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Five authors. Three hundred thousand words.

Eight artists. Twenty-six pieces of art and music.

Please remember to leave feedback for both the writers and artists.
They worked so hard, and delivered amazing work.


The first annual OZ Big Bang is out of lock-down! ENJOY.



ETA: Please WATCH the community for updates and story/art information.

You do not need to be a member to leave feedback and to access the stories & art, which are available year-round.

The community will reopen for participant membership in May 2010.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks to my betas chkc and mischief5 for their help and thanks to dustandroses for an unforgettable story. Textures: innocent_Lexys, CG Textures Brushes: acme_graphics, In Obscuro, Midnight's Touch


( Art for Scar Tissue by Neevebrody )

Scar Tissue
AUTHOR: dustandroses
CHARACTERS/PAIRING: Keller/Alvarez, O'Reily/Alvarez
RATING/WARNINGS: NC-17, Dom/sub, Rough Sex, Het, Violence
WORD COUNT: 83,700
SPOILERS: Through Season Five, Episode Four: Next Stop Valhalla
NOTE: Scar Tissue is a follow-up piece to my series Alvarez Gets Blindsided. However, it is not necessary to have read that series to read this story.
SUMMARY: Using his past Dom/sub relationship with Miguel Alvarez as a lure, Chris Keller mounts a campaign to lure Ryan O'Reily into continuing their partnership after theyíve completed their 'fandango'. O'Reily is aware that things are never that simple with Keller around, but as careful as he is, he's slowly drawn into Keller's trap. Caught between the two, and knowing that he can't count on Keller, Alvarez begins to hope he can find a friend in O'Reily.

( Acknowledgements under cut )

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thank you to trillingstar, whom I love being partners with. Her ideas always inspire me--even if I make a big comment that said: I was out of ideas. Thanks, trillingstar. You are the wind beneath my wings. I hope my wife doesn't read that last part.

( Art for Mirage by Dressedindeath )

Mirage
AUTHOR: trillingstar
CHARACTERS/PAIRING: Beecher/Keller, Toby/Gen
RATING/WARNINGS: Mature for adult themes. Explicit slash, het, foul language, violence, implied drug use.
WORD COUNT: 34,300
SUMMARY: Beecher's having trouble distinguishing reality from reality from reality. Keller's in all of them, and each one could be a dream or real. Where does he truly belong?
( Acknowledgements under cut )

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: I would like to thank my Betas Trillingstar and Beechercreature!

( Art for Just Another Day in Paradise by Dustandroses )

Art by beechercreature
( Art for Just Another Day in Paradise by Beechercreature )

Just Another Day in Paradise
AUTHOR: starkiller
CHARACTERS/PAIRING: Beecher/Keller
RATING/WARNINGS: NC-17. Do I really need to warn for violence in this fandom? Other stuff - bad language, offensive terminology from the bad guys.
WORD COUNT: 25,100
SUMMARY: After Oz, Keller and Beecher's relationship takes a turn for the worse. But when Beecher is kidnapped, Keller goes to rescue him, and the two are reunited and sparks flare between them once more.
( Acknowledgements under cut )

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: I'd like to say thanks to marythefan who wrote the story I was assigned to illustrate. Because her story is awesome, and I loved it.
( Art for Beggar's Banquet by Strawandrain )

Beggar's Banquet (The New Constellation Mix)
AUTHOR: marythefan
CHARACTERS/PAIRING: A revolving clusterfuck of Alvarez, Beecher and O'Reily.
RATINGS/WARNINGS: NC-17, caveat lector
WORD COUNT: 105,700
ORIGINAL STORY: Beggar's Banquet
SUMMARY: The sum of the measures of any two sides of a triangle is greater than the measure of the third side.
( Acknowledgements under cut )

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Caps from The B/K Bin.  Texture from ArtByChrysti.  Thank you to colleendetroit & dustandroses for the beta and help.

( Art for Almost There by Trillingstar )

Almost There
AUTHOR: ozsaur
CHARACTERS/PAIRING: Beecher/Keller
RATING/WARNINGS: NC-17. AU. Kid!fic. But that doesn't mean that Chris and Toby are angels. Bad stuff happens, too. Not to the kids!
WORD COUNT: 52,500
SUMMARY: Beecher served three years in prison. He made it through the pragging, the violence, humiliation and despair. Now, he wants a normal life. He wants to be a good father to his kids, but he knows he isn't ready. What happened in Oz continues to effect his life in spite of his struggles to put it all behind him.

Bonnie wasn't supposed to get pregnant and she wasn't supposed to die leaving Chris in a situation that he is ill-equipped to handle. He wants the freedom to walk away, go back to only being responsible for himself. Holding down a legitimate job and being a full time dad isn't what he planned for his life.
( Acknowledgements under cut )

Artists, today is the day that you need to email Rustler with your artwork!

rustlerdude at gmail dot com

SQUEE. I am so *psyched* for all of the art and stories on our very own site. OZsome.


Reminder! Reminder! Reminder!
That sounds like some interesting bird call. *g*

We are having technical difficulties so we are extending the final deadline for Artwork to October 5th. If you are an artist and you need a few more days to get your work completed, you now have it! But please do have your artwork submitted to rustlerdude @ gmail dot com as soon as possible.

The website will go live on October 13th. That will give Rustler plenty of time to put everything together. It will also give our pinch hitters some breathing room.

We apologize for the delays, I know everyone is very excited about the stories and artwork coming out. Many of you will be pleased to know that two of the stories went well beyond the 25,000 minimum. Waaaaay beyond! You have some exciting reading ahead of you.

I can't say anything about the artwork because it all goes directly to Rustler - I can say that there will be plenty of art pieces to admire.

This is our first year so there are a lot of growing pains. We've had a few challenges along the way, but I'm very pleased with what we've accomplished. We are already making plans for next year.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask - either here or in email. You can contact me at ausar @ netdoor dot com.

Thank you for your patience!

I would like to know if anyone has video clips of Lee and Chris (mostly of Lee) outside of OZ (and SVU). Anything will do.

Thank you.