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The wonderfully-talented saavikam77 has entered her heartwarming but spooky Bat-Family Halloween tale for the 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge. Enjoy this long, juicy read! :)



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Title: Through a Mirror... (Complete)
Author: saavikam77
Fandom: DCU
Characters/Pairings: The entire Bat Family, w/Dick Grayson/Jason Todd/Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown/Cass Cain, Alfred Pennyworth, Zatanna, Clark Kent, Barbara Gordon, a surprise character, and many others mentioned
Rating: R (for Jay's mouth)
Word Count: 6,818 (total across 5 parts)
Prompt: For dcu_freeforall: 1: Friction (posted last year), 2 & 3: Cross-dressing, 4: Writer's Choice: Trance, and 5: Family/Group Support; For The 2012 DCU Free For All Autumn Challenge: 1. Mirror, Blood (posted for the 2011 challenge), 2: Costumes/Masks, Trick-or-Treating, 3: Halloween Party, 4: Séance, Possession, Doorway/Portal, and 5: Apples; For bradygirl_12's 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge: 1: Apples, Pumpkin, Jack-o-Lanterns, Slasher/Horror Flicks (posted for the 2011 challenge), 2: Houses decorated for Halloween, Vampires, Chocolate/Candy, 3: Glitter, Crown/Tiara/Circlet, and 4: Crystal Ball, Candles
Summary: On the night of October 31st, the Wayne Household puts on a Halloween party, for the first time ever. Little do they know what the night will bring when Zatanna gathers them for a séance in the old parlor.
Disclaimer: DC and WB own everything, the schmucks.
Author's Notes: Part of the Together-Verse, in which Jay is Batman, Tim is his Robin (though Damian is a little Robin in training), Damian is Jay's kid, and Bruce is still missing.

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Hi, luvs! Hope you're having a great Halloween! Thanks to lee_ashburn and hpstrangelove for my virtual pumpkin cookies! Yum! :)

Some entries for the 2012 Fic/Art Halloween Challenge. First, a fluffy Clexian Halloween tale written for the clexmas 2012 Super Sexy Scary Challenge by me, and malkavianlove's Barbara Gordon tale that is haunting and heartfelt. Check them out on this spooky night in between answering the doorbell for the trick-or-treaters! ;)


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Title: Golden Fried Dough In All Its Glory (1/1)
Author: bradygirl_12
Pairings/Characters: Clark/Lex, Jonathan/Martha, Sandra Swenson, Alma Rossetti, Joan Randall, Lem Vandervoort, Axel Maycomb
Continuity: Smallville
Genres: Challenge, Holiday, Humor, Romance, Slice-Of-Life
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: Martha is in charge of the Halloween Festival and dragoons Lex into helping this year.
Date Of Completion: October 15, 2011
Date Of Posting: October 31, 2012
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC and Warner Brothers do, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 5560
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author's Notes: Written for the clexmas 2012 Super Sexy Scary Challenge. Also written for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge.Prompts: Smallville, Apples, Pumpkin Lights, Black, Witch, Jack O’Lanterns, Black Cat, Pumpkin Muffins, Leaves, Bats, Pumpkin Bread, Candy, Apple Pie, Trick-Or-Treat, Black-And-Orange, Ghost, Moon/Moonlight, Candy Apples. Also written for saavikam77’s 2012 DCU Free_For_All Autumn Challenge. Prompts: Special Prompt No. 3: Pumpkins/Jack O’Lanterns; Special Prompt No. 4: Trick-Or-Treating; and Special Prompt No. 9: Apples.


Title: Pale Ghosts
Author: malkavianlove/Insolentwitch.
Fandom: DCU
Continuity: Pre-DCnU Comics
Characters: Barbara Gordon/Oracle, mention of other Batfamily
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mention of dead characters
Genre: General
Spoilers: Nothing really, if you're familiar with Bat continuity up until 2006 you should be fine.
Word Count: 219
Disclaimer: I do't own 'em but I love them like family.
Synopsis: She sees them
Prompts: DC Universe, Barbara Gordon, pale ghosts at midnight, from Gehayi at Fic_Promptly.
Challenges: For bradygirl_12's 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge. Prompts include Ghosts, Gotham City, Oracle (Barbara), and Midnight (which I didn't see on the list, but should be on there ^-^).
Author's Notes: This is the first thing I've written since the baby was born. (Actually the first thing I've written since I got pregnant.) It's just a little bitty thing to get my feet wet and see if I still have any talent for this sort of thing. Concrit/Comments are cherished, loved, even if it's just to let me know you read it. =)

