Summer of Horror Exchange

The deadline has passed. If you don't have a gift yet, no worries! Everyone who submitted a gift and requested at least three distinct fandoms, as defined by our rules, will get a gift. <3 We gave out some extensions, and we'll post our new more pinch hits tomorrow.

In the meantime, if you didn't submit your assignment yet and want to sneak it in between now and when we post pinch hits tomorrow, we probably won't notice... 😎

If you would like to claim a pinch hit, please email the mods at summerofhorrorex at gmail dot com or comment on this post (comments will be screened for privacy). Make sure to include both your AO3 name and which pinch hit you want.

These pinch hits are all due July 6, 11:59 PM EDT.

( CLAIMED - PH 3 - 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), Outlast (Video Games), Grimm (TV), Captain America (Movies) )

( CLAIMED - PH 4 - 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, 曇天に笑う | Donten ni Warau | Laughing Under the Clouds (Anime & Manga) )

( PH 5 - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming), 陰陽師 | Onmyouji (Anime 2023), Luigi's Mansion (Video Games) )

( PH 9 - 残酷な神が支配する | Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai Suru | A Cruel God Reigns, Lies of P (Video Game), NieR Reincarnation (Video Game) )

( CLAIMED - PH 11 - Dwarf Fortress, Stardew Valley (Video Game), Naruto (Anime & Manga), 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, Ready or Not (2019) )

Assignments are out ,and we have our first set of pinch hits available for the taking! These are due July 6, 11:59 PM EDT.

If you would like to claim a pinch hit, please email the mods at summerofhorrorex at gmail dot com or comment on this post (comments will be screened for privacy). Make sure to include both your AO3 name and which pinch hit you want.

( CLAIMED - PH 1 - Persona 5, 超探偵事件簿 レインコード | Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE (Video Game), BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games), We Happy Few (Video Game) )

( CLAIMED - PH 2 - Nope (2022), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) )

( PH 3 - 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga), Outlast (Video Games), Grimm (TV), Captain America (Movies) )

( PH 4 - 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, 曇天に笑う | Donten ni Warau | Laughing Under the Clouds (Anime & Manga) )

( PH 5 - 阴阳师 | Yīn Yáng Shī | The Yin-yang Master (Movies - Guo Jingming), 陰陽師 | Onmyouji (Anime 2023), Luigi's Mansion (Video Games) )

( CLAIMED - PH 6 - Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game), Disco Elysium (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games), Mass Effect Trilogy, Original Work )

( CLAIMED - PH 7 - Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis, Especially Heinous - Carmen Maria Machado, Castlevania (Cartoon 2017-2021), Deception (1946), The Devil's Advocate (1997), Saltburn (2023), Endeavour (TV), For All Mankind (TV 2019), Fake News RPF, The Expanse (TV) )

( CLAIMED - PH 8 - Crossover Fandom, Crossover Fandom, Never Cry Werewolf (2008), The Vampire Diaries (TV) )

( PH 9 - 残酷な神が支配する | Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai Suru | A Cruel God Reigns, Lies of P (Video Game), NieR Reincarnation (Video Game) )

Summer of Horror signups close tonight (5/14) at 11:59 PM EDT! Check the countdown clock here.

Only a few hours left to ask for what scares you!

We've entered the final stage of cleaning up the tagset in preparation for signups opening! Thank you for helping us assemble a fantastic tagset this year.

- Transformers - All Media Types: Nominator(s), can you choose a more specific subfandom? The characters and relationships nominated are:

Megatron & Starscream (Transformers)
Pharma & Ratchet (Transformers)
Solo: Pharma (Transformers)
Solo: Starscream (Transformers)

We can place any of these nominations under any relevant Transformers subfandom.

Reminders:

All character groups must be nominated with "&", as in "Thor & Loki (Thor movies)". If you character group has a "/", it will not be accepted. This exchange matches on groups of characters, NOT on ships. Remember that if you are also interested in the ship, you are welcome to mention that in your optional details.

Please DISAMBIGUATE your nominations. This means adding the name of the canon in parentheses after the nom, as seen above. Doing this helps prevent AO3 bugs.

If nominating a solo character, be sure to put "Solo" in front, for example "Solo: Dani Ardor (Midsommar)".

New:

- For relationships involving a large number of characters (A & B & C & D & E & F), the low minimums for this exchange mean that we can only guarantee that five of those characters will appear in your gift. If you've nominated six or more characters you've listed individually, and you'd like to change that nomination to list only five to make sure they're all guaranteed to appear, let us know here, and we'll adjust your nomination.

- X-Men (Comicverse): Nominator, do you have a particular Marvel universe (like Marvel 616) or run you want to specify here?

- Human Alastor & Original Victim Character(s) (Hazbin Hotel): Nominator, is Human Alastor a separate character, or just Alastor's previous form? If it's the latter, please adjust your nomination to just Alastor & Original Victim Character(s) and use your optional details for any specifics.

- Army of Darkness and Evil Dead Rise: Nominator(s), are you okay with these being combined under AO3's tag Evil Dead (Movies 1981-2023)?

Creators have now been revealed!

Thanks to everyone for participating in this round and helping to make a spooky summer!

Give or take 10 minute. :) Get those last edits in!

Have you turned in your assignment? Are you itching for something else to do while you wait for the collection to open? Don't forget that you can make extra treats for people! Here are all the requests, easy to sort and browse. You can post your treat at this link. Be sure to fill in the recipient's name, so they receive a gift notification!

We also welcome treats to the collection, if you have a horror story or piece of art you want to make that doesn't quite fit anyone's request. You can post those at the same link above, just leave the "gift this work to" field blank.

We also have four pinch hits left. Thanks so much for the pinch hitters who have picked up the others! Our extension deadline is tonight, so we may have one or two more pinch hits tomorrow.

We've now reached the official deadline for turning in your horrifying works! Post-deadline pinch hits will go out tomorrow.

We've also granted several extensions, so if you don't have a gift but still don't appear on the pinch hit list (despite having turned in your own assignment), don't worry, you're still on track to getting a gift!