It is a momentous occasion, folks. Against all odds, our archive is on the cusp of turning eighteen! 

Whether you are a commenter, an author, an artist, a beta reader, a sensitivity reader, or any combination thereof, the Mod Team invites you to join us to celebrate with our anniversary event, the theme of which is: Poodles!

That’s right. You’ve been asking for months, and we’ve been telling you for months. Now, don’t you feel silly?

Where did the inspiration for the theme come from? Buffy’s own near-fatal experience of being bitten on the neck by an angry poodle puppy.

RULES:

• All fics must be poodle-centric. Spike adopts a poodle. Buffy is turned into a poodle. A poodle is the Big Bad. As long as poodles are heavily featured, we’ll consider...

Mystery Month is over for another year and—whether you wrote something, read something, commented, and/or made art—I trust you all had fun.

Big congratulations to everyone who took part, including: 

• 34 Authors
• 28 Artists
• 30 Beta and Sensitivity Readers

Between them, participating authors wrote 811,537 words across 170 chapters in 34 stories, and 221 members left comments, of which 61 commenters met the requirements for an award. Comments on event works during the event totaled 1,666, and event works received a total of 2,834 likes during that same period.

If you’re yet to check out any of the brand new challenge fics, you can