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[billhader]

loving my avatar on this tuesday

[philon-awards]

Philon Awards 2024 Shortlist

(in alphabetical order of the title; shortlist based on the results of the nominations phase)

Short fic (word count under 10K):

And Filled With Tomorrows by Android_And_Ale

A Perfect Fit by ThereBeWhalesHere

Cherubim by vanilla_extract

Engineering a Fantasy by CampySpaceSlime

Fly Over My Grave Again by gunstreet

Harrekh t'Harrekhi by CampySpaceSlime

How to Win Plants and Influence Lizards by indeedcaptain

Seeing, Unseeing by Jenna Hilary Sinclair (JennaHilary)

The Mess Hall Incident (or why Bones really wants to eat his salad alone, thank you) by discorporating

The Sight of a Touch, or the Scent of a Sound by Moreta1848

Long fic (word count 10K-50K):

All Things Fall and Are Built Again by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)

DESK JOBS by WerewolvesAreReal

How Do I Know He's Mine by HDDrabble

Hurt by ThereBeWhalesHere

Please Don't Take Him Just Because You Can by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)

Space age country girl, stone cold miracle by thembonesthembones

the fine print, and other things james t. kirk doesn't read by onlyafterhours

the yeomen of the garden (and laundry) by cicak

Way from Within by gunstreet

Novella/novel (word count over 50K):

Bodyguard by BurningAmber

Grief as a four-dimensional figure by Moreta1848

I Shall Do Neither by onwhatcaptain

It's Not An Illusion by Borealisblue

mol-kur by uhuraprime

Quell the Cosmic Tides by Plus3Charisma

Regulatory Relations by indeedcaptain

The Exiles by Moreta1848

The rebel and the nerd by Moreta1848

The recitation of names by Moreta1848

Podfic:

Blood Fever (written by T'Lara) by 1lostone

I must confess (written by USS_Queertastic) by 1lostone

milk and honey (written by spaceisgay) by foundbyjohndoe

milk and honey (written by spaceisgay) by cookiemom6067

The 1,000 Hour Sleep (written by spqr) by cookiemom6067

Traditional art:

Alright mr Spock by knezidon

kiss by vanilla-phantoms

Parading with Pride by Purple_Enma

Spock's Tattoo by SButler (Shelley Butler)

Tender Hands by Purple_Enma (Tumblr post)

The Ritual by Purple_Enma (Tumblr post)

Digital art:

(untitled Spock nude) by spirk-my-love (Florian Gray)

By the Fireplace by lorvee

Captains' Gambit (comic) by lorvee (Tumblr post)

Commission for BurningAmber's fic "Bodyguard" by asyncamestel

Harrekh t'Harrekhi by Purple_Enma (Tumblr post)

Mess by eldar_of_zemlya

Morning Sex by nightcrawler1

TALKING TO GHOSTS by emilinqa

Vulcan's Forge by CelestialVoyeur (Tumblr post)

Poetry:

all of me, unguarded by indeedcaptain

blanket me by USS_Queertastic (BoldlyQueertastic)

Shared Space by CelestialVoyeur (poem is chapter 6 in a collection of poems)

The Curious Case of Captain Kirk by CelestialVoyeur (poem is chapter 5 in a collection of poems)

to have and to hold by CateAdams

Zines:

KiScon 2023 Official Zine (editor: 1lostone) (download link)

Wild Heart – A NSFW AOS Spirk zine (editors: borbtrek, remylebae, nicbutnasty) (download link)

You can also see the shortlist on this Google spreadsheet. Make a copy to have your own spreadsheet to keep track of what you've already read and how you liked it.

Voting will open on 10 September 2024! Stay tuned for the announcement. You can also find this shortlist plus the rules and explanations concerning the voting process on the KiScon website.

[kiscon]

PHILON AWARDS

KiScon is honoured to host the Philon Awards. Established by Jenna Sinclair and Shelley Butler in 1997, they were an annual event organised by The K/S Press to honour outstanding authors and artists in K/S fandom. With the permission and support of Jenna and Shelley, KiScon is resuming this beautiful tradition.

