==Yuletide==

Because if one can't be a little bit extra in the midst of death (*) and despair, then when? (**)

More important, the recipients plus others (including writers whose work I've admired from afar) seemed to like them. Pieces at both the ends of the length spectrum (i.e., at least two of the drabbles and the longest story) got rec'ed. The ( Read more... )

Squee!

( my gift: The Traveler in Black )

From 2012:

Light from the Lost Land (1536 words) by raspberryhunter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper, Welsh Mythology
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Gwyddno Garanhir, Gwion (Dark Is Rising), Arianrhod, Elffin ap Gwyddno, Lleu Llaw Gyffes
Additional Tags: Consentfest
Summary:
King ( Read more... )

From Yuletide 2019:
Come a Wandering (1347 words) by goseaward
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bran Davies & Jane Drew
Additional Tags: Christmas
Summary:
Jane and Bran, unexpectedly, years on.

Ribbons's note: A college Christmas party. Bran's friend ( Read more... )

In 2015, Amanda Elanor Tribble created a number of Dark Is Rising illustrations for her art school portfolio, posting them to her under-stone tumblr account. It's worth paging through her whole tumblr, which isn't huge; my favorite is her train scene from Silver on the Tree. Click on the image to enlarge it, and then marvel at the composition and ( Read more... )

From 2011, a lovely Will/Bran Christmas season fic by Ash. Veterinarian is a good look on Bran, as is laughing at Will:

In the Bleak Midwinter (7085 words) by Ashura
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bran Davies/Will Stanton
Characters: Bran Davies ( Read more... )

Altogether Your World (9554 words) by Slantedlight
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Bran Davies/Will Stanton
Characters: Bran Davies, Will Stanton (Dark is Rising), Jane Drew
Summary:
Will Stanton has been watching for years, and now it seems ( Read more... )

From 2001, over at fanfiction.net, there's a short (1203 words) fic by Gunbunny that features Bran/Will and Methos that still makes me laugh, both because I'm amused by the Methos-Will dynamic ("You've been reading too much science fiction again") and because Bran really doesn't want to hear about who was shagging whom back in his parents' day: ( Read more... )

The recs:

[series]
Four Cups of Wine and related stories by borealowl

Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings for Part 1: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), some OCs - Character
Additional Tags: Pesach | Passover, I ( Read more... )

The rec:

Weltanschauung (4170 words) by Nope (2014)
Fandom: Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Bran Davies, Will Stanton, Barney Drew, Jane Drew, Simon Drew

This is the fic equivalent of an immensely satisfying mug of hot chocolate (which also shows up in this story ( Read more... )