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Hello detectives,

Extensions are due in over two days.

This is a reminder that the extension deadline is Friday 15 May at 11:59pm Eastern. [ In your timezone + Countdown ]

No further extension dates will be given (pinch hitters who claimed in the last two weeks leading up to Friday 1 May are exempted). Extenuating circumstances will be treated on a case-by-case basis.

If you default on your extension, or I have to default you because you are a no-show, you will be required to complete a make-up gift to participate in the next round. (These are due before the next round's sign-ups.)

Please ensure all drafts are submitted. If your work remains a draft at the deadline, you will be considered a no-show.

All works submitted must be able to stand on their own if the collection opened after you won the lottery and moved to an island without WiFi for the rest of time.

Pinch hitters who claimed a request after Friday 1 May who need extensions will have their requests treated on a case-by-case basis. (I don't have any further extension deadlines.) Extensions won't be given to anyone who was assigned a request before Friday 1 May (excluding pinch hitters who claimed in the two weeks leading up to that date).

A new set of pinch hits will be published after the extension date passes.

Please email gumshoeagency@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns. Please provide your AO3 username so I know who I'm speaking with!

I look forward to approving the works with extensions into the collection!

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Nine pinch hits have been added to our notice board! All the requests are guaranteed (meeting the minimum 3 unique fandom requirement), which means that we need to get these filled in order to open the collection.

If you are a pinch hit and you'd like to add new requests, please email gumshoeagency@gmail.com. I will update your requests for the pinch hit post that will be published after the extension deadline. Please see this post for details (under "non-guaranteed to guaranteed") for the form to use to submit additional requests.

Quick links: Rules and guidelines · 2026 Collection · Mod contact: gumshoeagency@gmail.com

This batch of pinch hits are due on Friday 5 June at 11:59pm Eastern time. [ In your timezone + Countdown ]

Pinch hits must comply with the exchange's rules. Pinch hits must meet the minimum assignment requirements of a completed work of a minimum of 3,000 words for fanfiction, a minimum of 10 panels for a comic, or a recording of a completed fic of 3,000 words minimum with "casefic" as one of its tags. Works must include a fandom, character/ship and be of a medium that the recipient has requested, with the requested character(s) at the forefront participating in the investigation. You must have an AO3 account to participate.

We guarantee gifts for requests that feature a minimum of 3 unique fandoms.

Please take note of the mediums as some requests have a combination selected.

To claim, please either reply to this post or email gumshoeagency@gmail.com with your AO3 name and the pinch hit number you want to claim.

Comments are screened, so if you reply anonymously, please include an email in case I need to reach out to you. You will not be able to receive a reply from me if you comment anonymously on this post.

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( PH 1 (Comic, Fanfic) - The Defenders (Marvel TV), Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (TV 2016), True Detective: Night Country (TV), Crossover Fandom (Knives Out/Murder She Wrote, Knives Out/Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Knives Out/Death in Paradise (UK TV 2011)</small> )

( PH 2 (Comic, Fanfic, Podfic) - DC's Arrowverse, Boardwalk Empire, Rounders (1998), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - John Le Carré )

( PH 4 (Fanfic) - Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mysteries - Franklin W. Dixon & Carolyn Keene, G.I. Joe (Cartoon), Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom (Babysitters Club [Martin]/Nancy Drew Hardy Boy Supermysteries, Babysitters Club [Martin]/Nancy Drew [Keene], Jim Cartoon/Nancy Drew Hardy Boys Supermysteries, Nancy Drew Harcy Boys Supermysteries/Jem and the Holograms Cartoon, Nancy Drew [Keene]/Hardy Boys [Dixon]), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Perry Mason (TV 1957) )

