yuletide | 2021 Yuletide Promo Post

Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!

Here's where you get those eyes on your fandoms for sign ups!

Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!

Suggested form to use:

FANDOM NAME:
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT:
WHERE CAN I FIND IT (optional):

(Bonus optional: What are you thinking of requesting for this?)

EDIT:

Useful tips (Not required, but helps people if they want to engage with your fandom!):

- Mention what form of media the canon is. Is it a comic miniseries? Is it a twenty season tv show? Is it a book? Is it a twitter feed?
- Is it standalone or part of a series?
- It's best to make each fandom its own entry with its own title in the subject line! That makes it easier for people to find/see what you're promoting! Don't worry about 'spam', that is the entire point of this entry and you're using it exactly as intended.

For reference, last year's promo post!

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(Why yes I nominated/promoted both of these last year, why do you ask? And yes, I got a gift which was technically for both fandoms - crossovers for the win! - but considering how TINY the archives are for these two freaking fantastic stories, I regret nothing if even one more person starts writing for them LOL)

FANDOM NAME: ROLLING IN THE DEEP Series, including ROLLING IN THE DEEP (novella) and the sequel novel INTO THE DROWNING DEEP - Mira Grant (duology)

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Seanan McGuire has definitely claimed my "fave author" spot at this point, but I am only lately diving into her horror pen name Mira Grant. After getting recced it dozens of times, I started with ROLLING IN THE DEEP and holy hells it may be one of my faves of her books. Why? Four words: deep sea murder mermaids. Seriously, if you ever watched The Little Mermaid and wished she'd eaten people, this is the book series for you LOL. The first novella tells the story of a doomed ship that sails out with scientists, mermaid performers, and actors/crew to film a cryptid mockumentary for the Imagine Network. We get the ship's story interspersed with transcripts from the mockumentary that aired after the ship was found adrift with all hands lost (this isn't a spoiler - you know they are doomed right from the get-go LOL). The sequel - a full length novel - follows a second voyage of the lost crew's family members, colleagues, and other scientists that sets out to find what happened to the first ship. It's just a blast of a concept with a great diverse cast of characters and interspersed mixed media sections of transcripts/etc that just make me utterly happy. If you like horror or darker SFF at all, I think you'll like it!

WHERE CAN I FIND IT: Anywhere you can read/buy books - tho note: ROLLING was a Subterranean Press limited edition hardcover, so that is only available via ebook or audiobook now. DROWNING however is easily available in all formats.

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FANDOM NAME: "The Proper Thing" - a Patreon short story by Seanan McGuire (probably closer to a novella length as it's 102 pages via PDF but she released it for her short story patrons)

WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: ... I did just mention McGuire is my fave author right? LOL Quite a few of her urban fantasy novel series always show up in Yuletide (October Daye, Indexing, Incryptid etc), but I haven't seen any of her short stories previously, and this is probably my favorite I've read so far. It's just gorgeous with a fantastic magical system: hidden shops connected to each other across the world selling exclusive magical items. The shop we start at specializes in magical cheese. MAGICAL CHEESE MY LACTOSE INTOLERANT SELF CAN'T EVEN I SWEAR. LOL. But it also deals with consent and what it means to be a person or an animal or a monster and just... I honestly have a hard time describing this story. It was one of those that just had me staring at the wall in awe once I finished it!

WHERE CAN I FIND IT: It's a Patreon exclusive here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/proper-thing-36645089 Yes it is behind a paywall; however, you can get access to ALL of her Patreon short story backlist for the lowest $1 tier which is a STEAL y'all considering just how many stories she has posted (And Patreon helps her feed her clowder of cats which is its own reward really lol). I have enjoyed all of them (including ones that are series specific side stories!), but am only specifically requesting this one as my fave.

This was so much fun to write last year! :D

It was really fun to read it last year too ;)

2021 Yuletide Promo Post

2 Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant Fandoms (Already nominated LOL)

Re: 2 Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant Fandoms (Already nominated LOL)

Re: 2 Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant Fandoms (Already nominated LOL)