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Writing in...2022, 2023, 2024, AND 2025

2026-02-01T03:54:45Z

Remembered just in time that I'd wanted to get this one last 2025 retrospective posted by the end of January. With an hour to spare, here I am! And actually, well, it's a retrospective of a bit more than just 2025...

Fic I posted in...2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025:

Apparently I haven't done one of these year-end summaries of my writing since 2021. ...Whoops. Life has been a lot, these past few years. Well, I'm here now.

2022:

JANUARY: Four, Not One (Scholomance – Naomi Novik; Chocolate Box fic)

FEBRUARY: The Silly Squirrel and the Gerblin (Hamster Princess Series – Ursula Vernon; Purimgifts fic)

AUGUST: A Verb Strong Enough (Harry Potter: Andromeda Tonks)

DECEMBER: This Is a Cheerful Blog About a Small Town and Definitely Not a Romantic Comedy (We Are a Picturesque Small Town And We Refuse To Be The Setting For Your RomCom – McSweeney's; Yuletide fic)

The Stress of Her Regard podfic (The Affair of the Mysterious Letter – Alexis Hall; Holmestice work)

2023:

MARCH: Pago Pago (Cabin Pressure at Purim; Purimgifts fic)

MAY: Tremble Before My Name (Call Me By Your Name)

JUNE: INCREDIBLE THOUGHTS (Sherlock; Holmestice fic)

DECEMBER: Queervengers Assemble (Boyfriend Material – Alexis Hall; Yuletide fic)

A Terribly Normal Thing to Do (The Doomsday Books – K. J. Charles; Yuletide treat)

From the Beginning (A Half-Built Garden – Ruthanna Emrys; Yuletide treat)

Obscure Richard Pictures (Boyfriend Material – Alexis Hall; Yuletide treat)

Summer Comes Around Again (Fire Island; Yuletide treat)

2024:

APRIL: 500 Words for Elio (Call Me By Your Name)

SEPTEMBER: Shiver at the Beauty (Call Me By Your Name)

NOVEMBER: Was There a Shadow, Was There Nothing (Watson and Holmes comics; Holmestice fic)

Casting Light (Watson and Holmes comics; Holmestice treat)

DECEMBER: Like a River Mare Home at Last (Graceling Realm Series – Kristin Cashore; Yuletide fic)

Doesn't Speak the Language, Holds No Currency (You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon song; Yuletide treat)

Have You Met the New Guy in Accounting? (Geico “Happier than a Camel on Wednesday” Commercial; Yuletide treat)

2025:

FEBRUARY: Your Heart Has Led You Well (Graceling Realm; Candy Hearts Exchange fic)

A Lienid in the Dark (Graceling Realm; Candy Hearts Exchange treat)

MARCH: All the Happy Returns (Harry Potter: Remus Lupin)

JULY: Why Can't You Love Me Back? (Murderbot TV show)

NOVEMBER: No Protocol (Murderbot TV show)

DECEMBER: Until the Winter Gala (Graceling Realm; Yuletide fic)

( more about my writing in 2022 through 2025 )

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Books in 2025

2026-01-02T19:32:38Z

( read about...the books! )

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Bookwormish, 2nd half of 2025

2025-12-31T16:52:46Z

Once again, a semi-annual version of my old "quarterly books" posts...

Oddly, I didn't read anything this half year that I LOVED, anything I could easily name as a favorite. I read plenty of good books! But none that made me swoon and want to clutch them to my chest. (A thing I have sometimes literally found myself doing with books I especially love...) So I guess I will skip right to the "good books" section of this post, rather than trying to name any "top books."

( read about lots of books here! )

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Yuletide 2025 Letter

2025-10-24T15:40:57Z

Dear yule goat,

Hello! Thank you so much for writing for me! I look forward to reading whatever you create. :-)

Some general notes, then fandom-specific notes:

General notes: I’m starfishstar on AO3 and on DW.

Likes: A focus on character interactions, be that friendship or romance or family. Found family dynamics. Humor and banter. UST (all the UST) as long as it resolves by the end. Happy or hopeful endings: angst and complexity are fine – I like stories that are realistic! – but I do need at least some degree of hope. Basically, if you love these characters, I'll love anything you want to write about them.

DNW: Just the big ones: please no major character death, non-con/dub-con, or graphic violence.

Treats: Very much yes please! (And btw I'm a big fan of the yearly Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational. Any drabble treats will be accepted with great delight!)

