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Photograph with added text: Working Together, at Fancake. Workers in India use wide wooden paddles with long handles to shove a huge yard of drying grains into big piles. The grain, most likely rice, is a beautiful golden color, and there's a mix of western and traditional clothing among the seven men and women.

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Two heat waves, and two sets of storms to break them. Pleasant this morning and a sunny and warm weekend predicted (so I can cut my grass.)

What I've Just Finished Reading

An interesting reading week! A selection (but not everything):

A Garden's Purpose: Cultivating Our Connection with the Natural World, by Felix de Rosen. A very pleasant read inside in the AC when it's too outside hot to garden. Not a garden how-to but a garden think-about, with lots of really nice photos.

Bad Badger: A Love Story, by Maryrose Wood, illustrated by Guila Ghigini. Charming middle-grade novel; if the illustrations has been in color it would have been breathtaking. For Monthly Keyword: Story.

The Last Murder at the End of the World, by Stuart Turton. Whhhhhhhaaaaaaat was this even. Postapocalyptic, twisty, confusing. I had The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by the same author,on my To-Read list, based on

rachelmanija's review (Summary: "It was weird"), but now, nope. It wasn't horrible, just too - something, and I don't quite know what. For a Goodreads "Poolside Puzzlers" challenge.

On the other hand, Arboreality, by Rebecca Campbell, climate-change distopia, but also hopeful and lovely. Interrelated stories joined to novella-length, lovely characterization.

Saving the best for last: Orbital, by Samantha Harvey. Not a plotty book - 24 hours in the lives of an international group of astronauts on the ISS. Gorgous prose, introspective characters, passing mention of things happening outside their metal cocoon. [A spoiler, but a worthwhile one, so no apologies: NO horrible crisis pops in from nowhere, so you don't have to be on tenterhooks, as I was.] Very short, barely 200 pages, won the Booker Prize last year, which usuallly makes me go "Uh-oh, this will be too thinky for me", but what I think is that I'll buy my own copy for when I need soothing. For Monthly Motif: Single Day Story.

What I Am Currently Reading

Just this morning started The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, by V.E. Schwab, also for a Goodreads challenge.

What I Am Reading Next

I'm planning my holiday weekend around Somewhere Beyond the Sea, by T.J. Klune!

Question of the Day: I don't have one. Do you?

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All works should be in and we're set for a July 4th! reveal!

Authors notes and freeforms may be edited at this time, if you haven't already once they were accepted.

If you don't have a Mystery Work sitting in your gifts and you should, please contact us ASAP.

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Here's all Pinch Hits to claim. Click for details. Deadline the same as usual assignments (3rd of August).

PH 2 Ace Combat (Video Games), Warhammer 40k (Novels) - Various Authors, League of Legends, Dishonored (Video Games)

PH 3 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan

PH 4 Twin Peaks (TV 1990), BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games), RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993)

CLAIMED! PH 5 Kingdom Hearts (Video Games), Persona 3, Death Note (Anime & Manga), Persona 4, ルックバック | Look Back (Anime 2024), Frozen (Disney Movies), Naruto (Anime & Manga), 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)

If you'd like to claim, comment here with your pick and your ao3 name. Comments are screened. If you reply without an account, include an email so that we can contact you. You can also email us at allbutromance@gmail.com

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Kink Hub: A Sharing & Reccing Community for Kink Fics

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kinkhub | Community Rules | Posting Guidelines | Monthly Themes & Free-For-All | July: Sex on the Beach

Description: Kink Hub is an 18+ comm for anything kink fic, where you can self-promote, share and rec fanfics of all fandoms and original works. RPF is welcome.

For the month of July, the theme for all shared fics is "Sex on the Beach", which means any kinks related to outdoor fun (no actual beach required) and/or alcoholic beverages (no cocktail required). If you've written or read fics featuring any related kink, you're very welcome to share the links to them in this comm.

