Title: A Bunch of Times It Didn't Happen (and One Time It Did)
By: sprat
Pairing: F/K
about 2100 words

Posting parts 1 and 2 because they sort of stand alone, and I've held things up long enough; parts 3 and 4 will follow (soon!) in my journal.

Many thanks to china_shop, who let me post late and didn't even call me any names. Thanks also to kill_claudio, whose excellent first lines I've borrowed here.

( 1. )

Title: Late for dinner
Author: jamethiel_bane  
Pairing: Ray/Ray
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: 1390
Notes: I was assigned jadelennox  's lines. The first line is taken from "If I am to be judged by those who come after me, let me be judged by the truth." which is awesome (and PG-13 rated) threesome fic. Much thanks to china_shop  for allowing me the extra 24 hours to let me get some sleep. nos4a2no9  did the beta, and resisted my attempts to break her with funky tense changes in the middle of clauses. She also made me put the blowjob in, so it's all her fault. catwalksalone  made me write exposition. Curse these logical betas! Thanks babe!

Author: Eledhwenlin
Title: Basking in the Moment
Pairing: F/K
Wordcount: some 400
Rating: G

A/N: Based on lordessrenegade's awesome fiction. Late and short because I suck.

( Ray could hear the wind howling outside, and he felt Fraser pressed up warm against him under the sheets. )

 

Hooray!!! You all ROCK!!!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for making the Fantastic First-Line Flashfic Festival a wonderful success and proving once again why Due South fandom is the best! I can't wait to catch up on all the new stories! *GLEE*

\o/ \o/ \o/

There are three more fics due from people who needed 24-hour extensions, and then it's a wrap! Also, a very special thank you to slidellra for stepping in and pinch-hitting. *twirls her*

ETA: And a couple of huge colourful bouquets of thanks to sageness for being my Challenge Consultant and Sanity Advisor, and to mergatrude for being Keeper of the Spreadsheet. *hugs them both tightly*

Tomorrow I'll post a new flashfic challenge and return you to your regularly scheduled programming. For now, let the champagne flow, the balloons float, and the Stetsons fall where they may.

♥♥♥♥♥

Title: Distance
Author: Littera Abactor
Pairing: F/K
Rating: PG
Notes: Thanks to my wonderful betas, fanofall and runpunkrun. (And a seriously evil look at Punk, for making me start a sequel.) And thanks to china_shop, for being an awesome challenge moderator.

First line from hyperfocused's Sentinel story, Flight Response.

( The headache started as the airport security employee ran the scanner over him. )

Title: Dark is a Way and Light is a Place
Author: j_s_cavalcante  
Pairing: F/K
Rating: NC-17
Length: 8,400 words
Teaser:  There’s a light bulb that’s gone out just overhead, so Ray’s in shadow, and that works for him, because the guest book is gonna read like the Wanted list tacked up next to his desk.
Beta thanks: To aukestrel  , for a kickass 11th-hour beta and handholding, as ever.
Written for the DS Flashfiction First-Line Challenge
First line taken from sageness’ powerful Gloriaverse story, “The Longest Year”

( Dark is a Way and Light is a Place )

Title: Silence Speaks Louder Than Words (Sometimes It Doesn't)
Author: kinetikatrue
Pairing: F/K
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 701
Notes: First line from lipstickcat’s Thank You Kindly, Francis Fesmire, which is fun and porny. This is not porny and, um, probably not fun? Sorry.

( silence=death? )

Title: Gaudeamus
Author: shoemaster/Allison
Summary: Kidfic only she's kind of grown up and stuff.
Notes: First line from ifreet Seriously, I'd rather watch from here. Thanks to the_antichris for the title.

( Seriously, I'd rather watch from here. )

Title: Desperate Act
Author: hyperfocused
Pairing: Fraser/ Ray K
Rating: PG
A/N: From vienna_waits delightful "Ray's Inuit Story".(I did change from present to past tense) With apologies to the actor referenced. I'm sure he's a fine citizen, both in appearance and action.

( Desperate Act )

Title: On Home, and Beef Jerky
Author: Greensilver
Challenge: First Line
Length: 5,064
Notes: Lightly implied Fraser/Vecchio. Beware of wolf vomit.

Based on a first line from slidellra's Cognitive Dissonance: "Off! Off! Off!"

That was the last time Dief would obey anything Benton said.

