Yuletide 2016 Recs (Part II)
Terribly late for me - and about half of these at least were still anonymous when I read them. And I still haven't finished going through the collection again. (The penalties of getting to read actual books, I suppose!) This includes a few from Madness (although I haven't properly been through that yet.)
Matrimony (100 words) by rabidsamfan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: All Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James Herriot/Helen Herriot
Characters: Helen Herriot
Additional Tags: musings, yumadrin, Yuletide Madness Drabble Initiative, Drabble
Summary: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
The perfect drabble?
as they did in the golden world (3166 words) by tigrrmilk
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: As You Like It - Shakespeare
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Orlando de Boys/Rosalind
Characters: Rosalind | Ganymede (As You Like It), Orlando de Boys (As You Like It), Celia |Aliena (As You Like It)
Additional Tags: Terrible poetry, a forest is just a story that writes itself
Summary: there's no clock / in the forest
or, Rosalind builds the life she wants.
Beauitifully off-kilter look at Rosalind and her story.
Statistical Methods in Risk Assessment (6518 words) by ryfkah
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Bletchley Circle
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jean McBrien/Original Female Character(s)
Characters: Jean McBrien, Original Character, Lucy Davis, Alice Merren, Millie (Bletchley Circle)
Additional Tags: World War II, Espionage
Summary: Jean McBrien was not entirely clear on her opinion of SOE sending women to spy behind the lines - but then, in wartime, one did not have opinions. One did one's duty.
Excellent look at Jean's unseen history, with a great OC and authentic touches throughout.
grace under pressure (2050 words) by empyrean
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Cadfael Chronicles - Ellis Peters
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hugh Beringar & Brother Cadfael
Characters: Brother Cadfael, Hugh Beringar, Constance (Cadfael Chronicles)
Additional Tags: Friendship
Summary: It's not that Cadfael is worried, of course not. It's just Hugh has this terrible habit of getting into the worse scrapes at the worst times.
An examination of the friendship between a monk and the deputy sheriff of Shropshire.
Beautiful Cadfael and Hugh friendship fic.
The enemy of my enemy (2474 words) by Nary
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Casting the Runes - M. R. James, JAMES M. R. - Works, Canon Alberic's Scrap-book - M. R. James
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Edward Dunning/Henry Harrington
Characters: Edward Dunning, Henry Harrington, Assorted demons and spirits
Additional Tags: Crossover, Magic, Magic-Users, Dark Magic, Demons, Rituals, Demon Summoning, Deal with a Devil, Creepy, Implied Slash, Yuletide Treat
Summary: "It was supposed to be over," Harrington said, clinging to any faint hope he could muster. "Karswell is dead, the curse returned to him..."
"But not destroyed," Dunning said, his head in his hands. "The paper slip was not destroyed with his death. It could have been passed to another, or..." He trailed off, trembling so violently that Harrington reached out and put a hand on his shoulder to try and steady his nerves.
"Or what?" he asked quietly.
"Or... it could rebound upon me, as the last who was its possessor. All my reading points to this inescapable fact - the thing Karswell conjured with those runes still persists in this world."
Fantastic follow-up to the short story.
The Tentacle Monster of Colditz (4304 words) by Liadt
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Colditz (1972)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Simon Carter/Original Tentacled Character, Dick Player/Original Tentacled Character, Horst Mohn/Original Tentacled Character, hints of Simon Carter/Horst Mohn
Characters: Horst Mohn, Simon Carter, Dick Player, Kommandant Karl, John Preston, Franz Ulmann
Additional Tags: Dubious Consent, Tentacle Job, Tentacle Monsters, Pheromones, Crack, tentacle restraint
Summary: There's a tentacle monster under Colditz Castle. Also Carter hates Mohn. A lot.
There's a tentacle monster lurking beneath Colditz. It's called Fred and it's very, very friendly. This is pretty hilarious even when you (like me) don't know the series.