[ PH 7: Includes canon consumption tips. ]
( PH 7 (Fanfic) - 神さまのいない日曜日 | Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi | Sunday Without God (Anime & Manga), Octopath Traveler II (Video Game), 少女たちの痕にくちづけを | Shoujo-tachi no Kizuato ni Kuchizuke wo | Kiss the Scars of the Girls (Manga), よるのないくに | Yoru no Nai Kuni | Nights of Azure (Video Games) )

( PH 8 (Comic, Fanfic) - Winx Club, W.I.T.C.H., Heart of the Woods (Visual Novel) )

CLAIMED! ( PH 11 (Fanfic) - High Potential (TV), Dimension 20 (Web Series), Veronica Mars (TV) )

( PH 12 (Comic, Fanfic) - Buffyverse (TV), DC's Arrowverse, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Star Trek: The Original Series, Marvel Cinematic Universe )

( PH 14 (Comic, Fanfic), - カラオケ行こ！ | Karaoke Iko! | Let's Go Karaoke! (Anime), サイレント・ウィッチ 沈黙の魔女の隠しごと - 依空まつり | Secrets of the Silent Witch - Isora Matsuri, 凸变英雄X | To Be Hero X (Cartoon), 时光代理人 | Link Click (Cartoon), Pluribus (TV 2025), 延禧攻略 | Story of Yanxi Palace (TV), Redtape Series - Rounderhouse, Bloodborne (Video Game), Dark Souls (Video Games), Elden Ring (Video Game) )

( PH 15 (Fanfic) - The Divine Cities Series - Robert Jackson Bennett, The Founders Trilogy - Robert Jackson Bennett, Shadow of the Leviathan - Robert Jackson Bennett, Crossover Fandom (Knives Out/Death Note, Knives Out/The Shadow of the Leviathan [novels]), Shadow of the Leviathan/Divine Cities) )

( PH 16 (Fanfic) - To Have and Have Not (1944), Perry Mason (TV 1957), Crossover Fandom (Modesty Blaise [books]/Avengers 1961), Miss Marple Movies (1961-65), Starsky & Hutch, Supernatural (TV 2005), Riptide (TV) )

( PH 17 (Fanfic) - House M.D., Lewis (TV), Murder Most Unladylike Series - Robin Stevens, Murdoch Mysteries, NCIS: Los Angeles, Numb3rs (TV), SEAL Team (TV), Sherlock (BBC TV 2010), The Secret of Chimneys - Agatha Christie, They Came to Baghdad - Agatha Christie )

CLAIMED! ( PH 18 (Comic, Fanfic) - Poirot - Agatha Christie, Crossover Fandom (Miss FIsher's Murder Mysteries [tv]/Miss Marple [books]), Crossover Fandom (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries [tv]/Lucifer [tv]), Babylon 5 (TV 1993), James Bond (Craig Movies) )

( PH 19 (Fanfic) - The Brokenwood Mysteries, Jonathan Creek (TV), Ludwig (TV), Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (TV) )

( PH 20 (Fanfic) - 憂国のモリアーティ | Yuukoku no Moriarty | Moriarty the Patriot (Anime), Nightmare - Cornell Woolrich (Novella), Father Brown (2013) )

( PH 21 (Fanfic) - Hellboy (Comics), Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, World of Warcraft, Marvel 616 )

CLAIMED! ( PH 22 (Fanfic) - Highlander: The Series, The Listener (TV), The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher, The Magnificent Seven (TV), Sanctuary (Canada TV 2008), Numb3rs (TV), Clocktaur War Series - T. Kingfisher, Stargate Atlantis, Original Work )

Thank you!

Dear detectives, private investigators, criminal masterminds and nosy busy bodies,

The assignment deadline has passed!

Extensions:

We have many extensions across the agency. Happy creating and giving those fabulous works a final touch!

Extensions are due on Friday 15 May at 11:59pm EDT. [ In your timezone + Countdown ]

No further extension dates will be given (pinch hitters who claimed in the last two weeks leading up to Friday 1 May are exempted). Extenuating circumstances will be treated on a case-by-case basis.

