Title: Red Reasons
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: PG
Length: 500 words
Content notes: SPOILERS for Season 6 Episode 8, including Red John's identity. Set during that episode.
Author notes: Written in less than an hour, for the "disaster" challenge at fan_flashworks.
Summary: "This is a disaster. That’s the thought that’s running through Lisbon’s head without ( Read more... )

Title: Questions From The Past
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: G
Length: 146 words
Content notes: spoilers for seasons 1-5
Author notes: For the "trapped" challenge at fan_flashworks, and the October Challenge on Paint It Red (write a fic with the first line "Some things are impossible to escape").
Summary: How can you escape the past?

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Title: Chess Pieces
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: G
Content notes: Five pictures, edited in GIMP.
Artist notes: Based on the fantastic drabble "A Game of Chess" by Lothiriel84 (Spoilers for season 4 finale). All quotes are from the fic, and used with permission.
Summary: They play blind against a Grandmaster - but they're never giving in.

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Title: Interlocked
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: G
Length: 2 graphics, playlist link & selected song lyrics
Summary: A Jane/Lisbon fanmix, made for the "Letters" January challenge at Paint It Red.
Author's Notes: The idea behind this mix was to use the first letter of each song to spell out Jane and Lisbon - which I managed, though it took some ( Read more... )

Title: Sand (version 1 & 2)
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: G
Content notes: Uses images from 4x22 and 4x24 - thanks to Paint It Red for the original screencaps!
Artist notes: Made for the  the October challenge at Paint It Red (prompt: fifth random song - in this case, "I'm Your Man" by Leonard Cohen). Edited in GIMP. There are two versions because I ( Read more... )

Title: Fears
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: G
Length: 996 words
Author's notes: For the September Challenge at Paint It Red (prompt: fifth random song, in this case "Missing" by Eliza Doolittle). Unbeta'ed - concrit most welcome! Spoilers for 2x08, 4x24.
Summary: “I came to see you when there's no use pretending / Let's hope it's a happier ending” ( ( Read more... )

Title: When I call
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: G
Content notes: spoilers for episode 4x24, "The Crimson Hat".
Artist notes: Made for the "communications" challenge on fan_flashworks and the October challenge at Paint It Red (prompt: fifth random song - in this case, "Missing" by Eliza Doolittle). Edited in GIMP.
Summary: "I tried calling. I tried calling you ( Read more... )

Title: Shut Up
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: G
Length: ≈ 240 words.
Content notes: Written for the "wire" prompt on fan_flashworks and the August challenge at Paint It Red (sine qua non, an indispensable thing). 
Author notes: thanks to xsabrix for looking it over :) This was the final work for the "Female Characters" badge.
Summary: Just another day's conversation at the ( Read more... )

Title: One Person At A Time
Rating: G
WIP: Complete/550 words
Main Characters/Pairings: Teresa Lisbon.
Genre: Gen
Spoilers: None
Summary: Lisbon may not be able to save the whole world, but she can save some of it.
Author's notes: written for the April Challenge on the Paint It Red forum (prompt: "saving the world")

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Title: Maroon Memories
Fandom: The Mentalist
Rating: PG
WIP/Length:  Complete / 371 words
Content notes: Set during the final scene of episode 4.10 - Fugue In Red; spoilers for that episode.
Summary: Lisbon’s thoughts as ( skip) Jane’s memory returns. “Woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.” Ecclesiastes, ( Read more... )