Master list: My pre-series/non-spoilery Newsflesh fics.
Because it's come up a few times in the last several months, I'm just going to make a list of all of my Newsflesh fics that don't have plot spoilers for the trilogy. Most of them are set at least a year or two before the series begins; a couple technically take place early in Feed, fully or partly, but have no spoilers beyond the premise. Check the notes! (I'm not sure I'd go as far as tagging any of them "no canon knowledge required" or anything, but most or all are probably fairly accessible to anyone who roughly knows the premise of the series and anything about who the main characters are.)
These are listed chronologically by posting date, with newer fics at the top, and I'll keep it updated.
A Breath Could Break You (4894 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV Female Character, POV First Person, Adopted Sibling Incest, Pre-Canon, Community: fandom_stocking, a departure from what I usually write, Not quite PWP, (but very close to it), Explicit Sexual Content, woman topping, Woman on Top, Light Bondage, PIV Sex, Cunnilingus, Light Dom/sub, Fingerfucking, Breathplay, Choking, (the breathplay/choking is on the mild side as these things go [and not sustained long])
Summary:
This was written for a suggested prompt, which was "Georgia topping the hell out of Shaun", and...that's a reasonable summary of the resulting fic. (When I saw the prompt, I thought, well, that's not what I usually write, but I could give it a shot, and here we are!)
Set a year or so before Feed; no series spoilers.
Night Off (3589 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, Canon Disabled Character, Adopted Sibling Incest, Caretaking
Summary:
I offered her my drink, which was in a plastic cup just like all the cups of beer in the room. If we stopped near a place with good local beer, Senator Ryman sprang for that and we had bottles; otherwise, we had decent but not amazing stuff on tap. George had my cup halfway to her mouth when she realized what I had.
"Oh," she said, and took a deep swallow of whiskey before pushing the cup back into my hand. "God, keep that away from me. I still need to work."
"It's my first drink," I said. "Want me to stop?"
Set early in Feed.
Evenings when Georgia Mason is willing to relax are few and far between, especially when there's a major political campaign to cover. Shaun, on the other hand, thinks that's when she needs a break most. Occasionally he even manages to talk her into it.
(The working title was "in which Georgia is a cute drunk", which may say it all.)
We Dreamed a Garden (10357 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV Female Character, POV First Person, Canon Disabled Character, Pre-Canon, Adopted Sibling Incest, Non-Penetrative Sex, First Time
Summary:
Once, Shaun kissed the back of my neck in the middle of the night--one feather-light kiss, long after we'd gone to bed on our fifteenth birthday. He ran his hand up my side, from my hip to the top of my ribcage, careful not to even brush against my chest. When I caught his hand and wove my fingers into his, keeping him from either exploring further or pulling away, he whispered my name. I whispered his name back, and that was all. For right then, that was enough.
After that, almost two months passed before he slept in my bed again.
Set seven years before Feed. You can't choose who you fall in love with. The only decision you get to make is what to do about it.
(The first chapter can be read on its own, and as such would only be rated "Teen And Up"; it's the second chapter that earns the "Explicit" rating.)
Don't Slip Away (and I won't hold so tight) (5478 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason, Michael Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, POV Female Character, Canon Disabled Character, Pre-Canon, Community: hc_bingo, Cuddling & Snuggling, Codependency, Bad Parenting, Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Summary:
This time, because I already knew the rough shape of what we were talking about, I put together what Dad was trying to say while he was still choosing his words: Shaun touched me too much, and I didn't seem to reciprocate. I couldn't even guess whether that detail made it better or worse in their minds.
Set nine years before Feed, when Georgia and Shaun are fourteen and just barely beginning to pick apart their feelings. What they do know for sure is that parental intrusion is not welcome.
I Don't Need Much to Keep Me Warm (2583 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, Adopted Sibling Incest, Canon Disabled Character, Community: cottoncandy_bingo, Pre-Canon, Warm and Fuzzy Feelings, Cuddling & Snuggling
Summary:
Knowing my sister, she'd been out in a sweater and a hat and a jacket, but the downpour had probably drenched her to the skin anyway. And she hates being cold.
