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Title: Sting of Reality
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: [personal profile] veronyxk84
Characters/Pairing: Buffy
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Word count: 100 (Google Docs)
Spoilers/Setting: Set in S6, shortly after ep. 6x12 “Doublemeat Palace.”
Summary: Buffy ponders her situation.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made. All rights belong to the respective owners.

Prompt: #467 - Package

Crossposted: [community profile] drabble_zone, [community profile] anythingdrabble, My journal


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Justice League International #18, on top of its usual 22 pages by its usual creative team, has a 16-page bonus feature by Mark Aswith and James/Jim Webb.. That feature is just fine, but I’m going to blow through it quick so we can devote more time and page space to Lobo.

Wow, I feel just like a real DC editor! )

November 2025 Queer Romances

Nov. 7th, 2025 09:00 am
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Posted by Dahlia Adler

November is always a quieter month on the queer romance front, not quite ready for holiday romances but past the point when everything screams “Autumn!!” with leaf-filled covers. As such, we’ve got a fun variety of genres and categories waiting to be snatched up!

Son of the Morning

Son of the Morning by Awkaeke Emezi

Author: Awkaeke Emezi
Released: November 4, 2025 by Avon
Genre: , ,

From New York Times bestselling author Akwaeke Emezi comes a steamy paranormal romance set in the Black Southa bold new foray that takes us on a journey of magic and fantasy, from the whispering creeks outside the city of Salvation to the very depths of Hell itself.

Tenderhearted Galilee was raised by the Kincaids, a formidable clan of Black women sequestered deep in the weeping willows and dark rushing creeks of their land. Galilee has always known that she’s different—that there is an old and unknowable secret around her very existence. It has been a hollow ache inside her since her childhood, something she assumes she will always have to live with.

Until she meets Lucifer Helel. He’s fronting as the head of security for her wealthy friend Oriaku’s family, protecting a mysterious, ancient artifact, but from the moment she lays eyes on him, Gali knows he’s not human. From her first incendiary touch, Lucifer knows something even Gali herself doesn’t—that she isn’t human either.

Leviathan. As Lucifer’s most trusted prince of Hell, Levi is ruthless and determined to eliminate the intolerable danger that is Galilee before she brings death and disaster to those he loves. While unseen battles rage between Hell, Heaven, and earth, Lucifer and Galilee’s attraction threatens to bring all the structures of their existence crashing down around them.

Soon, loyalties will be shattered and reformed as Kincaid secrets clash with the princes of Hell, driving even the most powerful to their knees. Galilee Kincaid must decide if she will step into herself and embrace the consequences of power in this astonishing, seductive, and wildly original fantasy.

I dare you to find an author with more skill at jumping between categories and genres than the massively critically acclaimed Emezi, who’s at it once again with their very first steamy paranormal romance (which I’m also seeing being called a Romantasy, and I’ve frankly just given up on trying to understand all the differences, but anyway, points to Emezi for being super on trend in a deeply unique way, as always). I loved Emezi’s debut romance, the grief-centric contemporary You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty, and now you’re telling me this one’s set in the Deep South and featuring the devil? No chance this one’s not amazing. (Also, I don’t care if you’ve got sprayed edge fatigue – this book’s got a seriously stunning design.)

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The Dramatic Life of Jonah Penrose

The Dramatic Life of Jonah Penrose by Robyn Green

Author: Robyn Green
Released: November 11, 2025 by Harper Perennial
Genre: ,

Red, White & Royal Blue meets the theater world of London’s dazzling West End in this nuanced, queer debut romance in which a fake dating publicity stunt between rival co-stars results in romantic sparks neither of them expected.

After winning his first Olivier Award for his performance in the West End’s top musical, The Wooden Horse, fabulously talented Jonah Penrose is the new shining star of London’s theatre scene. But Jonah’s success can’t erase the pain of a recent breakup, fix his self-doubt, or remedy his father’s ailing mind.

