calliopes_pen: (lost_spook thisbluespirit Elizabeth Fran)
2019-01-20 08:34 am
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Fandom Stocking Is Live

This year, I received:

-One Lucille icon from [personal profile] kingstoken
-One fic coupon for the shared fandom of Fright Night (1985), from [personal profile] bring_me_sugar
-Five Nosferatu icons from [personal profile] tarlanx
-Orlok (from Nosferatu 1922) being destroyed by sunlight as a Happy New Year, from [personal profile] liadt.
-Two Dracula (1931) icons and seven Crimson Peak icons from [personal profile] paynesgrey.
-One Edith icon from [personal profile] emmatheslayer.
-Book recs from [personal profile] rachelmanija.
-Three Dracula book cover icons, from [personal profile] falcon_horus.
-Seven icons from Curse of Frankenstein, from [personal profile] thisbluespirit.

It took a bit longer before Ao3 finally revealed the fanfic side of things, so I held off on posting about everything I received until then. I could then see that I received these two stories, from [personal profile] disgruntled_owl and [personal profile] senmut.

Conquered (722 words) by disgruntled_owl
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dracula - Bram Stoker, Dracula & Related Fandoms
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Brides of Dracula/Jonathan Harker
Characters: Brides of Dracula, Jonathan Harker
Additional Tags: Vampires, Gothic, Blood Drinking, Vaginal Sex
Summary:Once Dracula leaves for London, his women lay claim to his castle and to the victim inside. Now fully in the Brides' clutches, Jonathan Harker must choose whether to resist or to surrender.

So Cold (100 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dark Shadows (1966)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Barnabas Collins/Julia Hoffman
Characters: Julia Hoffman, Barnabas Collins
Additional Tags: Drabble

Again, if you left something for me, thank you so much.

I also left two gifts in the form of an IOU for one full length story or drabble, for [personal profile] thisbluespirit (Dracula TV 1968) and [personal profile] sweetsorcery (either Count Dracula TV 1977 or the Dracula novel; waiting to find out).
calliopes_pen: (my bloody valentine Edith hat smile)
2019-01-04 12:38 pm
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A Reminder

Partially thanks to spotting this post at [community profile] fandom_stocking, I realized that I hadn’t mentioned my own stocking outside of a locked post. I believe it was probably back in early December.

So outside of that locked post, I’m saying that you can find my stocking over here. The reveal date for stockings is January 19th.
calliopes_pen: (liadtbunny Dracula Renfield cut)
2018-01-09 12:56 pm
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Fandom Stocking Is Live

This year, I received:

-Three Dracula (1931) icons from [personal profile] liadt
-Four Dracula novel quote icons from [personal profile] thisbluespirit (that second icon is pretty much poor Van Helsing’s motto in the story I wrote this last Yuletide).
-Ten book recs from [personal profile] rebecca_selene
-A Dark Shadows (60’s version) drabble from [personal profile] misbegotten.
-Professor Moriarty wishing me a Happy New Year, from [personal profile] trobadora.
-A wish of a Happy New Year from [personal profile] twinsarein.
-The best wishes for a fantastic year, from [personal profile] justshai
-An offer of one Mummy story at some point if I can come up with a prompt, from [personal profile] bring_me_sugar.

Thank you again to everyone that left something!
calliopes_pen: (54 IJ Edith candles hall investigate)
2018-01-06 09:08 am
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Signal Boost: Help Fill Those Stockings

Fandom Stocking reveals have been pushed back to (presumably, for right now) Monday. If you would like to volunteer and help them to fill the stockings that have received either nothing or very little, here’s their post for that.
calliopes_pen: (lost_spook Mina covets the ring)
2018-01-05 04:08 pm
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Last Call

Unless it gets pushed back, I just glanced at the schedule. Fandom Stocking should be revealing things tomorrow. If that’s the case, then here’s one final link to my stocking before things are unscreened, if anyone would like to add anything.
calliopes_pen: (my bloody valentine Edith hat smile)
2017-12-28 06:35 pm
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A Quick Reminder

I just realized that I hadn’t linked to my entry over at Fandom Stocking since the 11th. So if anyone ever feels like putting anything in my stocking, it’s located over this way. I might link to it one final time before comments are unscreened for everyone in January.
calliopes_pen: (agatha_southeil Dracula illustration)
2017-12-11 11:52 am
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The Stocking Has Been Hung

Over at Fandom Stocking, they are in the process of posting the entries for those that signed up. Should anyone wish to leave me anything, my stocking can be found here.

