Hey, guys, just a heads-up that the romance site Heroes and Heartbreakers has an excerpt of the first two chapters of Alisa Kwitney's New Avengers: Breakout prose novel, which has a Clint/Natasha focus and seems to be a blend of comics!Avengers and movie!Avengers.

Here's the cover blurb:
Fantasy/romantic fiction/comics author Alisa Kwitney (A Flight of Angels, Moonburn) reveals the secret backstory of Avengers couple Hawkeye and the Black Widow. Under secret orders to assassinate the Widow, the rough-edged marksman finds himself caught up in a violent prison break that releases some of the world's most vicious and powerful criminals. Defying his superiors, Hawkeye joins forces with the sultry Russian spy—and with a mismatched group of personalities that include Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Luke Cage, Captain America and Iron Man. Unexpected betrayals and shocking revelations will lead the team from Manhattan's top security Raft prison to the untamed jungle of the Savage Land in dramatically different take on Brian Michael Bendis' blockbuster Avengers comics debut. Learn the sizzling backstory of your favorite big-screen heroes in this adaptation, inspired by the best of page and screen!

Read the excerpt here.

Space Between
Rating: Mature
Summary: Two people begin with space that separates them, but sometimes that space dwindles to nothing.
Notes: Written for the cottoncandy_bingo prompt "space". Click the title to read at AO3! Feedback is appreciated!

Ok, the submission deadline is almost here! And we have several things to go over. So as not to overwhelm your f-list, I've put everything under the cut.

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Also, just a reminder that everyone is welcome (and encouraged!) to wander through the prompts over at the request post and write community treats. You can post these directly, without them being anonymous, just like you would regular fic.