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  <title>FK Fic Fest</title>
  <subtitle>a _Forever Knight_ Ficathon Community</subtitle>
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    <name>FK Fic Fest</name>
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  <updated>2026-05-12T14:50:24Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:140120</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>Reminder: FKFicFest '26 prompts are due by EOD Saturday, May 16</title>
    <published>2026-05-12T14:42:57Z</published>
    <updated>2026-05-12T14:50:24Z</updated>
    <category term="game: 2026"/>
    <category term="admin: prompts"/>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prompting for &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;fkficfest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 2026 is open through this Saturday, May 16. We have &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt; prompts so far. Every community member is invited to share &lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt; prompt. (Prompting is not a commitment to play.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To submit your prompt, &lt;a href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/139991.html"&gt;visit the prompts post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reminder:&lt;/strong&gt; No verbatim re-runs of prompts from past years. We may re-write, re-imagine, and re-invent a previous prompt. Shiny new prompts are outstanding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; To help with brainstorming, here's a big bunch of prompt nominees from past years: &lt;span class="cut-wrapper"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class="cut-open"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/140120.html#cutid1"&gt;Long list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-close"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questions? Suggestions? Please share on this post! Prompts? &lt;a href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/139991.html"&gt;Please share on the prompts post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=140120" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:139991</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>The 2026 Prompt Submissions Post</title>
    <published>2026-05-03T22:48:41Z</published>
    <updated>2026-05-03T22:48:41Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: 100%; height: 100px; border-collapse: collapse; background: black url(&amp;#39;https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/file/1345.jpg&amp;#39;) center repeat; border: 0;"&gt;
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        FK Fic Fest 2026
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&lt;p&gt;Let's share prompts for &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;fkficfest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 2026!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As announced, our game is much the same as usual &amp;mdash; challenge-style, minimum 500 words, minimum 51% FK in crossovers, 2 months to write, etc. &amp;mdash; but we're trying a new prompts method: every FKFicFest community member may anonymously submit one (1) prompt, for writers to use, combine, or ignore as they please. No claiming (multiple people may use the same prompt). And no reveals (the prompts stay anonymous, including to moderators).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to compose a great prompt:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Definition:&lt;/strong&gt; For our game, a prompt is a word, set of words, phrase, sentence, question, verse, stanza, lyric, canon reference, etc. meant to inspire an FK story. (No multimedia, but if you'd like to describe an image or sound, great.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Success:&lt;/strong&gt; As a community, we'll likely get the most from prompts that can flex across different interpretations, while also being specific enough to spark personal reactions. If several writers choose your prompt, awesome!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Requirements:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1-30 words. (If a prompt is a quotation, include a citation; the citation is not part of the word count.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No exact re-runs from previous years (neither winning prompts nor unused nominations). Evolutions/re-imaginings are okay.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;And, of course, please, no vulgarity, incivility, that kind of thing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to submit your great prompt:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;By &lt;strong&gt;May 16&lt;/strong&gt;, 2026, compose your one (1) prompt. If you have multiple accounts, pick the one (1) from which you will prompt.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Check that you are &lt;strong&gt;signed in&lt;/strong&gt; to Dreamwidth and a &lt;strong&gt;member&lt;/strong&gt; of &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;fkficfest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. (If you're not, you can't answer the poll.)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;From one (1) Dreamwidth account only, type or paste your prompt into the &lt;strong&gt;free-text poll field below&lt;/strong&gt; in this post and click &lt;strong&gt;Answer&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;After you submit your prompt, to see all the submitted prompts so far, click &lt;strong&gt;View Answers&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;If necessary, to edit your prompt before the poll closes, click &lt;strong&gt;Change Your Vote&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Submit your prompt in the text field here:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dreamwidth.org/poll/?id=34560"&gt;View Poll: 2026FKFicFest_Prompts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions? Advice?&lt;/strong&gt; Please chat in reples to this post! Again, every community member may share one (1) anonymous prompt this year. Prompting is not a commitment to play. The final prompt slate and game guidelines will post on May 17 (Sunday). Stories come due in queue on the AO3 on July 18 (Saturday) and begin releasing on July 20 (Monday). Thank you for sharing your fondness for &lt;em&gt;Forever Knight&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:139732</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>2026 Test Poll (New prompt nomination format)</title>