There isn't much when it comes to current fandoms for me, so (to no one’s surprise) I threw a bit of Dracula into the requested fandoms.
calliopes_pen: (lost_spook Dracula's brides)
2017-01-16 10:01 am

Fandom Stocking Is Live, And I Love My Gifts

I am truly beyond thrilled with all that I received for [community profile] fandom_stocking this year.

To sum up, I received:

-Two beautiful banners/book covers from [livejournal.com profile] lost_spook, for the Yuletide story I wrote for her, as well as two icons (and two others to share because they’re fantastic) for Dracula (1968). I’ll see if I can put the second banner in without wrecking anything on Ao3 once I figure out the coding and upload it elsewhere. I'm not sure about creating a third chapter over there just to show them off, but it's an option.

-17 Supergirl icons from [personal profile] medie, and 2 Supergirl related icons from [personal profile] tarlanx.
-3 Dark Shadows icons from [personal profile] liadt.
-A great Methos centered Highlander drabble from [personal profile] misbegotten.
-A book recommendation (which I’ll track down soon) from [personal profile] john_amend_all.
-A massive helping of book recommendations from [personal profile] rebecca_selene. I will be tracking down a large amount of them, if not all of them, in all likelihood.
-Links to Halloween focused stuff from [personal profile] valarltd
-Happy New Year from [profile] falcon_hours, [personal profile] bererjs and [personal profile] twinsarein.

I’m uploading as many icons as I can to Dreamwidth, and saving others so I can switch them out at another date if I want. To all that are on my circle/friends list and provided something, thank you again.

I’ll look through the collection further on Ao3 in a little while.
calliopes_pen: (taibhrigh puzzle to solve Doctor)
2017-01-12 08:07 am

Fandom Stocking Extension

For those working on [community profile] fandom_stocking things, there’s been an extension—apparently, for either Saturday or Sunday for reveals this time. If anyone wants to volunteer to help them out further, their post for doing that is here.

Might as well also link to my own stocking for (hopefully) one final time while I’m doing this.
calliopes_pen: (chomiji Yuletide Kermit)
2016-12-31 01:55 pm

Oh, And A Quick Reminder

The reveal day for stockings over at [community profile] fandom_stocking should be January 6th, so I felt I should give one final post about it. (Things have been hectic, so I didn’t post about it other than when it was first posted, and likely won’t post about it again until reveals) So if anyone ever feels like putting anything in my stocking, it’s located over this way.

Also, last call for guessing what story I wrote for Yuletide. Reveals are tonight. I can do a drabble (at least) in that particular fandom, with a prompt of your choosing, if you guess correctly.
calliopes_pen: (sinister_morgue Gatekeeper Dana)
2016-12-15 01:06 pm

Fandom Stocking And Yuletide

I’ve just realized that my [community profile] fandom_stocking entry has been posted. For those that might be interested in dropping something off in my stocking, you can find it via this link.

In Yuletide related news, my story’s been done for a while. Given the length, my beta and I are working as much as we can. I’ll more than likely upload the story tomorrow afternoon, and edit further as need be.
calliopes_pen: (kathyh Doctor nobody knows what he's see)
2016-01-09 08:37 am

Fandom Stocking Is Live

This year, I received the following in my Fandom Stocking:

-Seven Happy Holiday Wishes/Holiday Cards
-A double drabble involving Sleeping Beauty in the Doctor Who universe (which I love)
-Another drabble from Doctor Who (a rather lovely one).
-A Doctor Who icon, of angry Capaldi (which I love)
-Six icons of John Watson from Sherlock (a wonderful surprise)

So thank you to everyone on my friends list that left something for me! It was greatly appreciated.
calliopes_pen: (my bloody valentine Lucille Peeks)
2015-12-09 12:42 pm

My Stocking Has Been Hung

Sign-ups for participating in [community profile] fandom_stocking are open until December 14th. Entries are gradually being posted as people sign up. For anyone that might be interested in adding anything, my stocking can be found hanging over here.
calliopes_pen: (vintageruby)
2014-12-06 09:27 am