FANDOMS

( Call Me By Your Name (2017) )

( Soulmate Goose AU Suggestion - shitty-check-please-aus (Tumblr Post) )

( Graceling Realm Series - Kristin Cashore )

( John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme )

( Seraphina – Rachel Hartman )

( Boyfriend Material – Alexis Hall )

( Murderbot (TV) )

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Yuletide Mini-Challenges: I love the whole concept of these and may have gone a little overboard opting in to just about every mini-challenge I could...
– Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational: I love drabbles and find that sometimes great things happen when forced to work within such a constrained form. Feel free to write me a drabble (or multiple) in any of my fandoms!
– MultiLingYule: Another perennial favorite; write me a fic in German or Icelandic?
– Unconventionyule: I don't think I'd seen this particular mini-challenge before, and I already love it. Surprise me with any kind of unconventional format in any fandom!
– Queering the Tide: For Po/Giddon in the Graceling Realm series.
– Family Matters (for stories about siblings): Seraphina & Tess (& Jeanne) from the Seraphina series
– Chromatic Yuletide: Bharadwaj, Gurathin, and Mensah from Murderbot (TV)
– Femslash Festivus: Seraphina/Glisselda or Seraphina/Glisselda/Kiggs from the Seraphina series
– Three Turtle Doves: Seraphina/Glisselda/Kiggs from the Seraphina series
– Season’s Treatings: celebrating Chanukah, with Elio/Oliver from Call Me By Your Name (2017) (or any other fandom where you can make it make sense!)

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Bookwormish, 1st half of 2025

2025-07-08T13:07:03Z

With the end of the school year, I suddenly have some free time again (what is this strange thing??) and it occurred to me I could do one of these posts...

It's books from all of the first half of this year, rather than just a quarter of the year, like I used to do. Which I guess is fine, because these days I only manage to read a fraction of what I used to! (The irony: Once you become a librarian or a teacher, you no longer have time to read all the books you want to read in your capacity as a librarian or teacher...)

Apparently I last did these posts in 2021 and...well, that tracks too.

Here we go!

TOP BOOKS

Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo – I was so impressed by Elhillo's first novel, Home Is Not a Country, and – a rather rare thing – her second novel does not at all disappoint. There is no sophomore slump here! When poets write novels in verse about characters who are also poets, very good things happen. (See also: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo.)

Punching Bag and Road Home by Rex Ogle – These are sequels to Ogle's Free Lunch, and all three are memoirs with difficult subject matter about growing up amidst domestic violence, mental illness, and poverty. And yet Ogle's writing is so full of heart, full of compassion for his family members and for his younger self. I find myself thinking back to these books a lot.

EVEN MORE GOOD BOOKS

Brownstone by Samuel Teer and Mar Julia – Very sweet graphic novel about a girl getting to know the other half of her identity for the first time (her dad is Guatemalan, but she's been raised entirely by her white American mom) and gaining a whole community in the process.

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates – I don't know why this book didn't stand out to me more! Usually Coates' nonfiction would be an automatic "very top book" from me. I think he's one of our deep thinkers who are very needed right now. I worry I didn't connect with this book as much as I should have because I listened to the audiobook, so maybe I should go back and read it instead. But definitely the section of the book about his time in Palestine was a deep gut punch and should be required reading.

Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful by Arwen Elys Dayton – An interesting set of thematically linked stories, moving from the present to the far future. The book was published in 2018 and what fascinated me was that the book's central concern is genetic modifications and how far humans will go in the pursuit of being "better." 2018 is only a few years ago, but the list of reasons for humans to be terrified about our future has expanded so much, even in that short time, that the book's conceit feels almost quaint.

The Robber Girl by Franny Billingsley – I love Franny Billingsley's books SO MUCH; especially The Folk Keeper, an instant classic for me. The Robber Girl didn't grab me nearly as much (in fact, I kept putting it down and not managing to get back to it...though that may be me and my lack of available time for anything that's not an audiobook) but it's certainly got Billingsley's characteristic inventiveness, especially in the way her characters use language.

Twelfth Night by Alexene Farol Follmuth – I was inordinately tickled by this sweet YA novel about a geek girl and an athlete boy accidentally falling for each other thanks to a video game. Yes, the story draws inspiration from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, but it's also got a lot of heart of its own.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange – Again, I feel like I should have been more engaged in this than I was. I was riveted during the first part, which follows an early generation of the family featured throughout the novel, a survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre. But then the book starts skipping through time very fast, and I didn't get a chance to get attached to subsequent generations.

