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Title: The Unanswered Question.
Author: Dusk Peterson.
Where to find me: Website, Dreamwidth blog, InsaneJournal mirror blog, LiveJournal mirror blog, duskpetersonbooks (e-mail list with announcements of my fiction).
Series: The Eternal Dungeon, a historical fantasy series set in a land where the psychologists wield whips. You don't need to have read the rest of the series to understand this story.
Categories: Original fiction. Male/male platonic feelings (main plot) and male/male erotic attraction (subplots). Mentor fiction and prisoner fiction.
Note: This is my 2009 holiday gift story to my readers. You can see the prompts from my readers that inspired the novella and my response to their prompts (both with major spoilers, so they're best read after you've finished the story).
Rating: PG-13.
Warnings.
Feedback: Yes, please.
Summary: No weapons, no allies, and no guarantees that he will survive the test.

He was weaponless. Or rather, not quite weaponless, for he knew what he was capable of doing with his body, but he bore no blade, nor any whip, nor any lead pipe with which to stun his victim, nor any rope with which to strangle the victim . . . The number of potential weapons he had deliberately laid aside was frighteningly high.

I'm just out the door to visit my family for Xmas, but before I do, I want to thank you for your support this year and in appreciation to you and all my readers, the first three chapters of a new novel serialization are up on Friskbiskit:

http://www.friskbiskit.com/2009/12/new-novel-serialization-all-the-colors-of-love-or-where-it-all-began.html

Warm wishes!

I'm happy to report that Amaranth & Ash has been picked up by epublisher Loose Id. I'm so pleased the story's found a home and very happy to be working with Loose Id again.

In accordance with my contract, I'll be taking the rough draft of Amaranth & Ash down from Friskbiskit the day after tomorrow: 12/23/9 So, if you haven't read the A&A episodes yet, and you want to, this is your last chance. Here's the direct link to the page:
http://www.friskbiskit.com/amaranth-ash-a-novel-in-progress.html

Wishing you a wonderful holiday and a happy and healthy new year!

Back when we were going to open Classic Recs I got a question about whether we might also include recs for Dollhouse. As both Dollhouse and Dr. Horrible are rather limited run series with comparatively small fandoms, it seemed to me that buffyversetop5 could well provide a home for such recs without significantly changing the nature of the community. Of course, other fandoms have always made an appearance in recs for crossovers, but I think it's safe to say there's a good bit of overlap in fans of various Whedon projects, as well as actors, writers, etc.

So while the question was specifically about Dollhouse, I wanted to ask how people feel about including recs for Whedon projects in general? With a second installment of Dr. Horrible forthcoming next year, as well as various other one-off projects, becoming a general Whedonverse recs community might make more sense than adding some but not all projects.

In two weeks buffyversetop5 will be open for all your 2009 recs. Essays, icons, archives, anything fan made that was active or created in 2009 is eligible.

Looking for particular sorts of recs? We’ve got a number of tag and memory categories so don’t forget to browse those. But this is a special post for people to let their fellow community members know what they’re hoping to get for the holidays.

Comment below with a line or two about what recs you’ve been hoping to see. If you see requests here that you could make a post about, start putting a Top 5 list together! The more people post, the more likely everyone will find what they’re looking for. Just remember, it must be fanmade Buffyverse or Firefly material created or continued in 2009.

Let’s not forget that one of the reasons for this community is to thank the creative people who have given us their work this year. Any Scrooge-like comments will be shown the door.

Remember, comments below should be your own wishes ONLY. Respond with Top 5 lists posted to the community once we open. If you have any questions about the Wish List post them here.