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No need to claim, when a work is in that fits the requirements they will be removed from the pinch hit list.

All rules which are relevant for regular assignments also apply to pinch hits.Including the rule that the freeform must be indicated in some way

Work in! ~~PDPH 1 - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021), Psych (TV 2006), Good Omens (TV), Supernatural (TV 2005), Hannibal (TV)~~

Work in! ~~PDPH 2 - NCIS: Los Angeles, Twin Peaks (TV 1990), Crossing Jordan, RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993)~~

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Challenge #1

Journaling Prompt: Light up your journal with activity this month. Talk about your goals for July or for the second half of 2025.
Creative Prompt: Shine a light on your own creativity. Create anything you want (an image, an icon, a story, a poem, or a craft) and share it with your community.

I don't have much to say on the journaling front other than Happy Canada Day! to my fellow Canadians. I can't believe its July 1st already. No goals other than to keep house searching (I'm so tired of house hunting)

For the creative prompt I made a banner for my most recent fic that I created for

holmestice

Singularly Unique
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Granada)
Relationship: Holmes/Watson
Rating: T
Word Count: 3220 words
Summary: Watson is happy with his life with Holmes, but things are going to change after a man from Watson's past contacts him.

Lastly, if you like John Watson and are looking for some inspiration, I'm currently hosting a prompt fest over on AO3 in celebration of Watson's birthday. It's open to all Watsons from all adaptations. Come leave a prompt or claim a prompt! More info can be found here.

Also, thank you to all my dreamwidth friends who have been helping me promote it. We're currently up to 9 prompts! But, hopefully we'll get some more.

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Off-Dreamwidth Links
Blogtor Who: Video of the Day – Doctor Who Unleashed, 2025
Blogtor Who: Doctor Who: Causeway – Coming Soon!
Blogtor Who: Review of Doctor Who: Fear Death by Water
Blogtor Who: Video of the Day – Doctor Who: Eleventh Hour, 2010
Blogtor Who: Doctor Who Annual 2026: Night of the Shreek
Blogtor Who: The Capitol Celebrates 50 Years of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society

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Discussion and Miscellany

nwhyte on The Dalek Invasion of Winter

purplecat with Costume Bracket: Round 4, Post 4

Fanfiction
Complete
Historical Visit by

badly_knitted (PG | Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, the Doctor | Crossover with Torchwood)
The Ideal Snack by

badly_knitted (G | Sarah Jane Smith, Fourth Doctor)

If you were not linked, and would like to be, contact us in the comments with further information and your link.

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Welcome to

spookybang. Where we cross over characters from different supernatural, paranormal and horror fandoms for the sheer joy of it. Author Sign ups are now for July 2025 til August 10th 2025. Other sign ups go much later.

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For those that signed up, July 1-7 is amnesty week. If you missed your deadline or have completed another fic you can post it during this time. No need to ask for a day, just post!

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Introduction Post * Meet the Mods Post * Friending Meme *

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

( Sunshine Revival Challenge #1 )

Check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

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Yours in Black Lace (2727 words) by cuethesun

Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Psych (TV 2006)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Carlton Lassiter/Shawn Spencer
Characters: Carlton Lassiter, Shawn Spencer, Juliet O'Hara, Woodrow "Woody" Strode, McNab passes by
Additional Tags: Dirty Talk, erotic writing, Secret Admirer, Or well not so secret, Shawn hasn't got enough patience for it, Unconventional Courtship 2025, Men in Lingerie Kink, a little bit of it at least, Lassie's sorry excuse for self-esteem
Summary:

“You’ve read it? Dammit, Strode, why are you wasting my time then?” Carlton turns his eyes back to the report he’s writing. “Just give me the gist of it, tell me if it’s worth pursuing.”

“Are you sure, detective? Because—”

“Yes, I’m sure, now just—”

“Dear Detective Carlton Lassiter. I have a confession to make: you’ve turned me into a naughty, naughty boy.”

Carlton gets a letter at the station.

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