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You may have noticed that there have been intermittent ao3 outages over the last few days. I know I have....I edited and posted two new hard core logo fics after the first outage, and then wasn't able to share them with anyone because the site went down again shortly after.

This has prompted me to finally add all the fics I have posted on ao3 to my website. Check it out!

Now if ao3's servers get wiped by a big magnet, you'll still be able to read everything I've written. So check out my new HCL fics, which are kind of like remixes or AUs of each other: Writeoff and Jimmy and Crash Survey The Universe. They're on Ao3 too! Mind the tags. 

These fics come from two different attempts to fill the same prompt ("Time to Buy A Futon") for my 1 2 SNFU challege. Neither of them really fit into it anymore, and anyway I've already written a fic for the challenge, so I'm not going to add them to the collection. That's where they came from, though.

Both fics contain many tedious references to punk and pre-punk music, although not quite as many tedious references as I originally wanted to jam in there, so I think that really I should be applauded for my restraint. I also tried to parody early 80s north american hardcore punk culture, but my interaction with that culture has come at a 40 year remove, through fanzine scans and old music, so it's possible that my jokes did not land. 

Gosh, two posts in as many days. I probably won't be posting as often as this in the future. Enjoy it (?) while it lasts folks ! 

ICYMI: I'm running a very low-stakes fanworks challenge!

Details are on my website, but tl:dr;

• SNFU were a punk band from Canada whose songs often had quirky titles;


• the fictional Canadian punk band Hard Core Logo went on their ill-fated final tour 30 years ago this year (November 1995);


• So to commemorate this (prior to the big movie release anniversary next year) I am running a fanwork challenge in which people write, draw or make something inspired by a list of SNFU song titles (see below).

The inspiration for this challenge obviously comes from Hard Core Logo and the C6D fandom at large, but there are no restrictions on what fandom you can make fanworks in. The challenge is also open-ended with no deadlines. Submit something whenever you want! There's a collection on ao3 and there will be a list on my website as well.

Please participate. I have a notion to run this challenge again next year but with an expanded list of song titles by even more Canadian punk bands. Who fancies writing a fic inspired by "New Wave Sucks" or "Let's Go Down To Hollywood (& Shoot People)"?

Thanks to Juniperberry and Flownwrong for getting the word out early. And thanks to portlandwithyou for being the first person to take the plunge and make something for the challenge!

If you're intrigued, check out the list of unclaimed titles (although I'm not averse to multiple people using the same prompt).

The List

• Better Homes And Gardens (If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish, 1986)


• Beautiful, Unlike You and I (The Last Of The Big Time Suspenders, 1991)


• Cheap Transistor Radio (In The Meantime And In Between Time, 2004)


• Cockatoo Quill (In The Meantime And In Between Time, 2004)


• The Devil's Voice (If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish, 1986)


• Drunk On A Bike (The One Voted Most Likely To Succeed, 1995)


• Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump (In The Meantime And In Between Time, 2004)


• I Think Fine Art's Fine (In The Meantime And In Between Time, 2004)


• I'm Real Scared (... And No One Else Wanted To Play, 1985)


• Loser At Life/Loser At Death (... And No One Else Wanted To Play, 1985)


• My Pathetic Past (FYULABA, 1996)


• Reality Is A Ride On The Bus (Something Green And Leafy This Way Comes, 1993)


• Seein' Life Through A Bottom Of A Bottle (... And No One Else Wanted To Play, 1985)


• Seven Minutes Closer To Death (Something Green And Leafy This Way Comes, 1993)


• Time To Buy A Futon (Better Than A Stick In The Eye, 1988)


• Tour Tantrum (Better Than A Stick In The Eye, 1988)