    <published>2026-04-29T03:43:10Z</published>
    <updated>2026-04-29T03:43:10Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'd like to test our prompting experiment before we open the real thing this coming Sunday, May 3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year's new approach: Every FKFicFest community member may submit one (1) prompt, anonymously, for writers to use, combine, or ignore as they please. No claiming (multiple people may use the same prompt). And no reveals (the prompts stay anonymous, including to me). If I've selected the right options, the poll below will collect and display one (1) anonymous free-text answer per community member.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I asked &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://annavere.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://annavere.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;annavere&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; what question I should use for the test. She suggested, "Which FK Character is the Sharpest Dresser?" This is an excellent question! Yet I feel that we need a different answer from each participant, not a landslide for Janette. ;-) So instead we're running with:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dreamwidth.org/poll/?id=34535"&gt;View Poll: 2026FKFicFestTestPoll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=139732" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:139188</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>The 2026 FKFicFest Plan Post</title>
    <published>2026-04-07T15:09:13Z</published>
    <updated>2026-04-07T15:17:18Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: 100%; height: 100px; border-collapse: collapse; background: black url(&amp;#39;https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/file/1345.jpg&amp;#39;) center repeat; border: 0;"&gt;
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        FK Fic Fest 2026
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;fkficfest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is on for 2026! As usual, we're playing challenge-style, minimum 500 words, minimum 51% FK for crossovers, 2 months to write, etc. But we're experimenting with a new prompting scheme: every FKFicFest community member may submit one (1) prompt, anonymously, for writers to use, combine, or ignore as they please. No claiming (multiple people may use the same prompt). And no reveals (the prompts stay anonymous).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Schedule:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May 3-16:&lt;/strong&gt; Prompts nominated (one per person)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May 17 (Sunday):&lt;/strong&gt; Prompts finalized and posted&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;July 18 (Saturday):&lt;/strong&gt; Stories due in queue on AO3&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;July 20 (Monday):&lt;/strong&gt; Stories begin releasing&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;About prompts:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Definition:&lt;/strong&gt; For our game, a prompt is a word, set of words, phrase, sentence, question, stanza, lyric, canon reference, etc. meant to inspire an FK story.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Success:&lt;/strong&gt; We'll likely get the most from prompts that can flex across different interpretations, while also being specific enough to spark reactions.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Limits:&lt;/strong&gt; One (1) nomination per community member (any Dreamwidth account may join the community). 1-30 words. If a prompt is a quotation, include a citation (not part of the word count). No exact re-run prompts from previous years, but paraphrases of unused past nominations (yours or others) are fine. And, of course, please, no vulgarity, incivility, that kind of thing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Questions? Advice?&lt;/strong&gt; Please share! Again, every community member may submit one (1) anonymous prompt this year; prompting is not a pledge to write or read. Thank you very much for your generous support of this community and for sharing in our enjoyment of &lt;em&gt;Forever Knight&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:138977</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>The 2026 Pre-Game Survey</title>
    <published>2026-02-17T18:08:24Z</published>
    <updated>2026-02-17T18:09:59Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="width: 100%; height: 100px; border-collapse: collapse; background: black url(&amp;#39;https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/file/1345.jpg&amp;#39;) center repeat; border: 0;"&gt;
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        FK Fic Fest 2026
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&lt;p&gt;May 5 will be the 34&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; anniversary of "Dark Knight," &lt;em&gt;Forever Knight&lt;/em&gt;'s series premiere. May 18 will be the 30&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; anniversary of "Last Knight," its finale. And 2026 will be our 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;fkficfest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Most things will be the same as last year: challenge-style, minimum 500 words, minimum 51% FK for crossovers, ~2 months to write, etc. Dates, cadence, and nominations style have questions below.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This poll is for community members. (Join us!) The poll will close at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on Friday, February 27, 2026 (or, really, the next morning). Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dreamwidth.org/poll/?id=34234"&gt;View Poll: The 2026 Pre-Game Survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=138977" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:138693</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>The 2025 Closing Ceremonies Post: "I'm about to ask you to believe something that's unbelievable."</title>