If you requested an extension via email and did not hear back from me, please reply to this post with your AO3 username and recipient's AO3. There is a chance I replied and your email has eaten my response, or I filed it away by accident while believing I had responded. Please reach out before Monday 4 May.

If you default on your extension, or I have to default you because you are a no-show, you will be required to complete a make-up gift to participate in the next round. (These are due before the next round's sign-ups.)

If you receive an extension and have extenuating circumstances between Friday 1 May and Friday 15 May, please reach out. I don't need the details (give me an elevator pitch of context) and we can work out a new deadline date that works with the exchange's current timelines.

Pinch hitters who claim a request after Friday 1 May who need extensions will have their requests treated on a case-by-case basis. (I don't have any further extension deadlines.) Extensions won't be given to anyone who was assigned a request before Friday 1 May (excluding pinch hitters who claimed in the two weeks leading up to that date).

Defaults:

I will default anyone who has not completed their gift or who has submitted a draft. Completed gifts that can stand on their own in the instance you win the lottery, acquire a Wi-Fi-less island and move there are required at the assignment deadline.

Repeated no-shows may be banned from participating in the next round.

Non-guaranteed gifts becoming guaranteed gifts:

Participants who chose to sign up with less than 3 unique fandoms and who do not have a gift have until Friday 15 May at 11:59pm EDT to add additional fandoms to their request [ In your timezone + Countdown ].

I will not be updating any requests after this date. This is so I can manage pinch hits in the post-deadline phase of the exchange.

These fandoms need to be unique and not subfandoms to qualify, i.e., if your request only consists of Doctor Who 2005, Doctor Who 1963 and WandaVision, you do not meet the minimum unique fandom requirements.

If you are a participant who has not requested a minimum of 3 unique fandoms who wants to be guaranteed a gift in the post-deadline stage of the exchange, you will need to meet the following criteria:

• have completed a gift for the exchange
  
• have not received a gift (not having a gift means you are either a pinch hit (as part of our existing slate or post-deadline slate) or your creator has an extension)

If this describes you, please email gumshoeagency@gmail.com by the deadline with your additional fandoms, providing:

Canon: As it appears in the tagset.
Relationships: As they appear in the tagset.
Mediums:
Optional details:

I will update your requests if you become or remain a pinch hit during the post-deadline phase of the exchange. I will confirm via return email when this is done so you are aware that these changes have been made to your request.

If you do not complete your assignment, I will not update your request to meet the minimum of 3 unique fandoms and you will not be a pinch hit as you'll be considered a default.

If you do not want to add additional requests to slip into "guaranteed gift", that's fine! Please remember that the exchange may open without you receiving a gift.

This is a new aspect of the exchange that I'm trialling. We will see how we go!

If you currently do not have a gift:

If you do not have a gift, you're welcome to email me to confirm if your creator has an extension.

Post-deadline pinch hits:

These will be posted in the next day after I confirm all extensions and defaults, as I will be AFK for the rest of the day/evening (see this post for details).

I've submitted my gift and it's been accepted into the collection. What now?

Congratulations! 🥳 You can spend the time from now until I announce the collection reveal date editing your gift.

You are welcome to add words or panels to your gift as you see fit. Works must meet the minimum requirements for comics, fic and podfic.

If you don't intend to edit your gift because it's already polished to your satisfaction, you can sit back, relax, and perhaps look at our active pinch hits during this time! (Post-deadline pinch hits will be posted in approximately 24 hours.)

The collection will not open until all guaranteed gifts are in. I'd appreciate any help in getting pinch hits filled!

Get in touch!

Please email gumshoeagency@gmail.com if you have any questions or concerns. Please provide your AO3 username so I know who I'm speaking with!

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Happy creating to those with extensions, and good luck to those of you editing during this period! Thank you in advance to participants, passers-by and the PH nonnies of BFE who assist in filling our pinch hits.

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