Celebrate October by picking up a spooky pinch hit!!
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To claim, please comment on this post with your AO3 name and the number or name of the pinch hit you would like. Comments are screened. Pinch hits are first-come, first-serve, and if you're the first to claim, you'll receive the assignment to your email.
You don't have to be signed up to Trick or Treat to claim a pinch hit.
These are due at the regular assignment deadline, October 24, 23:59 UTC.
PH #5 (facethestrange):
镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) RPF, 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), 镇魂 | Guardian - priest, Crossover Fandom
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/facethestrange
PH #6 (firsttraintovictoriaville):
Roots of Pacha (Video Game), The White Stripes, Pathfinder: Kingmaker (Video Game), Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop - Hwang Bo-reum
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/firsttraintovictoriaville
PH #10 (MxKit):
Happy Halloween Scooby-Doo! (2020), The Nameless Game (Gameverse), The Spectacular Spider-Man (Cartoon)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/MxKit
PH #13 (plicate):
Head On (1998), Set It Off (1996), Succession (TV 2018)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/plicate
PH #14 (psychomachia):
Blood Son - Richard Matheson, The Devil You Say - Charles Beaumont, Blood Creek (2009), The Lawnmower Man (1992), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), The Sinner (TV)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/psychomachia
PH #15 (redgear):
Hallo itt Mátyás király! - Bogáti Péter, 15th Century CE RPF, Debrief (Paracelsus Games Roleplaying Game), Felvidek (Video Game), Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/redgear
PH #16 (rubylily):
Code Vein (Video Game), 神さまのいない日曜日 | Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Anime & Manga), Märchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift (Video Game), Octopath Traveler (Video Game), Octopath Traveler II (Video Game), 刀使ノ巫女 | Toji no Miko | Katana Maidens (Anime), void tRrLM(); //Void Terrarium (Video Game), Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Video Game)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/rubylily
PH #18 (UnhinderedDreams):
Crossover Fandom, The Black Dagger Brotherhood (TV), Buffyverse (TV), I Kissed A Vampire (2010), Nocturnal Animals (2016), The Vampire Diaries (TV)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/UnhinderedDreams
PH #21 (ambiguously):
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (TV)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/ambiguously
To claim PH21, please comment logged-in or email halloweenmod@gmx.com
PH #22 (Biblioscribler):
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (Cartoon), The Gilded Age (TV 2022), Superman (Movie 2025), Star Trek: Lower Decks (Cartoon), DuckTales (Cartoon 2017)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/Biblioscribler
PH #23 (xeena):
Squid Game (TV 2021), Nine Puzzles (TV 2025), Near Dark (1987), Scream (Movies), Hellraiser (Movies 1987-2018), The Lost Boys (Movies)
https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/trickortreatex2025/user/xeena
You don't have to be signed up to Trick or Treat to claim a pinch hit.
These are due at the regular assignment deadline, October 24, 23:59 UTC.
PH #5 (facethestrange):
PH #6 (firsttraintovictoriaville):
PH #10 (MxKit):
PH #13 (plicate):
PH #14 (psychomachia):
PH #15 (redgear):
PH #16 (rubylily):
PH #18 (UnhinderedDreams):
PH #21 (ambiguously):
PH #22 (Biblioscribler):
PH #23 (xeena):
Fancake Theme for October: Uncommon Settings
Oct. 3rd, 2025 08:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!
Highlander: HLH_Shortcuts, the annual Highlander Fanfic Exchange
Oct. 2nd, 2025 08:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Sign-ups are now open for
hlh_shortcuts 2025, the long-running annual Highlander Holiday Shortcuts fanfiction exchange! (The name "Shortcuts" nods to the 500-word minimum, from the days when 1,000 words was the usual minimum.)
When:
How:
Yay, Highlander fun and friends! Come play with us?
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When:
- Sign-up: October 1 to 11, 2025 at 11:59PM CDT on AO3
- Receive assignment: By October 14, 2025
- Default deadline: November 20, 2025
- Submissions: By December 15, 2025 on AO3
- Stories revealed: The first on December 20, 2025 (the winter solstice, Duncan's birthday) and the rest a few per day as long as they last, per tradition
How:
- This year's collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/hlhshortcuts2025
- Guides: HLH_Shortcuts AO3 Sign-Ups + HLH_Shortcuts AO3 Submissions + HLH_Shortcuts AO3 Defaults + Find a beta-reader / be a beta-reader
Yay, Highlander fun and friends! Come play with us?
Multifandom: Late Treat Bonanza - sign-ups/posting open
Sep. 26th, 2025 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Link:
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Description: Do you have a late gift that you started a long time ago and need a little push to finish up? Post it for Late Treat Bonanza! Late Treat Bonanza is an event designed to motivate people to finish up old gifts for a deadline. You can add your late gifts to our collection, which will keep it hidden until everything gets revealed all at once on December 25th! We also provide a 1-week anonymous period to make it a Secret Santa-like gifting occasion. If you've been having trouble finishing up a late treat, maybe this event will provide you the motivation you need!
Even if you aren't planning on making anything, if you've signed up for exchanges and other gift-giving events in the past, you may want to sign up to indicate your interest in receiving late gifts. People already working on treats or looking for some old requests for inspiration might be motivated to create something for you!
* Note that Late Treat Bonanza is now running once a year during this Christmas time period, so get your late treats in now while you can!
Schedule:
Sign-ups end/works due: 24 December 23:59 PST (UTC-8)
Creator reveals/collection closed: 31 December 23:59 PST (UTC-8)