Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Friday, July 10, 2009 are:

Alone Time
Fandom: Lois McMaster Bujold - Vorkosigan series
Written by stealthmuffin for TigerKat
What's the best way to get Miles to leave a room? Cordelia/Aral, total fluff.

Lips That Touch Blood
Fandom: Terry Pratchett - Discworld
Written by Kanna-Ophelia for sadisticferret
"O women, the sorrow and pain is with you,
And so be the joy and the victory, too;
With this for your motto, and succor divine,
The lips that touch blood shall never touch mine,"

Never The Same
Fandom: Big Wolf on Campus
Written by Vixen for Atlantia

Loyalty (Ties That Bind)
Fandom: Charlaine Harris - Southern Vampire series
Written by Carla for Amand-r
Quinn is a good big brother, brave and strong and true.

Blisters
Fandom: Tessa Duder - Tiggie Tompson series
Written by thankyouturtle for jessikast
Tiggie looks for work in London.

Surgeon's Hands
Fandom: Master and Commander (movie)
Written by Deanna for gillianinoz
When Jack, of all people, begins to exhibit signs of hypochondria, Stephen decides to test a theory.

3am
Fandom: Bourne Identity series (movie)
Written by athersgeo for inveigler
3am is a good time for reflection.

Beyond the Darkest Hour, Just Behind the Dawn
Fandom: Samurai Champloo
Written by MsCongeniality for blue
Post-series. Mugen has a sleepless night, a fair amount of alcohol, and far too much thinking.

Rhinegold
Fandom: Diana Wynne Jones - Chronicles of Chrestomanci
Written by rosemaryandrue for Becky
Cat, Tonino and Marianne visit Series Seven, where they attempt to order takeaway. Oh, and Conrad gets captured by rhinemaidens.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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The following New Year Resolutions stories were also posted:

the universal wolf
Fandom: RPF - Sweeney Todd (2006)
Written by kangeiko for brand_new_name
Maybe it's just him getting older. Maybe man wasn't meant to film musicals at this age.

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: astrangerenters
Request: North and South UK (book or tv) (John Thornton/Margaret Hale)
Details: John and Margaret, something steamy or forbidden. Thank you!

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

This Year
Fandom: Harry Potter
Written by Helena Larkin for k in the Yuletide 2003 challenge.
Sirius reflects on Christmas past and his relationship with James.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Thursday, July 9, 2009 are:

Luck of the Irish
Fandom: Burn Notice
Written by Ishafel for Lexie
The Irish job is a risky one.

What Maketh the Man
Fandom: Georgette Heyer - Cotillion
Written by Valderys for meretricula
Soon after their engagement, Freddy takes Kitty shopping to finally buy her the rubies he's wanted so long to bestow on her. The commonplace becomes a little more than that, when they run into Jack Westruther patronising the same shop.

Cawroboree
Fandom: Sons of Anarchy
Written by Queue for Vicky Ocean
Gemma's mind is a dangerous place.

En Pointe
Fandom: Princess Tutu
Written by TL for Paceus
Post-canon: Rue and the problem with 'happily ever after'.

Tea and Tannenbaum
Fandom: Dorothy L Sayers - Lord Peter Wimsey series
Written by Niamh St. George for EleanorJane
Peter is soon off to Christmas at Duke's Denver, and then to Walbeach for New Year's. after a chance meeting with one Miss Vane, of course.

Willkommen
Fandom: Cabaret (1972)
Written by emiime for kenaz
In here, life is beautiful.

Nor the Battle to the Strong
Fandom: Gone With The Wind (movie)
Written by kangeiko for Maidenjedi
The Tarletons go to war.

The Teddy Bear and the Itty-Bitty, or, How Olive's Persistence Finally Paid Off
Fandom: Pushing Daisies
Written by Grevling for threeguesses
Emerson Cod likes money. He likes cold, hard cash: in his hands, in the bank, or stuffed under his mattress in his hand-knitted money cozy. In fact, he likes money more than anything else in the world.

I Should Assume It's Still Unsteady
Fandom: How I Met Your Mother
Written by Lix for zelempa
In which Robin thinks eventually can be put off forever, and other people know better than she does.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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The following New Year Resolutions stories were also posted:

Into Light
Fandom: Lost Odyssey
Written by Dawn for Sandlion
Through the looking glass, and what Seth found there; how saving one world isn't enough after all.

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: treneka
Request: Lois McMaster Bujold - Vorkosigan series (Lord Ivan Vorpatril)
Details: He'd always been so careful, but he'd also been drinking more lately. Ivan finds a baby on his doorstep.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Teach Me
Fandom: Elfquest
Written by Kat for Lilith in the New Year Resolutions 2006 challenge.
Venka teaches Tyleet a thing or two about herself. set during Kings of the Broken Wheel



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Wednesday, July 8, 2009 are:

The Last Word
Fandom: Merlin UK (tv)
Written by Greensilver for bedlamsbard
The moments just before death have become something passed back and forth between them over the years.

Better Hemispheres
Fandom: Lisa A Barnett and Melissa Scott - Point series
Written by KindKit for iambler
Of maps and what they mean. Philip/Nico, set in the spring after Point of Dreams.

The Double Date Causation
Fandom: The Big Bang Theory
Written by Keenir for Brie CS
It's not so much the fact that Leonard's plan for a double date backfires, as it brings Sheldon and Penny together just a bit more.

Friends and Family
Fandom: Bedrooms and Hallways
Written by sarren for Linaerys
"Family isn't about whose blood you have. It's about who you care about."

Keeper of Names
Fandom: Tin Man (2007)
Written by Yuletide Fairy for niqaeli
"By the time I'm done with you," Azkadellia murmured sweetly in his ear, her fingers clenched, tangled in his hair, "you won't remember your own name, let alone anyone else's."

