This is a non-challenge story written in 2017, Sadly the real parades for Mardi Gras can't take place this year (though residents have found a brilliant idea to celebrate by decorating their homes like floats) This story is a small replacement for those parades as well as an adventure for Napoleon and Illya.

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This was a story I posted a few years ago.  Reposting today is a bit late since Mardi Gras or 'Fat Tuesday is the last day of the Carnival season as  always falls on the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent.

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I'd forgotten it's Mardi Gras and the PicFic prompt I posted today was just coincidence.  So in honor of 'Fat Tuesday,' I've decided to repost my Mardi Gras story;  full of costumes, sword play and Illya in tights.... need I say more?  Enjoy, and comments are most welcome!

The Fat Tuesday Affair Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

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Adding my favorite to the grouping, from February of 2012 - very short, just a little over 500 words, but it was one that came out just the way I wanted it to.

The 'Carnivale' Affair

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“I can’t do this, Napoleon.  I’m known here, I did a show two years ago.  People do know who I am these days, my friend.” Illya Kuryakin, of the House of Vanya, fashion designer, was attempting to convince his friend of 25 years that being here at Mardi Gras on an UNCLE assignment was not a good idea for him.  Why he had agreed to meet Napoleon ( Read more... )

Below a story in the HODOWE challenge series, based on the Shrove Tuesday themes of penance and reconciliation.  Because I like it, this follows on from the last one, but don't let that put you off.  
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Name: DEPRIVATION OF THE HEART
Genre: GEN
Warnings: ADULT SITUATIONS
Length: approx 1325 words

Author’s Note: This vignette was written for the HODOWE: Mardi Gras Challenge and evokes the idea a period of indulgence in expectation of a period of deprivation.


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I know Carabele is here somewhere, but I'll post a first notice to remind everyone that the Mardi Gras/Carnivale/Shrove Tuesday stories start posting on the 19th.  Stop by and read, post a story or if you can't get 500 words on paper (or screen) try a drabble in honor of the occasions we are celebrating here ( Read more... )