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Blog running entirely unofficial fanworks events for the Midsomer Murders fandom, including the A Body in Midsomer generator casefic fest. Will also share unassociated events, and general Midsomer content during off-time.
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S23E1 The Blacktrees Prophecy UK broadcast scheduled for April 14th at 8pm (x)
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This month, Romancing the Gothic is running talks on detective fiction and murder mysteries, including Transgressive Genre and Identity in Midsomer Murders with Dr Evan Gledhill.
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The Midsomer Murders Fanworks discord is open to join! This server is 18+ and has a focus on fanworks, though also provides channels for more general show and off-topic discussion. So far it's quiet but friendly, and we're considering scheduling some watch-alongs!
Join here.
Be sure to read over our rules channel to access the rest of the server, and have fun!
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Chapters: 1/7
Fandom: Midsomer Murders - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: John Barnaby & Jamie Winter, John Barnaby & Sarah Barnaby & Jamie Winter
Characters: John Barnaby, Jamie Winter, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Murder Mystery, Horror, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Murder, Canon-Typical Midsomer, Outdated Attitudes, Confined Spaces, Blood and Injury, Attempted Murder, Suicide, Infidelity, Harassment, suffocation, Drowning, Corpses
Summary: The residents of Morton Ford are shaken when their local celebrity, gothic novelist Niamh Rossiter, is found drowned in a bath of cheap champagne. Barnaby and Winter arrive to investigate, but everyone amongst the marquees of the charity fete has secrets, and some will do anything to keep them that way.
Written for the @smallcoppers casefic fest.
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S22E6 The Witches of Angel's Rise UK air date scheduled for August 27th at 8pm (x)
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It's that time of year, everybody
Welcome to the 2023 Midsomer Murders Fic Exchange! If you're new, take a look at the FAQs and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have questions! I may be out of range for a few days (hence the long sign-up time) but I will be back to you as soon as I can!
Sign-ups are open and will remain open until the 25th August. Requests will be distributed on August 26th and final works are due on 21st December.
Remember to read the guidelines and don't offer to write anything you're not comfortable with as you may be paired with someone wanting something similar (eg. don't offer to write 'E' rated fics if you're not comfortable with 'E' rated fics, etc.)
Hope to see you guys there! We've had a lot of amazing stories in the past and I can't wait to add some more to the fandom
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It's posting month for A Body in Midsomer! Our AO3 collection is now open for participants.
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Looking for somewhere to talk about Midsomer Murders and fanworks? We run an 18+ discord server! So far it is quiet but friendly and has a lovely selection of dog pictures in the pet channel. Join here.
Be sure to read over our rules channel to access the rest of the server, and have fun!
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There’s only one month left to sign up for A Body in Midsomer! This is a casefic fest, in which participants create a narrative fanwork (eg. fanfic, comic, podfic, etc) based around a fictional murder investigation inspired by a plot from the twitter Midsomer Plot bot. Posting runs throughout August. Find more information and sign up here.
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episode titles for S24 of Midsomer Murders, from the official facebook page
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murders??? in Midsomer????? it's more likely than 90% of residents think. be part of the problem with A Body in Midsomer, a generator-inspired-casefic fest with posting in August.
More information including sign-up links here.
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Discord? Discord! Join our 18+ Midsomer Murders server for fanworks and show chat via this link.
Be sure to read over our rules channel to access the rest of the server, and have fun!
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Sign-ups for A Body in Midsomer 2023 are now open!
This is a fest in which participants create a narrative fanwork (eg. fanfic, comic, podfic, etc) based around a fictional murder investigation inspired by a plot from the twitter Midsomer Plot bot.
Sign-ups will not close until posting starts. Posting runs throughout August.
Find more information, sign up, and join our discord via our blog pages, or via this post on mobile.
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Quick reminder since we’re actually showing up in the tag now:
A Body in Midsomer (casefic fest) sign-ups open Sunday 28th!
Midsomer Murders fancreators discord now open!
More info here or in the blog pages.
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Announcing A Body in Midsomer, a plot-generator-inspired-casefic fest for narrative fanworks!
In this fest, participants create a narrative fanwork (eg. fanfic, comic, podfic, etc) based around a fictional murder investigation inspired by a plot from the twitter Midsomer Plot bot.
Sign-ups open 28th May. Posting runs throughout August.
Find out more and join our discord via our blog pages, or via the below post on mobile.
If you have questions or wish to discuss alternative ways of participating, please send us an ask or message via discord.
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Event Guidelines
A Body in Midsomer
This is an event for casefics, narrative fanworks which mirror the structure of the source material (defined by Fanlore here). In the case of Midsomer Murders, these are works based around the solving of a crime. For this event, basic plots will be from the Midsomer Plot Bot on twitter. Fanworks will be posted to AO3 throughout August.
How to play:
Choose a plot!