Enter stage right, Dexter the West End’s golden boy, the newest cast member of The Wooden Horse, and someone Jonah finds to be intolerable and arrogant.

Everything about Dexter is infuriatingly perfect, from his dashing looks and casual but cutting notes on Jonah’s performances to his obnoxious sweaters that cost more than Jonah’s rent. Worse yet, while Dexter was supposed to play Jonah’s enemy in the show, his role switches to his love interest after a bout of illness temporarily sidelines half of the cast.

Jonah’s plan to stay as far away from Dexter as possible is thwarted when fans mistake their on-stage tension for romantic chemistry and tickets start selling like hotcakes. With fans desperate to catch a glimpse of the West End’s ‘hottest couple,’ the show’s producer pushes the co-stars to put on a show of their own and convince the world that they are in love.

While pretending to be head over heels for his co-star is the last thing Jonah wants, he reluctantly agrees. Yet as he gets to know Dexter better, he learns there’s more to him than meets the eye. As the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur and Jonah’s feelings become less of an act, he must decide if he’s willing to entrust his heart to someone again.

At turns both passionate and poignant, heartfelt and intimate, The Dramatic Life of Jonah Penrose is a love letter to the theater, to life in your thirties, and to what happens when you throw out the script and improvise the life you want.

I know we are all ready for something charming, sweet, and fun, and this theatre romance set in London’s West End totally delivers just that with a healthy dose of delightful romance tropes. It’s exactly what you want to read this season, and then lend to a friend who also needs a queer romance pick-me-up.

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My Roommate from Hell

My Roommate from Hell by Cale Dietrich

Author: Cale Dietrich
Released: November 11, 2025 by Wednesday Books
Genre: , , ,

A swoon-worthy YA rom com about an ambitious college student whose plans get derailed when he discovers his roommate is the prince of hell.

Owen is not going to college to have fun. Nothing is going to stop him from achieving his goals: study hard, get a good job, and set himself up for the rest of his life. The last thing he needs is to have a loud, obnoxious, and infuriatingly hot roommate. Especially since said roommate just so happens to be the prince of hell.

Prince Zarmenus has come to Point University for the first-ever Earth/hell exchange program, and he’s determined to make the most of it. Which may or may not include wild parties, bringing in random boys to his and Owen’s room, and accidentally setting Owen’s furniture on fire. Sparks fly (literally) as Owen and Zar clash, but Zar’s actions threaten to not only ruin Owen’s peaceful college life, but demon-human relations as well. To clean up his image, he asks Owen to be his fake boyfriend and teach him how to be a better human in exchange for an internship that will secure Owen’s future. That, and Zar will consider being a better roommate.

A deal is struck, and the two start pretending to be in a relationship where they each have agendas of their own. Only Owen has a secret―dating his mortal enemy, even if it’s fake, is the most fun he’s ever had.

Charming and fun, My Roommate from Hell is a rom com with a magical twist. Think just one bed, but that bed is in hell, surrounded by fire and brimstone.

I’ve been a fan of Aussie author Dietrich’s fun and quirky YA since his m/m spy romance debut, The Love Interest, and it’s been delightful to watch him jump around from rock stars to royalty to a fraternity-set slasher. But of all his titles, I probably have the highest hopes for this one, because I just think a Earth/hell exchange program is one of the funniest premises I’ve ever heard (plus I love me a college-set YA).

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Husband of the Year

Husband of the Year by M.A. Wardell

Author: M.A. Wardell
Released: November 18, 2025 by Forever
Genre: , ,
Series: Teachers in Love #4

Exploring themes of love, family, and parenthood, Husband of the Year is a trade paperback original publication featuring all the characters you’ve met and grown to love and is the highly anticipated final installment in the Teachers in Love series—from an author whose “stories are sweetness and spice wrapped into a big, warm hug” (Alice Oseman, bestselling author of Heartstopper).

