Title: Freedom of Choice
Author: valderys
Rating: PG
Setting: Mensaverse
Pairing: John/Rod
Word Count: 1,000
Notes: Written for picfor1000. Set in my Fascist Mensaverse AU. An episode tag for ‘McKay and Mrs Miller’.
Summary: This crisis may have ruined years of careful planning, but John is dammned if he’s going to let Rod waste his chance.

Everything is cold, and everything is still, at the point of decision.

Title: Heteronormativity, Gender Construction, and Non-Verbal Signaling in Intercultural Communication: A Comedy
Author: mad_maudlin
Pairing: John/Teyla, some Jennifer/Ronon (all Mensaverse)
Verse: Mensaverse
Rating: PG-13
Length: 35,000
Warnings: The odd stray spoiler through Season 4, strong crack quotient, nerd jokes
Summary: In which Teyla may be plotting something, Keller may be delusional, Ronon may be cheating and John may in fact be the girl. No pudding cups or Marines were harmed in the production of this fanfic.

A/N: This was originally written for sga_santa as a giftfic for vipersweb. It is NOT related to my Major Zelenka Mensa!Fics in any way. Link goes to first of four parts, with links to the rest at the end.

( It started with pudding. )

title: The Other Road
writer: seekergeek
pairing: Mensa!John/Rod
rating: NC-17
wordcount: 45,852 (I know, I know)
warnings: rimming, possessiveness
disclaimer: Owned by someone who isn't me. No profit made here.
notes: Beta'd by the ever wonderful moonmip and celtic_tigress . Any remaining errors are my own. Set just after McKay and Mrs. Miller. Posted in eight parts. Cross posted to sga_noticeboard

Summary: John sat in his room, sickened. Rod was gone. In the insane desperation to close the rift as quickly as possible, he'd thrown a casual "See you on the flip side, Sheppard," in John's direction and then activated the personal shield, closed the compartment doors, jumped ship and disappeared into another universe.

part one of eight is here

Title: Running Battles
Author: Tarlan (tarlanx)
Rating: PG-13 for mild violence and excessive hero worship :-)
Characters: Rod, John and Kavanagh - Mensa!AU
Disclaimer: Not Mine!
Word Count: 1690
Author's Note: This was inspired by the recent Mensa AU exchange - I loved the idea of writing a Kavanagh pov. Many thanks, as ever, to aqualegia for pointing out all my silly mistakes :-D

Running Battles by Tarlan

~Masterlist~
It's time to reveal the names of our fabulous writers! No one guessed more than three of them correctly, so most of you will be in for a surprise. :-) We had thirteen stories this year, and without further ado, here they are, in alphabetical order:

( 2008 Masterlist )

A big thank you to everyone who participated! It's been great fun. :-)

Title: Unravel
Author: florahart
Pairing/Characters: Fairly low-key McKay/Sheppard, both universes. Other major ensemble characters in both 'verses, too.
Setting: SGA-verse and MENSA-verse
Rating: Teen?
Word count: about 7500
Warnings: none
Spoilers: there are references to events through S4.
Summary: The city is falling apart, and (SGA) John goes to ask Rod McKay for help.
Notes: losyark asked for John Sheppard (and McKay, maybe) travel to Rod's universe to warn them of something horrible that has already happened on their Atlantis. It turned out more asking than warning, which I hope will do. This is set post-S4, and works under the assumption that everyone who started the finale, finished it in good shape and still on Atlantis.
Recipient: losyark

( Unravel )

Poll #1179222 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 3

Who wrote this story?

Title: WJ-III (A)
Author: paradise_city
Pairings: John/Rodney, John/Rod, Mensa!John/Rod
Setting: SGA-verse and MENSA-verse
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Five things John and Rod(ney) didn't see coming when the Johns switched universes, and one thing they should have.
Notes: Many thanks to L. for beta.
Recipient: florahart

( WJ-III (A) )

Poll #1179215 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15

Who wrote this story?

Title: Dear Alyce
Author: wneleh
Character: MENSA!Elizabeth (Gen)
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: A soft PG for language
Summary: Prompt: What does a "tear in the universe" look like? What does it do? How do you decide to send one of your people off into the unknown?
Recipient: teh_bug

( Dear Alyce )

Poll #1178501 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 5

Who wrote this story?

Title: Heights
Author: chanel_5
Pairing: Rod/John
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: Teen
Word count: 1650
Warnings: none
Summary: Request: Rod and John have to climb to safety - can be a mountain, or manmade (a building), inside or outside...anything high.
Notes: Dear Tarlan, I hope this fulfills your request. I tried to make it witty, but I don't know if that part came across right...
Recipient: tarlanx

( Heights )

Poll #1178499 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

Who wrote this story?

Title: it's not about the blood in you veins but the blood that been spilt between you
Author: jade_1459
Characters: John Sheppard (Mensa-verse), Rod McKay
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Some language
Recipient: very_rotten

( it's not about the blood ... )

Poll #1178038 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

Who wrote this story?

Title: Radical Treatments
Author: wanderingwidget
Characters: mensa!Sheppard, mensa!Rod
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: PG-13 for swearing
Warnings: Minor character death(s), rampant cliche abuse, hackneyed psychology, present tense
Summary: in which mensa!Sheppard is agoraphobic, Rod's overprotective, and Sumner's kind of an ass.
Recipient: chanel_5

( Radical Treatments )

Poll #1178035 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7

Who wrote this story?