Philon Awards 2023 Winners (officially announced on 5 Nov 2023, at KiScon) Short fic (word count under 10K): 🏆 Gold: Spock 🖖 by vaksur & WerewolvesAreReal 🏆 Silver: One In A Myriad of Little Dwelling Places by CampySpaceSlime

Long fic (word count 10K-50K): 🏆 Gold: Red is by spirkme 🏆 (ex aequo) 🏆 Gold: Rain Dogs by gunstreet 🏆 (ex aequo) 🏆 Gold: Milk and Honey by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin) 🏆 (ex aequo) Silver: Untouched by SButler

Novella/novel (word count over 50K): 🏆 Gold: First, Best Destiny, Part Two by Ophelia_j 🏆 Silver: Time After Time by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)

Podfic: 🏆 Gold: Communicators Can’t Scan (or, how Jim Kirk learned to stop worrying and love the Vulcanese) by 1lostone 🏆 (ex aequo) 🏆 Gold: Injured by 1lostone 🏆 (ex aequo) Silver: Interior Harmony by 1lostone

Traditional art: 🏆 Gold: Marooned? Honeymoon? Honeymarooned? by subterraneanna 🏆 Silver: Spock by the Pool by SButler

Digital art: 🏆 Gold: The Meddling Captain (Comic) by lorvee 🏆 Silver: Heaven… when I held you again. How could we ever just be friends? by BataSann

Poetry: 🏆 Gold: The Mountains I Climb by USS_Queertastic 🏆 Silver: Come Home With Me by ForFucksSakeJim

Zines: 🏆 Gold: The AOS Renaissance Zine 🏆 Silver: Legends #10 by Dovya Blacque (Ed.)

Philon Awards 2023 Shortlist (in alphabetical order of the title; shortlist based on the results of the nominations phase)

Short fic (word count under 10K):

An old earth custom by pkrosche

Can We Always Be This Close? by ForFucksSakeJim

Fatal Vision by ikoliholic

I [43M] wish to tell my friend [40M] that it’d be logical for us to get married by Smile_Edgeworth

One In A Myriad of Little Dwelling Places by CampySpaceSlime

Spock 🖖 by vaksur & WerewolvesAreReal

The Tropiest of Tropes by Spirkme

Long fic (word count 10K-50K):

already, and always by flipthebits

Catspaw of Another Kind by Borealisblue

Distance of Time by yassifiedjimkirk

Home in a Mug by Lizzy0305

Milk and Honey by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)

Rain Dogs by gunstreet

Red is by spirkme

Reservations — A Sequel to Desire/Reserve by Herself_nyc

Social Graces by gunstreet

The Prince and The Vulcan by TonightNoPoetryWillServe

Untouched by SButler

Variations on a bitter theme by OrpheaAria

Novella/novel (word count over 50K):

First, Best Destiny, Part Two by Ophelia_j

The Promised Land by gunstreet

This Must Be the Place by gunstreet

Time After Time by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)

to assess the equation of you by uhuraprime

Podfic:

Communicators Can’t Scan (or, how Jim Kirk learned to stop worrying and love the Vulcanese) by 1lostone

For the Greater Good by cookiemom6067

Injured by 1lostone

Interior Harmony by 1lostone

Mistletoe Kisses by 1lostone

Traditional art:

AOS Spock Portrait by Nic

Blooming Kiss by Purple_Enma

Marooned? Honeymoon? Honeymarooned? by subterraneanna

Spock by the Pool by SButler

Spock's Lyre by lorvee

The Golden Couple by Purple_Enma

Digital art:

A little sweet, a little spicy: k/s gingerbread cookies by PageofWands

Heaven… when I held you again. How could we ever just be friends? by BataSann

The Honeymoon Postcard by lorvee

The Meddling Captain (Comic) by lorvee

TOS Kirk/Spock in SNW Dress Uniforms by BataSann

Poetry:

Asleep by alainanmccoy

Come Home With Me by ForFucksSakeJim

Diamonds for You by Orabla

I’m the X (Reprise) by eigenvectrix

The Mountains I Climb by USS_Queertastic

Zines:

The AOS Renaissance Zine 

Legends #10 by Dovya Blacque (Ed.)