Like Castles In Air
Fandom: He-Man Universe (cartoon)
Written by calapine for Leyenn
Glimmer, Adora, changes in the season.

With the Poor and Nosy
Fandom: The Philadelphia Story
Written by Mosca for Raggedy_edge
There is an interloper in C. K. Dexter Haven's gazebo. Rumor has it, he's writing a novel.

Five Times Faiza Hussain Meets a Superhero
Fandom: Captain Britain and MI: 13
Written by Muccamukk for lenija
Featuring characters from Captain Britain, New Excalibur, Wisdom, and Captain Britain and MI:13. Rated for profanity, violence and Pete Wisdom.

Turning
Fandom: Cabaret (1972)
Written by Fyre for kenaz
What is a man to do when his world is turned on its head?

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: Sealgirl
Request: Blue Dragon (game) (Jiro/Kluke/Shu)
Details: Please, please, please, for the love of all that is great and good, give me closure! Kluke and Jiro, or Kluke and Shu, I do not care! But please make her choose ONE of them.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Let's Not Talk About It And Say We Did
Fandom: ReGenesis
Written by Miriam Heddy for heuradys in the Yuletide 2006 challenge.
Over the years, David had observed that there were some conversations you just couldn't avoid. And somehow, Bob was responsible for nearly all of them.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Tuesday, July 7, 2009 are:

Once Upon a Dark and Stormy Night
Fandom: Hot Fuzz
Written by JayTheNerdKid for Tish
One dark and stormy Hallowe'en night, the officers of the Sandford Police Service decide to tell each other ghost stories, with.interesting results.

A Discourse With His Daughter
Fandom: Agatha Christie - Poirot series
Written by Deepa D. for Kahvi
Poirot has a conversation with Judith Hastings towards the end of his days. If you are familiar with 'Curtain: Poirot's Last Case', then there will be references to the plot, otherwise, I think the allusions are vague enough to not spoil anything.

10 x 100
Fandom: Dorothy L Sayers - Lord Peter Wimsey series
Written by rabidsamfan for beautifulside
Ten drabbles for Charles Parker.

All Across Manhattan
Fandom: Baccano (anime)
Written by Karanguni for cleflink
Claire comes home to things that have changed, and things that have stayed the same.

Brotherly
Fandom: Jim Butcher - The Dresden Files
Written by Kishmet for Nightwalker
A good old-fashioned family Christmas, Dresden-Raith style.

Assignation
Fandom: Dracula the Series
Written by Kass for astolat
Lucard visits an old friend.

The Woman of the Woods
Fandom: Fairy Tales (trad)
Written by zeldadestry for WhiteCat
Her eyes reflect the light of the moon.

Country of Shadows
Fandom: Cassandra Clare - City of Bones
Written by Ishafel for marcyjo
Two things that never happened in Idris, and one that did.

crescendo
Fandom: RPF - So You Think You Can Dance
Written by Lyss for brand_new_name
In Las Vegas, Ivan meets Travis and something begins.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: ancarett
Request: Jane Austen - Persuasion (Anne Elliot/Captain Fredrick Wentworth)
Details: I'd really love a story that looks at how Anne moves into the world of naval officers' culture after her marriage but anything that focuses on the two main characters would be welcome!

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Whose Names Are Death
Fandom: Death crossover
Written by afrai for lynnmonster in the Yuletide 2004 challenge.
As you sow, so shall you reap. Or, Death has a visitor.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Saturday, July 4, 2009 are:

A Letter Full of News
Fandom: Jane Austen - Persuasion
Written by sphinxvictorian for TigerKat
From the correspondence of Mrs. George Croft, newly edited and printed by the author at the permission of the lady's descendants.

Angulimala
Fandom: Life (tv)
Written by fresne for Nestra
Charlie could not have said if the sun shone in the sky or if the world had washed away in a great flood. Well, except if the world had washed away in a great flood then the tiny cell would have flooded too. In which case, he would have been dead, which since he had not
yet reached a sense of oneness with all beings that would have been unfortunate.

Carpe Diem
Fandom: Gosford Park
Written by LJC for Poisontaster
Next time, things will be different.

Memory, Chapter 7a
Fandom: Lois McMaster Bujold - Vorkosigan series
Written by tetsubinatu for anotherusedpage
I apologise for lack of adventure and plottiness - I just didn't have time. This missing scene from Memory fits in after Ivan and Duv have taken quasi-suicidal Miles to dinner, and Ivan has announced that he is moving in for a few days.

repeat after me
Fandom: Dexter (tv)
Written by SA for spastic_visions
Harry looks at what he's made. (No spoilers for any season.)

Three Presents Sally Draper Never Received (And Two She Did)
Fandom: Mad Men
Written by fairy_tale_echo for zara hemla
Five snapshots of giving and receiving in the Draper household. (spoilers through S2)

Polite Contribution
Fandom: RPF - Misc Actors
Written by Flora for TrollPrincess
This year it's snowing a whole bunch in Seattle. Good thing we're ready to step in as needed.

Tentpole
Fandom: Tropic Thunder
Written by psychomachia for Holly
He didn't go to the Golden Triangle, get shot at, have his director's head severed, and discover a group of child terrorists worshipping a movie Ebert actually fled from in the theater.

Chuck versus the Gay Convention
Fandom: Chuck
Written by Ayla Pascal for EleanorJane
Chuck and Casey go undercover at a gay convention.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: Lilith
Request: Strangers in Paradise (Casey Bullocks-Femur/Tambi Baker)
Details: I would love something set after or around the end of the series, expanding on our glimpses of their relationship. What a fantastic, contrasting dynamic they have! I want more of it! I’d particularly like to hear about how they became a couple, or something cute about life after the series (maybe with guest appearances by other characters). Or, well, they certainly have a lot of history to expand on, and I love the SiPverse from beginning to end!

