As per usual, I'm posting this a wee bit early for those of you who are ahead in the timezones from me, especially since at my new job I have absolutely NO chance to get on LJ during the day. It is also open season on the remaining letters, so fill in as you please (E, I, J, V, and Z are available!)

So it is with great enjoyment that I now say:

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Thanks to all of you for a thoroughly entertaining list of prompts--and remember you're not constrained to the ones here, these are just suggestions ( Read more... )

Lead Me Not Into…
By Lokei
Universe: Hornblower
Characters: Hornblower, Kennedy, appreciation and hinting ahead
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I play in CSF’s paddling pool, because he has such pretty ships.
Prompt: Quotation Challenge

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Cold
by Lokei
Universe: Hornblower
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, and CSF should really treat his women better. 
Author's Note: I had a half-inch of ice on every surface of my car this morning.  I decided Maria was dealing with weather too.

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The port is damp and frigid in a way no one but a new wife newly left can truly appreciate.   The wind ( Read more... )

The Wind’s Will
By LokeiUniverse: Hornblower ( Read more... )

I believe, since the contest has now been judged, that it is safe to post this. It has also been posted with the rest of the entries over at scaryfangirl.com, and I must say that I lost valiantly to a very endearing monkey. *grin* My sincere congratulations go to Ruth W, and I heartily enjoyed her story--go read it ( Read more... )

In the Hope to Meet

By Lokei

Universe: Hornblower
Rating: PG to 13-ish?
Characters: Hornblower
Disclaimer: Sadly, despite my best attempts, he’s still not mine and neither are any of his fellows.

Summary: “In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.” Jonson, Underwoods--Miscellaneous Poems (LIX)

Author’s Note: Massive ( Read more... )

Let No Man Know

By Lokei
Rating: PG 13
Universe: Hornblower
Disclaimer: Fate is cruel, but these characters are not mine.

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Our Crooked Anchors

By Lokei

Rating: PG

Universe: Hornblower

Pairing: Horatio/Archie friendship, unless you choose to believe otherwise

Author’s Note: Bless Horatio and his classical allusions.  The title and quote come from Book III of the Aeneid.

Disclaimer: Not mine, except between the fantastical hours of Not Yet and Could Be.

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It was December, and the wind coming off the Channel was practically Arctic.  On some ships, moods were high, leave was granted, and a reprieve from the endless gray monotony of blockade assured.  Sails and rudders beat a merry path back to English shores, and while many aboard the Indefatigable watched them vanish with ill-concealed envy, ( Read more... )