A Quokka Dreeds its Weird

Last night I dreamed that exchange gifts needed to be picked up in person, and the location was assigned by mods. When the exchange opened, I discovered that the gift stories I'd written had been placed inside a local vacant lot, which can only be accessed by squeezing through a locked gate. I was very worried that my recipients would be unable to get to their gifts.

But luckily, the bar to entry is much lower than that. Here are two exchanges you may want to check out:

Signups/nominations for kingofexchanges, the Stephen King exchange modded by myself, sholio, and scioscribe, close tomorrow night. Come on in!

Eat, Drink, and Make Merry, a food-and-drink centered exchange, is open! The archive is full of stories in many fandoms, and also original works.

I got three wonderful, long, juicy, tasty, and satisfying stories.

Original Works:

On Schedule. An original story for my request for Avant-Garde Food Truck Chef/Traditional Food Truck Chef, an utterly delightful and often hilarious story set in an extremely recognizable Los Angeles, complete with edible receipts, TikTok-obsessed younger brothers, and avant-garde, Instagram-ready rectangular banh mi.

Torchwood:

I got two lovely stories based on the same prompt. I love it when that happens - it's endlessly fascinating to me to see different takes on the same prompt. Both stories are inventive, clever, funny, heartwarming, and full of team love and food descriptions. They're also extremely spoilery for a canon development late-ish in the show, so don't click if you don't want to be spoiled.

A Lifetime of Pomegranates

Mary Celeste

Have you found anything you enjoyed in the collection?

Thank you for creating for me! If you have any questions, please check with the mods. I am a very easy recipient and will be delighted with whatever you write for me. I have no special requirements beyond what's specifically stated in my DNWs. I'm fine with all POVs (i.e., first, second, third), tenses, ratings, etc.

I would enjoy any art treats if any of my prompts inspire you visually.

My AO3 name is Edonohana.

I like food. A lot. For all of these prompts, I would enjoy descriptions of the food, whether it's delicious or enjoyed despite not being delicious or whether it's absolutely terrible. I also like hurt-comfort, action/adventure, domestic life, worldbuilding, evocative descriptions, camaraderie, loyalty, trauma recovery, learning to love again or trust again or enjoy life again, miniature things, and animals.

When a single character is listed as "So-and-So & None," it means I'd be happy with a solo story with them or one with them and ANY other character, including those I didn't prompt or characters not included in the tag set.

All requests are for either "sweet" or "sour." I am fine with any tone. I didn't request "spicy" for any because I'm not into food-as-sex-toy, but it's totally fine for stories to also include sex.

Except for Torchwood, I have requested all of these canons before. All prompts in previous exchanges are still valid and welcomed if you can do them so they match the theme of this exchange. You can find them by clicking on the "fic exchange letter" tag.

( General DNWs )

( Dark Tower - Stephen King )

( Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin )

( The Long Walk - Richard Bachman )

( The Punisher (TV 2017 )

( Marvel Comics )

( Original Works )

( The Sandman (Comics) )

( The Stand - Stephen King )

( Torchwood )

( True Detective )