The plots of your fanworks must be based on an outline from the Midsomer Plot Bot on twitter. You may edit these outlines as you see fit, in particular for sense and cohesion, though in the spirit of the fest, please stay as close to the original outline as you can. If you do not use twitter, the bot also has an online generator here. Additionally the bot’s feed is mirrored within the event discord, and we will provide a selection of summaries via tumblr asks on request.
Sign up!
To sign up, fill out this google form with your handle, preferred posting date and chosen summary. Consult the schedule here (or on the end of this post on mobile) to determine whether anyone else is using your preferred date or summary (more than one participant may post on the same day or use the same summary, but the schedule is intended to enable those who would prefer not to to avoid it).
Sign-ups will remain open until posting starts on August 1st.
Please consider sharing our promotional posts with anyone you think might be interested!
Create your fanwork!
The fest is designed primarily for fanworks which can convey storylines, such as fanfics, podfics or comics, but creators of other fanworks who are interested in doing so are welcome to discuss alternate methods of participation such as one-off or companion pieces. We do not accept AI-generated or AI-assisted works.
You may feature any canon or non-canon characters in any combination, so long as they are solving a murder. You may include whatever B-plots and secondary genres you like, and you may choose how seriously you take your premise. Your rating and content is also up to you, though please remember to tag completed works clearly.
There is no minimum length for fanworks, though ideally they should contain an investigation in its entirety: beginning with a murder, the discovery of a body, or the arrival of the detectives, and concluding with its solution. This can naturally result in longer pieces.
You may contact a mod (or re-fill the google form) at any time to change your summary or posting date.
Post!
Fanworks should be posted on your chosen posting day to the event’s AO3 collection. If you do not have an AO3 account, please either request an invite via AO3, which may take some time to come through, or request an invite code from the mods.
If you are posting art or audio files, please refer to the linked embedding guidelines for help if required.
You may format your fanworks as oneshots or multichapters, as is your preference.
When posting, please provide link credit to the plot generator - this should either be to the website or to the specific prompt you used on twitter. Please also include the text of the summary in an author’s note, if you would prefer not to use it as the fic’s summary.
In our pilot year, we are not requiring fanworks be posted in full during our posting period - if you would prefer to publish as a WIP, that’s fine. Depending on the completion rate of fanworks going forward, this may be revised if the event continues in future. If choosing to post a WIP, we recommend that you use the duration of the event to create a full first draft, and do as much editing as possible, so that you might be able to maintain a regular update schedule.
We also encourage you to post on tumblr (links to AO3 or the full fanwork, medium-dependent). When doing so, please use the hashtag #a body in midsomer, or @smallcoppers in the body of the post, so that we can find your work to share!
If you miss your chosen posting date, please re-fill the form or contact a mod to select a new one.
Once the event is complete, we will be sharing a masterlist of all posted works.
Dropping out
This fest, and all events we run, are intended as challenges for fun and profit (the profit is having made fanworks). You may drop out at any time, for any reason, without judgement or consequence. Please participate in fanworks events for fun, and not at its expense.
To drop out, please contact a mod via discord, tumblr or the original form, so that we can remove your slot from our schedule.
If your posting date comes and goes and you neither post nor contact a mod, you will be assumed to have dropped out.
Schedule for 2023:
Tuesday August 1
Wednesday August 2
Thursday August 3
Friday August 4
Saturday August 5
Sunday August 6
Monday August 7
Tuesday August 8
Wednesday August 9
Thursday August 10
Friday August 11
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A violinist who loved playing in Bb harmonic minor is found stabbed to death outside a church. Suspicion falls on Great Worthy’s real ale appreciation society, confused that the annual papadum eating completion might threaten the annual Copper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling Race.
Saturday August 12
Sunday August 13
Monday August 14
Tuesday August 15
Wednesday August 16
Thursday August 17
Friday August 18
Saturday August 19
Sunday August 20
Duckpond
An author of gothic fiction is found drowned in a bathtub of cheap Aldi champagne. Suspicion falls on Watership’s political elite, obsessed that charity drinking games of pub locals might threaten old-fashioned family partnerships.
Monday August 21
Tuesday August 22
Wednesday August 23
Thursday August 24
Friday August 25
Saturday August 26
Sunday August 27
Monday August 28
Tuesday August 29
Wednesday August 30
Thursday August 31
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Discord
We also run an entirely optional creators discord.
While our events are open to those of all ages, the discord is only for those aged 18+.
This server is not mandatory for participants. Joining the discord does not oblige you to participate in our events, and nor are you expected to leave on dropping out or on the completion of any given event.
The server is intended as a space where Midsomer Murders fancreators can engage with and support one another, compare odd and murderous web searches, give and receive feedback, etc.
The server has additional, separate rules beyond those of the fest, which users are expected to follow.
Join the server here.
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