Once upon a time, when Babylon 5 first poleaxed me, inspiring my first-ever writing, I decided to write at least two B5 stories a year. One for Christmas, and one for Valentine's Day. I've kept up the Christmas tradition pretty well, but last year was a total miss for Valentine's. I wasn't in a very Valentine mood, frankly. I did write most of this ( Read more... )

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Life is a Mystery; Love is a Gift

written for Valentine's Day 2012
set near the end of S3
~4800 words

Author's Note: I had planned to post this in three parts, but time ran away with me today. Besides, the it may be in three parts but they don't read too well separately. It's also much more of an (unlikely) gapfiller than originally ( Read more... )

This is the bridge piece between Enfold Me in Your World and Torpedoes. Or an afterword. In any case, they all go together. 1800 words.

a S3 And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place gapfiller

Standard disclaimer applies; not my characters or settings or backgrounds. But they are my words.

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This is a sequel of sorts to Enfold Me in Your World, another S3 And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place gapfiller. This time it's John's POV, and goes a little further forward in time. ~2300 words. Requested by NWHS over at FF.net. There's a third part coming but it may be a little while--other fic in the hopper.

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This comes from on-line discussions of the first/not-first kiss scene. This is just one idea of what was going on in Delenn's mind on the trip out and leading up to the moment. Warning, the treacle is thick with this one. Unabashed sentimentality.

a S3 And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place gapfiller

Title taken from the Harry Chapin song ' ( Read more... )

The last (so far) of the WWE gapfillers. These belong to a longer re-telling of that episode and its aftermath. Most is as yet unwritten, except for these snippets. This last one is 877 words. The earlier ones are below:

Dual Minds
Redemption
The Enemy in the Mirror

'Man has no greater enemy than himself.'

Petrarch

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This is the third of four WWE gapfillers. The fourth follows immediately. This train of thought was set off by an off-hand comment by Tim Callendar of the Babylon Podcast. ~2000 words.

'I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.'

Benjamin Franklin

'Shine a light into the mirror. You won't see me any clearer.

Leave the shadows ( Read more... )

Redemption

S3, War Without End, Part II, Delenn & Londo, rated G

Summary: The Rebirth ceremony is finally completed.

Edited cause I forgot the credits: the idea of the Rebirth ceremony came indirectly from selenak (my interpretation is my own fault!), and Londo's ideas about the Earth-Minbari war came from this_is_r  after an In The Beginning re-watch. Mea culpa ( Read more... )

This is a re-write of an old story, one where I truly loved the idea behind it, but was less than thrilled with the execution. I seldom re-visit stories, but I didn't feel I did this one justice, and since we are coming up on War Without End in the B5 re-watch, it seemed time. I'm not sure I'm completely done with it, but here is a newer, and ( Read more... )

A late Valentine's offering....first a poem.

Colours
by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

When your face came rising
above my crumpled life,
the only thing I understood at first
was how meager were all my possessions.
But your face cast a peculiar glow
on forests, seas, and rivers,
initiating into the colors of the world
uninitiated me.
I’m so afraid, I’m so afraid,
the ( Read more... )