Post-deadline pinch hits | 1-2, 4, 7-8, 11-12, 14-22.

[casemod]

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 )

( 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!