Family isn’t only about blood. It’s about the people we choose. Olan Stone wants nothing more than to spend the rest of his life with kindergarten teacher Marvin Block. And his daughter, Illona, can’t wait to call Marvin her stepfather. They’re bashert—meant to be.

However, as the big day approaches, family tensions and unresolved issues put their future together in jeopardy. Marvin thought he and Olan had everything all figured out. But he’s realizing that their whirlwind romance may not be the foundation for a lifetime commitment after all. As they struggle through the changes that life is throwing their way, will they be drawn closer together or farther apart?

After a little delay for the Teachers in Love series to move over to trad pub, we’re finally seeing it come to a close as Olan and Marvin, the couple we met in the first book, near their wedding. Wardell never fails to bring both the steam and the heart, so I feel confident this one will go out with a bang (or two).

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The Cuffing Game

The Cuffing Game by Lyla Lee

Author: Lyla Lee
Released: November 18, 2025 by HarperCollins
Genre: , , , ,

Bestselling author Lyla Lee delivers a deliciously fun YA K-drama remix of Pride and Prejudice—if Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett were a college-run reality TV dating show.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when there is a hot person, there is also someone with a crush on them.

Mia Yoon has a plan for everything. Get a full ride to her dream film school in Los Angeles, behind her mom’s back, and escape her middle-of-nowhere hometown—check. Produce her own dating show starring other people and their crushes—check. But everything goes off the rails when she has to enlist the help of her own secret crush, Noah Jang, a boy she’d rather hate.

Despite being a campus celebrity voted “most eligible student bachelor,” Noah can’t remember the last time he was in a relationship. And he’s perfectly content with that, thank you very much, especially since just the word feelings makes him uncomfortable. But he can’t stop staring at Mia, who keeps glaring at him in class. And when she asks him to be on her dating show—as one of the contestants—he can’t say no.

As Noah goes on more and more romantic dates on The Cuffing Game and Mia watches from behind the camera, something feels off. With the showrunner and contestant slowly falling for one another, can the show still go on?

Pride and Prejudice meets Love Island with bi Korean rep is really not something I ever expected to see in a YA novel, but trust Lyla Lee to come up with it. Lee is an elite group currently publishing in four categories (early reader, middle grade, young adult, and, as of this year, adult — definitely don’t miss her debut Sapphic romance, Love in Focus), but she always hits the age just right, and this sweet romance is thoroughly modern with its heavy social media angle and the fact that said show airs on YouTube rather than traditional cable. It’s fun, it’s cute, and it’s got a heavily queer secondary cast in addition to its bi heroine.

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Smart Podcast Trashy Books Romantic Times RewindAfter mentioning Heather Graham, one of the Grande Dames of RT, so many times while recapping issues of Romantic Times, I got to sit down with her to talk about her career, the way the industry has changed, and of course, her memories of Romantic Times, both the magazine and the convention.

We talk about…

  • Her memories of meeting Kathryn Falk
  • The earliest Romantic Times Conventions
  • Her incredible RT parties
  • The work of hosting conferences.

Heather has had one of the most interesting career paths, and this is a guest with whom I could just turn on the mic and say, “Please, tell me everything.”

TW/CW: At 48:40, there is a discussion of groping, and if you’d like to avoid it, please skip ahead one minute.

 

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It was a penny more than the old ones, so there's that. (But I paid for super expedited shipping, so actually it's like $40 more.)

They're green. I'm not so sure about this, but there will be NO MORE TAKE-BACKS. I triple checked that they weren't safety glasses with the things on the side, which would've been great if I was in a field where I needed those but, as it is, was unwearable, and they're the exact same measurement as my old glasses, I checked that as well.
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I think my favorite part was realizing that Green Lantern didn't have to be a person. The Absolute Green Lantern is a large object from space that landed on a town. There are other lanterns, and they are also large objects in space. None of the people in the book are lanterns. -- Al Ewing

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I liked it, but that was because I liked laughing at how stupidly oblivious the protagonist was to his not-rival's extraordinarily obvious crush on him. And also because I like most things I read.

