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What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher, narrated by Avi Roque.
Hugo Awards homework for the novella category.

As with the first one in this series, I enjoyed the characters more than the horror plotline, and I don't think it's just because I'm not always that into horror. ( Read more... )

Woodworking by Emily St. James, narrated by Saoirse Ní Shúilleabháin, L. Morgan Lee & Emily St. James.
Dramady about being a trans woman in middle America during the run up to the 2016 federal election. ( Read more... )

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong, narrated by Phyllis Ho.
I need to stop trying to read cosy fantasy, or possibly cosy anything (except maybe shifter romances). ( Read more... )

The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko, narrated by Adetinpo Thomas.
(Awards homework for the Lodestar.)

So I read this without reading any of the rest of the Raybearer series, and a) it stood alone just fine and I was able to follow everything that wasn't an Easter Egg, and b) if you're interested in the original duology (which I probably have on my e-reader somewhere), I would definitely read that first, as this spoils the majority of the plot for the earlier books. ( Read more... )

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muccamukk

IDK if I shared this before, but here it is again.

Watch on YouTube

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CANON: Severance
CHARACTERS: Mark S / Mark Scout (Adam Scott).
ADDITIONAL INFO: 150 Icons, Season 2.
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What are you working on? What have you finished? What do you need encouragement on?

Are there any cool events or challenges happening that you want to hype?

What do you just want to talk about?

What have you been watching or reading?

Chores and other not-fun things count!

Remember to encourage other commenters and we have a discord where we can do work-alongs and chat, linked in the sticky

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I found this article about making a Mosquito Bucket of Doom.

1) Fill a bucket with water and put it outside.

2) Add a handful of grass to make carbon dioxide which will attract more mosquitoes.

3) There are two options to kill the resulting larvae.

-- Dump the bucket weekly and refresh the trap with new water and grass.

-- Add a mosquito dunk, which lasts about a month. Replace whenever it sinks or dissolves.

Also, make sure there are no other pockets of still water to attract mosquitoes elsewhere in your yard. Every bit that you can find and remove is one less mosquito nest.

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Today's prompt is: ancient

• You have 2 days time to submit an icon for this prompt (in other words, until prompt 2495 gets posted)!
• Prompt 2491 have been closed.
• If you have any questions regarding the prompt, feel free to ask in a comment.
• To submit an icon you simply reply to this post with the following information:
Icon:
Claim: (only necessary if it's a specific claim)
Status: (e.g. #1/10 - number of icon completed/table size)

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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: We all probably have multiple WiPs, but which of yours has been hanging around longest, waiting to be finished?

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!

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Current Location: my desk

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Title: An Old Lady's Privilege
Fandom: Miss Marple
Rating: G
Length: 200 words
Summary: Just an old lady taking a nap - or is she?

( Ah, Aunt Jane )

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This week's challenge is:

Up To You

Reminder of Rules

Entries should be 100, 200, or 300 words exactly, excluding titles and headers.
Please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your drabble, though you can if you like.
Each challenge ends when the new challenge is posted, but if you're a few days late that's still fine.

NEW RULE: DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DRABBLES ARE ALSO ACCEPTED ;)

Have fun!

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Title: Best Medicine
Fandom: FAKE
Author:

badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 450: Amnesty 45, using Challenge 40: Laughter.
Setting: After the manga.
Summary: Sometimes, you just have to laugh.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.

Best Medicine

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flamingsword

A crow beats on the updraft over a scragged hawthorn,
rocked but plunging on. A stick of Paras, bristling with nerves,
coughs and boots forward along the sheugh.
Long after the soldiers have gone, the crows will settle home.

Since Newry, choppers have been battling back and forth
across the track. These trains are overheated, sweat
stings in my underslept eyes; I'd rather the crows' lift and pluck
than to be here, rocked to the quick, driving on Derry.

I often wish, my love, that we were birds, the wide domains
of Ireland at our turn and fall, the world's wind
our natural element - rain, ice, hail or sun our gods,
the tall pines our greenwhip lightning rods.

Tonight there's a horned moon and Venus trailing
low over the Waterside. Tonight let me fold you in my wings,
pray nobody's killed in dark of country or town. We'll settle
the long night in another of our beds, watch what the morning brings.

pauraque

So I made the terrible mistake of trying to use the Manage Circle page to clean up subscriptions to journals that have been inactive for years, and the damn thing defriended at least a dozen people I did NOT intend. I've tried to go through and add everyone back, but if you're here and wondering why I unsubscribed or removed access, please tell me so I can re-add! Good grief.

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CANON: Star Treks (AOS) - Stark Trek (2009), Star Trek: Into Darkness, Star Trek: Beyond
CHARACTERS: Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (Simon Pegg).
ADDITIONAL INFO: 125 Icons.
CREDIT TO:

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