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To all my readers: You are lovely, and I hope you have the nicest of weeks

And the winning story is...

Epidemic of the Mannequins!

Brothers Lost had a secret weapon this time to win the poll, and his name is the Tiny Chase Lisong! No one can resist the call of a story where we will be having some very small shenanigans with the local spaz best friend!

Chase Lisong never expected to be involved in such an exciting line of work. Ever since he discovered that borrowers exist and his best friend Jacob had two very small brothers bossing him around, it's all felt so new and thrilling.

How can he say no when his best friend needs help on the next case?

If anyone is interested, the story was inspired and named for the Stone Sour song, Epidemic of the Mannequins. I definitely recommend giving it a listen.

So while you're outside looking in

Describing what you see

Remember what you're staring at is me

I’m looking at you through the glass

Don’t know how much time has passed

Oh God, it feels like forever

Artwork by the amazing @rainyday-deer!

A Day of Duality!

Brothers Consulted pulls out the win, beating both Lost and Apart to become our next story posted!

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After being cooped up in Baker Street for months while recovering, Sam Winchester finally gets the chance for a day out.

Little do he and John Watson expect their walk to take a turn for the interesting when they spot something-- or someone-- hiding down an alley.

Meanwhile Sherlock Holmes and Dean Winchester are left to their own devices, resulting in the least boring day on record for the Consulting Detective and his borrower friend.

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We thought Brothers Apart would smash it out of the park, but instead here we are with Brothers Consulted winning with A Day of Duality!

There will be no further sneak peeks for the story, but until posting begins on 8/24/22 next week, enjoy the cover art made for it by one of my favorite artists, @soluscheese, who also runs the @canonspngifs blog, something we use all the time for inspiration:

They also did the cover art for Squeaklock Holmes, but we'll have to wait to see the adorable mousie that helps out Sam!

Ah, what a year it's been!

I certainly never intended it to take this long to announce the winners, but here we are. It's been an adventure already, and hopefully the second half of the year is much calmer. My fingers are crossed for it, anyway.

As it so happens, there will be no poll this year!

Neon pulled her entry out of consideration, which leaves us with three entrants and three prizes! I had an excellent time reading and reviewing them all, and so...

The grand winner for the 2022 Brothers Apart contest is.....

Jetx43682!

Their artwork perfectly captures Sam and Dean throwing a little celebration after the hunt! Just a casual moment between the brothers, caught for all of us to enjoy!

bellalocawherehaveyoubeen and Misha_McCarthy will be getting the second place prizes. There are no words for how haunting the story On the Shorter Side comes across, with Dean trying to find his place in a giant world. And of course the artwork of Bowman shows his attitude about getting caught perfectly, not to mention how beautiful Mallory came out in the second picture!

Winners, I will be reaching out to you today to see what prize you'll choose, along with a link to this year's bonus excerpts and almost all previous excerpts for your reading pleasure (a few might have been lost to time, as it's been so long since I worked with them).

So, I have been feeling much better, and am hoping to get back to a more regular schedule with stories soon!

There will be a brief period of time upcoming in August where I will hopefully be going on vacation-- AGAIN-- and maybe this time I'll actually get there and not spend it in the hospital. My parents will be celebrating their 50th anniversary, so I'll be out of state to join them and the rest of the family.

Now, for more blog-centric items:

Story!

Writing has been a little difficult for me recently, due to all these real life distractions, but @neonthebright and @borrowedtimeandspace have been wonderfully patient. We are still working on the stories, and I hope the pace will be picking up now that I'm in a better place. As for when posting resumes, I think I am going to shoot for mid August, after I return from vacation with my family. Brothers Apart and Brothers Lost will be in the poll coming up, and hopefully we'll also have some Consulted showing up with them!

I also bought a cool book on superstitions recently, so I'll be reading that for possible future ideas ;)

As always, if there are any questions or concerns, feel free to send in an ask!

Contest!

The contest is complete, and I will be reviewing the entries throughout the week! Listed below are the entries I received, if you DO NOT SEE YOUR ENTRY ON THE LIST, please send me a message within the week so I can add it.

Entries:

On the Shorter Side by Misha_McCarthy

Mallory Watch by @bellalocawherehaveyoubeen

Angry Bowman by @bellalocawherehaveyoubeen

Post Hunt Celebration by Jetx43682

Bacon and Cold Chills by @neonthebright

Bacon and Cold Chills will not be included in the poll as @neonthebright has withdrawn it from consideration, but please be sure to check out the conclusion to Oscar's heartwarming story throughout all the years we've had this contest running!

Again, if there are other entries I missed, please let me know.

Hi ya'll!

So initially the contest was going to end in March, but I haven't received many entries (2 at the time of initially posting this). I am going to extend the contest to the end of April, but there will be a possibility that it gets extended further, because that's around the time of my surgery and I may not be able to conclude it then.

So far we have two entries in, one of them artwork and the other a story from neon. Be sure to check them out, and if you have an entry you submitted that doesn't appear here, please send me a message with a link to it so I can add it to the entries!

Entry1, from Jetx43682

Entry2, from PL1