[android-and-ale]

My Philon Awards Spirk Fic and Art Recs (Updated)

EDIT: Updated to include art links! Scroll down to feast your eyes!

It's Philon Awards Season! I'm going through my bookmarks trying to decide how to narrow down the many, MANY amazing fics and art I've voraciously consumed.

If you're not deep in the fandom you might not have heard of the awards. They're given at KisCon, the annual Kirk/Spock convention in Seattle. However, they're open to nomination and voting by anyone who enjoys Spirk, no convention membership required!

Click Here for a link where you can learn all about the categories and access the anonymous google form to nominate your favorites. You don't have to attend the con to vote. It's open to all Spirk loving fans!

I've assembled my own short list below. It doesn't begin to cover all the great fics published in the last year, and for some of these writers narrowing it down to only a couple nominations each was incredibly hard! (For the official nominations ballot, you can only chose a max of 3.)

Whether or not any thing below makes it onto your personal nominations lists, please check them out. This has been a great year in the fandom!

Short Fic (under 10K):

Lost and Found in Translation by @indeedcaptain

How to Win Plants and Influence Lizards by @indeedcaptain

We Need Disposable Towels In The Gym by @affixjoy

Baby It's Cold Outside by ChancelorGriffen/SpaceIsGay

Here We Go Again Again Again Again Again Again Again Again (Again Again) by @flippyspoon

Melting Snow, Sweat, and Other Dripping Fluids by CampySpaceSlime

Long Fic (10K - 50K):

The Yeomen of the Garden by @cicaklah

Get Some by @flippyspoon

Please Don't Take Him Just Because You Can by ChancelorGriffen/SpaceIsGay

Way from Within by @gunstreet

Sugar In Your Hand by @werewolves-are-real

Don't You Know Me by @strangenewwords

Hurt by @therebewhaleshere

Novels (over 50K):

The Exiles by @jennelikejennay

The Recitation of Names by @jennelikejennay

Regulatory Relations by @indeedcaptain

(note: the author says RR will be complete before the end of the nomination period)

Mol-Kur by @uhuraprime

Of Trees And Telepathy by StupidCat

Traditional Art:

Untitled Nude Spock in Pencil by Florian/spirk-ny-love

The Ritual by Purple Enma

The Birth of Adam As Spirk by garneneva

A Piece of the Action by red-cicada

Untitled Spock as a Satyr by USS Genderprise

Untitled Pencil Screenshot Redraw by catloverkid00

Digital Art:

Captain's Gambit by Lorvee

Vulcan's Forge by CelestialVoyeur

Video of "Birdhouse in your soul" with Spirk art they drew by Knifecat111

Untitled Amok Time Portrait by Gensho

This Time In Front of the Klingons by Honey Ginsen

Untitled Shore Leave Gift by Eldar-of-Zemlya

A Barrier by iskander-tm

Kill Your Captain by asyncamestel

Untitled Plato's Stepchildren Art by daekiyu

Untitled Pride Month Pinky Kiss by who-i-am-is-who-i-am

(I might have to roll a D10 to pick my favorite art for the official nomination form. It's been such a good year, and so much stuff scrolls past with only a few seconds of appreciation. Treat yourself to another look!)

Shameless Self Recs (both fics under 10K):

And Filled With Tomorrows by me

Replicator Roulette by me

If you're looking for some great new fic, please read the back catalog of FlippySpoon, Moreta1848, IndeedCaptain, Gunstreet, SpaceIsGay, and the entire One Man series by Cicak. It's all so good! (All links take you to their AO3.)

THESE RECS ARE BY NO MEANS COMPREHENSIVE!