My Fandom Stocking

If anyone wishes to leave anything in it, my stocking is hung here. I couldn’t think of very many fandoms that I would want anything from this year, but it’s there.
calliopes_pen: (jkpolk mine evil laugh Master)
2014-11-24 01:00 pm

Fandom Stocking Sign-Ups Are Open

Due to wanting to expand a scene just a bit more with a particular moment, and rearranging something that happens, and then fiddling with something else, the word count (until beta reading begins tomorrow, so could be far more, could be a bit less after that) for my Yuletide fanfic is 18,409 words. I made a joke at some point that maybe it’ll hit 20,000 words. I’m hoping that doesn’t come to pass, if only for the sake of anyone that may volunteer to be the second beta reader.

Also, for everyone that’s interested: fandom_stocking is now open for sign-ups.
calliopes_pen: (sallymn Xena life before coffee)
2013-12-29 12:11 pm

Fandom Stocking, And Yuletide

For anyone interested, my Fandom Stocking is hanging here. I forgot to mention this more than once during the course of the month.

Meanwhile, I’ve decided that once the authors are revealed for Yuletide, I will do a separate post about the process for the long story I wrote. It’s already written up. I suspect the story itself is too long for LJ, but it might not be too long for Dreamwidth. I’ll figure that out later.

I considered having people guess which story was mine, since that meme's going around again this year--but it would be too easy, given that I've mentioned both the length before, as well as (while searching for a beta, possibly in a locked entry) the fandom in earlier posts. There are too few stories in the fandom in question this year, meaning it would be relatively easy to guess. So I'll sit that out.
calliopes_pen: (shawnkyr Doc and Clara)
2013-12-05 10:28 am

Fandom Stocking

My stocking for fandom_stocking has been hung, and can be found here. There was a tiny error in it, and they accidentally have someone else’s name in the first line--just ignore that. It’s completely understandable, given the number of people signing up.
calliopes_pen: (sallymn Brigadier raining)
2013-01-08 04:15 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

David R. Ellis has passed away unexpectedly, at the age of 60. He had been at work on his next film, Kite. May he rest in peace. He was a director who worked on Snakes On A Plane, Final Destination 2, and many others. He was also stunt coordinator for The Addams Family, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Ghost Dad, Warlock (1989), Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge, The Beastmaster, and many other tv shows and movies.

Fandom Stockings are live. And another thank you to those that left well wishes, fanfic, or fanfic IOU’s.

Happy 66th Birthday, David Bowie.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been cast in Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

Josh Brolin joins Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

10 Awesome Female Engineers From Science Fiction.

Fan Art: Ghostbusters 3 poster starring Andrew Garfield.

Amy Pond, The Girl Who Waited Under A Van Gogh Sky T-Shirt.

Guillermo del Toro Confirms DC Comics Project Dark Universe

100 Quotations Every Geek Should Know.

Comics You Should Own—Sandman.

Television Critics Association Winter Tour Part 1: 'Hannibal,' 'Bates Motel,' 'Mockingbird Lane', ‘Dracula.’

Honest Trailers: Inception.

Rachel Weisz Reveals Oz: The Great And Powerful Character Details.

The Ultimate Guide To 2013’s Science Fiction And Fantasy TV.

Bones Renewed For Ninth Season.

Adapt And Die: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1988)

Mark Romanek’s live action Cinderella movie is too dark for Disney.

Watch out: Someone is trying to scam science fiction authors.

An interview with Steven Moffat, conducted by his son Josh.

An interview with Tobe Hooper.

More DC Writer Changes To Come - Was Gail Simone Just The Beginning?

Zombie attack sheet set.

James Mangold Explains The Wolverine's Placement in the X-Men Film Universe

Trailer for Syfy’s Defiance.

We Hate Movies Podcast, Episode 92: The Raven (2012).

Now Playing Podcast: Texas Chainsaw 3D (2012)

As a passing note as to how cluttered Nellie’s house was? Her daughter hired a cleaning crew. They’ve brought the back of a semi truck to cart things off, with extra dumpsters. They’ve been working almost non-stop (they took a break on Sunday afternoon) since Friday. They’ve hauled that thing away six times to the dump and back, and they’ve only made it into the living room. They get here at 7 AM every morning, and they don’t stop until 6 PM.
calliopes_pen: (rosiemoon modern sticky uppy hair)
2013-01-05 02:26 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

The government leaves Google alone—what it means for users.

