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Heads up that we will take a break from posting on the 25th, to allow everyone a little time to catch up.

Properly Executed by Anonymous for Banbury
Category: Gen
Characters: Connor MacLeod, Duncan MacLeod
Relationships: Connor MacLeod & Duncan MacLeod
Summary: Of ancient blessings, glimpses of the future and learning to say ‘I love you’.

Kastagir's Hotel Américain by Anonymous for Merfilly
Category: F/F
Characters: Amanda Darieux, Rebecca Horne, Rachel Ellenstein, Sunda Kastagir
Relationships: Amanda Darieux/Rebecca Horne
Summary: Rebecca visits Kastagir at his fancy new hotel. Then Amanda shows up. Antics ensue.
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Cornuacopiae by Anonymous for havocthecat
Category: Gen
Characters: Rebecca Horne
Summary: A tale of a crystal and the land it protected and life renewed.

Temporis Partus Maximus by Anonymous for Morgyn Leri
Category: Gen
Characters: Methos, Joe Dawson, Darius, Rebecca Horne, Amy Brennan-Thomas, Original Male Character(s), Richie Ryan
Summary: Sometimes you don’t notice how you find yourself in the center of the great birth of a new time.
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Secrets by Anonymous for Black Dwarf
Category: F/M, M/M
Characters: Duncan, Methos, Rebecca Horne, Darius, Kronos, Gina de Valicourt, Joe Dawson
Relationships: Duncan MacLeod/Methos, Rebecca Horne/Methos, Darius/Methos
Summary: Methos hesitates and hesitates to tell Duncan about his past with the Horsemen. By the time of Bordeaux, he regrets not having done it sooner.

A Lesson in Steel by Anonymous for coralysendria
Category: Gen
Characters: Duncan MacLeod, Connor MacLeod, Richie Ryan, Brenda Wyatt
Relationships: Duncan MacLeod & Richie Ryan, Duncan MacLeod & Connor MacLeod, Connor MacLeod & Richie Ryan, Connor MacLeod/Brenda Wyatt
Summary: Connor tests Richie.
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Happy holidays, adabsolutely and pennywashburne!

It's fic time! You all rock.

A Christmas Toast by Anonymous for [personal profile] adabsolutely
Category: Gen
Characters: Amanda, Duncan, Methos, and Joe
Relationships: Amanda Darieux & Duncan MacLeod, Duncan MacLeod & Methos, Joe Dawson & Duncan MacLeod
Summary: Three Immortals and one mortal sit in a bar on a snowy Christmas Eve, thinking about both the past and the future.

Closing Up Shop by Anonymous for [personal profile] pennywashburne
Category: Gen
Characters: Rachel Ellenstein, Joe Dawson
Summary: Rachel is putting things into order, finishing this life in this place when a man walks in.
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Hello all! Happy writing!

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 Belated but heartfelt thanks to [personal profile] lferion for contributing paid account time to the community. Thank you, kind fairy godperson!
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  • Submission deadline: December 15, 2025
  • First story posted: December 20, 2025

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Everyone who guessed got at least three right. Great job.

Every story got at least one guess, and the only story that nobody guessed right was "Forging," by argentum_ls. Lady Silver in stealth mode!

Coralysendria, Sharpest Asp, Teratornis, and pennywashburne were also tricksy, with only one person correctly guessing them.

A few of us who've been around here a while were pretty obvious. There were three stories that every single one of our guessers got right:

- Moondance or A Series of Extraordinary Events (hafital)
- Old Fashioned Number Nine (killabeez)
- Stolen Time (Mackiedockie)

Two other stories also had 6 correct guesses:

- Cousin's Retreat by Sharpest Asp
- Ancient Chronicles by Morgyn Leri

Results:

Hafital - 3
Teratornis - 8
Lady Silver - 8

Tied for 3rd place with 10 correct guesses: Annavere and dkwilliams

2nd place: jasmasson with an impressive 11 correct

...and in first place, Black Dwarf, with a sweeping 12 correct guesses!

Assorted Story Stats:

20 Stories
22 Signups
2 Pinch hits (Sharpest Asp and killabeez)
2 treats a la havocthecat
Sharpest Asp wrote 2 stories
Havocthecat wrote 3 stories, which made her difficult to spot!

Crossovers: 4, BtVS twice.

Thank you so much to Teratornis for tabulating our Highlander Character Appearances:
- Methos - 13 (some things don't change!)
- Duncan - 11
- Richie - 9
- Joe - 8
- Connor, Amanda - 6 each
- Rebecca - 4
- Darius, Kronos, Randi McFarland, Tessa, Ceirdwyn - 2 each
- Amy Brennan-Thomas, Hugh Fitzcairn, Gina de Valicourt, Robert de Valicourt, Kalas, James Horton, Sunda Kastagir, Angie Burke, May-Ling Shen, Ramirez, Gregor Powers, Jennifer Hill, Brenda Wyatt, Anne Lindsey, Caspian, and Silas each had one appearance—as Tornis said, we really dragged in the whole ensemble this year.

I think this is probably the first year that we had more Richie appearances than Joe. Clan Denial still riding strong!

