Day 25 - Christmas Stocking!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

A little later than planned, but before the stroke of midnight, rummaging around in the stocking we found this...



...and if you click on the link below, you'll find that there's something behind that rather lovely artwork as well...

The Dialj Christmas Special 2009

Small, but rather beautifully formed - four Pros stories in an online zine for your Boxing Day laziness...

Happy Christmas!

And do feel free to leave individual feedback here for the authors and artist - they're all online and will hopefully see it!

Comments

[towerbridge2006.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the lovely zine!

Happy Christmas to you, too! <3

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Very, very nice. Well done, all. Gorgeous art and wonderful stories. Thank you!

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

Thank you! To you and the authors!

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Four stories in one sweep.
*happy dancing*

I'm looking forward to read them.
Thank you!

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Thanks to everyone involved for this wonderful Christmas gift!
I'm so looking forward to reading it!

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

What a lovely treat!! The artwork is gorgeous and am saving the stories for later; my treat to me. *bg*

Thank you so much for this pressie. *hugs*

[mabiana.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful surprise! :-) Many thanks to everyone involved in creating it!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Have a wonderful time reading the stories - I'm just going to go back and gaze at that cover again... *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

There is something about the lads and Christmas, isn't there! I can't figure out why either - the contrast with their normal lives, maybe? Them deserving a completely different few days, with proper Christmas magic? Anyway - hope you enjoy these ones - happy Christmas to you too!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous art and wonderful stories are very Pros-y Christmas to me now - and everyone worked so hard, so yeay - thank you them! *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

You're welcome - do enjoy the stories! And that gorgeous cover... *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yeay happy dancing! Hope you enjoy them! Happy Christmas! *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, do enjoy the stories - and that lovely cover - everyone worked so hard, and it's so shiny! *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yeay for Pros-y treats - do enjoy the stories! *hugs back*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Everyone worked so hard to get it done in time - hope you enjoy the stories! And the cover - that cover! *g*

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Ahh, you did it! Well done in making the deadline! I do think you should have a nice, relaxing Boxing Day now! *g*

Oh! And I've only read one of the stories so far--yours! *g* (Yes, I'm going backwards.) Partner worry! You know how I love partner worry! So thank you for that. It was lovely and just the right length to keep me up much too late last night. (Which is rather delightful on Christmas.) I'll read the others today--and comment!

Thank you!

[andreathelion.livejournal.com]

Now that's a wonderful Christmas pressie *stares at drawing* and my, 55 pages of reading!
Thanks to Lorraine and all writers involved, you rock (((hugs))) :D

*now off to print*

[rosie55.livejournal.com]

Oh what joy! Thank you so much to you and all the contributors, I shall really enjoy snuggling down with these!

bouquets with risk of spoiling

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Thank you for such a lovely present - a real zine to keep! Love the cover picture, and can't wait to read the fics.

Edit at 2.15pm: My after-lunch indulgence (being back at work today) was to read the first 2 fics. Wonderful! Two gripping, tightly-written glimpses of the harshness of the lads' lives, and how their mutual love and support is what keeps them alive and half sane. Great dialogue from angelci5, and brilliant portrayal of the lads reading each others' thoughts so well. I haven't knowingly read any of KWS before, but I adored this, grasping my tea-mug and forgetting to drink with the suspense of it. And I so love 'can-do' lads, making use of whatever is available, even old farm machinery. *g*

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! What a lovely illo to go with, I'm sure, some really great stories. Thanks!

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Well there's the rest of my weekend shot! Thank you , thank you, thank you all, for such a wonderful present, which has now been printed and stapled, and will be read with pleasure tomorrow.

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Oh wow!! That looks utterly gorgeous. Shall curl up with it tonight and get back to you all.

Pauses

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Okay! Just finished "Pauses". I always enjoy stories where they are dealing with the aftereffects of the job. And I like this one where Doyle's temper and despair switches off as soon as he realizes that Bodie has his own nightmares and aftereffects to deal with. That's partner worry, of a sort. *g* Partner care, at any rate.

Thank you angel_ci5! A lovely addition to the zine!

In Faith and Fear

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Whee! I love a good bit of action and, of course, partner worry! I like this little scenario, from the realistic "joys" of a six-day stakeout in rough circumstances, to the nifty little action scene at the end. Plus, of course, benefits! I like Bodie's method for warming Doyle. *g* Thank you, kiwisue!

Cover Drawing!

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Oh, arconserv! That is a brilliant painting, as always with you. I am constantly amazed and delighted by what you share with us in Pros. I love it that we now have Christmas art! And the lads all cozy together, just as we hope they would be. Thank you so much for this!