Gifts will be revealed at Fandom Stocking on Monday, January 7th. (Might as well link to mine one more time, since I haven’t done so very much)

John Barrowman injured in Jack and the Beanstalk pantomime horse fall. The injury was reportedly minor.

Matt Smith, Michelle Dockery Read Poems For Disney Junior.

10 To Watch In 2013: Events That Will Shape The New Year.

Chiller TV’s Winter Schedule Includes The First Re-Air Of Pushing Daisies. Unfortunately, I don’t have this channel.

Why can’t any Sherlock Holmes adaptation get Irene Adler right?

Sam Humphries’ Tumblr celebrates mohawk-era Storm.

Q&A With Young Justice Producers.

Awesome Art Picks: Spider-Man, Batman, X-Men and More

The Scream Factory Brings Home Lifeforce and The Vampire Lovers In April.

The Long Road To Remaking The Evil Dead.

Agnes Nixon Releases Statement Confirming Return Of All My Children And One Life To Live.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Disagreeing with the Brains.

Dave Bardin Draws Junior Punisher, Bat-Squirrel, And The Fashion History of Superman.

Drawing Crazy Patterns—Other Characters Lifting Thor’s Hammer.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #400 (Part 2)

From Cracked: 6 Important Things You Won’t Believe Were Invented In Comics.

Watch Two Clips From Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Bates Motel: 5 facts about the Psycho prequel.

Compare: Animated Storyboards For Hitchcock’s Shower Scene, Non-Animated Storyboards For Psycho’s Shower Scene

5 Episodes To Get You Into Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Schlock Treatment 107: The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)

The Collinsport Historical Society Podcast, Episode 2: Morbius The Living Vampire
calliopes_pen: (rosiemoon sneaky geek)
2012-12-31 02:39 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Mike Hopkins has passed away, at the age of 53, due to drowning after falling out of a raft while on a river. May he rest in peace. He won an Academy Award for his work on Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. He worked on Return To Oz, Blade Runner, Heavenly Creatures, Time Bandits, the 2005 remake of King Kong, Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive (AKA Braindead) and The Frighteners, and much more.

Peter David suffered a stroke while on vacation. There is an update on his current condition here. Best wishes to him for a speedy recovery.

Jonathan Frid remembered.

SearchFreak’s Top 12 File-Sharing And Copyright Events of 2012.

Fandom Stocking: Volunteer Time.

What Counts As ‘Horror’?

Editorial: A Note On The Current State Of Horror Television.

27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012.

Most Overlooked Movies of 2012: Cabin In The Woods, Bernie and More.

Your Last Injection Of Great Cosplay For 2012.

The Hellboy Memorial Awards: Comics Alliance’s Best Comics of 2012, Part 4.

The best superhero and mainstream comics of 2012.

The best graphic novels and art comics of 2012.

The Coolest And Wrongest Spoilers Of 2012.

The Most Baffling Pop Culture Moments of 2012.

A New MegaSpider Image To Close Out 2012.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 365: Starman #80.

Frantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 366: Doom Patrol #63.

When We First Met—The Cast Of Sandman.

Handmade Silver TARDIS Necklace.

Superman on TV: December 31st-January 6th.

From Cracked: 4 Insane New Year’s Celebrations From Around The World.

Lost Girl—Season 3—New Poster.

Man stuffs Denny’s entire Hobbit menu down his Hobbit-hole.

A Massive, Interactive Chart Of All Of Zeus’ Offspring and Affairs.

First Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters TV Spot.

Atop The Fourth Wall: The Next 15 Screw-Ups Of Atop The Fourth Wall

Skyfall Passes $1 Billion Worldwide.

Marvel Readies Amazing Spider-Man #700 2nd Printing.

10 Science Fiction TV Characters We Hope Will Die In 2013.

Sonequa Martin-Green is joining the cast of Once Upon A Time.

The Shut Up And Watch This Podcast, Episode 73: Ghostbusters II (1989) Commentary.

Film Sack Podcast, Episode 145: Predators (2010)

Now Playing Podcast: New Year’s Evil (1980)