( On Home, and Beef Jerky )

Title: Criminal Justice
Author: Giulietta
Pairing: none; gen (though in my head, there will be F/K after the fic, I doubt any of that made it in.)
Rating: PG-13, for violence.
Word Count: ~6000
Summary: Academic AU. 'Nuff said.
Notes:Thank you to my lovely betas, shrewreader and slidellra, who hammered out the kinks and called me on my inability to write the English language. Any stupid mistakes left are mine.

First line is from mergatrude's adorable Documentary Challenge -- "Benton has had some difficulty adjusting to a large classroom environment, but has made good progress."

Warning: There are pretty big images under the cut, so dial-up users, beware. At some point I'm going to code up a text-only version, but for now, this is what I've got.

( Criminal Justice -- [WARNING: Image heavy post under the cut.] )

Title: Twice Shy
Rating: G
Words: 304
Notes: First line from thady_ff's Abridgement (a HP ficlet). Beta above and beyond the call of either duty or friendship by china_shop. *throws bouquets*

( Twice Shy )

Title: Say You Love Me
Pairing: F/K/V referenced
Rating: G (And S for EXTREME silliness!)
First Line Author: villainny
Notes: The song referenced is the, uh, delightful wonder that is Gloria Estefan's One, Two, Three. I don't really know WHY my mind went there, but it did. Villainny, I hope that you don't mind!

( One, two, three, four - c'mon baby say you love me ... )

Title: Conflict Resolution Strategies
Pairing: F/K
Rating: PG
Notes: First line from "A Question of Faith" by thefourthvine (aka littera_abactor). Many thanks to mondschein1 for a helpful beta. 900 words, give or take.

( Conflict Resolution Strategies )

Details
By brooklinegirl
For the ds_flashfiction First Line Challenge
First line is from the beautiful and heartbreakingly sad Here At the End of All Things by the lovely and talented shihadchick. I, uhm, have a penchant for happy endings, babe, and went in kind of a different direction. *g*
Fraser/Kowalski
NC-17
Summary: Ray's learning to live in Canada, but he's not in tune with it, not like he was with Chicago.

Enormous thank yous to misspamela and justbreathe80 for the quick quick last minute betas!

( Details )

Title: Fork
Rated: G
Characters: Ray Vecchio, Pop Vecchio
Length: 523 words
Notes: A missing scene from the Pilot. Unbeta'd because I'm a schmuck and there's only two hours left until the deadline! First line is from "Wedding Traditions" by tealc_spoo
Summary: “Pop,” Ray sputtered at last, the leather seat making soft slithery sounds as he shifted right, his mind a jumble, “you’re—this can’t be—I gotta be dreaming or something.”

( Fork )

Title: The one who finds the hot dog
Author: jadelennox
Rating: G
Spoiler warning: Crossover with The Westing Game. No real spoilers for that book, but if you haven't read it, why the hell not? Go, read! There's a copy at your local library, I'm sure, and it's short. Also, I bet you anything there'll be spoilers in the comments to this story.
From: one of shoemaster's MJ-countdown drabbles
Characters: Dief, and Westing Game characters Turtle Wexler and Julian Eastman. Also Kowalski & Fraser.
Word Count: 754
Disclaimer: Alliance Atlantis owns the due South characters. Ellen Raskin created The Westing Game -- for which all right thinking people thank her every day -- and her estate owns it. I'm making no money off any of these characters.
Summary: "It's a hot dog! As American as baseball, apple pie, and --" she takes a huge bite, leaving her speech muffled. "-- July fourth fireworks."

( The one who finds the hot dog )

Title: Sweet
Rated: R
Pairing: F/K
Length: 1400 words
Notes: Thanks to mondschein1 for the awesome eleventh hour beta! First line is from "Sticky Sweetheart" by leafy22.
Summary: Ray lay beside him, sprawled on thick orange carpet.

( Sweet )

Title: Under the Skin
Author: omphale23
Word count: approx. 650
Pairing: F/K preslash
Notes: First line from mondschein1's awesome fic Three Sweet Words. With thanks to slidellra for giving me a prompt, which I really needed, and a couple of great lines, which I stole outright.

There is very little plot or socially redeeming value to the following. However, there are nipples.



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Title: The Places Your Memories Live
Author: lordess renegade
Words: 547
Pairing: Fraser/Kowalski
Summary: He forgot a lot of things these days.
Notes: First line from joandarck's brilliant Out of Season. Warning: here be angst.

( the places your memories live )