Trick or Treat Recs
I got a late treat, and an absolutely marvelous one.
Sun and Rain - X-Men comics, Lorna Dane/Alex Summers. An interlude from their time by the Rio Diablo.
A beautiful slice of life about two grad students in love who also happen to be superpowered mutants, living in the desert, studying the landscape, and coping with trauma-related nightmares when you have magnetic powers that can trash your appliances. An absolute delight. I don't think you need to know the canon to enjoy it.
And more excellent stories for your enjoyment:
For Sale: Baby shoes, Never Worn (Reasons Vary). Five not depressing but rather perfectly normal (and one not so normal) ads someone might post to sell a pair of baby shoes that have never been worn.
What it says on the can. And also, this sort of thing is what fandom is for.
They Return to the Sea - Original Work. The Ghost Jellyfish rise.
100 words of ghost jellyfish, what more can you want?
Adrift. Original Art. What unfinished business could a jellyfish possibly have?
Ghoooooost Jeeeeeeeellllyfiiiiiish.
Walking the Floor - The Addams Family. Gomez takes a turn with baby Wednesday.
300 words, every one of them a delight.
Bright Side - Defenders. Jessica gets a Halloween job. She may or may not regret this.
Jessica Jones and Ward Meachum at a kiddie Halloween party. 'Nuff said.
The Distant Triumph Song - Doomsday Book - Connie Willis. “So you’re saying Montoya unearthed a medieval virus,” Kivrin summarized. “And my parents told me my degree would never be good for anything in the real world.”
Lovely, heartbreaking twist on the themes of the book.
The Katabasis of Mrs. Pollifax - Mrs. Pollifax series - Dorothy Gilman. In which Mrs. Pollifax descends to the Underworld to rescue a friend.
Everything I wanted when I prompted "Mrs. Pollifax deals with the supernatural."
Wolves of Ice - Thor: Ragnarok. It walks the dark halls of the ship, they say. It is larger than a bilgesnipe, but it is not a bilgesnipe. It is cold as ice. Its claws clatter on the metal decking and leave frost in their wake. Its eyes glow in the dark.
Well-written, well-plotted, emotionally resonant Thor & Loki story with a really terrific premise.
Under So Many Lids - Twin Peaks. Cooper was far away, and he stood at the foot of a staircase, in a tower made of steel.
Absolutely gorgeously written noir fairytale.
Crossposted to https://rachelmanija.dreamwidth.org/2325395.html. Comment here or there.
Sun and Rain - X-Men comics, Lorna Dane/Alex Summers. An interlude from their time by the Rio Diablo.
A beautiful slice of life about two grad students in love who also happen to be superpowered mutants, living in the desert, studying the landscape, and coping with trauma-related nightmares when you have magnetic powers that can trash your appliances. An absolute delight. I don't think you need to know the canon to enjoy it.
And more excellent stories for your enjoyment:
For Sale: Baby shoes, Never Worn (Reasons Vary). Five not depressing but rather perfectly normal (and one not so normal) ads someone might post to sell a pair of baby shoes that have never been worn.
What it says on the can. And also, this sort of thing is what fandom is for.
They Return to the Sea - Original Work. The Ghost Jellyfish rise.
100 words of ghost jellyfish, what more can you want?
Adrift. Original Art. What unfinished business could a jellyfish possibly have?
Ghoooooost Jeeeeeeeellllyfiiiiiish.
Walking the Floor - The Addams Family. Gomez takes a turn with baby Wednesday.
300 words, every one of them a delight.
Bright Side - Defenders. Jessica gets a Halloween job. She may or may not regret this.
Jessica Jones and Ward Meachum at a kiddie Halloween party. 'Nuff said.
The Distant Triumph Song - Doomsday Book - Connie Willis. “So you’re saying Montoya unearthed a medieval virus,” Kivrin summarized. “And my parents told me my degree would never be good for anything in the real world.”
Lovely, heartbreaking twist on the themes of the book.
The Katabasis of Mrs. Pollifax - Mrs. Pollifax series - Dorothy Gilman. In which Mrs. Pollifax descends to the Underworld to rescue a friend.
Everything I wanted when I prompted "Mrs. Pollifax deals with the supernatural."
Wolves of Ice - Thor: Ragnarok. It walks the dark halls of the ship, they say. It is larger than a bilgesnipe, but it is not a bilgesnipe. It is cold as ice. Its claws clatter on the metal decking and leave frost in their wake. Its eyes glow in the dark.
Well-written, well-plotted, emotionally resonant Thor & Loki story with a really terrific premise.
Under So Many Lids - Twin Peaks. Cooper was far away, and he stood at the foot of a staircase, in a tower made of steel.
Absolutely gorgeously written noir fairytale.
Crossposted to https://rachelmanija.dreamwidth.org/2325395.html. Comment here or there.