This has been a bumper year for Spirk! I'm about to write a follow up post with stats, but FWIW, based on AO3 posts, this is the most active the fandom has been in over a decade! 2024 is the year we feast!

[gunstreet]

Here is the first of two fics I wrote for @ksspringfever this year, and those of you who enjoyed our piece for K/S Advent will be delighted to know this is another collab with @justveeing, who did art for each chapter! It's always a joy to work with Lor and bring these stories to life together (these images are teasers— seeing them in their full context would spoil it). I hope you'll enjoy reading this as much as we enjoyed creating it!

[SNW, 27K, explicit]

[esper-eclipse]

WOE! THEMED PFP UPON YE! I love mob psycho just watched and realized I needed a pfp to match the occasion

Lorvee this!

[celestialvoyeur]

💛💙SPIRK FIC REC💙💛

This SNW fic by the superbly talented @gunstreet is so much fun! It's hilariously funny, delightfully sexy and has amazing artwork throughout by the equally talented @justveeing.

If you want to brighten your day you should definitely give this a read!

[woman-of-many-fandoms]

If you miss good nsfw art, give this one a look.

[affixjoy]

I’ve read a few fics lately with some great timey wimey premises so if that’s your jam you might also enjoy them!

If I missed your fav please share in the comments! I love this sort of thing and will always want to read more.

Some Version Of You by @ncc1701ohno

Summary: Bones is stuck in a time loop and stuck in his room. With Jim. He's forced to admit how intense this thing between them has gotten, how much he feels for Jim, even as he's been falling in love with Spock.

Does what happens in a time loop stay in a time loop?

Thoughts: I’m a sucker for time loops and this is just such a great short look at it with academy era McKirk.

Highlights: the angst! The longing! THE END!

It Ends Or It Doesn’t by @muirmarie

Summary: McCoy dies, and Kirk breaks his hand on a wall. Kirk dies to save McCoy, and McCoy breaks his hand on Spock's face for not stopping him. Spock dies, and he doesn't have to see what happens next, because the day resets. The day keeps resetting. McCoy keeps dying.

Thoughts: these self sacrificing idiots just love each other so much and I love THEM!

Highlights: there’s a loop towards the end where they accept what is happening and it’s probably my favorite part of this fic.

Grief As A Four Dimensional Figure by @jennelikejennay (moreta1848)

Summary: "One might arguably say it is not fully logical to care whether I cannot return to Vulcan because it no longer exists or because it is separated from me permanently in five-dimensional space.”

“No, I think I get it,” said Jim. “Like, I haven’t gone back to the old house in Iowa in years, but I do like knowing it’s there. If my mom sold it and it got knocked down, it would make a difference to me.”

The ambassador nodded. “Likewise, even in four-dimensional space, we are separated from the things we have lost only by distance—by the fact that we cannot easily travel along the timeline.” He marked out a section of his timeline, then a dot further back in the bottom timeline—Jim’s timeline. “My marriage is here. I am here, in a different timeline and at a different time. But my marriage exists. It is a figure in four-dimensional space which will continue to exist, in that sense, eternally. So long as the timeline does not collapse, it is a permanent part of history. So although I do not have my spouse with me, I know that he existed. That somewhere, in a time and a dimension I cannot go, we are meeting for the first time. That somewhere, I am asleep in his arms.”

Thoughts: I rarely like aos as much as tos fics, but this one worked so so well for me.

Highlights: every reference to the one with the whales, all the feelings about Amanda, all of Spirk’s big feelings about each other.

Way From Within by @gunstreet and @justveeing

Summary: Jim and Spock are assigned together for a rescue mission, and in the exhilarating aftermath, their attraction to each other comes bubbling to the surface. But the next day Spock is surprisingly distant, and the rest of the morning starts to seem eerily familiar to Jim...

Written by gunstreet and illustrated by lorvee, this is a K/S timeloop story in the vein of Palm Springs or Groundhog Day.