    <published>2025-06-07T14:49:38Z</published>
    <updated>2025-06-07T15:09:14Z</updated>
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    <dw:reply-count>14</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="background-color:black;" width="100%" padding="0" height="100" background="https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/file/1345.jpg" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="color:white; padding:0px; font-weight: 900; text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; text-shadow: 2px 2px black, 2px 2px 15px white; font-size:350%; font-family: &amp;#39;immajer-FK&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;Chiller&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;Long Cang&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;Segoe&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;Ink Free&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;Comic Sans&amp;#39;, cursive;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FK Fic Fest 2025&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;fkficfest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; | &lt;a href="http://archiveofourown.org/collections/FKFicFest"&gt;FKFicFest A03 Collection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;


&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Index list.&lt;/strong&gt; Here's the linked, alphabetical list of all stories posted in the FKFicFest 2025 game. You can use the &lt;a href="http://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/tag/"&gt;DW tags&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href="http://archiveofourown.org/collections/FKFicFest"&gt;AO3 sidebar&lt;/a&gt; to help find the story that you'll most enjoy!&lt;/p&gt; 

&lt;span class="cut-wrapper"&gt;&lt;span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b class="cut-open"&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-text"&gt;&lt;a href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/138693.html#cutid1"&gt;2025 Index List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b class="cut-close"&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Three cheers!&lt;/strong&gt; The 2025 FKFicFest game is now officially closed. Three cheers for all our writers, beta-readers, and readers! Hooray! Yay, &lt;em&gt;Forever Knight&lt;/em&gt;! Yay, us!&lt;/p&gt;  

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Posting elsewhere.&lt;/strong&gt; Please do share the story that you wrote for this game everywhere you like. Where appropriate, please mention &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;fkficfest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to help fellow fans find us. Folks who read your story might like to read those by others, too!&lt;/p&gt;  

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Endless, forever...&lt;/strong&gt; Please continue reading and replying to the fest stories! This year's, and all &lt;b&gt;16&lt;/b&gt; astonishing years so far! Please also keep writing, reading, and replying to new FK fanfiction all year round, whenever the mood strikes. We're a small, sleepy fandom at this end of history. But we're here! We're still inspired by our favorite vampire homicide cop, and his friends, enemies, lovers, coworkers, car...&lt;/p&gt;  

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When's the next game here?&lt;/strong&gt; For now, we're on hiatus. Whether 2026 brings our 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; round will depend on your interest. Stay tuned! &amp;hearts;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=138693" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:138365</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>“Worth the Risk” by Calliope24 (G, gen)</title>
    <published>2025-06-06T13:59:20Z</published>
    <updated>2025-06-06T13:59:20Z</updated>
    <category term="character: natalie"/>
    <category term="author: calliope24"/>
    <category term="character: schanke"/>
    <category term="genre: policework"/>
    <category term="genre: drama"/>
    <category term="character: cohen"/>
    <category term="character: grace"/>
    <category term="type: gen"/>
    <category term="character: nick"/>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <category term="rating: teens and adults"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt;  “Worth the Risk”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Calliope24/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Calliope24/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Calliope24&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beta-reader:&lt;/b&gt; LittleBlackaPony&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt;  10,340 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; General audiences. No archive warnings apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “Secrets strain the bonds of friendship between Nick, Schanke, and Natalie.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65767201"&gt;Worth the Risk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=138365" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:138041</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/138041.html"/>
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    <title>“The Lamentable Tale of Boomer and Chartreuse” by LittleBlackaPony (G, unspecified category)</title>
    <published>2025-06-05T13:56:33Z</published>
    <updated>2025-06-05T13:56:33Z</updated>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <category term="author: littleblackapony"/>
    <category term="rating: teens and adults"/>
    <category term="type: other"/>
    <category term="character: lacroix"/>
