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Title: Revenge of the Prag
Main Character: Tobias Beecher
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 993
Creature Prompt: Werewolf
Summary: Beecher comes back to Oz a changed man.
Notes: Set during Season 666. Written for the 2023 Spook Me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. Cross-posted to AO3 and Dreamwidth. The artwork prompts sent to me are included at the end. This story was also inspired in part by the following piece of fanart I created several years ago:




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Oh hey, I actually wrote something again. It's been a while! I think it's put me in the mood to do some upcoming holiday writing... ;D

Title: The Cat in the Pumpkin Patch
Main Character: Steve Harrington (with Jim Hopper and Eleven in supporting roles)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 1,915
Creature Prompt: Evil Cat
Summary: It's a good thing Steve isn't superstitious. But maybe he should be.
Notes: Written for the 2022 Spook Me Mult-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. Cross-posted to AO3 and Dreamwidth. The artwork prompt used for the story is included at the end.

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Steve wasn’t superstitious. Like, at all.

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Despite a general dislike for horror movies, I LOVE the original Halloween (1978) movie. (I think it helps that I've watched it so many times now, I know every scene practically frame-by-frame and it no longer scares me. Well, it still scares me, but in a good way, not a traumatic way, if that makes sense.) It's without a doubt in my Top 10 list of all-time favorite movies. It's simply a masterpiece in filmmaking--the pacing, the camera work, and OMG the MUSIC. John Carpenter is a genius, and it's remarkable what he accomplished, especially considering the budget. One scene in particular always has an impact on me (as explained in my end note), and for this year's third and final Spook Me story, I decided to pay tribute to it.


Title: The House Next Door
Main Characters: Unnamed Canon Characters, Laurie Strode, Michael Myers
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,526
Creature Prompt: Boogeyman
Summary: When Laurie Strode came to their house, begging for help, they should've just opened the door.
Notes: Written for the 2021 Spook Me Mult-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. Cross-posted to AO3 and Dreamwidth. The artwork prompt used for the story is included at the end. Additional inspiration for this story is explained in the end note.

This story is based entirely on a short scene in the original Halloween (1978) movie, where Laurie cries for a neighbor's help and is ignored. The neighbor is unnamed in the movie, so I've made one up for ease in storytelling.

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Halloween Night, 1978

It had been a long day, and Mary Castle was exhausted. The kids had wanted to trick-or-treat until their bags were full, and it felt like they'd visited every house within a half-mile radius of their own. She curled up on the living room couch to watch a bit of television before bed, and then promptly dozed off…

Until the sound of terrified screaming roused her from her sleep.

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This summer I watched the 2014 movie "What We Do in the Shadows," a mock documentary comedy about vampires (I love anything Taika Waititi does). Then in September, I binge-watched the first two seasons of the TV series that is based on it. OMG, it is simply laugh-out loud hilarious. I love it so much, even more than the movie. And Nandor/Guillermo is the first slashy pairing I've had feelings for in a long time. The third season is now currently airing on FX, and while it hasn't been quite as sharp as the first two seasons IMO, it is still delightful. Anyway, I wrote this year's second Spook Me fic for this show...


Title: The Plant Slayer
Main Characters: Nandor the Relentless, Guillermo de la Cruz, Nadja, Laszlo Cravensworth, Colin Robinson, the Documentary Crew
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2,066
Creature Prompt: Plant
Summary: Things get weird(er) when Nandor replaces all the candles in the house with potted plants.
Notes: A humorus spooky fic, mostly gen ensemble but with minor Nandor/Guillermo. Setting: late Season 2. Written for the 2021 Spook Me Mult-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. Cross-posted to AO3 and Dreamwidth. The artwork prompt used for the story is included at the end.

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"House meeting!"

Nandor waited a beat, then cupped his hands to his mouth. "House meeting in the library!" he clarified.

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I wrote not one, not two, but THREE stories for the Spook Me fest this year! I don't think I've written anything since last year's Oz Magi, so this was quite the accomplishment. Two of them are for fandoms I've never written in before, so... braving new territory here! I'll be making each fic a separate post, because my OCD tells me to. Heh.

First up... Oz, which is also the story I'm most pleased with.

Happy Halloween, my friends!