Title: Mists Of Gotham (3/3)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Characters/Pairings (this chapter): Bruce/Jim, Dan/Addie, John Blake, Jonathan Crane
Genres: Angst, Challenge, Drama, Holiday, Mystery
Continuity: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Rating: (this chapter): G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: For The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
General Summary: Gotham defiantly celebrates Halloween during the Occupation. Will the Bat come back to help them?
Chapter Summary: Halloween Night brings out the Ghosts.
Date Of Completion: September 24, 2011
Date Of Posting: October 26, 2012
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC and Warner Brothers do, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 1723
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Notes: Written for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge. Prompts: Gotham City, Houses Decorated For Halloween, Black, Ghosts/Spirits/Apparitions, Astral Projection, Bats, Orange-and-Black, Black Cat, Mists/Fog, Gloves/Gauntlets, Capes/Cloaks/Robes, Candy Corn, Masks, Costumes, Gold, Jack O’Lanterns, Skeleton, Witch, Masquerade Ball/Halloween Party, Apples, Pumpkin Muffins, Vampires, Moon/Moonlight and also for saavikam77’s 2012 DCU Free_For_All Autumn Challenge. Prompts: T12; P14: Haunted, T10; P23: Spectre, Special Prompt 6: Costumes/Masks.
All chapters can be found here.

( He was still sticking to the alleys and shadows. Bane might have allowed masks tonight out of a sense of amusement, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t order his men to unmask anyone they found suspicious. )

Title: Mists Of Gotham (2/3)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Characters/Pairings (this chapter): Bruce/Jim, John Blake, Joe O’Hara, Brett Dover, Bane, Jonathan Crane
Genres: Angst, Challenge, Drama, Holiday, Mystery
Continuity: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Rating: (this chapter): G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: For The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
General Summary: Gotham defiantly celebrates Halloween during the Occupation. Will the Bat come back to help them?
Chapter Summary: Jim learns about the Batman sightings.
Date Of Completion: August 24, 2011
Date Of Posting: October 14, 2012
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC and Warner Brothers do, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 1230
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Note: Written for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge. Prompts: Gotham City, Houses Decorated For Halloween, Black, Ghosts/Spirits/Apparitions, Astral Projection, Bats, Orange-and-Black, Black Cat, Mists/Fog, Gloves/Gauntlets, Capes/Cloaks/Robes, Candy Corn, Masks, Costumes, Jack O’Lanterns, Skeleton, Witch, Masquerade Ball/Halloween Party, Apples, Pumpkin Muffins, Moon/Moonlight, Vampires and also for saavikam77’s 2012 DCU Free_For_All Autumn Challenge. Prompts: T12; P14: Haunted, T10; P23: Spectre, Special Prompt 6: Costumes/Masks.
All chapters can be found here.

( Jim tossed and turned restlessly as he tried to sleep. The bed was comfortable enough. He’d regret leaving it when they had to move again, but he just couldn’t get to sleep. He sat up with a sigh. Where was the Bat? After years of not showing his face, or cowl, he had vanished again after reappearing for a brief time. Gotham needed him more than ever now. )

Title: Mists Of Gotham (1/3)
Author: BradyGirl_12
Characters/Pairings (this chapter): Bruce/Jim, John Blake, Joe O’Hara, Brett Dover, Jack Kelly, Max Tolliver
Genres: Angst, Challenge, Drama, Holiday, Mystery
Continuity: The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Rating: (this chapter): G
Warnings: None
Spoilers: For The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
General Summary: Gotham defiantly celebrates Halloween during the Occupation. Will the Bat come back to help them?
Chapter Summary: A strange apparition appears in town.
Date Of Completion: August 20, 2011
Date Of Posting: October 11, 2012
Disclaimer: I don’t own ‘em, DC and Warner Brothers do, more’s the pity.
Word Count: 1311
Feedback welcome and appreciated.
Author’s Notes: Written for my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge. Prompts: Gotham City, Houses Decorated For Halloween, Black, Ghosts/Spirits/Apparitions, Astral Projection, Orange-and-Black, Black Cat, Mists/Fog, Gloves/Gauntlets, Capes/Cloaks/Robes, Candy Corn, Masks, Costumes, Jack O’Lanterns, Skeleton, Witch, Masquerade Ball/Halloween Party, Pumpkin Muffins, Moon/Moonlight and also for saavikam77’s 2012 DCU Free_For_All Autumn Challenge. Prompts: T12; P14: Haunted, T10; P23: Spectre, Special Prompt 6: Costumes/Masks.
All chapters can be found here.