Thoughts: pretty sure we all collectively lost our minds about this one when it came out a few months ago, but if you haven’t read it yet it is GREAT. All the fun time loop tropes I love with Kirk and Spock at the center.

Highlights: the art is so good! I love seeing these scenes illustrated!

Happy reading everyone! 🖖

[showaboutdeath]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

eughhh hes so silly and HEHE i lorvee dhim‼️ (nobody knows who he is bc im too shy to disclose :3)

if i dont get birthday wishes IMMEDIATELY, none of you are invited to my birthday party /silly

textless + chibis under the cut

[ksadvent]

Day 24: 'Tis the season to be jolly / Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Title: Out From The Cold

Author: ForFucksSakeJim Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series

Rating: Teen And Up AudiencesWords: 1,672

Summary: When the environmental controls are offline due to The Enterprise's latest run in with the Klingons, it leaves Spock feeling colder than what would usually be normal for him.

In response to a prompt by Anonymous.

 Title: By The Fireplace

Artist: lorvee Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies)

Rating: General Audiences

Summary: 

Old Married Spock and Jim prefer to spend their off-time cozy and warm by the fireplace's light.

In response to a prompt by gunstreet.

[ao3feed-spirk]

Feel the Weight of a Love Not Strong Enough

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/43479540

by lorvee

In the negotiation of this scenario, Spock had presented both of them the idea as if it was in T’Pring’s benefit. As if two males for herself was something she had thought of, or even wanted beforehand. He had never stated his true purpose, which in retrospect, was a disservice to both his character and his partners.

 Spock manages to convince both his lovers to a threesome, unveiling a fundamental truth by accident.

Words: 4536, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Star Trek

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: James T. Kirk, Spock (Star Trek), T'Pring (Star Trek)

Relationships: James T. Kirk/Spock, Spock/T'Pring (Star Trek), James T. Kirk/Spock/T'Pring, James T. Kirk & T'Pring

Additional Tags: Threesome - F/M/M, Consensual, Bisexual Character, Vaginal Sex, Hand Jobs, Blow Jobs, Alien Biology, (mostly using the vulcan-englsh dictionary tbh), Compulsory Heterosexuality, Under-negotiated Kink, But still consensual, this fic can also be called two homosexual vulcans and one bisexual human, No Beta

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/43479540

[philon-awards]

Philon Awards 2023 Shortlist / Voting Form

(in alphabetical order of the title; shortlist based on the results of the nominations phase)

Short fic (word count under 10K):

An old earth custom by pkrosche Can We Always Be This Close? by ForFucksSakeJim Fatal Vision by ikoliholic I [43M] wish to tell my friend [40M] that it’d be logical for us to get married by Smile_Edgeworth One In A Myriad of Little Dwelling Places by CampySpaceSlime Spock 🖖 by vaksur & WerewolvesAreReal The Tropiest of Tropes by Spirkme

Long fic (word count 10K-50K):

already, and always by flipthebits Catspaw of Another Kind by Borealisblue Distance of Time by yassifiedjimkirk Home in a Mug by Lizzy0305 Milk and Honey by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin) Rain Dogs by gunstreet Red is by spirkme Reservations — A Sequel to Desire/Reserve by Herself_nyc Social Graces by gunstreet The Prince and The Vulcan by TonightNoPoetryWillServe Untouched by SButler Variations on a bitter theme by OrpheaAria

Novella/novel (word count over 50K):

First, Best Destiny, Part Two by Ophelia_j The Promised Land by gunstreet This Must Be the Place by gunstreet Time After Time by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin) to assess the equation of you by uhuraprime

Podfic:

Communicators Can’t Scan (or, how Jim Kirk learned to stop worrying and love the Vulcanese) by 1lostone For the Greater Good by cookiemom6067 Injured by 1lostone Interior Harmony by 1lostone Mistletoe Kisses by 1lostone

Traditional art:

AOS Spock Portrait by Nic Blooming Kiss by Purple_Enma Marooned? Honeymoon? Honeymarooned? by subterraneanna Spock by the Pool by SButler Spock's Lyre by lorvee The Golden Couple by Purple_Enma

