A note: most of these fics have previously not been made public, because they're simply unconnected fannish pieces of prose (<300 words). So, yes, if you're looking for something with plot, the older/previously flocked ones (ie., the ones with less comments/shorter summaries) are probably not a good place to start. My crack, however, might be more ( Read more... )

This is written forselonbrody over at my fic request meme--there are still a few letters left for anyone who's interested in requesting a drabble.

Title: a handful of dust
Author: albumsontheside  
Characters: Han Solo
Timeline: can be read at any time in the series, but leans towards Imperial!Han
Word Count: 250
Summary: Sometimes you wonder about the ethics of war, but it’s ( Read more... )

Title: my soul will cast the backwards view
Author: albumsontheside
Characters: Aang, Zuko, Azula, Toph
Timeline: pre-series, with the exception of Toph, which is post-series. Not AU.
Word Count: ~1100
Summary: Four vignettes, four revelations, four lessons learned. Title is from Wordsworth.

( It is only on board the ship, in the flickering light of his cabin and away from his home, that he looks at himself-himself as a child-for the final time )

Title: Burning Bridges
Author: albumsontheside
Characters: Zuko, Azula
Timeline: post-series
Word Count: 200
Summary: Zuko visits his sister only once, in a mental facility south of Ba Sing Se.

( some days, they tell him, she is almost normal )

Well, as everyone who follows metafandom or fanficrants is no doubt aware, the current meta trend of the moment is ( Mary Sue )

It seems that Macbeth soliloquy won't leave me alone. And yes, yes this is a fic post. A poor, rusty fic post from an author who has clearly forgotten how to write. But, what can I say? There are no more excuses.

Also: I am out of London until Weds - don't know if I'll have internet!

Happy easter, flist!

Title: Out, out, brief candle!
Author: albumsontheside 
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, FLIST!

Now that the jedi_mistletoe authors have been revealed, I decided to post my exchange fic here as a sort of general holiday gift to all you lovely people. Um, warning for badly written smut? (Yeah, me, writing smut. It kind of ... failed. Epically.)

In any case, Merry Christmas to all, and may you all get what you wished for!

Title: World ( Read more... )

This was inspired by the best fic ever, aka yenneffer and her birthday fic for me. Go read it, nowwwwwww!

Title: all our yesterdays
Author: albumsontheside 
Characters: Anakin Skywalker, Padmé Amidala
Timeline: pre-ROTS
Word Count: 200
Summary: Regret is a shroud, translucent and pale, binding their corpses stiff in a parody of fidelity.

( 'Don’t you think, Anakin, that we shouldn’t have to do it like this? At all?' )

I bring fic for my beloved aubreys_master ! I know it's late and not what you asked for, but the muse has been deader than a dead thing recently and I figured one late fic was better than no fic at all ...

Title: Absolution
Author: albumsontheside
Characters: Beru Lars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Owen Lars
Timeline: post-ROTS
Word Count: 1515
Summary: Beru and Obi-Wan talk when Luke is ( Read more... )

Okay, so this post was mostly inspired by some recent wank on fanficrants. (The link goes to the ffrantsrants post with screencaps because the original was deleted, but the content is the same.)

A short summary of what happened: a certain user posted a rant about a fic in her fandom, discussing how she didn't understand its popularity due to its poor grammar, extremely ( Read more... )