Thank you all for making this first year of modding fun and easy for us, and let's do it again, yeah? Also, just for fun, let's leave the collection open for any additional treats anyone would like to write. ♥
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Forging by argentum_ls for karenia_rune
Moondance or A Series of Extraordinary Events by hafital for Teratornis
Behind the Story by coralysendria for Brightknightie
The Art of Abjuration by havocthecat for Annavere
Cousin's Retreat by Sharpest Asp for pennywashburne
The Future is Prologue by Black Dwarf for hafital
Series of Connections by Sharpest Asp for havocthecat
Garbage and flowers by Brightknightie for argentum_ls
Ancient Chronicles by Morgyn Leri for jasmasson
Duo by jasmasson for merriman
Reunion Under the Fireworks by dkwilliams for Black Dwarf
Guests for the Weekend by Annavere for coralysendria
Holy Ground by merriman for Morgyn Leri
In Good Company by Teratornis for Raine Wynd
A Little Drinking, a Little Treasure Hunting... by pennywashburne for dkwilliams
The Homecoming by Raine Wynd for Sharpest Asp
The Pitch by havocthecat for Brightknightie
Old Fashioned Number Nine by killabeez for Mackiedockie
Stolen Time by Mackiedockie for killabeez
I Say We Party by havocthecat for killabeez
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Please go to the 2024 collection and leave comments and kudos for your fellow writers and readers. No guessing stats will be harmed by your comments or kudos on the collection.
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And that’s a wrap on posting, folks!  So, with no further ado, let the guessing begin!

Guessing will stay open until midnight on January 2, CST, with reveals on January 5.

For ease of locating the stories:

Forging by Anonymous for karenia_rune
Behind the Story by Anonymous for Brightknightie
The Art of Abjuration by Anonymous for Annavere
Cousin's Retreat by Anonymous for pennywashburne
The Future is Prologue by Anonymous for hafital
Series of Connections by Anonymous for havocthecat
Garbage and flowers by Anonymous for argentum_ls
Ancient Chronicles by Anonymous for jasmasson
Duo by Anonymous for merriman
Reunion Under the Fireworks by Anonymous for Black Dwarf
Guests for the Weekend by Anonymous for coralysendria
Holy Ground by Anonymous for Morgyn Leri
In Good Company by Anonymous for Raine Wynd
The Homecoming by Anonymous for Sharpest Asp
The Pitch by Anonymous for Brightknightie
Old Fashioned Number Nine by Anonymous for Mackiedockie
Stolen Time by Anonymous for killabeez
I Say We Party by Anonymous for killabeez
 
 
Some data-points
Signed up: 19
Pinch-hitters: 2
Total stories: 20
havocthecat: highlander a medieval illustrated watchers chronicle (hl watchers chronicle)
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I Say We Party! by Anonymous for [personal profile] killabeez
Category: Multi
Relationships: Amanda Darieux/Duncan MacLeod/Methos, Jenny Calendar/Rupert Giles, Jenny Calendar/Rupert Giles/Ethan Rayne
Characters: Joe Dawson, Jenny Calendar, Rupert Giles, Methos, Duncan MacLeod, Ethan Rayne, Amanda Darieux (mentioned only)
Crossover with: BtVS
Summary: A chaos magician, a solstice child of prophecy, and a 5,000 year old Immortal walk into a bar. The punchline is that the chaos magician gets very excited. That's it. That's the punchline.
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Stolen Time by Anonymous for [personal profile] killabeez 
Category: Multi
Relationships: Amanda Darieux/Duncan MacLeod/Connor, Duncan MacLeod/Methos, Amanda Darieux/Rebecca Horne, Duncan MacLeod/Tessa Noel, Sunda Kastagir & Connor MacLeod
Characters: Amanda Darieux, Duncan MacLeod, Connor MacLeod, Methos, Joe Dawson, Rebecca Horne, Rupert Giles, Jenny Calendar, Nyota Uhura, Sunda Kastagir, Tessa Noel
Crossover with: Star Trek, BtVS
Summary: It's important to make time for all your loved ones, past, present, and future. Sometimes, you have to steal time to do it right.
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Old Fashioned Number Nine by Anonymous for [personal profile] mackiedockie
Category: Gen
Characters: Joe Dawson, Trent Crimm, Colin Hughes, Duncan MacLeod, Methos, Mae (Ted Lasso), Amy Brennan-Thomas
Summary: Trent Crimm goes into a bar and meets Joe Dawson.

The Pitch by Anonymous for [personal profile] brightknightie
Category: Gen
Characters: Randi McFarland, Joe Dawson, Methos, Duncan MacLeod
Summary: MacLeod is the biggest story of Randi McFarland's career. If only anyone would listen.
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The Homecoming by Anonymous for [personal profile] senmut
Category: Teen And Up Audiences
Relationship: Connor MacLeod/Brenda Wyatt, Minor or Background Relationship(s)
Characters: Connor MacLeod, Brenda Wyatt
Summary: A home renovation brings a greater understanding between Connor and Brenda.

A Little Drinking, A Little Treasure Hunting... by Anonymous for [personal profile] dkwilliams
Category: Gen
Relationship: Duncan MacLeod/Methos (Highlander)
Characters: Methos, Duncan MacLeod, Amanda Darieux, Richie Ryan, Joe Dawson
Summary: A night at Le Blues Bar leads to a few revelations.

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