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As I'm still seeking a pinch hitter and others are working, I'm announcing a collection delay: Crossworks will now aim to open at 5pm EDT on Thursday 30 October.

If you can, please help with the pinch hit below. It is due on 11:59pm EDT, Wednesday 29 October.

PH #2

Art/Fusion, Fic/Fusion: Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger, Bionicle - All Media Types
Art/Crossover, Art/Fusion, Fic/Fusion: Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics), Transformers: Prime
Art/Crossover, Fic/Crossover: Tetsuwan Atom | Astro Boy, Portal (Valve Video Games), Metroid Series
Art/Fusion, Fic/Fusion: Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics), Tron - All Media Types
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If you can't help with this pinch hit, please consider treats for other participants! All requests can be browsed here on the app. Treats can be rough sketches or short fics (assuming the recipient has opted into art or fic respectively); they do not need to be fleshed out to the same detail as an assignment.

If you currently have a pinch hit and need more time, please check in with me.

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yuletide

The MultiLingYule mini-challenge is for works in languages other than English.

Maybe there are very few fanworks in your first, second, etc language, and you'd love to connect with a fellow speaker who's also a fellow fan.

Maybe you're learning a new language and getting a gift in it would be a delightful way to improve your fluency.

Maybe you just want to talk about how much you love conlangs and invite someone to incorporate conlangs into your gift.

The possibilities are multi-ple!

MultiLingYule is an opt-in challenge similar to Crueltide and Interactive Fiction. Comment here to let people know

-if you are interested in receiving gifts in languages other than English
-what languages those are
-what you're prompting (link your letter; if you don't have a letter, you can link your prompts on the app after requests are revealed)
-any other useful notes.

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On the requesting side: if you would be happy if a gift in a different language were your only gift, please also note this in the optional details of your sign-up form. This prevents mod panic when we go to check assignments and need to figure out if someone can actually read their gift!

On the creation side: unless someone has clearly indicated that a non-English work would suit as their only gift, gifts of that kind need be posted in Yuletide Madness, regardless of length. Works can only go in the main collection if they fulfil all the same requirements as an assigned gift.

Similarly, someone may be delighted to get a gift in a language you've just started to learn, and connect with you over enthusiasm for that language, but if you're posting a gift in the Main rather than the Madness collection, it should probably either be in a language you're fluent in or in a language you can call on fluent help for.

On the (tangential) beta side, people who can check text snippets, lines of dialogue, etc, in multiple languages are extremely valuable and appreciated, and if you can offer this service, please consider doing so when the beta post goes up.

gingicat

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senmut

Mistaken Identity or read at SquidgeWorld Archive (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (TV 2018), Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Missy (Doctor Who)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Drabble
Summary:

Missy thinks she can make this work to her advantage

Humans and their superstitions were so easy to manipulate, Missy decided. She was alluring, seductive, beautiful even, so of course this simpleton of a man thought she had to be a witch able to grant his fantasies into reality.

Only… sometimes superstitions had a grain of truth. This Zelda and Hilda seemed to have her confused for someone with significant power, and Missy could take advantage of that while studying their occult energies.

After all, it might prove to be the way to get her decrepit TARDIS back to functionality, preferably before the Doctor stumbled over her in this time.

james_davis_nicoll

Since the authors are no longer with us, will we ever get a glimpse?

Five Anticipated Books and Stories That Remain Unpublished

james

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umadoshi

Reading: As of midweek, I'd read nine novels (well, eight and a novella) this month, which is very pleasing given that I usually consider that a good number for a full month, never mind just about halfway through one. (Of course, for the last few days my brain's done an about-face and decided that I'm going to be just reading a cookbook now, thanks.)

Since my last accounting, I've finished KJ Charles' All of Us Murderers (gothic murdery queer romance), Freya Marske's Cinder House (which I wish I'd realized going in--or perhaps more importantly, when I bought it at full price--is a novella, although that didn't keep me from enjoying it quite a bit), Stephen Graham Jones' The Only Good Indians (very solid, but I feel I've met my quota for books with mutilation for a while), Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle (not so much my thing, maybe [whatever that is], but I sure see why it's a classic!), and E.K. Johnston's Pretty Furious (a satisfying "~good girls~ lash back at the fucking patriarchy and its associated bullshit" read).

