may 11, 2008
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News:
Tim Minear to appear at Dallas/Ft. Worth CSTS screening, June 22, 2008
SoCal CSTS Screenings pre-order tickets now
Ron Glass hints at Book's past. (Spoilers for 'A Shepherd's Tale' comic)
Nathan Fillion talks to Truckermovie.net about Trucker, Firefly, and Dr. Horrible
Serenity: Better Days #3 to be released May 14, 2008
Programming updates for BayCon May 23-26, 2008, Santa Clara, CA

FanFic:
[LiveJournal]
Standalones:
Where Are You Going, Little Girl? by gildedmuse Simon, River, PG
Love's No Myth by memorysdaughter Mal/River, PG-13
Un-secret Secrets by memorysdaughter River, Crew, PG
Season of the Witch by whos_thatgirl Mal/River, PG-13 (f-locked post at ff_fanfic)
WIP/Series:
Burning Up and Falling Down Ch 2/2 by elishabet (Crossover with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) Crew, Julian Bashir, PG-13
Fun in the Sun Ch 4/? By sunshineali Jayne/River, PG

[FireflyFans.net]
Standalones:
Glimpse by Stormwind Wash, Unrated
WIP/Series:
Episode 3: First Date by Andrysmor Crew, Unrated
The Losing Side: How to Win a Losing Battle Ch 64/? By Jetflair Mal, Unrated
Addiction Ch 13/? By Jane0904 Mal/OFC, Zoe/OMC, Simon/Kaylee, Jayne/River Unrated
The Return Ch 15/? By CBSteve Crew, Unrated

[FanFiction.net]
Standalones:
Whiskey Lullaby by maraudersRmyCrack Mal/Inara, K+
Hiding Can Be a Good Thing by Seek To Enchant121584 Zoe, Jayne, T
173 by Jane0904 Simon/Kaylee, Mal/OFC, K+
Scent of a Woman by JackWabbit Mal, Inara, K+
A Life of Constant Travel by lfvoy Crew, K
WIP/Series:
Remember Me Ch 1-4/? By Shorty-600 River/Kaylee, T
Nightmare: Restorative Equilibrium Ch 27/? By Nisus (Crossover with Aliens) Crew, T

Filk:
Untitled Poem by MarchingBand
Broken Note by MarchingBand

Fanmix:
The Red Strokes by tarrina Jayne/River

Graphics:
[LiveJournal]
4 icons by karanna1 MFP
21 icons by ferretwho
2 Fanvids by tarrina Simon, River & Jayne/River

[FireflyFans.net]
Wallpaper by unknown artist posted by CBSteve

Challenges:
Results for Challenge 12 at kayleestill
Voting for Challenge 78 at aimtomisbehave

Discussions:
The Train Job at firefly_relight
Bushwhacked at firefly_relight

Miscellaneous:
Screengeeks interview Adam Baldwin at Starfest
Starfest Con Report by bookaddict43 part 2
Episode 45 of sl_podcast available with readings of several Firefly short stories by various narrators
Round 12 Caption contest open at FireflyFans.net

Community Spotlight:

jossprompts is a fairly new community that is, as the name suggests, a community for writing prompted fanfic for any of Joss Whedon's shows. There've been a few claims made, but nothing posted. Maybe an influx of new claims would change that.

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