OMG finishedThis is not my story. This is my father's epic Swallows and Amazons novel, all 228261 words of it, which I have been editing on and off for the last two years and intensively over the last five weeks. People, I was pretty desperate to get this story posted as soon as possible, and I'm very happy to say that my father will indeed see it ( Read more... )

People, it was merriman who wrote the absolutely gorgeous Deaccession for me in hlh_shortcuts. It's on AO3 now, too - books in space! How can you resist? Although in all honesty my favourite part of this story is merriman's superb re-imagining of the Library of Alexandria - it's just gorgeous ( Read more... )

I'm so late posting this - apologies, travelling.

sutcliff-swap went live over on AO3, and just like last year, there are some truly stunning stories in the collection - and art, too. There's a different selection of books from last year, which is great to see.


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Fandom: Dorothy Dunnett - The Lymond Chronicles
Pairing: Philippa/Marthe
Rating: R
Wordcount: 11,500
Summary: London 1587. A Crawford, a fair Crawford, unmistakable as a parakeet among pigeons.
Warnings: for post canon spoilers. In addition, for character death, before the start of this story: Francis Crawford, and by implication Sybilla.
Thanks: ( Read more... )

The absolutely stunning Highlander story written for me and posted in hlh_shortcuts this year, About Today, was by hafital! Apart from finding this absolutely superbly done, I was really touched - I think the shifting, multiple possibilities and timelines were written because I'd love them. (I did.) It really is a smashing piece of craftswomanship ( Read more... )

Fandom: Coldfic, The Joe Stories. The first of these was Sastrugi, Joe Tasker/Pete Boardman.

Title: Grounded
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 1000
Pairing: Joe Simpson/Simon Yates
Summary: RPS. It's not true ( Read more... )

Fandom: Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch
Rating: Gen
Wordcount: 4000
Prompt: opalmatrix mentioned (in a lengthy and interesting prompt) a fondness for Justin, and also liked Flavius' and Justin's friendship. In a yuletide letter, opalmatrix also mentioned future fic for this novel - that's where this story came from.
Notes: Written for sutcliff_swap 2012 - many thanks to mods isiscolo ( Read more... )

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Fandom: Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness
Pairing: Stephen Gordon, Martina Hallam, Miss Puddleton, Marcus Llewellyn (in various combinations)
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 12,500
Summary: Werewolf remix. Contains a reversal of most gender roles in The Well of Loneliness. Genderswap, femmeslash, slash, mpreg, fpreg, polyamoury, pack dynamics: ( Read more... )

Fandom: Coldfic RPS
Pairing: Pete Boardman/Joe Tasker
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 1000
Summary: It’s not true, but this one has haunted me for years.
Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker were two of Britain’s finest climbers. They died together in an attempt on Everest’s unclimbed North-East ridge in 1982: The Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature was ( Read more... )