there will be a fish

So...I never got around to actually crossposting about the Amplificathon 2013 podfics I did. *is super belated* I figured I should probably get on that before Amplificathon 2014 rolled around.

I joined up a week before the deadline, and I'd never recorded anything before, so I started with my own stories and a couple of Katie's. When I inevitably fumble my way through the early part of a learning curve, I prefer it be my own stuff (or my clone's) that bears the brunt of it. Anyway:

(click on any of the covers or titles to download via the marvelous audiofic archive)



Three May Keep A Secret( details )



Here( details )



Pun In The Sun( details )



Guidance( details )



OTR( details )



habeas corpus( details )



The Sincerest Form of Flattery( details )

co-written with spatz

Fandom: Person of Interest
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: John Reese/Harold Finch
Word Count: 1007
Notes: So, this came about because Katie was bored at work one day and asked me to tell her a story, and I was bored at home and texted her a short version of this. I gave her permission to expand it as a birthday present for neery (with minor contributions by yours truly).

I can neither confirm nor deny that we might have, possibly, deliberately adjusted the word count so that it ended in 007, because spies, and also because the stopped countdown number from the bomb vest disarming scene. That would just be silly.

( He picks up the phone: one picture message, from 'Reese'. )

Fandom: Life
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Charlie Crews, Kevin Tidwell, Ted Earley, Dani Reese
Summary: Why you probably don't want to be stuck in an elevator with Charlie Crews, exhibit A.

Originally written as a gift for noxnoctisanima in Yuletide 2011, and posted here on AO3.

( Taking The Stairs )

Fandoms: Sherlock Holmes, Due South, Numb3rs, House, Psych, Castle
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, Benton Fraser, Ray Kowalski, Charlie Eppes, Larry Fleinhardt, Dr. Gregory House, Dr. James Wilson, Shawn Spencer, Burton Guster, Kate Beckett, Richard Castle
Warnings: discussion of pediatric cancer; rampant abuse of Sherlock Holmes quotations
Summary: All detectives are Sherlock Holmes, and they all have their Watsons. Six iterations of Holmes moments in six fandoms.

Notes: In addition to the cited quotes at the beginning of each section, each title is also from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories -- the first obviously from A Study In Scarlet, the second from The Valley of Fear, the third from "The Retired Colourman," the fourth from "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client," the fifth from The Hound of the Baskervilles, and the last coming full circle back to A Study In Scarlet. The second section was inspired by the POV character's own quote. The article mentioned in the last section is a real Victorian-era article, but is likely both anachronistic and not to be found in any publication Watson would actually read. No particular spoilers, but the Due South section is set sometime during season 3/4, the House section sometime during season 6, and the rest are scattered throughout their respective canons. Title from the Charles Caleb Colton quote. Enormous thanks to thespatz for putting up with me while I dragged her through my millions of rounds of revisions, and for giving me good advice along the way.

Also posted here on AO3.

( The Sincerest Form of Flattery )

1. ( Study In Scarlet (Due South) )

2. ( The Professor and the Crime (Numb3rs) )

3. ( The Side Door of Music (House) )

4. ( Respect For Your Brains (Psych) )

5. ( If The Earth Told A True Story (Castle) )

( No Crimes and No Criminals (Sherlock Holmes) )

Meme yoinked from this lovely Middleman fic:

The iPod Challenge: Put your MP3 player on shuffle and write a flashfic (I refuse to call these drabbles; I am a term purist!) about each of the first ten songs to come up. The catch? You only have the duration of the song to write it in.

I haven't really looked at these since I wrote them at 5am, so hopefully they're not terrible. I also cheated on the rules for a few of them (you will likely be able to tell which, because they are significantly longer).

Also, I have no idea where the serial killer one came from. I kept trying to figure out who the character was, but I don't think she's anybody I've met before. Whoops, accidental original!fic?

1. ( Fringe )

2. ( Generation Kill )

3. ( not sure; any female lead + serial killer, I suppose )

4. ( Supernatural )

5. ( The Pretender )

6. ( Sherlock Holmes )

7. ( Primeval )

8. ( Sports Night )

9. ( Middleman )

10. ( Magnificent Seven )

Fandom: The Pretender
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Miss Parker, Jarod; Parker/Jarod
Summary: Act II, scene ii, line 43. Miss Parker stands under glass in the middle of a desert, and she is surrounded by roses.
Notes: No spoilers, really; I wrote this while playing with ideas for a longer post-series piece, but as that has stalled out for the moment and this stands rather nicely on its own, I thought I'd post it. Also posted here at AO3.

