Welcome Lavender Flame and Polkapop!

It gives me great pleasure to introduce two new members of staff to Nightlock:

Lavender Flame

and 

Polkapop!

The talented Lavender Flame will be recommending minor pairings to you once a week, and the brilliant Polkapop will be reviewing completed fics once a month.

Please join me in welcoming these two fab ladies - I know I can't wait to read their recs!

~ Little Miss Mionie

Finnick Fics

Hey tributes!

My RL has turned as busy as a hive of tracker jackers lately, so forgive me for simply recommending rather than reviewing these Finnick Odair related fics. But be assured that they are all fabulously memorable, written with superb talent and flair.

Title: Only Through The Drought
Author: To Kill A Mockingjay
Summary: He doesn't like to play in the ocean, and Annie can't stand it.


Title: younger revolutions (it's getting colder by the sea)
Author: arbitrarily
Summary: they say: the winners write the history to be read; panem has been witness to other lovers.


Title: You're Always In The Right Places
Author: electrumqueen
Summary: "I need a favour," Finnick says. A history of Cinna and Finnick, in District Four and in the Capitol.


Title: Treading Water
Author: sabaceanbabe
Summary: They don't tell you that the lucky ones are the ones who die.


Happy reading!
~ Little Miss Mionie

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Peeta Mellark x 2

Peeta fans, get on these two fics!

1. Tinderbox by artemis_sparks
Summary: Somewhere someone is always screaming. Set during Mockingjay; Peeta in the Capitol.
Recommended because... The staccato narrative structure of Peeta being held hostage by the Capitol really communicates the drug-fueld, cruel and frightening ordeal. Artemis_sparks is a wonderful writer whose descriptive language will leave you breathless. Lines like "They'll all be dead soon, their blood is what waters the roses." help to set the fatalistic tone of this one-shot. Tinderbox is an excellent filler for those who wanted to know how Peeta felt during the months he has held hostage in Mockingjay. Awesome title, too.



2. The Empty Space Between Us by jairissa
Summary: They fell in love while a country was burning; it shouldn't be a surprise they find their way back to each other as a new one rises from the ashes. 
Recommended because... Only the prologue is posted so far, but The Empty Space Between Us has me hooked. Jairissa does an amazing job of presenting Peeta before he returned to Katniss in Mockingjay; it's a Peeta who's sanity and mental stability you question. The characterisation of our favourite baker is wonderfully angry and hurt, still marred by the Capitol's torture and all that he's seen. I found this fic to be so refreshing because it was from Peeta's point of view, and because it doesn't follow the fanfiction trend of picking up where Peeta's 'all better' and tending to Katniss' garden. Keep an eye on this one.

~ Little Miss Mionie

January's Author of the Month: Pineapple Fetish

Hello, everyone! Amata's back, bringing you January's Author of the Month--a lovely and talented individual by the name of Pineapple Fetish!


Taywen (as she likes to be called) is the author of a few multichapter stories and several one-shots, totaling 13 THG stories on ff.net. One trait that immediately strikes me in her writing is her creativity: be it detailing the very first two games in the form of patched-together Capitol transcripts (inception) or re-imagining the "refined" version of the Games 323 years after their creation (Refinement), Taywen knows how to twist the THG universe just enough to be wholly original and yet completely believable. Another stunning thing is her realistic-yet-sympathetic portrayal of Careers, especially Cashmere and Gloss. So many fics that I've seen either make the Careers the ultimate, monstrous, unforgivable enemy or complete heroes with an amount of purity that competes with Primrose Everdeen (okay, that was an exaggeration), but this author manages to capture the brutality of the lifestyle (from training to victory and beyond) and yet the underlying humanity of the characters. To show what I mean, here's an excerpt from brittle smiles & pretty, useless things, a Cashmere-centric fic:

The only person who celebrates Cashmere's birthday is Gloss. Oh, sure, she gets lavish gifts every year – gleaming jewellery and expensive clothes and other beautiful things – but, you know, she's not interested in those things. Gloss buys her gifts that she actually wants. He's the only one who even bothers to find out what she likes, instead of assuming she wants useless, pretty things. 

Not to mention, her birthday is always overshadowed by the kick-off of the latest victor's Tour.  

This year is different, though – this year, it's Gloss' Victory Tour. Cashmere has no one to celebrate her birthday with.  

Instead, she spends her birthday alone in Gloss' empty house, surrounded by her latest gifts, useless, beautiful things like always. She watches Gloss spend a day in District Twelve, his now-brittle smile strained even thinner than it was when he first returned (broken) from his arena.  

It's a sham: the people of Panem's most downtrodden District pretending to celebrate the man who returned alive at the cost of two of their own.  

(But then, the same scene plays out in every District; mockeries of celebration and false smiles shining from her television.)

Self-Promotion Sundays #4

Hey, everybody! Amata's back with another round of self-promotions! Actually, it's only one story, but it's a good one, brought to you by PamelaTurpin!


A Trip Down Memory Lane
by PamelaTurpin
AU. Known since three. Liked since five. Cared since twelve. Together since sixteen. Husband since seventeen. Father since twenty. Loved till forever. The scars will never fade, but love interwined them together. Peeta's trip down Memory Lane.
status: in-progress

Weekly Fan's Fic Rec

This week's fan's fic recommendation comes from the lovely Anonymous! It was submitted just today, so I thought it was a great time to post.

Title: Peeta Mellark, Facebook Stalker
Author: InLoveWithAFictionalCharacter7
Summary: Peeta's daily journal of his somewhat creepy relationship with Katniss.
Why Anonymous Loves This Fic:
As much as I love Peeta, it's kinda awesome to make fun of him. This fic takes Peeta's devotion to Katniss, adds some Facebook zaniness and voila!, it's a recipe for a funny and lighthearted look at our favorite dysfunctional couple. Will Katniss finally accept Peeta's friend request or will Peeta end up with an arrow literally through his heart?

~ Little Miss Mionie