The Dead Authors Fanfic: Christopher Marlowe and Walt Whitman (1461 words) by trifles
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Dead Authors Podcast
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: H. G. Wells, Christopher Marlowe, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare
Additional Tags: Podcast, Podfic, Poetry, Bad Poetry, historical allusions, sexual innuendo, Historically Inaccurate, cheap references, Meta, Metafiction, Screenplay/Script Format
Summary: This fanfic is intended as entertainment for grownups, and to spread awareness of the Yuletide Rare Fandom Exchange. The Dead Authors Fanfic hasn’t been brought to you by 826LA, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center for children ages 6 to 18, but if you wanted to contribute to them, that would probably be nice. And now, here’s the host of The Dead Authors Fanfic, Mr. H.G. Wells.
One of those Yule-fandoms where I have no idea what this is, but it was huge fun anyway.
On This 'Ane Night (2319 words) by Fabrisse
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Tiffany Aching Series - Terry Pratchett, Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Granny Aching, Esmerelda "Granny" Weatherwax
Additional Tags: After Sourcery and before Wyrd Sisters
Summary: Granny Weatherwax is blown off course and meets Granny Aching.
What it says, and just as good as you would hope.
Happenstance (629 words) by nahnahnahnah
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Thorne (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Augusta Gresham, Martha Dunstable
Summary: Miss Augusta Gresham has a very peculiar encounter with the (not-so) young lady from America.
Lovely little tag for the adaptation.
Only Time Will Tell (1340 words) by hhertzof
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Oxford Time Travel Universe - Connie Willis, Hilary Tamar Mysteries - Sarah Caudwell, Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Selena Jardine/Julia Larwood, Ned Henry/Verity Kindle
Characters: Ned Henry, Verity Kindle, Selena Jardine, Julia Larwood, Hilary Tamar, Salyavin | Professor Chronotis
Additional Tags: Crossover, Time Travel
Summary: Hilary Tamar gets some unexpected visitors.
I don't know either fandom, but it was fun and so was the nifty Doctor Who ref.
Five Reasons to Be Happy in Andalasia (and One Thing to Miss from Reality) (1251 words) by Dira Sudis
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Enchanted (2007)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Edward/Nancy Tremaine, Giselle & Nancy Tremaine
Characters: Nancy Tremaine, Edward (Disney: Enchanted)
Additional Tags: Happily Ever After, five things
Summary: Nancy's happily ever after actually is everything it's cracked up to be (almost perfectly).
The perfect tag to the film - funny and sweet.
The Long View and the Short (2001 words) by AstroGirl
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion... - Sandia Labs
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Cindy
Additional Tags: Post-Apocalypse, Future
Summary: Times change, except for all the ways in which they don't.
Brilliant and bleak apocalyptic fic. (It's one of those Yuletide fandoms that aren't fandoms, so no knowledge required whatsoever.)
The One and the Many (9437 words) by Clocketpatch
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion... - Sandia Labs
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Cultural Differences, Worldbuilding, Science Fiction
Summary: Often, human settlements contain layers of habitation, one built on top of the other. One site can have many unseen features hidden beneath it.
People are the same.
For the same fandom (so, again, basically origfic); excellent SF world-building and a maybe more hopeful look at a bleak future.
Twitterati (559 words) by paranoidangel
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Father Ted
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ted Crilly, Dougal McGuire
Additional Tags: Twitter
Summary: Ted and Dougal and Twitter.
Very funny. (And I never even actually watched the show.)
Wedding Bed (1127 words) by astolat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Grand Sophy - Georgette Heyer
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Charles Rivenhall/Sophy Stanton-Lacy
Additional Tags: First Time, Yuletide
Summary: “Damn you, Sophy,” he grated out. “What do you suppose my uncle should say to me?”
Sophy, still organising everything, immediately post-book, basically.
Gentlemen of the Shade (3155 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Henry V - Shakespeare, Henry IV - Shakespeare, The Hollow Crown (2012), Shakespeare - History Plays, 15th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Owain ap Maredudd ap Tewdwr | Owen Tudor/Catherine de Valois, Sir John Falstaff/Prince Hal (Shakespeare), Sir John Falstaff & Owen Tudor, Henry V of England & Owen Tudor, Catherine of Valois/Henry V
Characters: Boy (Henry V), Owain ap Maredudd ap Tewdwr | Owen Tudor, Prince Hal (Shakespeare), Henry V of England, Sir John Falstaff, Catherine of Valois Queen of England, Fluellen (Henry V), Nym (Henry V), Pistol (Shakespeare)
Additional Tags: Ambiguous Relationships, Agincourt, Character Study, Messy, Yuletide, Yuletide 2016
Summary: In which Falstaff's page has a chat with the late Henry V. about shared bed fellows (plural), accidentally founds a dynasty and changes the course of English history.