Digital art:

A little sweet, a little spicy: k/s gingerbread cookies by PageofWands Heaven… when I held you again. How could we ever just be friends? by BataSann The Honeymoon Postcard by lorvee The Meddling Captain (Comic) by lorvee TOS Kirk/Spock in SNW Dress Uniforms by BataSann

Poetry:

Asleep by alainanmccoy Come Home With Me by ForFucksSakeJim Diamonds for You by Orabla I’m the X (Reprise) by eigenvectrix The Mountains I Climb by USS_Queertastic

Zines:

The AOS Renaissance Zine  Legends #10 by Dovya Blacque (Ed.)

Rules

Voting is open from 10 September to 1 November, 2023 (11:59 p.m. EDT). You do not need to be a registered KiScon member in order to vote; voting is open to every K/S fan.

In each category there will be a Gold (first place) and a Silver (second place) winner.

The winners will be announced during KiScon 2023 (3-5 Nov). Each winner will receive a certificate and a small prize; we will contact the winners after the convention weekend.

You need to be logged into your Google account in order to submit the voting form; this ensures that people do not vote multiple times for the same work. If we suspect sockpuppet activity, we will get in touch for clarification. We keep the voting process completely confidential! Only the KiScon concom will see the submitted forms.

In each category you can pick one work.

You can submit the form only once, but you can edit your responses if you need to add or change something (just follow the link in the email you receive after submitting the form). You cannot edit your responses after voting has closed, so make sure you have picked your favourite in all categories that are important to you.

Yes, you *can* vote for your own work(s). We won't judge you. ;-)

And here's the link to the voting sheet!

[android-and-ale]

My Shore Leave/T’hy’la Bang 2024 fic is live! I was fortunate enough to be paired with the incredible artist @justveeing. No spoilers, but you are in for a TREAT with the rest of the art! 

I present to you my bite sized 10K fic of beachy summertime Spirk shenanigans. 

Excerpt:

“Lighten up, Jim!” Una laughed. “This is a pleasure planet.”

“It’s a Vacation Destination.” Kirk leaned in close, lowering his voice to a whisper. “Where sixteen Federation citizens have gone missing in the last month!”

“Yeah. About that.” Una leaned over the bar and pressed her thumb against the bartender’s PADD. He mixed her a fresh drink and slid it down the bar without once looking up from his conversation with a flirty, lithe Bajoran. “We should talk.”

Kirk held up a hand. “It’s our assignment. I’d be here searching for our missing people even if this wasn’t a vacation destination.”

“Oh, I know you would.” She elbowed Spock in the ribs. “You’d both be happier if this was an extreme survival world where you had to fight off three meter tall rabid sloths using nothing but spears made from your own deltas.”

“It would be preferable to the present assignment,” said Spock. “Commander Chin-Riley has broken nineteen starfleet regulations since our arrival.”

“In ten hours?” K’Lico slowly licked alcohol off his fruit kabob.

Una shrugged. “It’s been a slow day.”

[gunstreet]

By the way my KiSCon zine fic is up now on ao3! This is so exciting because it was written so many months earlier I'd basically forgotten all about it, and not to toot my own horn but I reread it after the zine was released and it made me laugh out loud. This was a collab with @justveeing who made FANTASTIC art for it, go look!

(SNW, explicit, just shy of 10K words which was the max for this zine lol)

[justveeing]

iPad update: It's dead! Apple welds the entire contents of the things they sell, so fixing it is not a solution. I have to get a new one!

Worse thing? Ya girl didn't have a backup! I lost 3 years of artwork! All my personal projects and fanart: Gone.

I hate to do this, but I will probably open commissions once I get a new one.... In the mean time, if anyone wants to share a ko-fi with me I will be so grateful! Maybe I will even give you a tiny doodle once I am back! Or open a raffle! Or accept requests!

https://ko-fi.com/lorvee

Anyway that's the update for today... Sorry to be a bummer, I guess!