Set a few years before Feed. Fic contents include rain, hot drinks, and snuggling.
(The working title was "blatant, unrepentant snuggle fic". It does what it says on the tin.)
Pick a Number (746 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, Adopted Sibling Incest, Canon Disabled Character, Porn Battle
Summary:
Everyone's got a code, right? Probably? That was ours, or one of them. The code that meant "Remember what we did? Remember what I did to you, what you did to me?"
(Mostly pre-series, with non-spoilery references to Feed.)
The Place Where We Began (561 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon
Summary:
Funny how often things backfire so badly that you get the exact opposite of what you wanted--our parents' refusal to let us keep sharing a room, where we each had our own side to retreat to, is how we wound up sharing a bed instead.
So it Shall be Told, Generation Unto Generation (5677 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: InCryptid - Seanan McGuire, Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason, Buffy Meissonier, Magdalene Grace Garcia, Aeslin Mice
Additional Tags: POV First Person, POV Female Character, Crossover, Canon Disabled Character, Adopted Sibling Incest, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Wordcount: 5.000-10.000
Summary:
During that first visit she told us the bare minimum she could get away with, and by sheer force of will she made things as normal as possible under conditions that involved crashing at a gigantic house inhabited by intelligent creatures that flew in the face of everything I thought I knew about the world. We spent those three days letting Maggie show us her favorite movies, eating the kind of obscenely good food that the ludicrously wealthy can have on hand, and trying not to jump out of our skin every time the Aeslin mice appeared in their brightly-colored scraps of clothing, whether it was to celebrate an esoteric religious rite or to get in on some popcorn action. They were deeply curious, scrupulously polite, and obsessed with cake.
They'd been fascinated by my eyes, which came to their attention when they noticed that, unlike everyone else, I didn't turn lights on when I went into darkened rooms.
Hold My Life (3893 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, POV Female Character, Canon Disabled Character, Codependency, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Adopted Sibling Incest, Community: hc_bingo, Panic Attack, Wordcount: 1.000-5.000
Summary:
"Is anyone dead?" I asked, a bundle of questions wrapped into one: Was anyone bitten? Did anyone amplify? Did you just come home from shooting a friend?
"No."
Which meant he'd had a close call, and since my brother's mission in life is to court death, any call close enough to scare him instead of thrilling him is something I know not to ask about.
Set a year or two before Feed.
Your Dreams Still Escape (2948 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, Canon Disabled Character, Codependency, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Adopted Sibling Incest, Community: hc_bingo, Headaches & Migraines, Wordcount: 1.000-3.000
Summary:
We've got a system that works for us. A lot of it boils down to "George takes care of the details and I take care of her". Sometimes I'm a little too good at leaving her job up to her; sometimes she's kind of crap at letting me do mine.
Set early in Feed, as things are about to get hectic in preparation for following Senator Ryman's campaign.
Note: The "five times" fic below is actually six short pieces, and the first five qualify for this list. The sixth does not; it's set between Feed and Deadline and contains massive spoilers for the end of Feed. Anyone wanting to stay spoiler-free should read chapter by chapter and avoid the sixth.
Five times George made the kill shot (and one time she didn't) (11719 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason, Buffy Meissonier, Dave Novakowski
Additional Tags: POV First Person, POV Alternating, POV Female Character, Canon Disabled Character, Pre-Canon, Codependency, Zombies, Wordcount: 10.000-30.000, Community: fic_promptly, Spoiler Warnings in Notes, Spoilers vary from chapter to chapter (see notes), Adopted Sibling Relationship
Summary:
When I go out into the field with Shaun, the plan is rarely for me to engage directly with whatever zombies he rustles up. I'm there for other reasons: to provide backup in case something goes wrong, to get him additional camera angles, to yell at him for playing too dangerously, and to give him a live audience. He'd be a lousy Irwin if he couldn't entertain himself just fine on his own, but he's happier with company and happiest if it's me.
