in the moderate Aristotelian city

The monthly challenges continue - next month hosted by copyrightpidalo. Go have a look at Make September Happy and claim your day. This month, we're suggesting that people take on fic_requests prompts, so if you want to claim a specific prompt along with your day, you can!

Also, JuC Swap has gone live! I had great fun taking part and wrote two stories - my "real" story, Flaming Ninja Waffles, and my pinch hit is (I'm Not) Home For Christmas. I'll probably repost them both on my fic journal over the next few days.

I also can't recommend the story that was written for me highly enough - everyone should read BookPeople by phaballa. It's an AU: Justin works in a bookstore and is romantic and geeky and just a bit broken. There is bitchy Lance, JC is beautiful and amazing and wearing pink and glitter, Chris is (duh) awesome, and Joey is a really good friend and not such a great roommate. It's awesome.

The only other one I've managed to read so far was the brilliant Hi De Woe by turps33. Terri is brilliant as always and this story is sweet and funny and adorable and, oh, just go read it.

Honourable mention goes to the three stories I beta'd for but haven't re-read yet. I'm totally reccing them all anyway. There's Bon-Bon Fire Of The Vanities (awesome Gossip Girl AU by phaballa). And from the wonderful llamabitchyo there's Do Not Arouse Or Awaken Love (Until It So Desires), which is about Justin and Britney and the Bible and Chris and how desirable JC is; and Rabbits' Feet, Kisses And Invisible Gay Necklaces which is about luck and love and growing up.

You should totally read all these stories, for they are awesome.

And I'm done pimping!

So. Way back in November, before submissions for Make The Yuletide Gay went live, nopseud, pensnest, turps33, ephemera, phaballa and myself did some rapid-fire testing of the system. And of course we wrote actual stories for one another, because... Well, because we did!

Thanks to random conversation with adelate, I've just been reminded how truly awesome all those stories are. So here are some recs:

So, from the first MtYG test:

An Amphibian Fairy Tale by pensnest.

Illumination by pensnest

A Fishy Tale by turps33

This Is Your Life by nopseud

Five Part Harmony by ephemera_pop

And from the second MtYG test:

Unnatural by pensnest

Wrecked (Extracts From A Dairy) by nopseud

The Young Lesbians League Of American And Other Tales From Chris's Basement by phaballa

Throwing Horns by ephemera_pop

Caught Between by turps33

Really, people, these stories are all totally fab and if you haven't already - go read, feed, and share the love!

♥