Summary: Shezan and Ilgamuth talk of paths not taken. (300 words exactly)

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( Or Wonder, Till It Drives You Mad )

Summary: When Karen was six years old, she decided she was going to be a dragon when she grew up. She still remembers the bitter sense of betrayal when her mother told her dragons weren't real. (675 words)

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( Those Who Favor Fire )

Here, have a little Narutostuck ficlet, for no particular reason.

Summary: The thing about Abyss, the part no outsider understands, is that it wasn't horrible at all. It was family. (275 words)

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( Narutostuck: Culture Shock )

Summary: Before she died, Matt's grandmother used to look after him in the afternoons and evenings, while his dad worked a series of short-term jobs. She wasn't as strict about homework as Matt's dad, but she was strict in other ways ( Read more... )

Summary: Years later, Edith still missed the crisp silence of that handful of days, the clear cadence of Jadis's voice as she talked about Charn, about law, about power. About magic. (Part of the As the Morning and the Night genderswap AU, 525 words)

Note: This ficlet was inspired by the 3/23/15 15_minute_ficlets word #224.

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( Winter in the Shade )

Summary: "Penny for your thoughts?" Karen says from the doorway, a determined lightness in her voice that's both honest and false at the same time. Matt & Karen friendship. (575 words)

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( The Going Rate )

Summary: It's not about vengeance, Matt tells himself. His anger isn't the point. The point is justice. (775 words)

Note: This ficlet was inspired by the 3/1/15 15_minute_ficlets word #222. The title is from the KJV translation of Romans 12:19, because I like the misleading ambiguity of its phrasing.

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( Give Place Unto Wrath )

Summary: Sunbright is twelve when she first kills another human. (500 words)

Note: More exploratory noodling. I don't think Sunbright knows Shadowfall at this point, but they definitely meet within a year of this incident.

( Tooth and Claw )

Summary: Rose tells Kanaya about a weird sex dream. (300 words exactly)

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( Mycophilia )

Summary: Ekanu takes a class on the history of the Three Day Revolution and the end of the Estarin Empire. (415 words)

Note: This ficlet is set during Ekanu's student years in Estara, though judging by her grasp of Common and recognition of Trinitarian religious imagery, she's been there at least a couple years. So it comes after Learning To ( Read more... )