Indulging in some nostalgia before work, I am listening to The Ambassadors of Sorrow (and their bandcamp site ), and "The Birds of the Air" really is King David looking back on his youthful love affair with Jonathan.

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Anyway, they're great! Well worth a listen.

I've been happily hoovering up Yuletide stories, and here are some I've particularly enjoyed so far!

( 11 recs for Ea-nasir/Sumerian complaint letters, Heike Monogatari, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, The Bone Key, Rivers of London, Father Ted )

Not a Tame Lion by sovay
Narnia-fic.

Each time he returned from the roaring northern deserts or the brackish marshes to the south of the civilized world, Šamirat's brother brought her another portion of the past, as treasured and incomplete as a family story-stamp-seals, eye-stones, shards of fired clay.

Absolutely beautiful!

Three songs from Laboratorium Pieśni, a Polish folk group that sings songs from various countries.

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OMG! This vid is incredible - a fan trailer for Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, made by
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Mmmm, booooooooooooks.

If you like Rosemary Sutcliff, you might like Katy Moran's Bloodline, and its sequels. Bloodline is recommended for exactly that on Manda Scott's website, and it has many things that Sutcliff fans enjoy - early post-Roman Britain, descriptions of nature, a main character who bridges cultures, joys and tragedies. It's ( Read more... )

In Remix Madness, my Good Omens story "Bright with his Splendour" was reworked into the lovely Survivors (Bright with His Splendour Remix)! Thank you, Mystery Writer!

In this year's Remix, a drabble of mine in which Aziraphale and Crowley watch an episode of Merlin was remixed into a wonderful 13 thousand word story using many different takes on the Arthurian legends! I am astonished and delighted! If you like the idea of Crowley having shenanigans in Camelot, hasten to:

The Pendragon-Gorlois Family Reunion ( ( Read more... )

The Weiss vs Saiyuki 2015 Battle has come to an end, and both sides are winners with lots of new stories and art created during the last three weeks! So much thanks to indelicateink for her hard work in running the whole thing, and to everyone for taking part! A full listing of all the fics and art can be found here. (Mine are also to be found on my page at the ( Read more... )

I got two lovely stories, which caused me to roll around in glee when the archive opened! (And then to come back and re-read and comment when it was morning here and I was awake :D ) Thank you so much, dear Mystery Writers!

Diplomacy (1999 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
Rating: General Audiences
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