But then, here I was, 20 minutes from the finish line, our two dudes are about to finally resolve all their deep-seated personal issues that have kept them apart - and my coworkers start a loud conversation right next to me and they will not shut up. I did, eventually, have to ask them to please stop for half an hour so I could finish my book.

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Outlaw Star - The Package

Nov. 6th, 2025 09:32 pm
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Title: The Package
Fandom: Outlaw Star
Rating: AA
Notes: follows Lost Dawn & the Box of Dreams. Myra Z (OC), Fred Luo
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the package )

Ollie's Queens joins Dreamwidth

Nov. 6th, 2025 08:58 pm
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[community profile] olliesqueens is a dreamwidth community dedicated to het & gen relationships of Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow, thus "Ollie's Queens". The community was imported from LiveJournal, it originally focused on the Smallville version of Oliver Queen het & gen relationships. Since lack of works posted to LJ for awhile and since Smallville had ended back 2011 (Smallville Season 11 ended in 2014) & Arrow ended in 2020, Ollie's Queens has since opened up to any universe Oliver Queen exists in, including comics, animation, films, and shows of course.

Doesn't matter if it's Canon ships or Unconventional pairings, or how rare the pairings are! If you write or want to rec something you love! PLEASE SHARE.
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[community profile] werewolvesden is a dreamwidth community dedicated to any fandom or media that related to werewolves or other wereanimals or shapeshifters (from folklores to latest show or film). Feel free to post your fanworks, recs, start discussions or feel free to pimp your fandom if you feel like you need to make more people aware of it.


This community was inspired by the lovely [community profile] vampiremedia ♥ I love vampires but I also love werewolves just as much and there's sooo many fandoms out there that just doesn't get the justice they deserve so I figured why not!

Meme Time

Nov. 6th, 2025 07:22 pm
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Go to your Works page on AO3, look at the tags, and see what the answers to these questions are.


Find me at [archiveofourown.org profile] Merfilly.

1. What rating do you write most fics under?
3885 (of 5236) are General Audiences.

2. What are your top 3 fandoms?
DCU Comics (1059)
Star Wars - All Media Types (1002)
Forgotten Realms (358)

3. What is your top character you write about?
Dinah Lance (444)

4. What are the 3 top pairings?
Dinah Lance/Oliver Queen (120)
Dinah Lance/Slade Wilson (113)
Dick Grayson/Roy Harper (108)

5. What are the top 3 additional tags?
Drabble (1332)
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence (826)
Introspection (555)

30 in 30: M*A*S*H

Nov. 6th, 2025 07:03 pm
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AO3 Link | Opinions Shared (300 words) by Merfilly
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: M.A.S.H. (MASH) [TV]
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sherman T. Potter, Mildred Potter, Margaret J. "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Additional Tags: Triple Drabble, Post-Canon
Summary:

Sherman wanted Margaret's opinion



Opinions Shared

"Thank you, Mrs. Potter," Margaret said, accepting the hot mug of coffee.

"Dear, when will you call me 'Mildred'?"

Margaret shook her head. "The same day I call your husband something other than Colonel," she answered with a smile, and they laughed. That would be never, then.

"You could, you know," said husband opined, shifting in his rocking chair. "I do appreciate you swinging out here."

"I had friends at Lost in the Woods," Margaret said, making her old friend smile for the use of that particular nickname for the local army base. "Of course I was going to come here before heading to Ft. Bliss."

Mildred had settled in her own rocker, watching the vibrant woman that was like a daughter to Sherm.

"So what are your thoughts on the nursing schools from my last letter?" Sherman asked his friend and former head nurse.