    <category term="genre: comedy"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt;  “The Lamentable Tale of Boomer and Chartreuse”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/LittleBlackaPony/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/LittleBlackaPony/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;LittleBlackaPony&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt;  2,145 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; General audiences. No archive warnings apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “Lacroix's credit card has been stolen. This can only bode badly for the perpetrators...but how?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65745427"&gt;The Lamentable Tale of Boomer and Chartreuse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=138041" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:137856</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/137856.html"/>
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    <title>“What Remains To Be Done” by Dlyt  (T, gen)</title>
    <published>2025-06-04T13:49:53Z</published>
    <updated>2025-06-04T13:49:53Z</updated>
    <category term="type: gen"/>
    <category term="character: nick"/>
    <category term="author: dlyt"/>
    <category term="genre: reflection"/>
    <category term="genre: drama"/>
    <category term="rating: teens and adults"/>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <category term="character: lacroix"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt;  “What Remains To Be Done”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Dlyt/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Dlyt/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dlyt&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt;  2,211 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; Teen and up audiences. &lt;strong&gt;Creator chose not to use archive warnings.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “Loose ends need to be tied up at the end of the third-season episode 'Ashes to Ashes.'”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65863648"&gt;What Remains To Be Done&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=137856" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:137640</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/137640.html"/>
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    <title>“Reconcilable Differences” by Brightknightie (T, gen)</title>
    <published>2025-06-03T13:44:11Z</published>
    <updated>2025-06-03T14:58:16Z</updated>
    <category term="character: nick"/>
    <category term="type: gen"/>
    <category term="genre: drama"/>
    <category term="character: schanke"/>
    <category term="author: brightknightie"/>
    <category term="character: natalie"/>
    <category term="rating: teens and adults"/>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt;  “Reconcilable Differences”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Brightknightie/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Brightknightie/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beta-reader:&lt;/b&gt; Batdina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt;  5,272 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; Teen and up audiences. No archive warnings apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “When Nick is gravely injured in the line of duty, he and Natalie disagree about how far to go to save his life.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65869741"&gt;Reconcilable Differences&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=137640" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:137361</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/137361.html"/>
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    <title>“Daylight” by Nicholas_Lucien  (T, gen)</title>
    <published>2025-06-02T13:54:00Z</published>
    <updated>2025-06-02T13:54:00Z</updated>
    <category term="type: gen"/>
    <category term="character: nick"/>
    <category term="genre: reflection"/>
    <category term="character: lacroix"/>
    <category term="rating: teens and adults"/>
    <category term="character: janette"/>
    <category term="author: nicholas_lucien"/>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt;  “Daylight”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Nicholas_Lucien/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Nicholas_Lucien/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nicholas_Lucien&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt;  1,853 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; Teen and up audiences. No archive warnings apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “Through multiple points in Nick's life, he is trying to change, but maybe he is not changing as much as he thinks.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65872015"&gt;Daylight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=137361" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:136968</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/136968.html"/>
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    <title>“Oh, Captain, my Captain” by WaltD (T, gen)</title>
    <published>2025-06-01T13:52:20Z</published>
    <updated>2025-06-04T03:12:38Z</updated>
    <category term="character: stonetree"/>
    <category term="genre: post-series"/>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <category term="author: waltd"/>
    <category term="character: reese"/>
    <category term="type: gen"/>
    <category term="rating: teens and adults"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt;  “Oh, Captain, my Captain”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/WaltD/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/WaltD/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;WaltD&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt;  875 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; Teen and up audiences. No archive warnings apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “Stonetree and Reese have another discussion.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65786248"&gt;Oh, Captain, my Captain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=136968" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:136893</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>“Unpacking” by SwitchbladeEyes (T, gen)</title>
    <published>2025-05-31T13:54:22Z</published>
    <updated>2025-06-02T13:55:39Z</updated>
    <category term="character: lacroix"/>
    <category term="character: richard"/>
    <category term="character: reese"/>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <category term="character: tracy"/>
