. ish.
Warnings: This is pretty much a pornstore AU? Only sans the porn.
Word count: ~33,000
Summary: AJ's only been working there a year and a half, give or take, so Chris can see why he doesn't get it. He's still at the stage where porn is shiny and exciting. Thing is, Chris has been a TRANS-PORN employee for almost twice that. After the first twenty thousand tapes, even the weird sex is boring.

Link to fic: Master Post.
Link to art: Master Post.

This is coming in just under the wire, I think, and I am so sorry about the late posting. I'd just like to add that even if this story isn't your cup of tea, or the combination of boys isn't quite for you, please, for the love of all that is sparkly, please check out the art. It takes awesome to a whole new level, I promise!

Title: Enjoying One Moment At a Time
Author: jstabe
Artist: inahurricane
Pairing: AJ/Nick
Rating: R
Word Count: 22,525
Summary: Post-rehab there are many changes in AJ's life. His relationship with his friends changes with the appearance of a new man in his life.

Direct link to the gorgeous banner made by inahurricane. Thank you so much!

http://inahurricane.livejournal.com/181455.html

Thank you so much to my cheering section, beckyo and ptarmigan. Extra special thanks to ckanerock who provided beta duties despite being sick and has been my hand holder and personal cheerleader since I started this fic. I never would have finished without you three lovely ladies. Also, my apologies for being almost two hours late with this. Basketball runs on it's own schedule and you just have to kind of roll with it. *g*


Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six

Title: Backstreet's Back
Author: luxshine
Artist: aceetha
Pairing: Kevin / Chris UST. Sorta.
Rating/Warnings: G, really. No, trust me on that one.
Word count: 20,853
Summary: To keep Kristen happy, Kevin decides to retire from the Backstreet Boys, but when the others realize they really need a fifth voice, Kevin’s life becomes a complete chaos as the one chosen to become the new fifth BSB is none other than Chris.

I'd like to thank milosflaca who helped me a lot, especially with the final scenes that were a complete mess and so, that last bit? Consider it co-written for all the phonecalls that went between us. To bubbleforest for all her patience, and I'm very sorry I was a day late. I hate my work sometimes, but I did finish. To otherdeb who betaed the first 8.000 or so words, before my computer and rl troubles ate my time, and to musiclover03 and ravenbat because they encoruaged me to follow this bunny.

Also, a big, big apologize since this had to be up yesterday. I hope the fic is good enough that you all forgive me for the lateness...

Link to gorgeous cover art: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/aceetha/luxshine001.jpg

Title: Dear Goodbye
Author: phaballa
Artist: semijocund
Pairing: Justin/Nick, Justin/Chris
Rating/Warnings: Adult in every conceivable way
Word count: 22,345
Summary:

Justin remembers the sand most of all. Miles and miles of it, the lightest tan, coarse and grainy, extending in all directions to meet the fluorescent blue of the sky at the horizon in an endless line that waved in the heat of the desert sun. He remembers the dirt roads between villages and the only slightly better roads between cities; he remembers that first sip of water, sweet and cold, the best damn thing he ever tasted even after only ten minutes under the sun. He remembers riding in the back of the jeep, pressed hip-to-knee with his company and wondering if today was the day they'd all get fucked to hell by a roadside bomb.

But mostly, Justin remembers the sand. The sand, and Nick.

Link to fic: Dear Goodbye
Link to art: Pretty Art!

Title: The Truth Beneath the Rose
Author: fadedsouls
Artist: linear_flower
Pairing: Brian, hints at Brian/Nick, Brian/AJ +
Rating/Warnings: PG-13ish I suppose. No real warning, except this is AU, and I may be abusing not one, but two boybands....
Word count: 20,627
Summary: For Brian, what started like an ordinary day turned out to be anything but when a stranger brushes by him on the subway, leaving him with a vision of her death. Now, together with his closest friends, he must race against time to figure out who she is and where she is going to die, if he is to have any chance of getting to her before it's too late.


Link to fic: Master Post
Link to art: Click

Title: Honeybee
Author: marythefan
Artist: wistfuljane
Pairing: Lance/Nick
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 46,000
Summary: Scenes from a kitchen ... delayed adolescence ... relationship.

Master post
Art
Fanmix

Title: Itty Bitty Pieces
Author:hurricanemegan
Artist:ninjetti75
Pairing: Britney/JC
Rating/Warnings: Het, y'all
Word count: 20,002

Link to fic:Part I
Part II
Part III
Link to art:Banner

Title: Show You the Shape of my What?
Author: pensnest
Artist: bubbleforest
Rating/Warnings: Well, there is sex eventually, of a not noticeably kinky kind.
Word count: 25,628
Summary: This story is heavily based on 'The Full Monty'. Nick and his best friend Brian are unemployed steelworkers in Pittsburgh in the mid-1990s. Brian has a crisis: he's in danger of losing his son. Trying to find Brian's ex-wife, he and Nick end up at a male strip show, and Brian realises he's found the perfect way to make the money to pay the child support he owes. They just need three more guys...