( Clouds scudded across the face of the moon as the wind howled around the corners of the house, rattling the windowpanes. Leaves skittered down the street, whirling in wild arcs as the footsteps of a nervous Gothamite hurried down the cracked pavement. )

elenarain has written a sexy, HAWT Clexian tale for the 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge! Her use of the prompts is quite imaginative. ;)

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Title: Bubble, Bubble Toil and Trouble
Author: elenarain
Characters: Clark Kent/ Lex Luthor
Continuity: TVverse – Smallville
Rating: MA/NC-17
Warnings: slash, language, some dirty talk
Disclaimer: I don’t own Smallville or any of its characters. If I did, well Clex would have been cannon from season 1.
Prompts Used: Candy Corn, Red Silk, Halloween Party, Enchanted Apple/Potions
Summary: Clark and Lex go to a Halloween Party and have some weird spelled enchanted apples. After they both eat of the candy coated apples Lex finds a trail of little candy corn pieces. What is at the end of that trail? Will he step on any of the pieces? Will he eat them all before he gets to the end? Well, read on to find out ;)
Also Posted: /A03, FF.net
Author’s Notes: I really don’t know where this came from, but I hope you all like it. Happy Early Halloween =] Written for bradygirl_12's 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge

Yay! josephina_x has written a sexy, passionate Clex tale for the 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge. She never fails to delight with her Clexian fic. :)

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Title: Trust, Affection, Aggression. --Not The Same Thing.
Author: josephina_x
Characters/Pairings: Clark/Lex (slash)
Continuity: Smallville (TV)
Genre: Romance, Drama, PWP if you read it standalone
Rating: R (hard-R this time, folks)
Warnings: might look slightly non-con if you squint or skip large passages(?) --it's totally con though, so very much so :)
Spoilers: for the entire series, pre-seven-years-later
Disclaimer: Not mine, not for profit. For entertainment purposes only, please don't sue.
Word Count: 3600+
Summary: It's Halloween, and Lex wants to get Clark in the mood. ...Of course, since this is one of Lex's plans, nothing survives the first engagement. (Guess it's a good thing they're already married.)
Prompts Used: in approximate order of occurrence:

Colors:
1. Black
8. Purple
5. Red
7. Gold
6. Silver

Traditional Elements:
38. Mists/Fog
51. The Angel Of Death
34. Capes/Cloaks/Robes

Potpourri:
6. Victorian ephemera
10. Gloves
3. Black lace
2. Red silk
4. Kohl
9. Crown/Tiara/Circlet

Setting:
5. Smallville (Of course, in Smallville, it’s Halloween every day! ;) )

Author’s Note: The Xmas 2011 series rears its ugly head once again! Muahahahahahaha! ;)

Written for bradygirl_12’s 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge.

Hi, luvs! clexmas has opened its 2012 Super Sexy Scary Challenge! Go take a look at the prompts and see what tickles your fancy. ;)

You can also cross-Challenge with my 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge. We need more Clex and SV over here! :)

The 2012 DCU Fic/Art Halloween Challenge is now officially open! If you think there's nothing new about it, think again! I thought I couldn't add any more prompts but a floodgate opened and there are many new ones and new scenarios, too. So check it out if you haven't done so already, and help keep the tradition of this being my most successful Challenge every year. ctbn60 has already created a fantastic banner! :)

Don't forget the 2012 DCU Fic/Art Angels Challenge. You can cross-Challenge!

It's really autumn. The 'official' start isn't for three weeks but you can tell by the light in the morning and throughout the day, really, and at dusk. You can feel it and hear it as the weather grows cooler and the geese start their southward journey. The leaves are beginning to turn and the apples will be at their ripest very soon in the orchards. The cries of football fans can be heard throughout the land! The Blue Moon was gorgeous last night and such a fine tribute to the Goddess. :)

I always get excited at this time of year. I get Spring Fever but Autumn Fever, too. :) It means holidays coming and all sorts of fun, and my birthday included! I have to wait 'til the end of the month (the 27th) but anticipation is all the sweeter. And considering the events of last spring, I'm appreciative of having another birthday to celebrate!

The house is decorated with Autumn/Halloween knickknacks and other things and it's time to stir those cauldrons and enjoy the fannish goodies simmering within! :)

Hi, luvs! The first draft of my marvel_bang is finished! *happy dance* I'm not sure of the word count yet since I have to type up the remaining pages, but I'm guessing it's around 20,000, maybe more. And I just finished a section of my profic (the whole project might top out around 200,000 when it's finished) so that's another happy dance! ;)

Both kink memes, avengerkink and tdkr_kink, have closed their rounds. The former will open Round 11 in three days and the latter Round 2 in two weeks.

I'm going to finish typing my marvel_bang fic and work on a one-shot for The Dark Knight Rises. I may start typing up my languishing Mel/Johnny stories for my 12_stories Claims Table. They're written but not edited or typed yet. No hurry on those as very few people seem interested. *shrugs*

Of course more chapters of Rainbow's Freedom will be coming your way! We're almost at the halfway point of this final arc! :)

I'll be working on the new Halloween Challenge so keep your eyes on this journal for an announcement soon! I hope there will be cross-challenging with the 2012 DCU Fic/Art Angels Challenge. ;)