Excellent - really fleshes out The Hollow Crown's twist in Henry V (re. the Boy) so well.
How to Pick up Women in Bars (1066 words) by paranoidangel
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Librarians (TV 2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ezekiel Jones, Jake Stone, Cassandra Cillian
Summary: Ezekiel and Stone try and get a date.
More of Cassandra's magical ability to pick up women - great fun.
Speaking for the Skin and the Bone (1501 words) by thinlizzy2
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Pride (2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Sian (Pride)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Misses Clause Challenge, mention of canon character death
Summary: In 1984, Sian James was a young housewife and mother who volunteered to help establish support for the families of striking miners. In 2005, she became the first woman to represent Swansea East in Parliament.
This is a snapshot of a moment in between.
Lovely, thoughtful coda to the film.
Have You Considered #Boats? (498 words) by dbskyler
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: TLF Travel Alerts (Twitter)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary: The Circle Line is not a circle. This has greater consequences than you might expect.
London Transport is more sinister than you thought?
The Rape of the Book (6350 words) by greerwatson
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Venetia - Georgette Heyer
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Aubrey Lanyon, Conway Lanyon, Charlotte Lanyon, Mrs Denny (Venetia), Clara Denny, Emily Denny, Mrs Scorrier (Venetia), Imber (Venetia), Fingle (Venetia), Julius Appersett, Jasper Damerel, Venetia Lanyon
Additional Tags: regency england, Christmas
Summary: Aubrey returns unexpectedly early from his first term at university.
Has a good grasp of the right tone of and is a fun look at lots of its characters (mostly minor) post-canon.
Della Famiglia e l'Italia (1299 words) by Haywire
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Lucy Moderatz, Jack Callaghan, Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Misses Clause Challenge, Future Fic, Kid Fic
Summary: Gia Callaghan, daughter of Lucy and Jack, sets out on her own while still firmly - and happily - anchored to her family's past.
Rather lovely and plausible future fic.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth -- Comments there:
Matrimony (100 words) by rabidsamfan
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: All Creatures Great and Small - James Herriot
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James Herriot/Helen Herriot
Characters: Helen Herriot
Additional Tags: musings, yumadrin, Yuletide Madness Drabble Initiative, Drabble
Summary: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
The perfect drabble?
as they did in the golden world (3166 words) by tigrrmilk
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: As You Like It - Shakespeare
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Orlando de Boys/Rosalind
Characters: Rosalind | Ganymede (As You Like It), Orlando de Boys (As You Like It), Celia |Aliena (As You Like It)
Additional Tags: Terrible poetry, a forest is just a story that writes itself
Summary: there's no clock / in the forest
or, Rosalind builds the life she wants.
Beauitifully off-kilter look at Rosalind and her story.
Statistical Methods in Risk Assessment (6518 words) by ryfkah
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Bletchley Circle
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jean McBrien/Original Female Character(s)
Characters: Jean McBrien, Original Character, Lucy Davis, Alice Merren, Millie (Bletchley Circle)
Additional Tags: World War II, Espionage
Summary: Jean McBrien was not entirely clear on her opinion of SOE sending women to spy behind the lines - but then, in wartime, one did not have opinions. One did one's duty.
Excellent look at Jean's unseen history, with a great OC and authentic touches throughout.
grace under pressure (2050 words) by empyrean
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Cadfael Chronicles - Ellis Peters
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hugh Beringar & Brother Cadfael
Characters: Brother Cadfael, Hugh Beringar, Constance (Cadfael Chronicles)
Additional Tags: Friendship
Summary: It's not that Cadfael is worried, of course not. It's just Hugh has this terrible habit of getting into the worse scrapes at the worst times.
An examination of the friendship between a monk and the deputy sheriff of Shropshire.
Beautiful Cadfael and Hugh friendship fic.
