I'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG TO SAY THIS:

BRIAN'S IN A PLAY!!!

and i am not even ashamed to say i already have tickets.

i have not read many qaf stories since the show ended, and even the ones i have (for the most part) have left me thinking that i have lost all emotion for everything qaf-related. well friends, apparently i was WRONG.

interval by dontyouwaitup (whoever she is!!!) is one of the most amazing things i have read in a long, long time. the characterization and pacing are spot-on for me", and there is this gorgeous, slow build to an ending that just explodes, it's so perfect. you absolutely must read it, and then you must lament with me that this girl wasn't writing this kind of stuff back when we all cared a lot more than this!!!

* i say the characterization is spot-on, but if you don't like the great love-that-never-was between brian and lindsay, you might want to skim through some parts...

PS. THIS DOES NOT MEAN I AM BACK. NOW I WILL DISAPPEAR AND RETURN IN APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR THANKS.

we interrupt this semi-permanent hiatus to post the following bulletin:

BJFIC WILL ALWAYS BE FULL OF PLEBES, NO MATTER WHO IS RUNNING IT OR WRITING ON IT, FOREVER AND EVER AMEN.

From: michael@michaelmalice.com
Subject: Welcome to NewYorkOverheard.com
Date: April 19, 2006 5:30:52 PM EDT

Dear Overheard contributor,

As you may have seen on Overheard in New York, I was informed this
morning that I am no longer affiliated with the site. If you don't know
me, I'm the guy who edited the entries and wrote all the headlines.

I have launched NewYorkOverheard.com. Same Overheard, less overhead.
It's the same thing you and I have built and loved. If you have any
links, please change and please _spread the word_.

An explanation is forthcoming, and will appear on the site.

PS OverheardAtCollege.com is live, too!

Yours,
Michael Malice
Editor, New York Overheard

please note: i just read/skimmed/barfed on every single entry to qaf_anon. most of them i barfed on. out of the entire list of like three million stories, there were approximately (exactly) six that i liked and did not find painfully pretentious or badly-written or just plain retardedly stupid, ok! they are the following:

coda
i guess i should admit that i did not read this all the way through. but what i read, i liked! i no longer have the undying love for brian and justin that is required for plodding through very long stories. however, i very much enjoyed the opening, with hunter & co. betting on how long brian will last in pittsburgh, and i also liked the very end where brian and justin fell in love again. i think that is really enough, don't you?

my guess for who wrote it: fuck if i know! darksylvia, maybe, or luceononuro. or nightsister! truly, anything is possible.


the luckiest guy in new york city
this story is very cute, and i love very much that it includes the phrase "your cat lady neighbor." also, it is clearly written by someone who really loves new york, and justin loves people who love new york. please go read it; you will not be sorry, and you might learn something about how to write second person and not appear to be challenged in the fundamentals of the english language.

my guess for who wrote it: twistinside82, because she loves the new yorks a lot!!


thin ice
please, let there be no question about it: this story is a buffy the vampire slayer crossover. despite this intial shortcoming, or at least my perception that it would be a shortcoming, i totally loved it. it is filled with clever, witty little gems and tops off with an ethan gold/scott hope joke. who can beat that?

my guess for who wrote it: if it's not valerie_z, i'll eat debbie's underpants.


a wave unfurled
there is a lot of sexual relations here, and that is something that i like very much. the sexual relations, i mean. there are also other things that i like, but i cannot explain. i just liked it!

my guess for who wrote it: negativeerin? i'm pretty sure, but you don't have to take my word for it!!


unlucky
WAH. THIS STORY WAS SO SAD BUT I LOVED IT ANYWAY. it is about carnivals and "party naked" t-shirts and lottery tickets, but still it was very sad!!! also it reminded me of valerie_z's story "lucky," which was about monkey butlers, and that just makes the entire thing that much better. but rest assured, author of this story, i loved it on its own too!

my guess for who wrote it: severina2001, because it is short and sweet.


tally marks
for the record: this was my favorite, by far. by far!!! i mean, a contest where brian and justin try to make more people fall in love with them? perfect. it was definitely the best idea out of the entries, including the one where justin got hit by a meteor and the one where the devil pretended justin had AIDS. it was also a better idea than the one where... well, all those other ones. the bottom line: I LOVE THIS STORY. LOVE LOVE LOVE.

my guess for who wrote it: i would bet my entire life that this story is by ragingpixie, and i swear that is an honest-to-goodness guess and she did not tell me this!!!!

EDIT: here and here, you can read about why i didn't like any of those other stories very much.

i hope you have the best birthday in the world!!!! and in honor of the beautiful february day on which you were born, i have done something that i swore i would never, ever do again. i have written you a story about love:

Title: Solitary
Pairing: Jack/Ennis [spoilers for Brokeback Mountain]
Rating: R [for language and implied sex]
Warning: Major Character Death
Author's Notes: Thanks to juteux and f1renze for cheerleading, and to eleveninches for the speedy beta. Please forgive Annie Proulx's crazy dialogue style; I certainly could not invent anything like this by myself.

( Solitary )

well, this is it, friends: the proverbial end of the road. i can't promise that i won't be back from time to time, or that i don't have something totally not-qaf-related in the works(!!!!), despite my best intentions, but this is basically the real true finish. thank you to everybody who helped me with this story from beginning to end, and especially to all of the people who read it!!!!

Title: With All Thy Saints He May Rejoice (10/10)
Rating: NC-17 (Chapter); NC-17 (Overall)
Warnings: AU, Major Character Death, Religious/Blasphemous Themes
Start at the beginning, go back to Part Nine, or...

( With All Thy Saints He May Rejoice, Part Ten )

so basically, i suck! i totally fell asleep last night before i could post. in addition, to say that i am behind on comments would be the hugest understatement of all time, but damnit, the fall is very busy for me!!!!! i will answer them eventually, i swear. thank you all for sticking with me :X:X:X:X:X:X even though i hate posting on weekends, here you go:

Title: With All Thy Saints He May Rejoice (9/10)
Rating: PG-13 (Chapter); NC-17 (Overall)
Warnings: AU, Major Character Death, Religious/Blasphemous Themes
Start at the beginning, go back to Part Eight, or...

( With All Thy Saints He May Rejoice, Part Nine )

so, barring a huge spark of creativity, this story has three chapters left to go. also, for everyone that i told this chapter wouldn't have smut, that was a big fat lie, even if it was an accidental one. the sections short, but dang it's smutty.

Title: With All Thy Saints He May Rejoice (8/10)
Rating: NC-17 (Chapter); NC-17 (Overall)
Warnings: AU, Major Character Death, Religious/Blasphemous Themes
Start at the beginning, go back to Part Seven, or...

( With All Thy Saints He May Rejoice, Part Eight )

for negativeerin, reinabelle, and ragingpixie, for a million different reasons!

Title: With All Thy Saints He May Rejoice (7/10)
Rating: NC-17 (Chapter); NC-17 (Overall)
Warnings: AU, Major Character Death, Religious/Blasphemous Themes
Start at the beginning, go back to Part Six, or...

( With All Thy Saints He May Rejoice, Part Seven )