    <category term="character: natalie"/>
    <category term="character: nick"/>
    <category term="author: switchbladeeyes"/>
    <category term="genre: drama"/>
    <category term="genre: policework"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt;  “Unpacking”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/SwitchbladeEyes/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/SwitchbladeEyes/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;SwitchbladeEyes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beta-reader:&lt;/b&gt; TheFruitBat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt;  11,107 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; Teen and up audiences. No archive warnings apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “Natalie Lambert has kept her grief and guilt neatly packed away for years, only for recent events to bring everything back.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65833231"&gt;Unpacking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=136893" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:136665</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>“Missed” by TheFruitBat (G, m/f)</title>
    <published>2025-05-30T13:55:16Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-30T14:08:06Z</updated>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <category term="type: m/f"/>
    <category term="genre: tragedy"/>
    <category term="rating: teens and adults"/>
    <category term="character: lacroix"/>
    <category term="genre: drama"/>
    <category term="pairing: lacroix/fleur"/>
    <category term="character: nick"/>
    <category term="character: fleur"/>
    <category term="author: thefruitbat"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt;  “Missed”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/TheFruitBat/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/TheFruitBat/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;TheFruitBat&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beta-reader:&lt;/b&gt; Switchbladeeyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt;  1,493 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; General audiences. No archive warnings apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “The pain of losing her still feels fresh, even after all these centuries.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65665057"&gt;Missed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=136665" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:136321</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/136321.html"/>
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    <title>“Housekeeping” by Greerwatson (G, gen)</title>
    <published>2025-05-29T14:19:30Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-29T14:19:30Z</updated>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <category term="genre: reflection"/>
    <category term="type: gen"/>
    <category term="rating: teens and adults"/>
    <category term="character: lacroix"/>
    <category term="genre: post-series"/>
    <category term="author: greerwatson"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt;  “Housekeeping”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Greerwatson/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Greerwatson/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Greerwatson&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt;  1,005 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; General audiences. No archive warnings apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “LaCroix tidies up.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65620492"&gt;Housekeeping&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=136321" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:136118</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/136118.html"/>
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    <title>“Too Old and Powerful” by PJ1228 (T, gen)</title>
    <published>2025-05-28T13:52:38Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-28T13:52:49Z</updated>
    <category term="character: natalie"/>
    <category term="character: schanke"/>
    <category term="character: cohen"/>
    <category term="genre: policework"/>
    <category term="character: nick"/>
    <category term="type: gen"/>
    <category term="character: thomas"/>
    <category term="genre: mystery"/>
    <category term="character: lacroix"/>
    <category term="character: lili"/>
    <category term="author: pj1228"/>
    <category term="character: janette"/>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <category term="rating: teens and adults"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>1</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt;  “Too Old and Powerful ”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/PJ1228/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/PJ1228/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;PJ1228&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beta-reader:&lt;/b&gt; Switchbladeeyes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt;  8,662 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; Teen and up audiences. No archive warnings apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “Nick finds a translation of the Abarat. Will he be able to take the cure this time?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65563084"&gt;Too Old and Powerful&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=136118" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:135898</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/135898.html"/>
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    <title>“Night of the Lepus” by LittleBlackaPony (G, gen)</title>
    <published>2025-05-27T14:33:16Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-28T13:54:05Z</updated>
    <category term="type: gen"/>
    <category term="character: nick"/>
    <category term="author: littleblackapony"/>
    <category term="genre: comedy"/>
    <category term="character: schanke"/>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <category term="rating: teens and adults"/>
    <category term="character: feliks"/>
