Drabbles:

The Coefficient of Expansion
God Help Sailors
Temeraire: Lamentations
Life and Limb
False Horizon

Short Stories
Gale Force
All Standing
Steam and Sterling
Veritas
Rock and Tempest, Fire and Foe
Casting Loose
Cenotaph
Shades of Glory
De Profundis
Once Burned

Novella

Run Aground

All work listed above is G/PG, gen

Fic: Concatenation
Author: Idler
Fix Remixed: C is for Cat
Original Author: ioanite
Rating: G, gen
Warnings: none

Concatenation

The din was incredible. Hammering, sawing, the clank of the chain pumps, the shouts of Gerard as he directed the repairs to Sutherland’s damaged rigging ( Read more... )

Author: Idler
Title: Behind the Veil
Rating: G, gen
Characters: Hornblower, Bush
Disclaimer: Not mine, not for profit
Author's notes: This vignette was prompted by romanticalgirl's brilliant story, Wreckage and Rust. If you haven't read it, I heartily urge you to do so. She presents an innovative and very plausible notion, definitely worth exploring. A ( Read more... )

TITLE: All Standing
AUTHOR: Idler
CHARACTERS: Hornblower, Bush
RATING: G, gen
DISCLAIMER: Not mine, not for profit
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Book canon, set between chapters 16 and 17 of Lord Hornblower, as Hornblower returns to England.

With many thanks to Quarterdeck, the finest beta reader anywhere.

( All Standing )

For the letter G in lokei's Horatio Hornblower Alphabet Soup ficathon
TITLE: Gale Force
AUTHOR: Idler
CHARACTERS: Hornblower, Bush
RATING: G, Gen
DISCLAIMER: Not mine, not for profit
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Book canon, spoilers from Ship of the Line forward

( Gale Force )

For the letter S in lokei's Horatio Hornblower Alphabet Soup ficathon
TITLE: Steam and Sterling
AUTHOR: Idler
CHARACTERS: Hornblower
RATING: G, Gen
DISCLAIMER: Not mine, not for profit
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Book canon, spoilers from Lord Hornblower forward. Obsessive book canonistas might find a second theme embedded within the first.

( Steam and Sterling )

For the letter V in lokei's William Bush Alphabet Soup ficathon

Summary: Another look at an incident from Commodore Hornblower; book!canon Bush

Rating: G, gen

Posted with the highest regards to Quarterdeck, the very best beta-reader ever.

( Veritas )

TITLE: Rock and Tempest, Fire and Foe

AUTHOR: Idler
CHARACTERS: Bush
RATING: G
DISCLAIMER: Not mine, not for profit
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've had this hanging around and gathering dust for a while now; given the day, I thought I'd go ahead and post it. It's actually the prologue for a much longer--and still largely unfinished--project.

( Rock and Tempest, Fire and Foe )

TITLE: Casting Loose

AUTHOR: Idler
CHARACTERS: Bush
RATING: G
DISCLAIMER: Not mine, not for profit
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Book canon, set in the (American) final chapter of Commodore Hornblower. Many thanks to my beta readers: black_hound, who made sure I didn't commit any howlers in sail-handling, and Quarterdeck, who always keeps me honest.

( Casting Loose )

Originally posted to aos_challenge

TITLE: Cenotaph
AUTHOR: Idler
CHARACTERS: Hornblower, OCs
RATING: G
DISCLAIMER: Not mine, not for profit
CHALLENGE PROMPT: Ghosts (Oct 2007)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Makes reference to characters/situations from Run Aground, but familiarity with the background is entirely unnecessary. One may, however, consider this to be the true ( Read more... )