I know. It’s way past October but I was out of the country from 10/21 to 11/9 and I’m just getting caught up, so here’s my late post!

First: Blind Date by Joanofart. This cute story plays on the ideas of blind dates (obviously) and mistaken identity. Short, spicy, and sweet. Couldn’t ask for more. Well, I could ask for more, as in I’d be happy to see these two in further stories!

Second: an arm to be held at the wrist by ineffabildaddy. This is the story of a tattoo artist who frequents a nearby restaurant, always on the same night at the same time at the same table, and always waited on by the same person. The two are both drawn together, but their relationship is that of patron and employee, so neither speak up for almost a year. Then one day, they actually talk. It’s a lovely story. I met the author at IneffableCon in August (and volunteered to read a part for a podfic of one of their other stories!) and I’d wanted to check out some of their other works. Glad this was my first! There is one moment that literally made me gasp aloud, and I very, very rarely ever react aloud to something I’m reading!

Third: You’ve Got Kudos! by ClassicHazel and Rhaegal. Aziraphale discovers that there’s been a book and TV show made about his and Crowley’s lives. He gets sucked into the Good Omens fandom and attends IneffableCon in the best cosplay – only to discover that Crowley is also an attendee. This story is the most meta thing I’ve ever read. It’s written by the couple who run the IneffableCon, who met through GO and fell in love, who moved in together while this story was being written, and who later got married. They reference actual members of the fandom while including themselves in the story, often by skewering their own personalities. It’s silly, sexy, humorous, sweet, and absolutely brilliant. I binge-read it in the two days leading up to when IneffableCon 7 tickets would be on sale, which made the fic even better.

Fourth: Legacies by AppleSeeds. This was the perfect little ghost story involving alchemists, astral projection, immortality, and very violent ghosts. The author put together each little hint so well. Normally I don’t read fanfiction with a mind toward theories and figuring things out, but this one very much engaged that part of my brain and I was coming up with and confirming/discarding theories along the way. Quite lovely as a pre-Halloween read!