    <category term="character: lacroix"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt;  “Night of the Lepus”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/LittleBlackaPony/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/LittleBlackaPony/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;LittleBlackaPony&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt;  2,683 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; General audiences. No archive warnings apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “Don Schanke has an awful problem at home, and it seems there is no solution to be found anywhere. That is, until his tale of woe is heard by one of Nick's friends.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65744968"&gt;Night of the Lepus &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=135898" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:135458</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/135458.html"/>
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    <title>“A Duty to Serve” by Calliope24 (G, gen)</title>
    <published>2025-05-26T13:40:25Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-26T13:40:57Z</updated>
    <category term="genre: missing scene"/>
    <category term="author: calliope24"/>
    <category term="character: stonetree"/>
    <category term="type: gen"/>
    <category term="genre: policework"/>
    <category term="rating: teens and adults"/>
    <category term="character: tracy"/>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;A Duty to Serve:&lt;/b&gt;  “A Duty to Serve”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Calliope24/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico' alt='[archiveofourown.org profile] ' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' width='16' height='16'/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.archiveofourown.org/users/Calliope24/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;Calliope24&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beta-reader:&lt;/b&gt; LittleBlackaPony&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length:&lt;/b&gt; 1,756 words&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating/Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; General audiences. No warnings apply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; “Tracy feels the call of duty during the asteroid scare.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;“&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/works/65824573"&gt;A Duty to Serve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=135458" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:135259</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>The 2025 Ficathon Eve Post: "Tomorrow we can be in Paris on the Seine, or in Mombasa."</title>
    <published>2025-05-26T00:56:38Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-26T02:34:16Z</updated>
    <category term="admin"/>
    <category term="game: 2025"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>4</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table style="background-color:black;" width="100%" padding="0" height="100" background="https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/file/1345.jpg" border="0"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt; &lt;td style="color:white; padding:0px; font-weight: 900; text-align:center; vertical-align: middle; text-shadow: 2px 2px black, 2px 2px 15px white; font-size:350%; font-family: &amp;#39;immajer-FK&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;Chiller&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;Long Cang&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;Segoe&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;Ink Free&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;Comic Sans&amp;#39;, cursive;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FK Fic Fest 2025&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style='white-space: nowrap;'&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png' alt='[community profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;fkficfest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; | &lt;a href="http://archiveofourown.org/collections/FKFicFest"&gt;FKFicFest A03 Collection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're on the verge of stories! &lt;strong&gt;12&lt;/strong&gt; new &lt;em&gt;Forever Knight&lt;/em&gt; fanfiction tales by &lt;strong&gt;10&lt;/strong&gt; authors are coming our way!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lengths range from ~900 to ~11K words. We'll see procedurals, humor, songfic, episode aftermaths, and more. Tagged characters include Nick, Natalie, Lacroix, Schanke, and Janette; Stonetree, Cohen, and Reese; Tracy, Grace, and Feliks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stories begin releasing tomorrow, &lt;strong&gt;Monday, 5/26&lt;/strong&gt;. We'll have one per day until the final "Index List" ("Closing Ceremonies") post on &lt;strong&gt;Saturday, 6/07&lt;/strong&gt;. I plan to release each morning before work (Pacific Time).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please read as many as appeal. And please be generous with your comments, kudos, and recommendations! The future of FK fanfic depends on kind interactions with authors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tip:&lt;/strong&gt; When your story releases, I recommend updating its posting date from when you loaded it to when I released it. This lifts your story on the AO3 "recent" lists to reach more readers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you so much! Yay, FK! Yay, us!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Counting down...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=135259" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:134984</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>Countdown: The FKFicFest '25 door closes at noon Pacific Time today</title>
