So, I am so excited, I just have to share this with everyone.  If you've followed my work at all, you probably have some idea that in my various universes, I always write Jack as being half-Indian, having once been named 'Jahangir Ranjit Pakshi', and as having a sister, Saraswati.

And so I've written and written with these two living in my head, ( Read more... )

Sailing in Samsara, C.3 - The Paths of Krishna and Kali - part four

Falling prostrate, hands pressed to her eyes, she sighed again. She could just make out Jack’s voice shouting orders before the wind howled. She sprawled there for several minutes, her breath becoming slow and even. Sleep prickled behind her eyelids, and she allowed the blackness to ( Read more... )

Sailing in Samsara, C.3 - The Paths of Krishna and Kali - part three

“Ah, very good, Captain-ji. Yes, the evil and power-hungry King Kamsa killed all of his little nephews, one by one.” The crowd gasped and huffed, and even Parrot squawked loudly, shaking his head and craning his neck. “Well, Vasudeva came up with a plan when little Krishna was ( Read more... )

Sailing in Samsara, C.3 - The Paths of Krishna and Kali - part two

“Oh yes Gibbs. Quite fine indeed.” Capping her flask and setting it beside her, she sat in pensive silence for long moments, listening to the lap of the waves, to the gull’s somber cooing, to Gibbs swigging and slurping and otherwise humming under his breath, and to the staccato ping ( Read more... )

Title: “The Paths of Krishna and Kali”
Series: Sailing in Samsara (chapter three)
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
Spoilers: Post (my hypothetical) AWE
Pairing: Jack/Elizabeth, Saraswati (OC)
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 11,193
Disclaimer: I don't own POTC or any of the people in it. They belong to Disney. Would that I was so rich.
Summary: This is ( Read more... )

Title: “Of Teacups and Tempests”

Series: Sailing in Samsara (2/2 - thus far)
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
Spoilers: Post (my hypothetical) AWE
Pairing: Jack/Elizabeth, Saraswati (OC)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 9,721

Disclaimer: I don't own POTC or any of the people in it. They belong to Disney. Would that I was so rich. 
Summary: This is Chapter Two of ( Read more... )

Title: “Of Teacups and Tempests”

Series: Sailing in Samsara (2/2 - thus far)
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
Spoilers: Post (my hypothetical) AWE
Pairing: Jack/Elizabeth, Saraswati (OC)
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 9,721 (posted in two parts because it's too long for one)

Disclaimer: I don't own POTC or any of the people in it. They belong to Disney. Would ( Read more... )

Glossary and Media Guide:

Sailing in Samsara: Saraswati and the Swan

• Samsara can be considered, arguably, as either a verb or noun. It refers to the cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth that governs the natural world. To be caught in a state of samsara is to be constantly repeating the same motions in different “clothes.”
• Saraswati , consort of ( Read more... )

Title: “Saraswati and the Swan”

Series: Sailing in Samsara (1/1 - thus far)
Fandom: Pirates of the Caribbean
Spoilers: Post (my hypothetical) AWE
Pairing: Jack/Elizabeth, Saraswati (OC)
Rating: R
Word Count: 5,550

Summary: The first chapter of a longer work that will address Jack’s backstory and the role of family in his life. Jack and Lizzie set anchor ( Read more... )