Fic Bingo Retrospective

It's time to look back on the year in fic bingo. Fic bingo has been a good thing for me this year, helping motivate me to read fanfic, which I find a healthy activity.

In five rounds of fic bingo, I read 130 fics in 22 fandoms. These included 53 Professionals fics, 25 Man from U.N.C.L.E. fics, 10 Harry Potter fics, and 9 Sherlock Holmes fics, in addition to fics from other fandoms as diverse as The Merchant of Venice and The A-Team. The total word count of all the fics I read for fic bingo was 1,752,223 words.

Based on my memories, my twelve favorites (because I couldn't quite narrow it down to ten) among the fics I read this year were:

-Heat by Lainie Stone (The Professsionals; 11,853 words; in Proslib)
- Just When You Least Expect It (Just What You Least Expect) by Stew (The Professionals; 10,520 words)
- The Keeper of Secrets by Jackie Thomas (The Professionals; 3,482 words)
- The Palest Ink by JGL (The Professionals; 29,531 words)
- Till a Bullet Stopped His Song by Callisto (The Professionals; 1,100 words)

- The Growing Up Affair by joolz (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; 9,364 words)
- Waging World Peace by alex51324 (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; 32,445 words)
- Zugzwang by azdak (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; 3,464 words)

- alt.wiz: Charlie Furth, Usenet, and the Magical Internet Revolution by flibbertygigget (Harry Potter; 8,932 words)
- Eruv by imperfectcircle (Mathey and Lynes; 11,683 words)
- Psmith and the Greek Spirit by kindkit (Psmith; 4,578 words)
- To a Doctor's Wife by tweedisgood (Sherlock Holmes; 4,247 words)

I heartily recommend all of these, although some are deathfic, so proceed with caution if that upsets you.