    <published>2025-05-25T13:51:46Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-25T13:51:46Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yay! We currently have &lt;strong&gt;12&lt;/strong&gt; stories by &lt;strong&gt;10&lt;/strong&gt; authors queued!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, Saturday, May 24, was the official deadline to post. But the collection remains open for just a few hours! If you have a piece yet to submit, please load it to our "2025_FKFicFest" AO3 subcollection ASAP. &lt;a href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/132328.html#cutid4"&gt;Learn how to post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you need help, please ask! DM, email, or reply here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first story releases tomorrow, Monday, May 26 (US Memorial Day). As always, we can polish on the AO3 as we wait for our stories to release. Better yet: relax, read, and enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you! See you back here soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=134984" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:134718</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
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    <title>Countdown: FKFicFest '25 stories come due tomorrow</title>
    <published>2025-05-23T14:08:30Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-23T14:08:30Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yep, tomorrow, Saturday, May 24 is the FKFicFest '25 due date. Reveals start Monday, May 26, and continue at a rate of one or two per day, as long as they last. &lt;a href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/132328.html"&gt;For all the info, see our gameplay post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The official deadline is 11:59pm Saturday (Pacific Time). Those who've played before know that I won't "lock" the collection until Sunday noon (Pacific Time). Still, it helps if everyone who plans to load a story does so on Saturday. Then I can confidently spend Sunday checking that the stories loaded as intended and building our release schedule (for example, lining up the stories to vary in length, rating, characters, etc.). You can continue editing on the AO3 until stories release!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you're ready: &lt;a href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/132328.html#cutid4"&gt;Learn how to post&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://archiveofourown.org/collections/2025_FKFicFest/works/new"&gt;Post to our AO3 collection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(If you don't do AO3 for any reason, reach out about posting here on DW &lt;em&gt;before the deadline&lt;/em&gt;. Last chance.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yay, new FK stories! Yay, FK fans! :-D Kudos to the authors who've already loaded stories!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=134718" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:134643</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>Countdown: Two days to FKFicFest '25 due date</title>
    <published>2025-05-22T14:06:08Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-22T14:06:08Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 7 stories by 6 authors queued! Wow! (Mine is still not among them.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year's stories come due on Saturday, May 24 in our AO3 queue. &lt;a href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/132328.html"&gt;You know the drill&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=134643" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:134360</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>Countdown: Three days to FKFicFest '25 due date</title>
    <published>2025-05-21T14:28:19Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-21T14:28:19Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 5 stories by 4 authors queued already! (Mine is not among them, for the record.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year's stories come due on &lt;strong&gt;Saturday, May 24&lt;/strong&gt; in our AO3 queue. Stories begin releasing on Monday. &lt;a href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/132328.html"&gt;Check the rules and steps&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=134360" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:134064</id>
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      <name>Amy</name>
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    <title>Countdown: Four days to FKFicFest '25 due date</title>
    <published>2025-05-20T13:21:14Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-20T13:21:14Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 3 stories queued already!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year's stories come due on Saturday, May 24 in our AO3 queue. They start releasing on Monday, May 26. &lt;a href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/132328.html"&gt;Find the rules and steps&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=134064" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-04-06:719097:133838</id>
    <author>
      <name>Amy</name>
    </author>
    <dw:poster user="brightknightie"/>
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    <title>Countdown: Five days to FKFicFest '25 due date</title>
    <published>2025-05-19T14:04:56Z</published>
    <updated>2025-05-19T14:04:56Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='brightknightie' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://brightknightie.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;brightknightie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometime this week, give or take syndication schedules, is the 29&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; anniversary of the first airing of "Last Knight," the &lt;em&gt;Forever Knight&lt;/em&gt; finale. (I usually count it as May 18, but it could have been any time that week in each local market.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How odd and amazing that we're still here, enjoying FK and appreciating each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year's stories come due on Saturday, May 24 in our AO3 queue. &lt;a href="https://fkficfest.dreamwidth.org/132328.html"&gt;Check the rules and steps&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=fkficfest&amp;ditemid=133838" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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