Now I'm reading through the aforementioned cookbook, Bee Wilson's The Secret of Cooking: Recipes for an Easier Life in the Kitchen, which swiftly made its way onto the inherently-aggravating-but-complimentary list of cookbooks bought in ebook that I now want in hard copy.

Also,

scruloose and I are...maybe a third?...of the way into Fugitive Telemetry (having decided to listen to Murderbot in chronological order rather than publication order).

Growing: In a shocking development, our Tiny Tim tomato plant (which we bought immediately before the drought turned unmistakable official, and therefore have since watered once or at most twice since putting it in) has produced a couple handfuls of ripe fruit!

scruloose reports that they're tasty! We're over halfway through October!

Passing Mood impressed

james_davis_nicoll

A bundle for Daniel James Hanley's tabletop roleplaying game of Gothic and Romantic Horror in the decadent, disastrous age of Marie-Antoinette, Napoleon, and Lord Byron.

Bundle of Holding: Ghastly Affair

badly_knitted posting in

get_knitted

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.

This Week's Question (courtesy of cora): What was your last project that got put into "time out" and why?

If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Passing Mood tired
Location (Almost Always In The Computer Room. Duh!) my desk

james_davis_nicoll

The young people wrestle with what is arguably an early example of Cyberpunk.

Young People Read Old Nebula Finalists: True Names by Vernor Vinge

james_davis_nicoll

2019: The Tories somehow find someone worse than May to be Prime Minister, UK pleas to the EU for a Brexit negotiation do-over on the grounds “our negotiators were fucking numpties” fall on deaf ears, and Tory MPs reject multiple Tory Brexit proposals, for which UK voters rebuke the incompetent Tories with a massive majority.

Poll #33744 Clarke Award Finalists 2019

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 28

View Respondents

Which 2019 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?

View Answers

Rosewater by Tade Thompson
7 (25.0%)

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
2 (7.1%)

Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
21 (75.0%)

Semiosis by Sue Burke
10 (35.7%)

The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag
3 (10.7%)

The Loosening Skin by Aliya Whiteley
1 (3.6%)

Bold for have read, italic for intend to read, underline for never heard of it.

Which 2019 Clarke Award Finalists Have You Read?
Rosewater by Tade Thompson
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee
Semiosis by Sue Burke
The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag
The Loosening Skin by Aliya Whiteley

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rarepairexchange

Hello Pears!

We are currently on track to reveal the collection on Sunday 26 October. [ In your timezone + Countdown ] I will confirm this after Tuesday 21 October, as we have a couple of pinch hits coming in. (Thank you, pinch hitters!)

If your username starts with A, please check your email, as I have sent you an email that I'd appreciate a response to.

Thank you! See you in a few days. :)

senmut

Complimentary or here at Ad Astra (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Deanna Troi, Jean-Luc Picard
Additional Tags: Drabble
Summary:

A small mission wraps up in a compliment

"If I were to choose to be confined to one form, it would be someone like you. Filled with grace and compassion and a true need to soothe the pain around you."

Deanna lowered her eyes from the being of energy, having found a communion with the 'spirit' haunting this station that defied words.

"Captain, keep this one safe." The being expanded its corona, becoming more diffuse, until there was no visible trace.

"Well, counselor, you have one more admirer in the cosmos," Picard said, amused.

"The station should not have disruptions now," Deanna said, rather than address her emotions.

james

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kass

Dear Yulewriter,

Thank you so much for writing me a story. Write something that makes you happy, and it will make me happy.

In general I am a big fan of chosen family, happy endings, people being good at things, people helping each other be better together than they were apart, theology of all kinds, wit and banter, and kindness. I'm happy with anything (any situation, any rating) that feels right to you given the characters at hand. I'm open to AUs or to going deeper into the worldbuilding of any of these canons.

Please, no betrayal or unquenchable grief or people being awful to each other or despair. There's enough of that in RL (especially these last few years.) On Yuletide morning I want something that makes me smile. Thank you kindly.

Most of this note is my standard Dear Yulewriter letter -- these are the things I've been saying year after year, and I've been doing Yuletide since... 2003 I think? but this year I am really struck by the extent to which I want to see these characters get to experience joy. Maybe because the world has been difficult, in a variety of ways, for the last several years in a row? Anyway: this is just to say, thank you for figuring out how to bring these characters some sweetness.