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

A Lesson On The Nature Of Winning
Fandom: Phoenix Wright (game)
Written by threerings for Megan H. in the Yuletide 2007 challenge.
<i>"I will win today,” whispered Miles Edgeworth into the ear of Phoenix Wright as they walked into the courtroom. </i> Phoenix Wright/Miles Edgeworth.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Monday, July 6, 2009 are:

No Omen But His Country's Cause
Fandom: Ian Fleming - James Bond series
Written by Linaerys for lasergirl
(James Bond/Felix Leiter) With a big scoop of Daniel Craig's James Bond, as requested.

And The Road Becomes My Bride
Fandom: Traveler
Written by enigel for pollyrepeat
Jay, Tyler, Will, and the ghost of their friendship.

End of the Day
Fandom: Terry Pratchett - Discworld
Written by Fyre for spastic_visions
He'd had to take Carcer in, even if he wanted to tear him apart. That had been the Right Thing to Do. Even if he could still hear the man's laughter when he was led up to the gallows. Vimes had stood there, watched him swing, and kept on standing.

Tight
Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Written by fresne for KC
Today she's a motorcycle cop. The tiny slip of her is all in tall boots and mirrored sunglasses. He prefers her with those reflective eyes. Because she's metal and that's all she is and all she'll ever be.

The Aunt and the Ankh
Fandom: P G Wodehouse - Jeeves and Wooster series
Written by Curtana for lyrebard
"It would seem that Miss Bassett has her heart set on an Egyptian-themed wedding."
"Will this involve everyone wrapping themselves in gossamer drapes and clasping asps to ye olde bosom?"
"I fear so, sir."

Running Commentary
Fandom: The IT Crowd
Written by Lurky McLurklurk for Doyle
Sometimes, Moss just gets overcome by excitement.

Another Judgment Day
Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Written by ancarett for Nestra
Not all the changes they've made to the future are ones that Sarah wanted to see.

October 2nd
Fandom: RPF - 20th-21st c Politics
Written by Snow for xiuxi
Joe Lieberman is not precisely happy with John McCain's VP choice.

Horn of Oil
Fandom: Bible - Hebrew Bible or Old Testament
Written by Lomedet for Roga
Samuel goes in search of a new king.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: k
Request: RPF - Figure Skating (Benjamin Agosto/Johnny Weir)
Details: Evan bashing is always acceptable, but plz, no one else.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Brenin
Fandom: Susan Cooper - Dark Is Rising series
Written by Frostfire for Rochefort in the Yuletide 2006 challenge.
Will works on having a life, after it all.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Sunday, July 5, 2009 are:

Natural Son
Fandom: Arthurian Legend
Written by Beth Winter for zorrie
The night after Mordred's arrival in Camelot.

Five Ways to Live Forever
Fandom: Near Dark
Written by Bangles for deconcentrate
On miracle transfusion cures and other near misses.

Vultures, Eagles
Fandom: Captain America (comic)
Written by lilacsigil for dirty diana
The Soviet Union is breaking up. The Winter Soldier and the Black Widow have their orders.

Jeeves and The Hot Pursuit
Fandom: P G Wodehouse - Jeeves and Wooster series
Written by Amethystaura for Kahvi
Bertie follows Jeeves to New York out of curiosity and loneliness. Everything before and after revolves around that.

As Though the Strings Were Thine
Fandom: Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice
Written by Linaerys for zelempa
(Antonio/Bassanio) Bassanio needs a rich patron.

Bring On the Wonder
Fandom: Natsume Yuujinchou aka Natsumes Book of Friends (anime or manga)
Written by Jenn Abiding for haraamis
Tanuma doesn't mean to do weird things. It's just that Natsume has such a light about him. . .

Four-Track
Fandom: Strangers in Paradise
Written by htbthomas for wanderlustlover
Casey watches David, David watches Katchoo, and Francine takes the first step toward a greater realization. A more in-depth look into a scene from Issue #78.

The Best Things (in life are fun)
Fandom: St Trinians (2007)
Written by shopfront for Doyle
Kelly is looking to train a replacement. Annabelle/Kelly.

The Eggnog Equivalence
Fandom: The Big Bang Theory
Written by Ankaret for Brie CS
It's Christmas, and Penny has forgotten that she accepted an invitation to the Caltech Physics 'High Energy Holiday Fling'.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: Severuslovesme
Request: Robin McKinley - Spindles End (Narl/Rosie)
Details: I really loved the end of Spindle's End, when Rosie and Narl realize that the other loves them. I'd love to see a continuation of this, either immediately after or some time in the future. Or any past Rosie and Narl interactions would be fun, especially if Katriona and Aunt and Peony get to drop in.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!
Fandom: Questionable Content
Written by Seph for dex webster in the Yuletide 2006 challenge.
Marten, Faye, and Dora finally do something about all that unresolved tension.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Friday, July 3, 2009 are:

Goodbye Norma Joan
Fandom: Mad Men
Written by k4writer02 for Vicky Ocean
Paul and Roger talk about the woman they both cared about, over drinks and smokes.

Princess in a Box
Fandom: Professor Layton
Written by Wasuremono for Moe Machina
Flora Reinhold lives at the heart of a puzzle box.

Something New
Fandom: The 4400
Written by Amilyn for cassievalentine
Maia wants to go do something fun that she's never done before, and she wants Diana to come along.

Rhymes with Straight
Fandom: Bedrooms and Hallways
Written by GatorGrrrl for Linaerys

Because Your Kiss (Your Kiss) Is on My List
Fandom: Chuck
Written by gwyneth rhys for EleanorJane
Casey can't get Chuck off his mind.

