sorry to be unclear. i meant that i did not reassign fiction to a new recipient. i had several people drop out of the fest, but almost all of them still got gifts. iirc, the only one who did not was in that situation only because their giver also dropped out. otherwise, everyone gave their gifts to the person they had always intended to give them to.

as for those whose giver dropped out? they got at least one pinch hitter who wrote for them. actually though, i think all of them got two, and one got three. it was a little crazy there at the end.