In closing: yay Yuletide! Yay you! Thank you so much!

There's nothing below the cut that wasn't also in my Yuletide sign-up, but I include my requests here for anyone who's curious or maybe wants to write an extra treat.

Kass

( The Naturalist Society by Carrie Vaughn; the Toby Daye series by Seanan McGuire; Murderbot / tv show. )

senmut

So yesterday was the first Tom Baker.

Today is the first Richard Franklin, Roger Delgado, and Katy Manning. I'd wanted to watch the first Jo Grant story without remembering it was also the first Master story. Also, the random Time Lord who popped up? It amused me to think he's an associate of Brax.

Jo is plucky. She's also pretty skillful and very get things done. Something that had slipped my impressions of her is that she's connected to someone(s) highly placed in government matters.

Mike Yates is all well and good, but Benton remains my favorite. Also, the Brigadier and Three were very irritable at each other and YET. When the Doctor steps up to the Brigadier's defense with the government chap, Courtney played 'stoic surprise' pretty damn well.

The Master? Well. There is something in how he never is the direct killer, save with the shrink ray, which is so tidy and no mess. He has this detachment from watching deaths that he has caused which firmly sets the stage for him to be ever so villainous.

I sometimes wonder if the fans got tired of the Autons in the way modern ones groan at times about the Daleks.

badly_knitted posting in

get_knitted

cora): What was your last project that got put into "time out" and why?

If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Passing Mood tired
Location (Almost Always In The Computer Room. Duh!) my desk

james_davis_nicoll

Mars being unfit for humans, there is no alternative but to make humans--or at least a human--fit for Mars.

Man Plus (Man Plus, volume 1) by Frederik Pohl

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yuletide

A mini challenge for people interested in fics regarding characters being pregnant, having babies, and raising children. Can be for a single character or a ship, fluffy or angst, good or bad parents! The sky’s the limit.

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morbane in crossworks - Delay & Last Pinch Hit & Treats
morbane in yuletide - MultiLingYule 2025
gingicat - Dear Yuletide Author
senmut - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina/Doctor Who Drabble
james_davis_nicoll - Five Anticipated Books and Stories That Remain Unpublished
james - Why
umadoshi - Belated weekly proof of life (books + tomatoes), having not been at my desk much this weekend
james_davis_nicoll - Bundle of Holding: Ghastly Affair
badly_knitted in get_knitted - Check-In Post - Oct 20th 2025
james_davis_nicoll - Young People Read Old Nebula Finalists: True Names by Vernor Vinge
james_davis_nicoll - Clarke Award Finalists 2019
rarepairmod in rarepairexchange - Collection on track to open this Sunday (confirmation to come after Tuesday).
senmut - ST:TNG Drabble
james - Fictional diets
linky in icons - 85 Kamen Rider Gotchard Icons
kass - Dear Yulewriter
senmut - Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
badly_knitted in get_knitted - Check-In Post - Oct 19th 2025
james_davis_nicoll - Man Plus (Man Plus, volume 1) by Frederik Pohl
invisiblestring in yuletide - Babytide 2025

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A Few Words From The Wise

Speak to him, for there is none born wise.
-The Maxims of Ptahotep

In mourning or rejoicing, be not far from me.
- an Ancient Egyptian Love Song

But your embraces
alone give life to my heart
may Amun give me what I have found
for all eternity.
-Love Songs of the New Kingdom, Song #2

To Know the Dark

To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is travelled by dark feet and dark wings.
-Wendell Berry

Up in the morning's no for me,
Up in the morning early;
When a' the hills are covered wi' snaw,
I'm sure it's winter fairly.
-Robert Burns

Visit to the Hermit Ts'ui

Moss covered paths between scarlet peonies,
Pale jade mountains fill your rustic windows.
I envy you, drunk with flowers,
Butterflies swirling in your dreams.
-Ch'ien Ch'i

Mistress of high achievement, O lady Truth,
do not let my understanding stumble
across some jagged falsehood.
-Pindar

Every Gaudy colour
Is a bit of truth.
-Nathalia Crane

I counted two-and-twenty stenches,
All well defined, and several stinks.
-Samuel Coleridge

The Rare Book Room

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