Link to fic: Show You the Shape of My What?
Link to art: Trailer and Poster

Title: You With The Sad Eyes
Author: bubbleforest
Artist: pikka
Pairing: AJ/Brian
Rating/Warnings: R. Pretty Woman AU! I don't know if that's a warning, but now you know what to expect.
Word count: 26,013
Summary: AJ was really just looking to get behind the wheel of a Lotus Esprit.


Link to fic: Fic master post
Link to art: Art master post

Well... it's still the 30th November somewhere in the world. And, here it is! At last!

Title: Park Guy
Author: catviret
Artist: pensnest
Pairing: Justin/Lance
Rating: PG-13 (some swearing)
Word Count: 30,500
Summary: Oakland, CA: Justin Timberlake is a long way from home, 27 years old and working two part-time jobs while he struggles through the final semester of his degree. Between school, his job, his other job, and his friendships with the rest of Chris Kirkpatrick's "waifs and strays", he really doesn't have time for a boyfriend. Especially not the guy he sees in the park every morning, the hot stranger with the down-home accent who walks his dogs at the same time Justin takes his morning run.

But then "Park Guy" walks right into Justin's life - actually, right into the gym where Justin works. Will Justin take the risk and let somebody new into his life? Or keep up the old routine at the cost of staying lonely?

Fic: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

Art: included within the fic post, at pensnest's suggestion. (You can leave feedback on the photos on her Photobucket account, or leave it with me, and I will pass it on.)

Title: Cetacean Blues
Author: chalcopyrite
Artist: semijocund
Pairing: Chris/Nick, Joey/JC
Warnings:Adult content
Word count:22,800
Summary: When high school science teacher JC Chasez goes missing under weird circumstances, his partner Joey Fatone calls in Chris Kirkpatrick and Nick Carter, private investigators who specialize in spooky. This case is weird even for them, though, and Chris soon finds himself more involved in it than he ever intended to be.
(This is a sequel to last year's Sesa story, Noche, but hopefully it stands on its own.)


Fic Post
Art Post

(Note: semijocund is travelling, and will post the art to her journal as soon as she can. I'll amend the link when she does. Meanwhile, if you leave feedback for her here, I'll pass it on!)

Title: "Broken"
Author: beckyo
Artist: pikka
Pairing: Nick Carter / Kevin Richardson
Rating/Warnings: R, language
Word count: 33,011-ish
Summary: When Kevin sent Nick away, he didn't expect anything to be broken but his heart.

Link to fic: http://www.randomossity.com/fic/broken.html
Link to art: http://www.milkpie.net/illu/fanart/hospital.jpg


Thank you all for the encouragement along the way, and to my critique team! Special extra thanks to pikka! You are the best. ♥

(note: posting this from San Francisco where we are on vacation. We will be home tonight, and in case anything is incorrect I will fix it then. OMG, I can't believe I'm actually putting this out there for someone else to read.)

In three hours it will be midnight where I'm at. We're so close! Those of you who have been assigned to post tomorrow, feel free to post whenever you want within your own timezone. Morning, noon, night, whatever. It's all up to you now! Remember to check when you're supposed to post if you've forgotten!

The last thing I wanna say before the stories start coming in is that I hope you'll all, participants as well as watchers, take time to read and feedback as many stories as you can. Producing a story of this length is a long and grueling process, and all the writers deserve as much recognition for that as they can get. Not to mention the artists, who've worked very hard for their writers! Spread the love far and wide.

I'll be back with a master list once all the stories have been posted. Enjoy your week full of fic, everyone! \o/

Remember that you're due to send me a draft of your work by tomorrow, November 23rd!

People have been asking what I mean by a draft, and ... well, I totally mean nothing. My limited vocabulary, let me show you it! Basically I just need to see that you're all working on something so I'll know for sure that every writer will have art, so if you're working on a drawing, send me a rough sketch! If you're working on a fanmix, send me the pictures you plan to use for the cover! Etcetera etcetera.

I hope that clears things up. One week to go, everyone!

So we finally got all the stories assigned to an artist! HURRAY! Thank you so much to those of you who volunteered to take on an extra story, you're all fantastic. All artists should have been sent their selected draft(s) now - if you're an artist and you haven't gotten anything, please get in touch with me and I'll send it to you ASAP.

Let me just quickly say, because it was asked in another post, that writers, you're more than welcome to contact your artist if there's anything you feel they need to know. Their emails are all in the summary post, so knock yourselves out!

Now, for the all important ( live reveal! )

Four more stories are still in want of an artist! You can do it, you guys! Contributing art for someone else's story is fun, I'm sure it won't be a problem for some of you to do it for two stories. Let's get the rest of these sent off to a good home!

It looks like every artist who's going to choose a story have now done so, so fantastic! You're all stars. I really want every story to have its own artist though, so if some of you are up for taking on a second story, please head back to this post and make another selection. There's five stories left that you really don't wanna miss out on!

Thank you all for participating! Once all the stories have been picked I'm going to post more about the live dates scheduling.