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"Hanahaki?" Chico asked.

"We'll need to do some more tests, but yes, it seems so," Dr Nathan said, and she sounded very sure.

"I thought Hanahaki was wiped out years ago," Chico said. He felt lost.

Chico gets some bad news.

I wrote this fic for oz_magi, a long-running annual holiday gift exchange in the Oz fandom. You can read this fic over there or on Ao3. You can also read my long and rambly DVD Commentary on my website. There's a deleted scene!

I've also posted my Party In The Dress Factory comment fics. Once all the main works are submitted, Oz Magi lets everyone have a go at filling the prompts in a big comment thread, which I think is a very cool idea. I had fun!

ICYMI: I'm running a very low-stakes fanworks challenge!

Details are on my website, but tl:dr;

• SNFU were a punk band from Canada whose songs often had quirky titles;


• the fictional Canadian punk band Hard Core Logo went on their ill-fated final tour 30 years ago this year (November 1995);


• So to commemorate this (prior to the big movie release anniversary next year) I am running a fanwork challenge in which people write, draw or make something inspired by a list of SNFU song titles (see below).

The inspiration for this challenge obviously comes from Hard Core Logo and the C6D fandom at large, but there are no restrictions on what fandom you can make fanworks in. The challenge is also open-ended with no deadlines. Submit something whenever you want! There's a collection on ao3 and there will be a list on my website as well.

Please participate. I have a notion to run this challenge again next year but with an expanded list of song titles by even more Canadian punk bands. Who fancies writing a fic inspired by "New Wave Sucks" or "Let's Go Down To Hollywood (& Shoot People)"?

Thanks to Juniperberry and Flownwrong for getting the word out early. And thanks to portlandwithyou for being the first person to take the plunge and make something for the challenge!

If you're intrigued, check out the list of unclaimed titles (although I'm not averse to multiple people using the same prompt).

The List

• Better Homes And Gardens (If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish, 1986)


• Beautiful, Unlike You and I (The Last Of The Big Time Suspenders, 1991)


• Cheap Transistor Radio (In The Meantime And In Between Time, 2004)


• Cockatoo Quill (In The Meantime And In Between Time, 2004)


• The Devil's Voice (If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish, 1986)


• Drunk On A Bike (The One Voted Most Likely To Succeed, 1995)


• Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump (In The Meantime And In Between Time, 2004)


• I Think Fine Art's Fine (In The Meantime And In Between Time, 2004)


• I'm Real Scared (... And No One Else Wanted To Play, 1985)


• Loser At Life/Loser At Death (... And No One Else Wanted To Play, 1985)


• My Pathetic Past (FYULABA, 1996)


• Reality Is A Ride On The Bus (Something Green And Leafy This Way Comes, 1993)


• Seein' Life Through A Bottom Of A Bottle (... And No One Else Wanted To Play, 1985)


• Seven Minutes Closer To Death (Something Green And Leafy This Way Comes, 1993)


• Time To Buy A Futon (Better Than A Stick In The Eye, 1988)


• Tour Tantrum (Better Than A Stick In The Eye, 1988)