Originally posted at http://umadoshi.dreamwidth.org/492112.html. Comment here if you like, or comment there using OpenID. Comments at DW:
These are listed chronologically by posting date, with newer fics at the top, and I'll keep it updated.
A Breath Could Break You (4894 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV Female Character, POV First Person, Adopted Sibling Incest, Pre-Canon, Community: fandom_stocking, a departure from what I usually write, Not quite PWP, (but very close to it), Explicit Sexual Content, woman topping, Woman on Top, Light Bondage, PIV Sex, Cunnilingus, Light Dom/sub, Fingerfucking, Breathplay, Choking, (the breathplay/choking is on the mild side as these things go [and not sustained long])
Summary:
This was written for a suggested prompt, which was "Georgia topping the hell out of Shaun", and...that's a reasonable summary of the resulting fic. (When I saw the prompt, I thought, well, that's not what I usually write, but I could give it a shot, and here we are!)
Set a year or so before Feed; no series spoilers.
Night Off (3589 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, Canon Disabled Character, Adopted Sibling Incest, Caretaking
Summary:
I offered her my drink, which was in a plastic cup just like all the cups of beer in the room. If we stopped near a place with good local beer, Senator Ryman sprang for that and we had bottles; otherwise, we had decent but not amazing stuff on tap. George had my cup halfway to her mouth when she realized what I had.
"Oh," she said, and took a deep swallow of whiskey before pushing the cup back into my hand. "God, keep that away from me. I still need to work."
"It's my first drink," I said. "Want me to stop?"
Set early in Feed.
Evenings when Georgia Mason is willing to relax are few and far between, especially when there's a major political campaign to cover. Shaun, on the other hand, thinks that's when she needs a break most. Occasionally he even manages to talk her into it.
(The working title was "in which Georgia is a cute drunk", which may say it all.)
We Dreamed a Garden (10357 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV Female Character, POV First Person, Canon Disabled Character, Pre-Canon, Adopted Sibling Incest, Non-Penetrative Sex, First Time
Summary:
Once, Shaun kissed the back of my neck in the middle of the night--one feather-light kiss, long after we'd gone to bed on our fifteenth birthday. He ran his hand up my side, from my hip to the top of my ribcage, careful not to even brush against my chest. When I caught his hand and wove my fingers into his, keeping him from either exploring further or pulling away, he whispered my name. I whispered his name back, and that was all. For right then, that was enough.
After that, almost two months passed before he slept in my bed again.
Set seven years before Feed. You can't choose who you fall in love with. The only decision you get to make is what to do about it.
(The first chapter can be read on its own, and as such would only be rated "Teen And Up"; it's the second chapter that earns the "Explicit" rating.)
Don't Slip Away (and I won't hold so tight) (5478 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason, Michael Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, POV Female Character, Canon Disabled Character, Pre-Canon, Community: hc_bingo, Cuddling & Snuggling, Codependency, Bad Parenting, Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Summary:
This time, because I already knew the rough shape of what we were talking about, I put together what Dad was trying to say while he was still choosing his words: Shaun touched me too much, and I didn't seem to reciprocate. I couldn't even guess whether that detail made it better or worse in their minds.
Set nine years before Feed, when Georgia and Shaun are fourteen and just barely beginning to pick apart their feelings. What they do know for sure is that parental intrusion is not welcome.
I Don't Need Much to Keep Me Warm (2583 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, Adopted Sibling Incest, Canon Disabled Character, Community: cottoncandy_bingo, Pre-Canon, Warm and Fuzzy Feelings, Cuddling & Snuggling
Summary:
Knowing my sister, she'd been out in a sweater and a hat and a jacket, but the downpour had probably drenched her to the skin anyway. And she hates being cold.
Set a few years before Feed. Fic contents include rain, hot drinks, and snuggling.
(The working title was "blatant, unrepentant snuggle fic". It does what it says on the tin.)