Acknowledgement
Fandom: Merlin UK (tv)
Written by Stellar Meadow for bedlamsbard
Merlin's having a little trouble after the events in ep 1.13.

It's Different That Summer
Fandom: Friday Night Lights (tv)
Written by deense for ebstarr
The summer before Senior year Lyla finds a whole lot has changed, including herself.

Incalzando
Fandom: Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes series
Written by Llwyden for Genki K
On the anniversary of Mary's death, Holmes reflects on his relationship with Watson.

Good At It
Fandom: Lois McMaster Bujold - Vorkosigan series
Written by Sister Coyote for Flourish
The balance between what you are, and who you are, and what you're good at is a fine one.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: Grevling
Request: Tin Man (2007) (DG aka Dorothy Gale/Glitch/Raw/Wyatt Cain)
Details: I would seriously love anyone who wrote me any of this. I just recently found this miniseries, and I love it so much. Pretty much any character is fine, but I really love these four, and I have a weakness for Cain/DG. Anything about what happens after the end of the series would be marvelous - they kind of ended the whole thing abruptly.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Qui Tacet Consentit
Fandom: Rome (tv)
Written by Melina for Michelle Christian in the Yuletide 2005 challenge.
Mark Antony has a moral compass, but as a young soldier named Lucius Vorenus discovers, its needle doesn't point due north.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Thursday, July 2, 2009 are:

Ten Steps Ahead As Always
Fandom: Gosford Park
Written by lyonie17 for Poisontaster
Lady Trentham doesn't like shooting parties, but the food is better.

Cell Mates
Fandom: Askewniverse
Written by Ellidyay for chaosmanor
You don't talk trash about Obi-Wan Kenobi. Not in front of Randall. Not if you want to walk away intact. ~ Jay/Silent Bob, set directly after the end of the jail scene in Clerks 2.

Letters Never Written
Fandom: Jane Austen - Mansfield Park
Written by Adina for k4writer02
It didn't happen this way.

Cinderella, Made of Steel
Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Written by David Hines for Catw00man
Cameron is a Terminator working on being human. Sarah Connor is a warrior working on being a mother. Sometimes their learning curves intersect.

New York Girls
Fandom: Blue Beetle (comic)
Written by millenniumrex for pervyficgirl
On a trip to New York, Brenda meets a girl with a secret of her own and finds that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Forever on the Lookout
Fandom: Simon Green - Deathstalker Series
Written by Snow for Sithwitch13
Brett Random plans a theft and everything goes completely as expected. Completely. As. Expected. Right. Backstory and slight AU.

Fairy Chess
Fandom: Suikoden V aka Gensosuikoden V
Written by Jude for prpl pen
Lucretia has some very *strategic* memories.

One of You and One of Me
Fandom: Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials
Written by HopefulNebula for Fizza
"And when we do find each other again, we'll cling together so tight that nothing and no one'll ever tear us apart."

Eschewing Protocol
Fandom: Diana Gabaldon - Lord John Grey series
Written by Becky for Beth Winter
Set during Brotherhood of the Blade. In which there are daschunds, tropical islands, and an abundance of hand-washing. (John/Stephan.)

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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The following New Year Resolutions stories were also posted:

How to Win Friends
Fandom: Leverage
Written by scarletts_awry for LithiumDoll
It's one thing for Nate to get himself punched in the head.

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: misxmatch
Request: Persona 3 aka Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3 (Junpei Iori)
Details: Junpei as the slightly awkward, eager, girl/boy crazy teenager he is~ het/slash, whichever, or gen fic is sweet as well!

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Mistletoe and Wine
Fandom: Diana Wynne Jones - Eight Days of Luke
Written by athousandwinds for innocentsmith in the Yuletide 2007 challenge.
Luke comes home for Christmas.



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It's July! Yep, missed a month of hey, Yulechat lives!, and still stupidly busy. But yes: YULECHAT LIVES. Join us! Writing is afoot; betas are out on the streets, making trouble. (We can also hook you up with chibi violence, because Yulechat is also about dedicated procrastination.)

So it's the height of the season, and for many a time for reveling, and for a hardcore bunch, the time to obsessively plan for Yuletide nominations.

I asked this during last year's nomination post: what are your book fandoms? Librarians on this side of the hemisphere are composing summer reading lists. Always wanted to nominate that whale of a tome or that interminable series? Plenty of time to settle into a book. Share your reading list! ( * )

Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Tuesday, June 30, 2009 are:

The Tower
Fandom: Merlin UK (tv)
Written by Suaine for Kali
"Or else a love with intuition
Someone who reaches out to my weakness and won't let go
I need not to need
I've always been the tower"
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The future has come and destiny demands its due.

The Princess and the Duck
Fandom: Princess Tutu
Written by athousandwinds for Paceus
Some fairy-tales have happy endings. Some don't.

The Last Free Soul of Dalemark
Fandom: Diana Wynne Jones - Dalemark Quartet
Written by Firerose for TL
There's only one way for a man to be free in Dalemark now (rated R for violence & profanity)

Afterlife
Fandom: The Mummy series (movie)
Written by Ion Bond for Kate Bolin
What if Rick and Jonathan couldn't rescue Evelyn in Hamunaptra? What if Ankhsunamun brought her back? Evelyn/Ankhsunamun femslash AU.

Prelude to a Wrong Thing
Fandom: Neil Gaiman - Murder Mysteries
Written by th_esaurus for Holly
The name of the angel was Carasel, and it was his function to sate the Curiosity of the Lord.

I Am Not Clark, My Name Is Pete
Fandom: Dr Seuss - One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Written by shewhoguards for Lydia
These children found me, in the park. They took me home. They called me Clark.