The enemy of my enemy (2474 words) by Nary
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Casting the Runes - M. R. James, JAMES M. R. - Works, Canon Alberic's Scrap-book - M. R. James
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Edward Dunning/Henry Harrington
Characters: Edward Dunning, Henry Harrington, Assorted demons and spirits
Additional Tags: Crossover, Magic, Magic-Users, Dark Magic, Demons, Rituals, Demon Summoning, Deal with a Devil, Creepy, Implied Slash, Yuletide Treat
Summary: "It was supposed to be over," Harrington said, clinging to any faint hope he could muster. "Karswell is dead, the curse returned to him..."
"But not destroyed," Dunning said, his head in his hands. "The paper slip was not destroyed with his death. It could have been passed to another, or..." He trailed off, trembling so violently that Harrington reached out and put a hand on his shoulder to try and steady his nerves.
"Or what?" he asked quietly.
"Or... it could rebound upon me, as the last who was its possessor. All my reading points to this inescapable fact - the thing Karswell conjured with those runes still persists in this world."
Fantastic follow-up to the short story.
The Tentacle Monster of Colditz (4304 words) by Liadt
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Colditz (1972)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Simon Carter/Original Tentacled Character, Dick Player/Original Tentacled Character, Horst Mohn/Original Tentacled Character, hints of Simon Carter/Horst Mohn
Characters: Horst Mohn, Simon Carter, Dick Player, Kommandant Karl, John Preston, Franz Ulmann
Additional Tags: Dubious Consent, Tentacle Job, Tentacle Monsters, Pheromones, Crack, tentacle restraint
Summary: There's a tentacle monster under Colditz Castle. Also Carter hates Mohn. A lot.
There's a tentacle monster lurking beneath Colditz. It's called Fred and it's very, very friendly. This is pretty hilarious even when you (like me) don't know the series.
The Dead Authors Fanfic: Christopher Marlowe and Walt Whitman (1461 words) by trifles
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Dead Authors Podcast
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: H. G. Wells, Christopher Marlowe, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare
Additional Tags: Podcast, Podfic, Poetry, Bad Poetry, historical allusions, sexual innuendo, Historically Inaccurate, cheap references, Meta, Metafiction, Screenplay/Script Format
Summary: This fanfic is intended as entertainment for grownups, and to spread awareness of the Yuletide Rare Fandom Exchange. The Dead Authors Fanfic hasn’t been brought to you by 826LA, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center for children ages 6 to 18, but if you wanted to contribute to them, that would probably be nice. And now, here’s the host of The Dead Authors Fanfic, Mr. H.G. Wells.
One of those Yule-fandoms where I have no idea what this is, but it was huge fun anyway.
On This 'Ane Night (2319 words) by Fabrisse
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Tiffany Aching Series - Terry Pratchett, Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Granny Aching, Esmerelda "Granny" Weatherwax
Additional Tags: After Sourcery and before Wyrd Sisters
Summary: Granny Weatherwax is blown off course and meets Granny Aching.
What it says, and just as good as you would hope.
Happenstance (629 words) by nahnahnahnah
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Thorne (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Augusta Gresham, Martha Dunstable
Summary: Miss Augusta Gresham has a very peculiar encounter with the (not-so) young lady from America.
Lovely little tag for the adaptation.
Only Time Will Tell (1340 words) by hhertzof
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Oxford Time Travel Universe - Connie Willis, Hilary Tamar Mysteries - Sarah Caudwell, Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Selena Jardine/Julia Larwood, Ned Henry/Verity Kindle
Characters: Ned Henry, Verity Kindle, Selena Jardine, Julia Larwood, Hilary Tamar, Salyavin | Professor Chronotis
Additional Tags: Crossover, Time Travel
Summary: Hilary Tamar gets some unexpected visitors.
I don't know either fandom, but it was fun and so was the nifty Doctor Who ref.
Five Reasons to Be Happy in Andalasia (and One Thing to Miss from Reality) (1251 words) by Dira Sudis
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Enchanted (2007)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Edward/Nancy Tremaine, Giselle & Nancy Tremaine
Characters: Nancy Tremaine, Edward (Disney: Enchanted)
Additional Tags: Happily Ever After, five things
Summary: Nancy's happily ever after actually is everything it's cracked up to be (almost perfectly).
The perfect tag to the film - funny and sweet.
The Long View and the Short (2001 words) by AstroGirl
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion... - Sandia Labs
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Cindy
Additional Tags: Post-Apocalypse, Future
Summary: Times change, except for all the ways in which they don't.