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt – A narratively implausible (and I don't even mean in terms of the octopus) but very sweet story of human (and cephalopod) connection.

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill – Another quite on the nose parable from Kelly Barnhill. I bounced off of When Women Were Dragons and just couldn't finish it, but I found this one sweet.

A BELOVED RE-READ

All Systems Red by Martha Wells – I finally started watching the Murderbot show (was a little worried whether the show would do the books justice, but a friend whose judgment I trust told me to give it a try) and now I am deeply obsessed. I told myself don't start a re-read of the complete book series, don't start a re-read of the complete book series...and then I almost immediately started a re-read of the complete book series.

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Books in 2024

2025-02-21T02:02:55Z

Y'all, I am managing to post this in February, not May, and that is already a massive improvement over last year ;-)

( Books in 2024! )

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Candy Hearts Letter

2025-01-07T02:08:55Z

Hello!

General notes: I’m starfishstar on AO3 and on DW. I'm easy to please! If you love these characters, then I know I'll love whatever you choose to write/create about them. <3

Likes: A focus on character interactions, be that friendship or romance or family. Found family dynamics. Humor and banter. UST (all the UST) as long as it resolves by the end. Happy or hopeful endings: angst and complexity are fine – I like stories that are realistic! – but I do need at least some degree of hope.

DNW: Just the big ones: please no major character death, non-con/dub-con, or graphic violence.

Fandoms:

( Graceling Realm )
( Call Me By Your Name )
( Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries )
( Boyfriend Material )
( Seraphina )
( Cabin Pressure )
( Torchwood )
( Fire Island )
( Harry Potter )
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Yuletide 2024 Letter

2024-10-17T03:02:24Z

Hello dear yule goat, and thank you for writing for me!

General notes: I’m starfishstar on AO3 and on DW.

Likes: A focus on character interactions, be that friendship or romance or family. Found family dynamics. Humor and banter. UST (all the UST) as long as it resolves by the end. Happy or hopeful endings: angst and complexity are fine – I like stories that are realistic! – but I do need at least some degree of hope. Basically, if you love these characters, I know I'll love anything you want to write about them. <3

DNW: Just the big ones: please no major character death, non-con/dub-con, or graphic violence.

Treats: Very much yes please! (And btw I'm a big fan of the yearly Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational. Any drabble treats will be accepted with great delight!) (I've also opted into the MultiLingYule minichallenge, for receiving gifts in languages other than English.)

FANDOMS

( Graceling Realm Series – Kristin Cashore )

( Call Me By Your Name (2017) )

 

( Seraphina – Rachel Hartman )

( John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme )

( All-of-a-Kind Family Series – Sydney Taylor )

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Books in 2023

2024-05-21T01:59:36Z

Ha ha, whoops, did I say I would post again soon? Well, that was January, and now it's May, and anyway here's a little bit about the books I read in 2023...

( Books in 2023! )

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The briefest of updates

2024-01-02T23:44:32Z

Hello, you all. My friends in the fandom world. :-)

I know I've been extremely absent here. On top of all the other hard and life-consuming stuff going on in my personal/family life, I also got an EXTREMELY demanding and hectic yet wonderful job - basically my dream job, as the librarian at the beloved, wacky, alternative high school I went to back in the day. It's only a one-year, long-term sub position (technically; although nobody treats me as though I'm temporary and I think most of the staff have *forgotten* that I'm temporary) so I try not to get too excited about any long-term prospects. But I love it.

Anyway, so that's me (the short version).

I did participate in Yuletide this year, so I'll post those fics here...eventually. I wrote my assigned work, of course, plus several drabbles and ficlets I dashed off at the very last minute (once I was on school break and had my brain back in my own possession). It felt so good to quickly, easily, copiously come up lots of ficlets to lots of exciting prompts, the way I used to! So good! (I did try to participate in Holmestice too, as a pinch hitter again, but the timing didn't work out. This job, y'all.)

Also coming up...maybe soon: the books I read this year. Although far fewer than usual! Because job!

I hope you're all doing okay. I miss fandom community! But I'm actually really happy and doing well, despite the absurd amount I work.

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Yuletide 2023 Letter

2023-10-21T18:01:59Z

Dear Yuletide writer, thank you for writing for me! (And apologies for the lateness of this letter!)

General notes: I’m starfishstar on AO3 and on DW.

Likes: A focus on character interactions, be that friendship or romance or family. Found family dynamics. Humor and banter. UST (all the UST) as long as it resolves by the end. Happy or hopeful endings (angst and complexity are fine – I like stories that are realistic! – but I do need at least a degree of hope). I'm generally not looking for PWP, but I'm not going to make that a hard DNW this year, just a preference (as in, I'd prefer things other than pure smut). :-) I especially have a soft spot for what I'll term "crack treated seriously" – a premise that sounds ridiculous, but then is treated with such earnestness and emotional depth that it somehow really works.

DNW: I think just the big ones: please no major character death, non-con/dub-con, or graphic violence.

Treats: Yes, please! I have the option for receiving treats enabled on AO3.

FANDOMS:
(listed alphabetically)

( Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall )

( Call Me By Your Name (2017) )

( CatNet Series - Naomi Kritzer )

( Darius the Great Series - Adib Khorram )

( Fire Island (2022) )

( Seraphina - Rachel Hartman )

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Tremble Before My Name (Call Me By Your Name)

2023-06-04T17:02:32Z

Summary: Elio and Oliver have found their way back to each other, and everything is old and new again.

Characters: Elio/Oliver

Words: 900

Notes: This ficlet is inspired by a line from “once bitten and twice shy” by elospock, written for me this past Yuletide.

This could be read, if you choose, as following very soon after another fic of mine, “Storm Hits the City and the Lights Go Out” – or it stands equally on its own.

Read this fic on AO3, or here below:

( Tremble Before My Name )

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Pago Pago (Cabin Pressure at Purim)

2023-03-12T15:14:04Z

Fandom: Cabin Pressure

Summary:

Arthur has just found out that Martin is Jewish! And that today is a Jewish holiday!!
Clearly, it's time for the dauntless Cabin Pressure crew to celebrate...no matter that they're currently midair somewhere above the Pacific Ocean.

Characters: Arthur Shappey, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey, Martin Crieff, Douglas Richardson

Words: 1,400

Notes: For yishaqeni for Purimgifts 2023.

Dear yishaqeni, your Cabin Pressure prompts were so marvelous that they absolutely required a fic in response. I hope you enjoy! Chag Purim sameach. :-)

Additional notes as I'm posting this on Dreamwidth:

Believe it or not, despite being the most massive fan, I've never written a Cabin Pressure fic before! The brilliant John Finnemore is such a hard act to follow, so I never felt the urge. But then in this year's Purimgifts sign-ups, someone gave the most marvelous prompts about the MJN crew celebrating Purim. So I wrote this as a Purimgifts treat.

Read on AO3, or here below:

( Pago Pago )

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This Is a Cheerful Blog About a Small Town and Definitely Not a Romantic Comedy (Yuletide fic)

2023-03-12T14:58:35Z

Fandom: We Are a Picturesque Small Town and We Refuse to Be the Setting for Your Romantic Comedy – Rachel Mans McKenny (McSweeney's)

Summary:

Hi friends! So, I know I mentioned to some of you that I'm going to be housesitting for my friend Natalie for a couple weeks. She and her husband live in this cute town called Spirit Falls and they needed someone to look after their cat while they're in France visiting her husband's family.
I'm headed there tomorrow—stay tuned!

Characters: OCs (and characters/entities mentioned in "We Are a Picturesque Small Town...")

Words: 4,465

Notes: Happy Yuletide, beautifulduckweed! How delighted was I to get assigned to write for you in this wonderful, silly, brand-new-shiny fandom? Very delighted, that's how. Thank you for your prompts, which gave me so many intriguing ideas to work with. Hope you enjoy!

Betaed by my friend A.

Additional notes as I'm posting this on Dreamwidth: This is the first time I wrote a fic in one of those super silly, super delightful "five-minute fandoms" (as in, a fandom in which you can familiarize yourself with the "canon," such as it is, in about five minutes) that get nominated for Yuletide, capture a lot of people's imaginations in that particular year and generate a lot of delight. Offering a fandom like this in my Yuletide sign-up was a bit of a stretch for me, since it's such an unknown, but it paid off handsomely because I indeed got matched on this fandom, with a recipient who offered a wealth of intriguing prompts, and it was such fun to play in fandom in such a new and unexpected way!

Read the fic on AO3, or here below:

( This Is a Cheerful Blog About a Small Town... )

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Books in 2022

2023-02-27T14:07:27Z

Oh, hey, it's almost March 2023... Here's my post about the books I read in 2022. (A post that I mostly wrote at the end of 2022...and then didn't manage to finish until now.)

( Books in 2022! )

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The Stress of Her Regard (The Affair of the Mysterious Letter x BBC, podfic)

2022-12-31T22:12:16Z

~ ~ LISTEN: via AO3 or directly at this link ~ ~

a podfic of The Stress of Her Regard by vulgarweed

Fandoms: The Affair of the Mysterious Letter – Alexis Hall, BBC Sherlock

Summary: Due to an interdimensional traffic accident (or at least I shall make that the official account), two strange travellers find themselves temporarily stranded in early 21st century London, as the locals reckon place and time. At least one makes herself right at home.

Characters: John Wyndham, Shaharazad Haas, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson

Length: 11 minutes

Notes: Written as a gift for Iwantthatcoat, for the winter 2020 Holmestice exchange. Read as a gift for Vulgarweed, for the winter 2022 Holmestice exchange. Betaed by A.

Music credits:
Ne Nehledej - Iva Bittová
So What - P!nk

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A Verb Strong Enough

2022-12-31T03:29:06Z

Continuing this year's general tenor of "I wrote this months ago but never got it together to crosspost it here"...

Also, since it can't be stated too often: I utterly reject J.K. Rowling, her transphobia, and her choice to use her enormous platform to trumpet said transphobia. I won't let her take away these characters who have brought joy into my life for so long, but I in no way support her as a person, author, or public figure. And I *more* than understand those who've chosen to go the other way, and no longer engage with HP fandom at all. Take care of yourselves out there, friends.

A VERB STRONG ENOUGH

Fandom: Harry Potter

Summary: Amidst the wreckage of unfathomable loss, Andromeda forces herself to grasp hold of gratitude for what was and what still will be.

Characters: Andromeda

Words: 500

Read here below or on AO3.

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( A Verb Strong Enough )

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Yuletide 2022 Letter

2022-10-16T02:30:53Z

Hello, dear yule goat!

Thank you for writing a gift for me! I am excitable, enthusiastic and eager (also easygoing, and probably lots of other words that start with "e"...), so you can know I will enjoy whatever you choose to create, because you'll have created it out of love for one of these fandoms we share, to which I say: yay!

General notes: I’m starfishstar on AO3 and DW if you want to have a look through anything of mine or...anything?

Likes: A focus on character interactions, be that friendship or romance or family. Found family dynamics. Humor and banter. UST (all the UST) as long as it resolves by the end. Happy or hopeful endings (angst and complexity are fine – I like stories that are realistic! – but I do need at least a degree of hope). I'm generally not looking for PWP, but I'm not going to make that a hard DNW this year, just a preference (as in, I'd prefer things other than pure smut). :-) I love what I'll term "crack treated seriously" – a premise that sounds so ridiculous, but then is treated with such earnestness and emotional depth that it somehow really works.

DNW: I think just the big ones: please no major character death, non-con/dub-con, or graphic violence. This year especially I'd like to avoid anything about death, cancer, loss of a loved one, since I've had to face that myself this year.

Treats: Yes, please! I have the option for receiving treats enabled on AO3.

FANDOMS:
(listed alphabetically, because how could I choose favorites??)

Call Me By Your Name (2017) – any (Elio, Oliver, Annella, Samuel, or any others as well)

( CMBYN details )

Darius the Great Series - Adib Khorram – any (Darius, Sohrab, Laleh, Stephen, or any others as well)

( Darius the Great details )

Graceling Realm Series - Kristin Cashore – any (Katsa, Po, Bitterblue, Giddon, Fire, Brigan, Hanna, Nash, any subset/in any combination)

( Graceling Realm details )

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme – any

( JFSP details )

London Calling Series - Alexis Hall – any (Luc, Oliver, Odile, Alex, or any others, in any combination)

( London Calling (aka Boyfriend Material) details )

Seraphina Series - Rachel Hartman – any (i.e., Seraphina, Tess, Orma, Spira, or any others, in any combination)

( Seraphina details )

mini-challenges: Challenges I plan to opt into if they're happening again this year (...will try to remember to update here once it's clear which challenges are in fact happening this year...)
Jewltide
MultiLingYule
and of course: Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational!

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The Silly Squirrel and the Gerblin (Hamster Princess)

2022-06-05T15:03:22Z

Fandom: Hamster Princess series by Ursula Vernon

Summary: Harriet and Mumfrey solve the riddle of a squirrel, a gerblin (that’s a goblin that looks like a gerbil) and some magical Purim noisemakers.

Characters: Harriet Hamsterbone, Mumfrey, original squirrel character, other original rodent characters

Words: 2,550

Notes: For kitsune_scribe for Purimgifts 2022.

Chag sameach, Kitsune_Scribe! I was delighted to get your request for Hamster Princess, which is such a great fit for Purim. (Spunky princess hero! Silliness and fun!) Thanks for giving me the opportunity to play with Harriet and folklore. (Notes on sources at the end.)

Read on AO3, or here below:

( The Silly Squirrel and the Gerblin )

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Four, Not One (The Scholomance)

2022-03-17T14:29:01Z

Fandom: The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik

Summary: The gradual, unlikely, inevitable and very necessary coming together of El, Aadhya, Liu and Chloe — as observed by the one most invested in their success.

Characters: El Higgins, Aadhya, Yi Liu, Chloe Rasmussen, the Scholomance

Words: 400

Notes: For Aishuu, for chocolateboxcomm 2022.

Read on AO3, or here below:

( Four, Not One )

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One Fox (Fleabag)

2022-03-13T20:30:22Z

Fandom: Fleabag

Summary: A small thing in response to this wonderful prompt: "IS THE FOX MAGIC? Please say."

Characters: Foxes, Priest, Fleabag

Words: 100

Notes: For syllic, Yuletide 2021.

Read on AO3, or here below:

ONE FOX

One fox, nose to the ground. Searching? Yes.

But not for a scent; searching for a trail of magic.

Two foxes meet in a park, confer. Did he go that way? No. That way.

Nine foxes converge beneath a window. Their quarry is inside, but not alone. Why must humans have so many emotions? It muddles the trail.

Eight foxes skulk away, one keeps watch.

Their quarry trails magic behind him; they’d like to learn his powers. But he always runs.

One fox pauses at a bus stop. A human points. The trail is strong now.

One fox goes on.

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Arrival by Sea (Graceling Realm)

2022-03-13T15:57:25Z

Fandom: Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore

Summary: Bitterblue and Giddon return home from Winterkeep a little different from how they left—and there's no keeping secrets from Po. ;-)

Characters: Giddon, Bitterblue, Po

Words: 100

Notes: A small Yuletide treat for owlbeer, because the Yuletide Madness Drabble Invitational is such a delightful idea!

Read on AO3, or here below:

Po was at the docks, already smirking, when at last they disembarked in Monport.

“Oh, shut up,” Giddon told him, but it was hard to keep from grinning. He was fairly sure he’d been grinning since the moment he’d woken from his faint and found Bitterblue still alive.

Po embraced Bitterblue, then Giddon. Arm still slung around Giddon, he tousled Bitterblue’s wind-tossed hair, making her yelp. “You two finally figured it out, then?” Po asked, as Bitterblue shoved him away, then pulled him back to hug again.

“Yes,” Bitterblue said. “Now, you hush.”

Po only beamed at both of them.

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Storm Hits the City and the Lights Go Out (Call Me By Your Name)

2022-03-13T14:57:15Z

Fandom: Call Me By Your Name

Summary: Seven years later, in New York, in the midst of a blizzard, Oliver finally lets his feelings take the fore. It isn’t easy. (But it’s worth it.)

Characters: Oliver/Elio

Words: 7,600

Notes: A Yuletide treat for asuralucier; here are the notes I wrote at the time –

Hello again, asuralucier :-) I was a bit sad that I didn’t manage to write you a fic last Yuletide, because I liked the streak we had going! But this idea stuck with me ever since; I tried to finish it for the New Year’s Resolution collection, but didn’t manage even that… So, here, have a Yuletide 2020 gift as a 2021 Madness treat. :D

This fic is loosely/thematically inspired by “With the color of its thoughts” by asuralucier, but takes somewhat different headcanons as a starting point.

Thank you very much to timkon for beta reading.

Read this fic on AO3, or here below:

( Storm Hits the City and the Lights Go Out )

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Brothers in Arms (Graceling Realm)

2022-01-30T15:41:56Z

Fandom: Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore

Summary: Giddon and Po: a friendship told in eight years, two or three Council meetings, countless secret missions, two true confessions, and one punch in the nose.

Characters: Giddon, Po, Katsa, Bitterblue

Words: 4,400

Notes: Yuletide gift for owlbeer. And thank you to my fantastic friend A. for beta reading.

Read on AO3, or here below:

( BROTHERS IN ARMS )

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Books in 2021!

2022-01-15T18:12:02Z

How many books read in 2021?

99 books

( let me tell you about them! )

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