CQD MGY
Fandom: Titanic
Written by sophinisba for Claudia
Ten drabbles for wireless operators Jack Phillips and Harold Bride, whose love was too slashy for the final cut of the film.

Verity
Fandom: Fairy Tales (trad)
Written by rosemaryandrue for WhiteCat
In which Princess Verity of Astermark sets out to rescue her friend Zel from the tower where a witch holds him captive.

For The Asking
Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Written by shopfront for Catw00man
John and Cameron have a minor disagreement over right and wrong and the appropriate use of guns on soldiers. [Spoiler warning for speculation on season two episodes.]

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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The following New Year Resolutions stories were also posted:

Vacation
Fandom: Jeremiah (tv)
Written by hyenas for Tels
Kurdy makes Markus take a vacation.

Party like it's 999
Fandom: The Inbetweeners
Written by veracious for MissMercy
The summer of their lives, in that it was summer and they were alive. (The boys, some Carli.)

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: darkdanc3r
Request: Young Avengers (Any)
Details: Kids will be kids.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Chasing Cars
Fandom: The Pretender
Written by anr for athena4lynn in the Yuletide 2006 challenge.
It's not just about the hunt anymore; maybe never was.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Monday, June 29, 2009 are:

Euclidean Motion
Fandom: Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon
Written by numinicious for whetherwoman
"Are you trying to tell me, Herr Turing, that you find nothing sensual in the discussion of pure mathematics?" Rudy asks.

Voltaire in a Shot Glass
Fandom: Trigun (anime or manga)
Written by TeaRoses for the_off_chance
Nick and Vash get drunk and philosophical, in that order.

Home
Fandom: H Beam Piper - Little Fuzzy
Written by Isabeau for David Hines
Home is where your Fuzzies are.

The May-Born King
Fandom: Arthurian Legend
Written by Ankaret for zorrie
A glimpse into Mordred's motives.

Project Nightingale
Fandom: Fairy Tales (trad)
Written by Flora for Cyn
Project Nightingale started so well. And then the music slowed down.

Newgrange
Fandom: Veritas the Quest
Written by Ankaret for Caroline Crane
Calvin gets stuck babysitting Nikko again when the team visits Ireland. Very slight Cal/Nikko.

Applications of Modern Technology: The Rain Bath
Fandom: The Adventures of Brisco County Jr
Written by pepperlandgirl for destroythemeek
"Brisco! Give me some warning before you get nekkid in front of me.”
That's not what you said last night, Brisco thought.


Four Scrapes Rose Never Got Into (Although She Very Well Could Have)
Fandom: Louisa May Alcott - Eight Cousins series
Written by Pixie for EntreNous
Misadventures on the Aunt-Hill.

Maid of Awesome
Fandom: The Middleman (tv)
Written by Rachael Sabotini for Bee
The Middleman has been captured, and it's up to Wendy to rescue him.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: Beelzy
Request: Futurama (Bender/Turanga Leela)
Details: something that features Bender and Leela in a close relationship - romance would please very much if you could if you can manage it. :}

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

didst fall from out my prayers
Fandom: RPF - 18th-19th c Literature
Written by elynross for Rabbit in the Yuletide 2006 challenge.
Restless and driven, Rossetti encounters someone in the night.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Sunday, June 28, 2009 are:

From the Darkness
Fandom: Lost Odyssey
Written by Dawn for Lassarina Aoibhell
Sarah doesn't remember much, but she remembers him.

The Jasmine Breeze
Fandom: Alexander Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo
Written by dallin-dae for vintage
After the novel, where do Edmond and Haydee go?

Coming Straight Home
Fandom: Lost Odyssey
Written by Dawn for Lassarina Aoibhell
Winter storms don't keep Kaim from walking home. If he had any sense, they really should have. Pre-game.

Firelight
Fandom: Lois McMaster Bujold - Vorkosigan series
Written by glishara for TigerKat
A Cordelia/Aral moment, shared by firelight.

Hostages to Fortune
Fandom: Lost Odyssey
Written by Dawn for Lassarina Aoibhell
It isn't the first time Sarah's had to rescue Kaim. Pre-game.

A One-Act Murder Mystery
Fandom: Agatha Christie - Poirot series
Written by Sealgirl for riordan10
Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings "help" Chief Inspector Japp with a murder case.

Once a pirate.
Fandom: Captain Blood
Written by marshalmeg for vintage
Something looms between Peter and Arabella like the ghostly form of a ship in the fog.

What Is And What Seems To Be
Fandom: Arthurian Legend
Written by Lesserstorm for ineptshieldmaid
She is the Saxon princess, a token of friendship between two powerful kings. She is the ambassador's tool, a weapon to his hand.

Good For The Soul
Fandom: Jim Butcher - The Dresden Files
Written by binz for Jedi Buttercup
Set post-Back Up. Minor spoilers for Small Favor and Day Off. Harry Dresden; John Marcone; some things are just good for the soul.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: Blacksquirrel
Request: Brotherhood of the Wolf (Gregoire de Fronsac/Mani/Marianne de Morangias)
Details: Fronsac/Mani or Fronsac/Mani/Marianne. I love the synergy between the characters, but I'm also interested in potential areas of conflict between them (cultural, religious, one steals the covers - anything), and the way they resolve those differences. Alternately, how do they cope with the outside world's interpretation of their friendship and French attitudes toward native people. In a 3some, I'd like to read about an even relationship with three strong bonds - how Marianne could enter such a strong relationship.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Silvers Not as Dazzling
Fandom: Diana Wynne Jones - Chronicles of Chrestomanci
Written by Giddy Geek for Rabbit in the Yuletide 2006 challenge.


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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Saturday, June 27, 2009 are:

Apocrypha
Fandom: Carnivale
Written by kangeiko for thedeadparrot
Her mother always has to have her own way. Sofie, Apollonia and Ben, S1.

