Res ipsa loquitur

I know. Don't swoon or anything, but I've posted a new Due South cliche_bingo story to my website. This was written for the square "Folklore and Fairy Tales." For more information on just what sort of folklore gets you this, read the story notes.

Thanks to cesperanza for beta!

A Man Or No
Young Kowalski/Young Stella -- NC-17 -- 1,630 words
In which Ray doesn't know what hit him
Dreaded het. Actual warnings, if any (highlight to read): No particular warning.

Another thank-you story -- no smut in this one, so I guess it's a storylet. It's for belmanoir, who prompted: Fraser, Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci, no F/K.

Interdepartmental Cooperation
Gen OMG -- 1,000 words
"You do not grab the mysterious beans and take them into the storage closet without me, got it? Those are Chicago beans, and Chicago is going to be there when you deal with them."

Might be more fun if you've read Mixed Magics, but I think it should be pretty comprehensible even if you haven't.

I am so bad about announcing podfics -- sorry to everyone who's done all this hard work and not heard a word from me. nos4a2no9 has done a podfic of my Due South story, Adorned -- you can find the link here. And general_jinjur has done a podfic of my Stargate Atlantis story Girlfriend with lovely cover art by raz0rgirl -- you can find the link here.

Again, here's my policy on podfics, remixes, DVD commentaries, and any and all transformations of my work: go for it.

• Last night I dreamed that David Hewlett and I were doing a little necking, and also a little bonding over how much we loved to hold other people's babies. His baby made no appearance. And I don't even like babies all that much. Give me a kid that can talk back, I say.

• Also last night at 4 a.m. there was a great crash, and now we have no power. (I'm writing this from a coffee shop where I fled for blessed internet.) I opened the windows when the air conditioning went off, and I said to the spouse, "It's amazing how quiet it is out there," and he said, "Well, many of the loudest insects are powered with electricity."

zabira has done another podfic, this time of Campfire Tales. You can find it here. I haven't listened to this one yet but I'm looking forward to it!

Is it bad that my virtual birthday presents were way more exciting than my three-dimensional ones?

I had a nice quiet birthday. Planned cookout party had to be postponed a couple of weeks, so there was no cake, but the spouse took us all out for ice cream. The kidlet gave me a homemade card with a very surprised-looking face on it. The spouse gave me a box of chocolates. My parents gave me money and a nonstick sautee pan. Brother and in-laws forgot altogether, which means an extended celebration whenever they remember.

Oh, but here -- here I got so many stories! I'm listing them in the order in which I discovered them. I'd give the first one about an R and the last one maybe a PG; the rest are seriously smutty. If you like the stories, tell me if you want to, but tell the writer, for sure!

From khristaz, Benton Fraser and the Order of the Secret Goblet of the Philosopher’s Half-Blood Prisoner, some Fraser/Kowalski HP crossover craziness, with a view of Turnbull that would explain a great deal.

From vulgarweed, omg one of the hottest things I've ever read: Détente, Aziraphale and Crowley and a very big bathtub, and if you've ever wondered what I mean when I say, "Friendly dirty talk," this story is an extended demonstration. (It's a sequel to an earlier story, Compromising Positions, which is also a direct hit on my kink centers.

From panisdead, Showboat, SGA schmorn, short, sweet, and hot hot! John and Rodney.

From _inbetween_, It Takes Two, a hot little threesome with John and Rodney and a woman who knows what she wants.

From nestra, Cadence, a beautiful [pardon the pun] coda to her SGA music AU, Counterpoint. It has the stuff I love in established relationships -- the combination of sweet familiarity and a new barrier coming down. John and Rodney.

From kormantic, a sweet hot SGA snippet with kissing and amateurish smoking. John and Rodney. Bonus SGA-related dream.

[edited to add one more!}

From lamardeuse, Contact Points, bittersweet SGA established-relationship love and longing. John and Rodney.

Thanks to everyone for your good wishes. I'm 42 this year, so I'm the ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything.

(meme from hesychasm)

Ask me what happens after the end of any of my stories. (Or tell me what you think.)

I've just updated my page with a DS story (originally written for ds_flashfiction).

Campfire Tales
Fraser/Kowalski, NC-17, 24K
Telling the truth is tougher than it looks.

Thanks to cesperanza and kaneko for beta.

My page ought to be hitting 100,000 any minute now.

To celebrate, I've put up ten number smutlets in both Due South and Harry Potter fandoms. (All on one page, all NC-17.)

Return
Fraser/Kowalski, tune-up, for reginagiraffe

Too Far
Ron/Hermione (Dreaded Het Warning!), uncontrollable.

For a complete list of all smutlet links, go here.

Today I arrived at the allergist's in the middle of the lunch break, so I had to wait twice as long as usual. (Also, they were playing a Promise Keepers ad that has to be heard to be believed.) Double your waiting, double your smut. Both NC-17, of course.

Proof
Ray/Ray, disbelief, requested by shayheyred

Capture
Snape/Lupin, deliberation, requested by _swallow