Hi to all the members of our Nine Lives family. We just keep growing and growing these days. It is so fantastic to see people coming together to support great fanfiction and have fun together in what has proven to truly be a safe haven for Caryl fans everywhere. We are nothing without you, so THANK YOU for being here!

As you may or may not be aware, each week we promote a Featured Story, usually nominated by our members (via the highly technical system of sending a PM with your rec to Fairies Masquerade) or, if no nominations come in, selected by one of the admins. We pick our Featured Stories based on quality of characterization, storyline, and consistency with the basic Nine Lives submission standards. 

Now, a lot of the times, the nominations FM receives are stories currently in progress, which is awesome. However, we decided June was a prime opportunity to do something a little different. We are declaring June to be FEATURED FLASHBACK month! Your challenge, should you choose to accept it: 

• Go through the archive's completed, older stories. (Stories completed within the last 45 days will not be eligible for Featured Flashback - we want you guys to really dig through the archive.)
• Read!
• REVIEW!! - This is super important. Even if you've already reviewed the fic in question, leave another one for the author. FM will be checking for this!
• PM your recs for Featured Flashback story to Fairies Masquerade. (Please make sure that the story in question hasn't already been a Featured Story. You'll know if there is a red ribbon by the story's title. You can also view the entire list of previously Featured Stories here.)

To really showcase the Featured Flashback stories, we will be promoting more than the usual one story per week, depending on the number of nominations FM receives. (The Round Robin stories will continue to be promoted in the Featured Story sidebar as well, because that's how we roll here!)

So there you go! Something simple, but something incredibly fun. Go revisit old favorites you haven't read in a while or find new discoveries you may have missed from familiar faces. If you have questions, PM FM or leave a comment here. Happy reading and Caryl on!