In the Colours of All Countries
Fandom: Guy Gavriel Kay - The Fionavar Tapestry
Written by Zai for recusante
After the war comes the healing and, after the long Winter comes the Spring.

Ex Machina
Fandom: RPF - 20th-21st c Science
Written by numinicious for soundingsea
Science is a differential equation. Religion is a boundary condition. Love is an entirely different matter all together.

Fade Out, Fade In
Fandom: Grease (movie)
Written by Perpetual Motion for Hildigunnur
Danny looks down at his clothes-a sport jacket, khakis, and a white shirt that Sandy had very carefully ironed for him the day before he left. He's wearing loafers-sweet Jesus, he's wearing loafers. [Kenickie/Danny]

Two-Man Job
Fandom: Blakes 7
Written by Zander Nyrond for Tels
A delicate negotiation forces Avon and Tarrant into close quarters.

Wearing Down Life
Fandom: Trigun (anime or manga)
Written by Kristin for anythingbutblue
"30,000 doubledollars," said Blah. And oh, that did make a difference. It wouldn't hurt to try anyway. Maybe Vash was rubbing off on him, leading him to try to help the needy. He was, after all, a priest.

Camlann
Fandom: Merlin UK (tv)
Written by Ankaret for bedlamsbard
On the morning before battle, Merlin helps Arthur put his armour on one more time.

Moral Fibre
Fandom: Scott Lynch - The Gentleman Bastard Sequence
Written by Lise for pollyrepeat
"Locke had always prided himself on his ability to read people, to figure them out. And yet he could not solve for the life of him the enigma of that man closest to him, Jean Tannen."

Tennis Prose
Fandom: Posh Nosh
Written by karaokegal for Irmelin
Minty had never really understood a game where love meant zero.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: J. Lynn
Request: DEBS (Amy Bradshaw/Lucy Diamond)
Details: The continuing adventures of Lucy and Amy.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Houses and Rain
Fandom: xxxHolic
Written by Thuvia Ptarth for rarity in the Yuletide 2007 challenge.
The zashiki-warashi gives Valentine's Day another shot.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Friday, June 26, 2009 are:

Noli Me Tangere
Fandom: RPF - 16th-17th century
Written by VegaOfTheLyre for iphianassa
Touch me not, for Caesar's I am.

Avenue Jew: The Missing Scenes
Fandom: Avenue Jew
Written by Kass for Roga
In which Kate Monstervitz explores the internet, Jewish American Princeton wishes he could go back to beit midrash, and more.

Enough to Heal
Fandom: Young Avengers
Written by VegaOfTheLyre for pervyficgirl
She's pretty sure vanilla isn't supposed to taste like asphalt. Kate and Clint, post-Secret Invasion.

Visitors
Fandom: Rob Thurman - Nightlife
Written by Lise for Nightwalker
"He wished, not for the first time, that he could actually do something. It seemed as though he'd never be able to."

Unwind for a Change
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (1991 movie)
Written by Truth for Leaper182

Little Victories
Fandom: Homer - The Iliad and the Odyssey
Written by Penknife for xiuxi
After the funeral games for Patrocles, Athena shares a quiet moment with Odysseus.

The Songs of the Nightingale
Fandom: Fairy Tales (trad)
Written by shewhoguards for Cyn
There are often tales told of an Emperor who lived at a certain time and of what wisdom passed to him through a wonderful gift, but seldom do those storytellers truly speak of the life of the bird that was that gift and so what is known is only half of the real story.

Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
Fandom: Bible - New Testament
Written by mjules for Ari
What if Jesus drove a hippie bus in 1967?

The Blue Rose of Ontario
Fandom: The Fall
Written by fresne for slipsthrufingers
She saw him again on Saturday. Just a half turn of his face as the hero dangled off a long metal girder high above some city street.

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: Roxie Ann
Request: Frances Hodgson Burnett - Secret Garden (Dickon Sowerby/Mary Lennox)
Details: Friendship or het. Set after the book ends.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Rubies and Gold
Fandom: Sailor Moon (live action)
Written by Atalan for Cristin Anne in the Yuletide 2006 challenge.
The promise of a normal life stretches out before them, but there is one thing that must be laid to rest before something new can begin.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Thursday, June 25, 2009 are:

A Good Idea At The Time
Fandom: Chuck
Written by Suaine for mardia
Bryce Larkin went into the spy business because it sounded like fun.

Of Nightingales and other things
Fandom: One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)
Written by fresne for minyan
Words, those languid coquettes flirted from the silken couch of her tongue. The smoky husk of her much trammeled
voice caught and twisted its long barbs into the Sultan's ears.

The Dark Wood
Fandom: He-Man Universe (cartoon)
Written by perch for Leyenn
Adora and Glimmer get trapped in some spooky woods in Hordak's latest scheme.

Asynchrony
Fandom: MI-5 aka Spooks
Written by delgaserasca for zara hemla
S7. Lucas tries to adjust to life after a Russian prison.

An Unexpected Gift
Fandom: Terry Pratchett - Discworld
Written by marshalmeg for marie laveau
Vimes is in a hurry to get home and wrap presents for young Sam. Why does Vetinari want to seem him now, of all times?

Six Things You Never Knew About the Discworld (Or Maybe You Did)
Fandom: Terry Pratchett - Discworld
Written by Merlin Missy for marie laveau
On wishing, dating, literary pursuits, kingship, and Large Bubbling Baths With Water Pumped Through Jets (And Attached Loofa).

Irrational Acts
Fandom: RPF - Doctor Who (new series)
Written by rm for Kali
David tells John he's leaving the show. They proceed to be dysfunctional about it.