Title: Fair Trade
Author: wneleh
Characters: John, MENSA!Rodney
Setting: SGA-verse
Rating: A soft PG for language
Warnings: None
Summary: Prompt: "This Rodney knew more about 'him' than anyone he could think of"
Spoilers: General knowledge about Rodney's and John's families
Recipient: mongognom
Author's note: I claim no ownership rights whatsoever to anything in this story, and am glad TPTB mostly look the other way.
Direct quotes, shown in italics, are from "McKay and Mrs. Miller," written by Martin Gero and Carl Binder. Their wording, with a few slight alterations, was taken from the transcript by AthenaKTT, as housed at Abydos Gate.

( Fair Trade )

Poll #1177098 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4

Who wrote this story?

Title: No Place Like It
Author: very_rotten
Pairing: Rod/Radek and slight Radek/John (though they would rather you didn’t mention it ever, ever again)
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: PG-13
Summary: How would you feel if you sent your lover to another universe, then had to destroy that universe to save your own?
Recipient: audreyscastle

( No Place Like It )

Poll #1177096 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

Who wrote this story?

Title: Where There are Clouds
Author: thisissirius
Pairing/Characters: Rod/Mensa!John; Mensa!Kavanagh
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: PG
Word count: 3, 373 words
Notes: I hope this everything that you wanted. I tried to blend the three fics in together, but also make them very different. I hope that works for you  enjoy!
Warnings: mentions of torture
Recipient: jade_1459

( Where There are Clouds )

Poll #1176425 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 14

Who wrote this story?

Title: Steady Now, We're in This Thing Together
Author: teh_bug
Character: Mensa!John
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: PG
Word count: ~4,400
Summary: While Rod was away, the mice had their own share of problems.
Warnings: Incredibly flimsy science (no, seriously, incredibly flimsy science) and a high concentration of snarky Zelenka.
Notes: Thanks to the wonderful dragonfan48 and trobadora for last minute betas.
Recipient: wneleh

( Steady Now, We're in This Thing Together )

Poll #1176423 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

Who wrote this story?

Title: To Keep This Job, I Must Be Nuts
Author: audreyscastle
Pairing/Character(s): MENSA-Lorne. References to a past het pairing, but no actual pairing as such for the fic. At least in my opinion—YMMV.
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: PG-13 to be safe
Warnings: none in particular. Death is mentioned, but all canon characters are safe. Spoilers only for Season 1.
Summary: His first year in Atlantis, Evan Lorne writes a series of letters he knows will never be read. The following are selections from them.
Notes: Using the fact that a president was recently inaugurated, a few months before the Atlantis expedition embarked (Season 7 of SG-1), I've always placed the expedition as leaving in April of 2005. Fortunately, this being an AU, I don't have to argue with anyone who doesn't agree with my timing, LOL. :-D
Recipient: paradise_city

( To Keep This Job, I Must Be Nuts )

Poll #1175863 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9

Who wrote this story?

Title: Zugzwang
Author: tarlanx
Pairing: Rod/John
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Slash and mild violence
Summary: When the team is taken captive on a mission, Rod has to put his own wellbeing aside to protect John.
Author's Note: Written for thisissirius who asked, We know how far our John is willing to go for Rodney. How far is Rod willing to go for John? Torture would be real good in this one. A little sprinkle of dark!Rod wouldn't go amiss.
I am really hoping this is what you wanted, and that you enjoy the story I've written for you!
Many thanks to aqualegia for laughing hysterically at all my silly mistakes - and then correcting them for me :-) Of course, anything that is still 'wrong' is completely down to me!
Recipient: thisissirius

( Zugzwang )

Poll #1175862 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13

Who wrote this story?

Title: Just Rodney
Author: losyark
Pairings: Sumner/Sheppard; McShep
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: NC-17 for language and sexual situations (but no graphic non-con!) and Sheppard!whump
Genre: Angst
Wordcount: 14 300+
Recipient: wanderingwidget

Part One

( Part Two )

Poll #1175351 Author, author!
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 27

Who wrote this story?

Title: Just Rodney
Author: losyark
Pairings: Sumner/Sheppard; McShep
Setting: MENSA-verse
Rating: NC-17 for language and sexual situations (but no graphic non-con!) and Sheppard!whump
Genre: Angst
Wordcount: 14 300+
Summary: Sumner is looking too, and suddenly his eyes spark. "Hey, kid," he says, sauntering over to the chair and cocking his hips obscenely against the arm rest. Sheppard pulls his hand away discreetly. "Wanna go to Atlantis?" Rod closes his eyes and counts to ten; Sheppard is a big boy, he can make his own choices.
Author's Notes: Thanks to my beta, whom I will not name in order to keep up anonymity, but who knows who she is and rocks. This story got way more serious, and way more McSheppy than I intended it to. While Sumner is a main player, he ended up fading into the sidelines a bit, and for that I apologize to wanderingwidget. I know you also said you liked McShep, so I hope this makes up for the diminished Sumner. I hope you like the story regardless.—Your Secret Author.
Recipient: wanderingwidget

( Part One )

Part Two

Welcome to the Mensa AU Fic Exchange #2! Fasten your seatbelts, everyone - the ride is about to begin!

Yes, it's time: the deadline's over, and today the posting starts.

This is how it'll go: I'll post the first story tonight, and then two a day, until we're done. The stories will be anonymous, with a poll attached so everyone can guess who wrote which story. In order to make it a bit easier, there will only be five randomly selected writers on each the poll. Or rather, four random ones and the real one. One out of five, not bad odds, right? :D

Authors, you can use the "track comments" function to receive all feedback for your story, but please remember the story remains anonymous until May 1st, when I'll post the masterlist and reveal the names. If you want to reply to feedback right away, please do so anonymously so people can keep guessing!

Have a great week! And thanks to everyone for participating – it's been great fun. :-)