Story 1
Title: Blink of an Eye
Characters and Pairings: Neal, Peter, James, Elizabeth, Mozzie, Jones, June, Sara, Neal/Sara
Likely rating: PG-13
Summary: In the blink of an eye, life can change, and all your plans crumble to pieces. An alternate ending to S4 where Peter gets arrested but Neal saves the day, which is not without major consequences that everyone will have to learn how to deal with.

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Story 2
Title: The darker side
Characters and Pairings: Peter, Neal, Mozzie, OC
Likely rating: NC-13
Summary: Angels and demons fight a war on our world, a war we are not aware of. Peter is handed a prisoner of war but doesn´t realize who this creature is. As a POW Demon Neal ends up helping Angel Peter help solve a mystery, but can Peter save Neal? And does Neal want to be saved or does he have other plans for our world?

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Story 3
Title: Working title: Love is a many splendor thing
Characters and Pairings: Peter, Neal, Elizabeth, Mozzie, OC
Likely rating: NC-17
Summary: The FBI is up against a serial killer who tortures his victims before he leaves them to a slow and agonizing death. Will Peter and Neal be able to catch him before he takes his next victim? And what happens when the serial killer goes after one of them? Will the other be able to save him?

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Story 4
Title: The Fresco Kid
Characters and Pairings: Neal & Maria Fiametta
Likely rating: PG-13
Summary: AU. Neal joins forces with a new partner in order to steal an ancient fresco that may or may not exist

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Story 5
Title: Late Night Radio (working title)
Characters and Pairings:: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Peter/Neal
Likely rating: R
Summary: Neal Caffrey hasn't left his apartment for 20 years. The only constants in his life are his work and his best friend, Mozzie. All that changes when he hears Peter Burke's voice on the late night radio show. Working as a late night DJ helps Peter to cope with the loss of his partner. But ever since the Super in his new building told him about "the crazy guy in 5-B", he can't get his neighbor of his mind. Through phone calls and friends, both men learn that healing begins with that first step.

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Story 6
Title: The Castaway
Characters and Pairings: Gen, Neal
Likely rating: PG-13 or R
Summary:Instead of going to prison, Neal is sent to spend his sentence in an island penal colony.

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Story 7
Title: (working title) Transfixed Hearts
Crossover Fandom: Supernatural
Characters and Pairings: Peter/Neal, Sam/Dean
Likely rating: R
Summary: Peter Burke and Neal Caffrey investigate the theft of an antique emerald ring. The case gets complicated when bodies start showing up around it. The unifying characteristic of the victims: they're all pierced through the heart. Sam and Dean Winchester catch wind of some peculiar murders, and head to New York City. Posing as Interpol agents, they work with the White Collar team...until things start hitting too close to home for Peter and Neal. (WC-Supernatural Crossover)

The there are seven (7) Big Bang stories available for artist selection this year (three stories already have artists attached and are not included).

Artist selection will begin on September 20 at 9AM Eastern, so mark your calendars.

1 - In the blink of an eye, life can change, and all your plans crumble to pieces.  An alternate ending to S4 where Peter gets arrested but Neal saves the day, which is not without major consequences that everyone will have to learn how to deal with.

2 - Angels and demons fight a war on our world, a war we are not aware of. Peter is handed a prisoner of war but doesn´t realize who this creature is.  As a POW Demon Neal ends up helping Angel Peter help solve a mystery, but can Peter save Neal? And does Neal want to be saved or does he have other plans for our world?

3 - The FBI is up against a serial killer who tortures his victims before he leaves them to a slow and agonizing death. Will Peter and Neal be able to catch him before he takes his next victim? And what happens when the serial killer goes after one of them? Will the other be able to save him?

4 - AU. Neal joins forces with a new partner in order to steal an ancient fresco that may or may not exist

5 - Neal Caffrey hasn't left his apartment for 20 years.  The only constants in his life are his work and his best friend, Mozzie.  All that changes when he hears Peter Burke's voice on the late night radio show.  Working as a late night DJ helps Peter to cope with the loss of his partner.  But ever since the Super in his new building told him about "the crazy guy in 5-B", he can't get his neighbor of his mind. Through phone calls and friends, both men learn that healing begins with that first step.

6 - Instead of going to prison, Neal is sent to spend his sentence in an island penal colony.

7 - Peter Burke and Neal Caffrey investigate the theft of an antique emerald ring. The case gets complicated when bodies start showing up around it. The unifying characteristic of the victims: they're all pierced through the heart. Sam and Dean Winchester catch wind of some peculiar murders, and head to New York City. Posing as Interpol agents, they work with the White Collar team...until things start hitting too close to home for Peter and Neal. (WC-Supernatural Crossover)

Artists, we have six (6) seven (7) summaries left to choose from, and at this time, we're going to open up the claiming to authors who might want to claim their own stories for artwork, and for artists to make a second and even a third claim, if they'd like.

Please make three choices (first, second, third) and list in order of preference, first come, first served.

GO FORTH AND CHOOSE!

( The remaining summaries )

Artists! We've gone through your selections and were able to confirm the choices. Replies to your selection comments have been sent and emails will go out tonight or tomorrow morning. Some artists who had signed up to do art for multiple stories may not have gotten all of their requests (in some cases, the second and third choices were already picked as other artist's first choices).

There are still five summaries that still need artists:

( Summaries under the cut )

If any of these stories appeal to your artistic sensibilities, please go back to the artist selection post here. I'll be posting an official second selection round later in the week, but want to give everyone a head's up.

This is just a preview post (hence the disabled comments - PM me if you have questions) for artists who have signed up for Round Five of this Big Bang (and there's still time to sign up as an artist, here).

There are currently twenty-three summaries (a few more may be added before the selection post goes live), which is a record number for this Big Bang. You are all made of awesome!

Since there are a lot more stories than artists, we're going to do things differently this year. Artists may select up to THREE different stories to illustrate or otherwise create fanworks for. When making the selections on the 20th (this Sunday), if an artist wants to pick more than one story, the artist will have to note first, second and third choices. If two artists select the same story as first choice, the first artist to make the claim will get it. If one artist picks the story as first choice but there’s an earlier claim to the story as a second choice, the artist who selects as first choice will get that story. The same holds true for second vis-à-vis third choices.

( Story summaries under the cut )