BORED Games
Fandom: Hellboy (movie)
Written by perch for duckie_monroe
AU Movie set between the first and second movie. Liz, Hellboy and Abe spend the night in. R for language and subject matter.

Never give up, never surrender - to the power of love?
Fandom: Galaxy Quest
Written by tornyourdress for Leaper182
Yuletide Treat. A journalist investigates a particular fannish phenomenon.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: irishmizzy
Request: RPF - Gossip Girl (Chace Crawford/Ed Westwick/Leighton Meester)
Details: I really love the dynamics of Ed and Chace and Leighton (I mean, ROOMMATES, and that time everyone showed up hungover for the NY Magazine cover shoot, and how they're always hanging out with Ed's band and whatever, I just find it delightful). I don't know if you want prompts, but maybe something about how things have changed since they filmed the pilot, or even something silly about going to ridiculous parties together. Honestly, I'd love anything about this cast, I swear, so you don't have to stick with the three I requested if you don't want to. I'm game for any permutation, het, slash, gen, whatever, they're young and beautiful and in NYC and I will love anything about any of them.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Bittersweet
Fandom: Drakengard (game)
Written by Croik for kuja no miko in the Yuletide 2005 challenge.
Pre-game: Inuart tends to Caim's wounds, but not his own.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Wednesday, June 24, 2009 are:

Next on Mythbusters: Can Luggage Move Itself?
Fandom: RPF - Mythbusters
Written by tigerbright for sadisticferret
When I saw both fandoms, there in your request, how could I resist?

1310 to Tarvehk
Fandom: Diane Duane - Young Wizards series
Written by Gray Shadows for wintercreek
As always, a wizard's vacation is never as simple as they might hope.

Crazy
Fandom: Stephen King - The Long Walk
Written by Princess Lauren for zenfu
A little look into Stebbins's mind, pre-Walk and during the Walk.

Cupidini Potentiae
Fandom: The Chronicles of Riddick series
Written by jeslyn_nighthawk for Captain Xiao
Dame Vaako's lust for power finally has consequences.

The Council of Kick-Ass Women of America
Fandom: RPF - Misc Actors
Written by meretricula for TrollPrincess
In which Michelle Obama is inducted into the Council of Kick-Ass Women of America. gen. (The fandom "Misc Actors" has been interpreted very liberally.)

This Is Right
Fandom: H2O: Just Add Water
Written by MissCricket for havocthecat
The three girls years and years on.

Walking into Legend
Fandom: Merlin UK (tv)
Written by Lesserstorm for Kali
Sorceror, King, Queen. Seer, Druid, Knight. They walk into legend, one step at a time

Shadows and Blood
Fandom: Tanz der Vampire aka Dance of the Vampires
Written by Fyre for Beth Winter
The night was black, black as the grief which assailed him.

The Cost of Friendship
Fandom: Constantine
Written by wyrdwritere for Raggedy_edge
John Constantine does Papa Midnite a favor.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: Helena Larkin
Request: Antonia Forest - Players series (Lord Essex/Lord Southampton)
Details: Well, in this case, it's young Lord Southampton who is My Beloved. I like the fact that he's immature, extremely emotional, sensitive, rash. I have to admit I love it when Nicholas mistakes him for a girl. The prettiness is definitely an attraction! I really find it rather heartbreaking that he's so faithfully in love with Essex, who is basically a bit of a bastard to him - I love the brief moments when Essex is actually nice. Harry deserves a bit of kindness, especially since it sounds like he probably didn't have the happiest life. A story set at any time either before or during the books would make me happy - again, I do favour hurt/comfort, but I'm also quite open-minded: certainly there's no single idea that I want more than anything else! Also, although I absolutely envisage this as a slash pairing myself, I'd be perfectly happy with emotional gen - or with a low rating and no sex! (Or with sex if that's what you'd prefer to write - I really don't mind at all, it's the emotion, love, tears, etc, that really does it for me.)

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Midnight Dances
Fandom: Singin in the Rain
Written by samantha2074 for Petra LeMaitre in the Yuletide 2005 challenge.


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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Tuesday, June 23, 2009 are:

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's a Megalomaniac in a Butterfly Suit
Fandom: Venture Brothers
Written by Thea M for CadetDru
Venture dares to request a favour from. The Monarch? He will be crushed for his impunity! CRUSHED I TELL YOU. Wait. what did he just ask?

Ten Hats and a Gallon
Fandom: FAKE (anime or manga)
Written by mechaieh for Cendri
Ryo Maclean's a nice guy, but sometimes he finds coping with hats a bit of a challenge.

The Midnight Coalition
Fandom: Akira (anime or manga)
Written by Kittydesade for Nope
Rebuilding is hard work, made harder by being left behind.

Reaction Mechanism
Fandom: Dr Horribles Sing-Along Blog
Written by spastic_visions for HopefulNebula
Anyone can be a villain. That's just a matter of making a choice.

Conversations in Sussex
Fandom: Indiana Jones
Written by labellerose for medie
Indiana Jones/Laurie R King crossover.
Indy helps Russell wrap up a case; Holmes and Russell locate someone Indy can't forget

Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot
Fandom: Kelley Armstrong - Women of the Otherworld
Written by seawench for Rhien Elleth
Baby-sitting werewolf twins isn't anyone's favorite job, especially at New Years. Good thing Savannah's brought some help.

Not A Birthday
Fandom: H Beam Piper - Little Fuzzy
Written by lyonie17 for David Hines
Jack Holloway ponders what to make do. It all works out with Fuzzies.

The Drop
Fandom: MI-5 aka Spooks
Written by Edo no Hana for Ione
It's hard to stop seeing hidden connections and secret flurries of activity beneath the placid surface of ordinary life.