Title: Burying Secrets
Main Characters/Pairings: Tobias Beecher/Chris Keller
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,671
Creature Prompt: Skeleton
Summary: Chris tries to bury a secret, when past secrets come to bury him.
Notes: Written for the 2021 Spook Me Mult-Fandom Halloween Ficathon. Cross-posted to AO3 and Dreamwidth. The artwork prompt used for the story is included at the end.

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The last remnants of a hot and muggy summer were fading into fall, and Chris drove with the windows down. The cool evening air felt good as it passed through the car, and the dull white noise of the rushing wind helped calm his frayed nerves. He could still hear the engine making that faint rattling sound, but he wasn’t worried, not yet. The border was closer than ever.

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Late notice, I know, but I've been trying like the devil to get concrete information on this whole thing before posting about it.

Tonight at 8:30 pm Central Time, the ATX Festival is hosting a virtual Oz reunion with Tom, Lee, Dean, Kirk, Terry, and Harold. It was originally supposed to take place last June in Austin, Texas but got cancelled because of the pandemic. Rather than cancelling the festival again this year, the organizers decided to take it all online. The Oz reunion is in a Zoom format and was actually recorded last week.

Tickets for the entire festival cost $150, but you can purchase a day pass for only $25 (plus about $5 in taxes/fees) HERE and watch the reunion that way. That's what I've done.

EVEN MORE EXCITING THOUGH ------>

As part of the festival's additional content, Tom Fontana wrote a 15-minute short film called "Zo" starring Lee and Dean where they reprise their roles as Beecher and Ryan O'Reily in an Oz "sequel." You can watch this short with the purchase of your day pass. (I think you can actually watch it by buying a day pass any day from now until the end of the festival on June 20.) I've just finished watching and *FLAILING*. It was OZSOME and leaves you wanting so much more! IT'S JUST SO EXCITING TO HAVE NEW OZ CONTENT.

Plot bunnies ------>  hop, hop, HOP!

This post is just an archive for the two drabbles I wrote for Oz Drabble Tree Needs a Hug at the oz_wishing_well community on Dreamwidth.
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Prompt: jealousy and possessiveness, from ozsaur
(Beecher/Murphy)
Word Count: 149

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Prompt: blue bandana, from visionofblue
(Beecher/Gene--an Oz/Wet Hot American Summer crossover)
Word Count: 344

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I am all better now! But the month of November was just an awful, Covid-filled blur for me and my family.

It all started on Friday, November 6, when my teenage son came home from hockey practice with a fever and sore throat. We took him in for a Covid test, then quarantined him in his room, sterilized common touch points, began wearing our masks around the house, etc. He was only sick for about 3 or 4 days, but the damage had been done. His test result came back positive, and a few days later I came down with it.

I had a 100+ degree fever that lasted over TWO WEEKS, tightness in my chest, cough, runny nose, loss of smell/taste. Nothing serious enough to require a doctor's visit, but for several days, I couldn't even get out of bed. Then, despite quarantining myself, my husband caught it as well, although his case was a relatively mild one like our son's.

Needless to say, Thanksgiving was ruined. My extended family had decided back in October to cancel Thanksgiving (and Christmas, too) so as not to run the risk of exposing my elderly parents to the virus, but I had still planned to do something special for my immediate family. Instead, my two older sons spent Thanksgiving alone in their college apartments, while we ate some pre-made subs grabbed from Walmart for our "Thanksgiving dinner."

Thankfully, everyone is now mostly recovered. For a while, I had issues with a lingering cough and fatigue, but I've spent the last couple days putting up Christmas decorations and felt good.

This should probably be the point where I give an ending spiel advising everyone to wear masks, social distance, wash hands, etc. And you should! BUT, we did all those things. We've been doing all those things DILIGENTLY since March. Literally the ONLY places my son had been the two weeks prior to getting sick were school and hockey practice, both places where everyone is masked up and taking extraordinary precautions. And we STILL caught it. All it took was one opening somewhere, and it can happen no matter how careful you are.

So please, PLEASE, do all you can to isolate yourself until there is a vaccine available. Especially if you or anyone close to you has underlying health conditions. I am an active, healthy, middle-aged (*cough*) woman, and this thing still knocked me on my ass.

Here's to a making the Christmas season is a merry one, despite the lack of "celebrating." :)

YES! It's time to sign up for Oz Magi!

I know, I know... 2020 has been a sucky year. But let's end it on a high note! And what better way to bring in the New Year than B/K kisses an Oz-style holiday celebration!



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