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I got a marvelous surprise from the Sundial Exchange today--a treat! For me!

Gathering String by glymr and yue_ix

It was completely unexpected and I enjoyed it so, so very much!

Just to keep things in one place, here's the list from my previous post

I wrote Wait Seven Seconds for UndeadRobins.

I also wrote The Netwielder for Dorinda.

And I received The hard part is what comes easy from Dorinda! ♥

There was a fic I started reading on More Joy Day, but I didn't manage to finish it in time to comment & add it to the list on the day itself. So I'm adding it here as an addendum.

Fandom: the Dune universe (set during Dune: Messiah)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12336306 "The wind blowing across our beach" by noxelementalist. Slash, Paul Atreides (Muad'dib)/ghola-Duncan-Hayt. A skillfully-written interaction that plays with identities, roles, memories, and longings.
Author's Summary: In which swords are dropped

I participated in a fannish charity auction a while back and one of the items I won was a fic by bemused_writer. It was completed & posted earlier this month and I ♥ it so much!!!

You can find it on AO3 here: The Waylaid Festival.

It's a marvelous gen/pre-slash (Lan Sizhui/Lan Wingyi) tale in which the ducklings go to a festival and get pulled unwittingly into an adventure. It's got humor, it's got idiots-in-love, it's got an actual plot with an interesting ghost problem, and in the background we glimpse Lan Wangji being Best Dad. It's set before Wei Wuxian's return, so the parts with Lan Wangji being a dad are melancholy, but also sweet. Highly recommended!!!

100 words, really nicely done.

The Omega Glory [episode coda] by Esperata

This is desperately sad, but written with quiet brilliance, and ultimately . . . it reaffirms the best in human nature. The Great War and the influenza epidemic do not leave Holmes and Watson untouched: After, Ever After by rabidsamfan.

The world of Sherlock Holmes fandom is frickin' enormous! There are stories and art and other fanworks based on various adaptations everywhere you look. So I'm not going to pretend to make recommendations as if I had read everything that's out there and these were the best - I'm just going to report on things that just stood out to me personally when I read them.

Two Sherlock (BBC) stories struck me recently as really, really enjoyable.

A is for Astronomy by janeturenne is a poetic 600-word ficlet that is dense with meaning all out of proportion to its brevity. Something about it reminds me of the best of Tin Man fanfic, though I'm not sure what.

Untitled present fluff by rabidsamfan is a delightful Christmas humor piece with great characterizations of both John and Sherlock.

There was a mini prompt-a-thon at dg_glitch so I put in a request - and jinma_chan wrote me the cutest story!

http://community.livejournal.com/dg_glitch/87077.html

It's fluffy and sweet and has some wonderful neat little details.

Every once in a while I would think, "Alas! I have never been recced on thegraygale! Woe is me." And then I would forget about it again. It would always make me a little sad, but I wasn't going to *say* anything because the last thing I would have wanted was a pity rec. So I made a point, when it was my turn, to hunt up rec-worthy stories by people who hadn't been recced yet, and *that* made me happy even without--oh, who am I kidding. It *did* make me feel better, but not as much as THIS!!!!!

I GOT RECCED!!!! For the porniest bit of porn I have ever written in my entire life (I'm usually a fade-to-black kinda girl). And I got a new comment on the story as a result! *dances happily*

rh_andi wrote a Rat Patrol ficlet for me! And it's *delightful*. And very Moffitt-y (she knows what I like!). You can find it here - Enjoy!!!!

settiai, whom I met way back in Barney Miller fanfic, is now writing Tin Man! Squee! Go encourage her! http://settiai.livejournal.com/1019886.html