Pick a Number (746 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, Adopted Sibling Incest, Canon Disabled Character, Porn Battle
Summary:
Everyone's got a code, right? Probably? That was ours, or one of them. The code that meant "Remember what we did? Remember what I did to you, what you did to me?"
(Mostly pre-series, with non-spoilery references to Feed.)
The Place Where We Began (561 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon
Summary:
Funny how often things backfire so badly that you get the exact opposite of what you wanted--our parents' refusal to let us keep sharing a room, where we each had our own side to retreat to, is how we wound up sharing a bed instead.
So it Shall be Told, Generation Unto Generation (5677 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: InCryptid - Seanan McGuire, Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason, Buffy Meissonier, Magdalene Grace Garcia, Aeslin Mice
Additional Tags: POV First Person, POV Female Character, Crossover, Canon Disabled Character, Adopted Sibling Incest, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Wordcount: 5.000-10.000
Summary:
During that first visit she told us the bare minimum she could get away with, and by sheer force of will she made things as normal as possible under conditions that involved crashing at a gigantic house inhabited by intelligent creatures that flew in the face of everything I thought I knew about the world. We spent those three days letting Maggie show us her favorite movies, eating the kind of obscenely good food that the ludicrously wealthy can have on hand, and trying not to jump out of our skin every time the Aeslin mice appeared in their brightly-colored scraps of clothing, whether it was to celebrate an esoteric religious rite or to get in on some popcorn action. They were deeply curious, scrupulously polite, and obsessed with cake.
They'd been fascinated by my eyes, which came to their attention when they noticed that, unlike everyone else, I didn't turn lights on when I went into darkened rooms.
Hold My Life (3893 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, POV Female Character, Canon Disabled Character, Codependency, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Adopted Sibling Incest, Community: hc_bingo, Panic Attack, Wordcount: 1.000-5.000
Summary:
"Is anyone dead?" I asked, a bundle of questions wrapped into one: Was anyone bitten? Did anyone amplify? Did you just come home from shooting a friend?
"No."
Which meant he'd had a close call, and since my brother's mission in life is to court death, any call close enough to scare him instead of thrilling him is something I know not to ask about.
Set a year or two before Feed.
Your Dreams Still Escape (2948 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason
Additional Tags: POV First Person, Canon Disabled Character, Codependency, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Adopted Sibling Incest, Community: hc_bingo, Headaches & Migraines, Wordcount: 1.000-3.000
Summary:
We've got a system that works for us. A lot of it boils down to "George takes care of the details and I take care of her". Sometimes I'm a little too good at leaving her job up to her; sometimes she's kind of crap at letting me do mine.
Set early in Feed, as things are about to get hectic in preparation for following Senator Ryman's campaign.
Note: The "five times" fic below is actually six short pieces, and the first five qualify for this list. The sixth does not; it's set between Feed and Deadline and contains massive spoilers for the end of Feed. Anyone wanting to stay spoiler-free should read chapter by chapter and avoid the sixth.
Five times George made the kill shot (and one time she didn't) (11719 words) by umadoshi
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Newsflesh Trilogy - Mira Grant
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Georgia Mason/Shaun Mason
Characters: Georgia Mason, Shaun Mason, Buffy Meissonier, Dave Novakowski
Additional Tags: POV First Person, POV Alternating, POV Female Character, Canon Disabled Character, Pre-Canon, Codependency, Zombies, Wordcount: 10.000-30.000, Community: fic_promptly, Spoiler Warnings in Notes, Spoilers vary from chapter to chapter (see notes), Adopted Sibling Relationship
Summary:
When I go out into the field with Shaun, the plan is rarely for me to engage directly with whatever zombies he rustles up. I'm there for other reasons: to provide backup in case something goes wrong, to get him additional camera angles, to yell at him for playing too dangerously, and to give him a live audience. He'd be a lousy Irwin if he couldn't entertain himself just fine on his own, but he's happier with company and happiest if it's me.
Originally posted at http://umadoshi.dreamwidth.org/492112.html. Comment here if you like, or comment there using OpenID. Comments at DW: