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I miss English country dancing, and wandering across NC and back, and I'm going to miss hymn-leading, but there is plenty in house, mind, and online to occupy me for the rest of the decade (the last time I printed out my Workflowy it was like 30 pages long).

a bit of ranting and railing )

So, some happy things:

  • [archiveofourown.org profile] Robin_Fai beautifully recorded a ficlet I wrote last year for Purimgifts:

    [Podfic] The Blue Flowers and the Yellow (29 words) by robinfaipods
    Chapters: 1/1
    Fandom: English and Scottish Popular Ballads - Francis James Child
    Rating: General Audiences
    Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
    Relationships: Willie/sweetheart
    Additional Tags: Fake Character Death, Trans Female Character, Podfic, Podfic Length: 0-10 Minutes, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming
    Summary:

    "O Willie, lie down as thou were dead,
    And the sun shines over the valley,
    And lay thy winding-sheet down at thy head,
    Down amang the blue flowers and the yellow."

    - "Willie's Lyke-Wake" (Child Ballad 25)

    Podfic of The Blue Flowers and the Yellow by ribbons.



  • In addition to my efforts for Yuletide and the fall KJ Charles exchange, I created some other things (including in-universe docs and recipes):

    England World, Green Men, David Blaize, Psmith, Wimsey, Twelfth Night, Lilywhite Boys... )


  • Writing is an absolute slog at the moment -- like, ekeing-out-one-leaden-sentence-per-day slog -- but what I'm working on nonetheless has the potential to be really fun and please the recipient, so chipping away to free the many-eyed-angel will continue.


  • My employer has been excellent about both precautions and accommodations.


  • A former colleague has (after a long search) been hired at a place that will treat them better.


  • My friend Lorraine has published a collection of haiku, senryu, tanka, and haibun.


  • I made pizza last night, and today I shall bake fruit bread and assemble a pistachio cream pie.


  • Still in bloom in my sunroom: Christmas cacti (in shades of deep pink and orange), shamrocks, white roses, tiny tomato flowerets.
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    Y'all. Y'ALL. My habit of encouraging vegetable-adjacent crackfic continues to bear fruit! [g, d, r]

    Candy (DBA [archiveofourown.com profile] beautifulduckweed) wrote this treat for me! It is brilliantly silly, and I cannot stop grinning.

    Of All the Worlds of Mice and Men (9576 words) by beautifulduckweed
    Chapters: 1/1
    Fandom: Band Sinister - K. J. Charles, The Tsar's indecent hot sauerkraut wrestling ring - Ursula Vernon
    Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
    Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
    Relationships: Lord Corvin/Guy Frisby/John Raven/Philip Rookwood, Lord Corvin/Guy Frisby/John Raven/Philip Rookwood & Ivan (Hot Sauerkraut Wrestling)
    Characters: Ivan (Hot Sauerkraut Wrestling), Guy Frisby, Philip Rookwood, John Raven, Lord Corvin, Sorcerer of Never (Hot Sauerkraut Wrestling), Wolf (Hot Sauerkraut Wrestling), Firebird (Hot Sauerkraut Wrestling)
    Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Magic, Crack Crossover, Possibly the stupidest thing I've written which is a pretty high bar to clear, If you wanted to see the Birdwits & Guy turned into fieldmice boy do I have the fic 4 u, The talking animals still sound like grizzled NYC cops from 80s procedurals for no reason
    Summary:

    Ivan, the most accomplished hot sauerkraut wrestler the world had ever known, returns to the strange land of Never to foil the evil plans of the Sorcerer who resides there—only to have his own plans foiled by the unexpected appearance of four strange men.

    A flash of light accompanied by a loud boom shattered the tranquility of the night. Ivan covered his head and fell to his knees, then looked in the direction of the sound.

    Not five feet away from him stood four men, all shouting at each other.

    “Corvin, why the devil did you step through when I bloody well told you not to—”

    “Look, how do you expect us to learn more about that strange hole in the air without—”

    “Where the devil are we? Corvin, you cursed maggotbrain—”

    “Oh good lord, is that a wolf?”

    NOTE: Possible to read fandom-blind for Hot Sauerkraut; see prefatory notes.


    [Past history, you may ask? Sadly, the archive with [livejournal.com profile] pixychelle's 2006 eggplant!Snape / carrot!Lupin smut is no longer extant, from what I can tell, but there have been some fine fun times indeed...]
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    Crossworks reveals were yesterday! I received this marvelous Green Men x Dark Is Rising:

    And There Was a Great Calm (1925 words) by harborshore
    Chapters: 1/1
    Fandom: Green Men Series - K. J. Charles, Dark Is Rising Sequence - Susan Cooper
    Rating: General Audiences
    Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
    Relationships: Randolph Glyde/Saul Lazenby, Saul Lazenby & Theresa Glyde
    Characters: Saul Lazenby, Will Stanton (Dark is Rising), Randolph Glyde, Theresa Glyde
    Summary:

    Saul Lazenby meets Will Stanton and ends a war.



    And in turn received lovely comments on my Jo's Boys x Sherlock Holmes crossover:

    But for the Grace of God (1979 words) by ribbons
    Chapters: 1/1
    Fandom: Little Women Series - Louisa May Alcott, Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
    Rating: General Audiences
    Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
    Characters: Theodore "Teddy" Bhaer, Sherlock Holmes
    Additional Tags: Crossover
    Summary:

    On his first trip to Europe, Teddy Bhaer meets a fortune teller. He does get a glimpse of his future, but it's not from divination.




    Elsewhere, a few drabbles:

    vampire/tailor, Psmith/Blaize, the unfortunate Arke, and Nan/Bess from Jo's Boys )

    In progress:
  • Drabbles for the No True Pair challenge (England World, Psmith, David Blaize, Green Men)

  • "Amenability" (England World fic, eventually E-rated, sparked by comments from [personal profile] minebyrights)

  • something 500 words-ish for the KJC Discord exchange

  • something 10,000 words-ish for the FFFX exchange

  • Superstition Hockey sorority rush AU, possibly as a Yuletide NYR

  • plus the ever-floating raft of WiPs and podfic plans


  • I have 24 physical books and 6 ebooks out from two libraries in aid of this mischief.

    I did have enough self-preservation not to sign up for Fic in a Box, but I was decidedly entertained by the list of mediums.
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    Via [personal profile] el_staplador: Share the final line of five of your fics ...

    [Yes, it's been a while. These are neither most recent or most favorite - merely what comes first to mind tonight.]

    [Yes, I do intend to write some more someday. And to record more audio. Which reminds me that I have been horribly remiss in not-yet-mentioning Rhea's podfic Ten Hats and Gallon (FAKE). Podfic! Wheeyay!]

    In the meantime - meme!

    And since he was alone - the rest of his family already asleep, as he himself should have been - Alexander buried his face in his hands and silently wept.
    Everything Necessary to Procure (Political RPF - Hamilton/Laurens)

    "Let us begin, then."
    D'Accord, D'Accord (Harry Potter - Snape/Lupin)

    And as the other man leans into him -- eighty-five kilos' worth of affection, passion, and challenge -- Roger begins to fingercomb the exclamation points out of Rafa's thick, dark hair.
    Interrobang (Tennis RPF - Fedal)

    She pours herself another bowl of cereal while I punch the button on the hot cocoa machine, and once we're sitting across the table from each other, we're exactly where we're supposed to be.
    The Cafeteria's Got Everything (Dar Williams's "Alleluia")

    The light fades.
    One is One and All Alone (The Dark Is Rising)
    Tags:
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    ... to the anonymous friend who sent me a generous parcel of DW points this morning! ♥ ♥ ♥

    I have a sneaking suspicion about who you are, so here's a thank-you drabble for old times' sake. (If I've guessed incorrectly, mysterious friend, my apologies -- please feel free to leave a prompt, which I'll then do my best to fill. [I am out of practice, obvs.])


    Where the Lent Lilies Bloom

    (words - 100; gen (faintly implied Snape/Lupin); postwar AU)

    Remus's garden wasn't large, but it contained at least forty-three species of daffodils. That's how many Harry had managed to count before Severus appeared at the gate, a potion in hand.

    Harry looked up from a peach-colored trumpet. "Why do some of these smell like vanilla, and some of them like burnt tires? I thought Remus wasn't using any magic on this plot?"

    "He's not," Severus growled, impatience flashing in his eyes. "Will you ever learn to go beyond your first impressions?"

    "I have," Harry calmly replied. "I may not ask the right questions right away, but I'm still learning."
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    It's [livejournal.com profile] brit_columbia's birthday! and she has asked for FAKE ficlets. There are already some fun offerings from her other admirers at her journal.

    As part of the celebration, I decided to see if there was any part of part 5 of "Not as Dumb" that was postable. This has not been beta'd, and I reserve the right to determine this doesn't belong in the story after all (in which case, Brit, you can think of this as an blue cheese tartlet illicitly snuck out of the bakery kitchen for you that then didn't end up on the official menu...).

    Anyway, happy birthday, Brit! May there be less stress and more time to write/graze/chill in the year ahead!

    ---
    The next morning, when Ryo woke up... )
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    Fandom: Harry Potter
    Rating/Pairings: G / gen
    Summary: There aren't always instructions.
    Warning: HBP spoilers. Character deaths.
    Challenge: Written for le Fic-a-Feast of les [livejournal.com profile] dames_magique.

    Unwritten )
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    Buon compleanno, cara!

    Title: Placet
    Author: [livejournal.com profile] mechaieh
    Summary: Ten years after the War, there is what is believed and what is received.
    Pairings: Snape/Lupin and Sinistra/Granger; mention of Harry/Draco. Established relationships (backstories not included; HBP not referenced).
    Rating: mild R
    Disclaimer: I don't own these people; I just like eavesdropping on them. The Wimseys and Parkers originate from Dorothy L. Sayers.
    Warnings: Light bondage. More fluff than plot. 2200 words.
    Notes: Spawned by discussions here and there; the initial sketch contained just Peter, Harriet, Remus, and Severus at a Handel concert, but the damn bunny kept hopping sideways. Beta'd by the splendid [livejournal.com profile] swooop.

    Placet )
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    For [livejournal.com profile] significantowl. Because it's her birthday. :-)

    A Dark Is Rising drabble-fluff )
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    Inspired by [livejournal.com profile] jane_somebody's "Watchman"

    a TDIR/Wimsey drabble )

    (The title's from chapter fourteen of Gaudy Night.)
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