"My biggest advice is to avoid any of the diploma schools," Margaret said seriously. "We're seeing a serious change in how nursing is handled, and the traction for degree programs is there." She looked vindicated and hopeful all in one. "Parker Memorial, up in Columbia has an excellent degree program. It's not the closest to you, but it's the one I think will do your granddaughter best in the long run."

"Told you," Mildred said with a nod.

"So you did," Sherman said. "From what me and the missus read up, it looks like they're taking the transition to full degrees seriously, and I know some of the staff up there."

Margaret had to smile at that. "I'd be surprised if you didn't know at least one doctor on staff at all the teaching hospitals by now. Between your children and grandchildren deciding to follow your later career."

"Better for them," Sherman avowed, nodding sagely.

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NBC (USA) and Peacock streaming will have a full-movie-cast program called Wicked: One Wonderful Night tonight from 8:00pm - 10:00pm ET. It will also be available for streaming beginning tomorrow at 8:00pm on Peacock. 

If you don't get NBC where you are and haven't invested in Peacock, you can get a 7-day free trial of Peacock and shut it off as soon as you've seen the special.

[pain] huh

Nov. 6th, 2025 10:33 pm
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Published 9th October: clinical practice recommendations for mixed pain. Apparently This Idea's Time Has Come, at least when it comes to, you know, starting to get shit published in Frontiers In.

(Today's work has included poking at both Pain Toolkit and Live Well With Pain, neither of which say The Thing. And also a third person, but they are a charlatan and I refuse even to link to them.)

Oh, and look, PainScience.com is being extremely relevant to my interests again, this time on the question of whether pain can become a conditioned response.

Opportunity Food

Nov. 6th, 2025 04:14 pm
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 At our house, Opportunity Food is defined as what you can make when you can't stand up that long today.

Currently, is Bowl o' Cronch:

take bowl
spread some nut butter on bottom/sides of bowl (note: INsides, not OUTsides) - today is peanut butter
throw some dried fruit at nut butter if you got some - today is raisins and some crystallized ginger 
put in puffed brown rice (or whatever you got)
add milk, or if no milk, a couple really big spoonfuls plain yogurt
anything else you got that seems appetizing
get big spoon
eat
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We are still getting through COVID.
We are still resting LIKE POTATOES.
(Still funny. Every time.)

A helpful person pointed out it is still open enrollment time for health insurance.
Well then.

Have inquired with health insurance broker. 
(It doesn't cost anything. If you are in Minnesota or Wisconsin, and need one, I have references.)
There are things that can be done, it looks like.

For right now, though, my tasks:

Wash a few dishes - DONE
Have brekkie - IN PROGRESS
Take meds - IN PROGRESS
Sit Up because it helps breathing - IN PROGRESS

OK. Onward.

P.S. Love all of y'all. You are still the best.

booklog: second half of September

Nov. 6th, 2025 05:40 pm
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Paladin's Legacy - Elizabeth Moon ) Not Moon's best work, but I very much enjoyed these; more than I did the first time around.


100. The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense - Suzette Haden Elgin ) I have read enough agony columns to know that people like this do exist, so maybe I'm just lucky enough to have avoided them...


102. The Reign of George III - J Steven Watson ) Still enjoying getting more of this big-picture view of history; it's not my usual preference, but it does make me think differently.


104. Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge - Ovidia Yu ) I continue to enjoy this series; Aunty Lee is a great detective.


105. The Mountain in the Sea - Ray Nayler ) This seems to have been a polarising book, and the rest of my book group weren't keen, but I thought it was doing some worthwhile things.


108. Deeds of Honor - Elizabeth Moon ) Enjoyable for completists.


109. Connexions - LA Hall ) Just such a charming series, full of genuinely decent people.


110. The Death I Gave Him - Em X Liu ) Cool concept, hated it.


111. Winter's Gifts - Ben Aaronovitch ) Surprisingly charming, considering all the horrific elements.


112. The March North - Graydon Saunders ) I do love this series.

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