( Thou Art Thyself )

In the spirit of compulsive organization, I'm collecting all the twitterfics I've been writing at the prompt post and putting them here. Feel free to make more requests! I'm still having fun with it. :)

( 23 twitterfics: White Collar, NCIS, Mag7, The Good Wife, NCIS:LA, Supernatural, Singin' In The Rain, Criminal Minds, Bones, Due South, Fringe, Middleman )

I'll continue to update as I write 'em.

Fandom: Mad Men/The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Rating: G
Pairing/Characters: Joan Holloway, Napoleon Solo (peripheral Illya Kuryakin, Peggy Olson)
Summary: "We dance round in a ring and suppose, / but the Secret sits in the middle and knows." -Robert Frost
Notes: 172 words. Spoilers for neither show, title from Benjamin Franklin. Thanks go to thespatz.

( Three May Keep A Secret  )

Soooo...I've had a thought.

It all started when marinarusalka asked for ficlet prompts, and I suggested "Tony Stark saves a kitten," and lo, she wrote it and it was adorable.

It started me thinking about other characters, and their hypothetical interactions with kittens. For example: Castiel with a kitten! Don't lie, you want to see that. Or Rodney McKay, canonical cat-owner, with a kitten! An alien!kitten, even! We already got canonical Doctor Who with a kitten (an alien kitten), but I could stand to see that again. :D

And then I thought, surely the vast community of cat lovers on LJ would also enjoy these thoughts. So I propose this to you, LJ: a kitten-a-thon! It's very simple, you see. Just use the phrase "[insert name] with a kitten!" and then knock out a drabble.

For example, "Spock with a kitten!" (Why should Data have all the fun?) Or along the same lines, "Kirk with a kitten!", or "Chekhov is a with a kitten!" Also good candidates: Dean Winchester, John Sheppard, Alec Hardison, Gibbs, Charlie Crews, etc and so on.

And while we all know cute guys with kittens are adorable, don't forget the ladies! I for one would like to see Veronica Mars with a kitten. Or Uhura (why should Spock have all the fun?). Or Sarah Connor. Or Abby Sciuto. Or CJ Craig (she was so great with the turkeys). And I'm sure if Dana Whitaker found a kitten on the way to work, she would take it to the office with her. Morgana with a kitten (more historically accurate than tomatoes)! Parker with a kitten! (Oh, wait, that's been done, but that's just proof that it's adorable.)

And you dog-lovers, feel free to substitute the kitten for a pug! Or a cocker spaniel, or a Saint Bernard, whatever. I am easy. :)

( Have some inspirational photos! Or at the very least, yet another kitten picspam. )

So come on, LJ! Join me in the fluffiest of all drabble challenges! It's Monday, I say we all deserve kittens.

If you really don't feel like writing ABOUT KITTENS, at least tell me about your favorite "[blank] with a kitten" scenarios. *makes big, kitten-like eyes*

So, I often do this thing where I wander away from LJ and come back with a month's worth of replies to catch up on and a terrible fear of my unread flist. Just so you know, when I reply on a comment from forever ago. :) Y'all haven't missed much in my life: was briefly hormonal and period-crazy; went on a date (okay, I guess that's kind of something); celebrated Mother's Day with champagne, bonbons, and old Bones episodes; attended my photography class (I'll be posting some of my prints soon); caught up on the last 2+ seasons of Doctor Who, finished Veronica Mars S3 finally, and am almost done with Torchwood S2. My life, so exciting.

In other news, I had something terribly flattering happen. winkingstar made a podfic of my Yuletide story for L.M. Montgomery's The Blue Castle, Once In A Blue Moon (also here). I don't listen to podfic for the much same reason I don't listen to audiobooks -- I prefer to read text; I get distracted by thoughts about what I'm reading and suddenly I've missed a whole minute, and it's much easier when I can skim text than when I have to rewind -- but I'm all a-flail about this one. My favorite thing about fandom is the sheer creative energy behind it, the way people are inspired to create and share things. The fact that it was my fic someone else was inspired to make something from is just, well, incredibly cool. *beams* It's a lovely podfic to boot; her voice is well suited to the tone and style, and opening section especially works really well read aloud. Check it out!