Fools Rush In
Fandom: Dexter (tv)
Written by Jin for shopfront
Deb visits LaGuerta after Doakes' funeral.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: hafital
Request: L Frank Baum - The Oz series (Dorothy/Ozma)
Details: Can be either gen or slash, perhaps more very close friendship than anything else. The girls together relying on each other in an adventure, loyalty, faith, love, strength, overcoming some temporary hardship and perhaps growing closer because of it. The tone of the story does not need to follow Baum's - I'd love to discover some of the darker, more realistic possibilities of Baum's stories and characters, but without making it hard core or having any non-con, or whips and chains or anything like that. I'm pretty vanilla in my tastes and would prefer not to be traumatized *g*, but at the same time I wouldn't mind finding some hidden depths with these characters, some character exploration, etc. If you choose to write explicit sex (and you certainly don't have to!), please make sure it doesn't seem like they're children.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Second Life
Fandom: Elektra (movie)
Written by Teh_no for Maekala in the Yuletide 2006 challenge.
Seven years after the movie, Elektra returns to find that she and Abby have more in common than they once thought.



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Monday, June 22, 2009 are:

The Ballad of Penny Peabody
Fandom: Dr Horribles Sing-Along Blog
Written by present_pathos for CadetDru
She moved to the city from Iowa to go to college. Her mother didn't want her to go; she had seen that one Pauly Shore movie about the girl who leaves rural America for college and ends up, well, dating Pauly Shore a few too many times.

My Kingdom for a Horse (of a Different Color)
Fandom: One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)
Written by karrenia_rune for minyan
Reflections and ruminations, as only Scherezhade can, and her place in the grand scheme of things.

Worrying the Thread
Fandom: Merlin UK (tv)
Written by Gileonnen for ToraK
Merlin has a confession to make. And he really, honestly tries to make it.

Mercy Shall Follow Me
Fandom: Dorothy L Sayers - Lord Peter Wimsey series
Written by Raven for Flourish
Post-Busman's Honeymoon: the morning after the morning on which there was a death.

Harold to the Infinite Power
Fandom: Stranger than Fiction (movie)
Written by Wasuremono for k4writer02
In which Harold Crick is introduced to the concept of fanfiction and what it means to his life -- or, perhaps, his lives.

The Love Story that Never Happened
Fandom: How I Met Your Mother
Written by hllangel for Alexys
Barney tries a new tactic to pick up girls, but Ted and Marshall have other ideas.

Love on the Q.T.
Fandom: The Big Lebowski
Written by NovaMist for Kate Bolin
The amazing totally true but probably not tale of Donny Kerabatsos and Jesus Quintana's love.

For You Are Crunchy and Taste Good With Ketchup
Fandom: RPF - Misc Actors
Written by medie for TrollPrincess
What's *really* behind the freak weather North America's been having.

A Gentleman of Taste
Fandom: Georgette Heyer - Cotillion
Written by athousandwinds for meretricula
Five trials that the Honourable Frederick Standen endured with sang-froid and savoir-faire, or would have if he'd spoken a word of French.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: Amy Fortuna
Request: L M Montgomery - The Blue Castle (Barney/Cecily/Valancy)
Details: I would love to see either sweet Cecily/Valancy femslash or Barney/Valancy after the events of the book.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

Family Togetherness the Baking Way!
Fandom: The Umbrella Academy
Written by imahack for SteelNeko in the Yuletide 2007 challenge.
Cookies. Nothing could possibly go wrong with cookies, could it?



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Your Yuletide Stories Of The Day for Sunday, June 21, 2009 are:

The Statue Near the Sea
Fandom: V (tv)
Written by Yahtzee for Jena Bartley
The reason Ham Tyler never made a move on Juliet Parrish.

Very Good Things
Fandom: The Rundown
Written by tigerlady for wizefics
Immediately after. (Well, okay. Ten to twelve hours after. Give or take.)

Lloyd's Still Got Them Polaroids
Fandom: Life (tv)
Written by delgaserasca for threeguesses
Tidwell/Dani. Dani redefines problematic.

On My Heart In Flame
Fandom: Bible - Hebrew Bible or Old Testament
Written by mjules for Roga
David grinned then, teeth startlingly white, like a winter moon. "Do you know every hair on my head? Have you numbered them yet?"

Weather continues very fine
Fandom: Susanna Clarke - Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Written by Roz McClure for Mercurie
The return of Arabella Strange to London in the late summer of 1817, in the company of the Greysteels and half a squadron of Irish dragoons, was greeted with more disappointment than relief, or even pleasure, from the fashionable world.

Guests
Fandom: Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
Written by zeldadestry for Gileonnen
"If I believed a man could be perfected, I would say it is in the moment when he loves all men as he loves his brothers."

Single Cell, Divided
Fandom: The Prestige (movie)
Written by elvie for Molly Wilde

Unsinkable
Fandom: Titanic
Written by Lady Ganesh for Claudia
The life of Mrs. Margaret Brown didn't end after the tragedy either. Still, she never forgot that girl; headstrong and smart as a whip.

The Fool
Fandom: Nancy Drew mysteries
Written by Rysler for k8
George goes undercover but it doesn't hide her feelings for Bess.

Stories from the most recent Yuletide challenge are posted in order of when they were uploaded. Please comment on the stories if you read and enjoy!

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Your Random Unfilled Request Of The Day:

Recipient: Chash
Request: Megan Whalen Turner - The Thief series (Eugenides aka Gen/Helen, Queen of Eddis/Irene, Queen of Attolia/the Magus)
Details: Political awesome! That is the worst prompt ever. Honestly, I am so easy for this series. Anything.

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Your Random Older Story Of The Day:

To All, A Good Night
Fandom: Antique Bakery aka Seiyou Kottou Yougashiten
Written by Puddingcat for MamaDeb in the Yuletide 2007 challenge.


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