Brilliant and bleak apocalyptic fic. (It's one of those Yuletide fandoms that aren't fandoms, so no knowledge required whatsoever.)
The One and the Many (9437 words) by Clocketpatch
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Expert Judgment on Markers to Deter Inadvertent Human Intrusion... - Sandia Labs
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Cultural Differences, Worldbuilding, Science Fiction
Summary: Often, human settlements contain layers of habitation, one built on top of the other. One site can have many unseen features hidden beneath it.
People are the same.
For the same fandom (so, again, basically origfic); excellent SF world-building and a maybe more hopeful look at a bleak future.
Twitterati (559 words) by paranoidangel
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Father Ted
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ted Crilly, Dougal McGuire
Additional Tags: Twitter
Summary: Ted and Dougal and Twitter.
Very funny. (And I never even actually watched the show.)
Wedding Bed (1127 words) by astolat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Grand Sophy - Georgette Heyer
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Charles Rivenhall/Sophy Stanton-Lacy
Additional Tags: First Time, Yuletide
Summary: “Damn you, Sophy,” he grated out. “What do you suppose my uncle should say to me?”
Sophy, still organising everything, immediately post-book, basically.
Gentlemen of the Shade (3155 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Henry V - Shakespeare, Henry IV - Shakespeare, The Hollow Crown (2012), Shakespeare - History Plays, 15th Century CE RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Owain ap Maredudd ap Tewdwr | Owen Tudor/Catherine de Valois, Sir John Falstaff/Prince Hal (Shakespeare), Sir John Falstaff & Owen Tudor, Henry V of England & Owen Tudor, Catherine of Valois/Henry V
Characters: Boy (Henry V), Owain ap Maredudd ap Tewdwr | Owen Tudor, Prince Hal (Shakespeare), Henry V of England, Sir John Falstaff, Catherine of Valois Queen of England, Fluellen (Henry V), Nym (Henry V), Pistol (Shakespeare)
Additional Tags: Ambiguous Relationships, Agincourt, Character Study, Messy, Yuletide, Yuletide 2016
Summary: In which Falstaff's page has a chat with the late Henry V. about shared bed fellows (plural), accidentally founds a dynasty and changes the course of English history.
Excellent - really fleshes out The Hollow Crown's twist in Henry V (re. the Boy) so well.
How to Pick up Women in Bars (1066 words) by paranoidangel
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Librarians (TV 2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ezekiel Jones, Jake Stone, Cassandra Cillian
Summary: Ezekiel and Stone try and get a date.
More of Cassandra's magical ability to pick up women - great fun.
Speaking for the Skin and the Bone (1501 words) by thinlizzy2
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Pride (2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Sian (Pride)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Misses Clause Challenge, mention of canon character death
Summary: In 1984, Sian James was a young housewife and mother who volunteered to help establish support for the families of striking miners. In 2005, she became the first woman to represent Swansea East in Parliament.
This is a snapshot of a moment in between.
Lovely, thoughtful coda to the film.
Have You Considered #Boats? (498 words) by dbskyler
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: TLF Travel Alerts (Twitter)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Summary: The Circle Line is not a circle. This has greater consequences than you might expect.
London Transport is more sinister than you thought?
The Rape of the Book (6350 words) by greerwatson
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Venetia - Georgette Heyer
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Aubrey Lanyon, Conway Lanyon, Charlotte Lanyon, Mrs Denny (Venetia), Clara Denny, Emily Denny, Mrs Scorrier (Venetia), Imber (Venetia), Fingle (Venetia), Julius Appersett, Jasper Damerel, Venetia Lanyon
Additional Tags: regency england, Christmas
Summary: Aubrey returns unexpectedly early from his first term at university.
Has a good grasp of the right tone of and is a fun look at lots of its characters (mostly minor) post-canon.
Della Famiglia e l'Italia (1299 words) by Haywire
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Lucy Moderatz, Jack Callaghan, Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Misses Clause Challenge, Future Fic, Kid Fic
Summary: Gia Callaghan, daughter of Lucy and Jack, sets out on her own while still firmly - and happily - anchored to her family's past.
Rather lovely and plausible future fic.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth -- Comments there: