Sand: Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Fanfic: Beneath the Sand
Jan. 5th, 2026 04:42 pmTitle: Beneath the Sand
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: G
Length: 455 words
Summary: Sherlock Holmes is looking for missing jewellery
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: G
Length: 455 words
Summary: Sherlock Holmes is looking for missing jewellery
( I'm convinced )
Fandom Snowflake Challenge #3
Jan. 5th, 2026 04:05 pmIntroduction Post*
Meet the Mods Post
Challenge #1 * Challenge #2

Meet the Mods Post
Challenge #1 * Challenge #2
Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.
( Challenge #3 )
And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.
And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

due South: Fanfiction: Sandy Boots: Sand
Jan. 5th, 2026 01:42 pmTitle:Sandy Boots
Author:
lucy_roman
Rating: General
Summary:Ray hates having sand in his boots
Pairing:Fraser/RayK
Word Count:75
( Sandy Boots )
Author:
Rating: General
Summary:Ray hates having sand in his boots
Pairing:Fraser/RayK
Word Count:75
( Sandy Boots )
Marvel Cinematic Universe: Fanfic: In a Grain of Sand
Jan. 4th, 2026 08:17 pmTitle:In a Grain of Sand
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: PG
Length: 392
Content notes: My sweethearts
Author notes: The beach trip takes place just before Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Summary: Steve remembers Natasha.
( In A Grain of Sand )
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: PG
Length: 392
Content notes: My sweethearts
Author notes: The beach trip takes place just before Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Summary: Steve remembers Natasha.
( In A Grain of Sand )
January Challenge 2026: Party
Jan. 4th, 2026 06:33 pm
The theme challenge for this month is Party (Please include the tag challenge: party when you post.) Theme challenges have to do with fic choice. Since this month's challenge is 'party' your story has to be related to that theme one way or another.
The shape challenge is ‘5 v' (tag challenge: 5 v). This should be at minimum 5 squares, ie:
OOOOO
OOXOO
OXOXO
XOOOX
OOOOO
Shape challenges require that you complete a specific shape of squares on your card. If you complete a shape challenge by the deadline, you’ll win a cheat. If your card already has the shape formation before the challenge starts, you can only count that challenge as completed if you fill at least one square on your card within the challenge time period.
You can pick the challenge you prefer or do both if you're feeling ambitious. Once you’ve posted the podfic required to fulfill the monthly challenge, please comment here to let us know you’ve completed the challenge.
If you complete a challenge, you earn a cheat. If none of the challenges appeal to you, you can also earn cheats by commenting on other people's podfics.
What are Cheats?
Cheats are rewards that allow participants to manipulate their cards so that they can be finished more easily. There are 2 kinds of cheats: shifting squares and swapping out squares. Shifting squares allows participants to swap locations of two squares on their card. Swapping out cheats allow you to discard one of your prompts entirely from your card and replace it with a prompt of your choosing from the Prompt List.
Batman: Journey to the Center of the Multiverse by AddictedApple
Jan. 4th, 2026 06:10 pmFandom: Batman
Pairings/Characters: Kyle Rayner/Jason Todd, Jason Todd & Everyone
Rating: Teen
Length: 90k words
Creator Links: AddictedApple at AO3
Theme: crack treated seriously
Summary: Jason Todd discovers that he can travel through the multiverse (on top of his usual weirdness, ie, immortality) and chaos ensues.
Reccer's Notes: I recently fell hard into the Batman fanfic space, and this story bowled me right over. It takes Jason's canon resurrection (and the bizarre canon explanation for it), then posits a slow growth of powers from there -- from a recurring inability to stay dead, through the ability to skip universes, and beyond. All the canon reboots become a part of the story, and the pairing is a hilarious portrait of two guys being oblivious. Each chapter's notes contain extensive canon citations, which adds another level of awesomeness. Great fun and very affecting.
[Edited to add] Content note: The starting author notes include, "I will now put a blanket trigger warning for everything that happens in DC canon." That should be taken very seriously; the cited DC canon gets dark, and many abusive canon events are included in this story.
Fanwork Links: Journey to the Center of the Multiverse
Pairings/Characters: Kyle Rayner/Jason Todd, Jason Todd & Everyone
Rating: Teen
Length: 90k words
Creator Links: AddictedApple at AO3
Theme: crack treated seriously
Summary: Jason Todd discovers that he can travel through the multiverse (on top of his usual weirdness, ie, immortality) and chaos ensues.
Reccer's Notes: I recently fell hard into the Batman fanfic space, and this story bowled me right over. It takes Jason's canon resurrection (and the bizarre canon explanation for it), then posits a slow growth of powers from there -- from a recurring inability to stay dead, through the ability to skip universes, and beyond. All the canon reboots become a part of the story, and the pairing is a hilarious portrait of two guys being oblivious. Each chapter's notes contain extensive canon citations, which adds another level of awesomeness. Great fun and very affecting.
[Edited to add] Content note: The starting author notes include, "I will now put a blanket trigger warning for everything that happens in DC canon." That should be taken very seriously; the cited DC canon gets dark, and many abusive canon events are included in this story.
Fanwork Links: Journey to the Center of the Multiverse
Original: icons: sand
Jan. 4th, 2026 09:44 pmTitle: sand
Fandom: none
Rating:
Length: five icons
Content notes: images used are from a public domain search
Artist notes: images used are from a public domain search
Summary:
( castles made of sand fall in the sea eventually )
Fandom: none
Rating:
Length: five icons
Content notes: images used are from a public domain search
Artist notes: images used are from a public domain search
Summary:
( castles made of sand fall in the sea eventually )
Bungou Stray Dogs: everyone has a social media addiction by valleykey
Jan. 4th, 2026 03:39 pmFandom: Bungou Stray Dogs
Pairings/Characters: Fyodor Dostoyevsky & Nikolai Gogol & Sigma, Armed Detective Agency Ensemble & Sigma, Decay of Angels Ensemble & Decay of Angels Ensemble, Dazai Osamu & Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Minor Fyodor Dostoyevsky/Nikolai Gogol, Minor or Background Relationship(s)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Length: 18,403 words
Creator Links:
valleykey
Theme: crack treated seriously, au - modern, social media, pov outsider, trans & non-binary characters
Summary: “Yeah I don’t really use much social media besides LinkedIn,” Sigma says sheepishly. “I post way too much on that app. Of course I have mutuals I like, but...”
A sudden silence.
“What?” Says Atsushi. At the same time that Dazai says, “Mutuals?”
Sigma frowns. “I...post on LinkedIn? What? It's a social media app. Of course I post? And have mutuals?”
/// the one where Sigma has 1.2 million followers on LinkedIn.
Reccer's Notes: An amazing fic that combines modern AU, social media, and crack treated seriously, with thoughtful explorations of characters and relationships that stay true to their canon selves. It’s engaging and will definitely make you laugh <3
Fanwork Links: everyone has a social media addiction
Pairings/Characters: Fyodor Dostoyevsky & Nikolai Gogol & Sigma, Armed Detective Agency Ensemble & Sigma, Decay of Angels Ensemble & Decay of Angels Ensemble, Dazai Osamu & Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Minor Fyodor Dostoyevsky/Nikolai Gogol, Minor or Background Relationship(s)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Length: 18,403 words
Creator Links:
Theme: crack treated seriously, au - modern, social media, pov outsider, trans & non-binary characters
Summary: “Yeah I don’t really use much social media besides LinkedIn,” Sigma says sheepishly. “I post way too much on that app. Of course I have mutuals I like, but...”
A sudden silence.
“What?” Says Atsushi. At the same time that Dazai says, “Mutuals?”
Sigma frowns. “I...post on LinkedIn? What? It's a social media app. Of course I post? And have mutuals?”
/// the one where Sigma has 1.2 million followers on LinkedIn.
Reccer's Notes: An amazing fic that combines modern AU, social media, and crack treated seriously, with thoughtful explorations of characters and relationships that stay true to their canon selves. It’s engaging and will definitely make you laugh <3
Fanwork Links: everyone has a social media addiction
Star Wars: Just Go Kill Palpatine by nevertheless_turtle
Jan. 3rd, 2026 06:10 pmFandom: Star Wars
Pairings/Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Rating: Mature
Length: 11,604
Creator Links:
nevertheless_turtle
Theme: crack treated seriously
Summary: In Which Obi-Wan Kenobi is Shown Holofootage of His 12-Year Old Padawan in a Seedy Nightclub With The Chancellor of the Republic And Has A Proportionate Response.
Reccer's Notes: What I love about this fic is the way that Obi-Wan does put in a certain amount of forethought into his actions, but it just happens to be the wrong forethought. You can see where he's coming from and why it seems like the right idea at the time, and yet it still goes completely off the rails. :D Truly delightful.
Content note for discussion of child sexual assault but no actual sexual assault.
Fanwork Links: Just Go Kill Palpatine
Pairings/Characters: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Rating: Mature
Length: 11,604
Creator Links:
Theme: crack treated seriously
Summary: In Which Obi-Wan Kenobi is Shown Holofootage of His 12-Year Old Padawan in a Seedy Nightclub With The Chancellor of the Republic And Has A Proportionate Response.
Reccer's Notes: What I love about this fic is the way that Obi-Wan does put in a certain amount of forethought into his actions, but it just happens to be the wrong forethought. You can see where he's coming from and why it seems like the right idea at the time, and yet it still goes completely off the rails. :D Truly delightful.
Content note for discussion of child sexual assault but no actual sexual assault.
Fanwork Links: Just Go Kill Palpatine
Prompt History | Moonlight | "Safer With Him"
Jan. 3rd, 2026 04:49 pmTitle: Safer With Him
Fandoms: Moonlight
Pairings: Beth/Josef
Rating: Teen
Warnings/Spoilers: AU - No Mick. Episode 10 "Sleeping Beauty" & 13 "Fated To Pretend". Mentions of side character's canon death.
Summary: What if Beth never met Mick and asked for Josef to provide her protection?
Notes: Written for
smallfandomfest prompt see summary by
corinalannister,
100ships prompt moonlight and
100fandoms prompt history.
[...100ships Table...] [...100fandoms Table...]
Read here at dreamwidth or at AO3
Fandoms: Moonlight
Pairings: Beth/Josef
Rating: Teen
Warnings/Spoilers: AU - No Mick. Episode 10 "Sleeping Beauty" & 13 "Fated To Pretend". Mentions of side character's canon death.
Summary: What if Beth never met Mick and asked for Josef to provide her protection?
Notes: Written for
[...100ships Table...] [...100fandoms Table...]
Read here at dreamwidth or at AO3
Star Wars: Will Save the Galaxy for Better Credit Ratings by zuzeca
Jan. 3rd, 2026 07:08 pmFandom: Star Wars
Pairings/Characters: Darth Maul & Darth Plagueis, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Darth Maul
Rating: Mature
Length: 19,072 words
Creator Links:
zuzeca
Theme: crack treated seriously, enemies to lovers, angst with a happy ending
Summary: In which Darth Maul applies for a loan, discovers a forgotten heirloom, experiments with space drugs, complains about his nemesis to a captive audience, and learns the value of bank fraud. Also love and friendship, but mostly bank fraud.
Reccer's Notes: A delightful story that starts with a cracky premise and takes it in an interesting direction. There’s a lovely exploration of Maul’s character and his relationship with Obi-Wan. It’s very funny with a heartwarming ending <3
Fanwork Links: Will Save the Galaxy for Better Credit Ratings
Pairings/Characters: Darth Maul & Darth Plagueis, Obi-Wan Kenobi/Darth Maul
Rating: Mature
Length: 19,072 words
Creator Links:
Theme: crack treated seriously, enemies to lovers, angst with a happy ending
Summary: In which Darth Maul applies for a loan, discovers a forgotten heirloom, experiments with space drugs, complains about his nemesis to a captive audience, and learns the value of bank fraud. Also love and friendship, but mostly bank fraud.
Reccer's Notes: A delightful story that starts with a cracky premise and takes it in an interesting direction. There’s a lovely exploration of Maul’s character and his relationship with Obi-Wan. It’s very funny with a heartwarming ending <3
Fanwork Links: Will Save the Galaxy for Better Credit Ratings
Stranger Things: Fanfic: Sand
Jan. 3rd, 2026 02:35 pmTitle: sand
Fandom: Stranger Things
Characters/Pairings: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1,363
Content notes: spoilers for Stranger Things 5 finale!
Author notes: written for Challenge #502: Sand.
Summary: Eddie fucking hates sand.
( Read more... )
Fandom: Stranger Things
Characters/Pairings: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1,363
Content notes: spoilers for Stranger Things 5 finale!
Author notes: written for Challenge #502: Sand.
Summary: Eddie fucking hates sand.
( Read more... )