Read Any Good Fic Lately?

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A little divergence, but not far, only as far as the amazing Cee, who has a beautifully done pseudo-crossover, but mostly original series of stories wherein she took a guest character from Due South, gave him a history, a tragedy and hope. You should read them all, in order, starting with mark's story, written on the Body, interlude; contact, todd's story, written on the bones, and finally, quietly, find the river. Don't miss the cover art AuK worked on with her. The series is finished, as far as I know, but I'm hoping there will be more.

Back to my own meat and potatoes: Subjective Reality has done a series of M7 stories, ATF AU, that despite some rough spots (Which are oddly appropriate to the series but not necessarily intentional) pays some time and attention to a less-often visited character in the M7 universe: Josiah. It's mostly Josiah and Vin, it's gen, but most of the other characters make an appearance. There are four and while each stands alone (except for the last two - -you really kind of need to read them in sequence) there are continual woven threads of awareness and growth there and it makes it, for me, a fascination journey. Start with Value, the others are To Be More, Xenos To Honor, and the latest Unpuzzling the Puzzle. It was Xenos to Honor that I read first, which was out of order, but I was enthralled by both the themes and the imagery.

Gwyneth Rhys has a new offering in M7, old West, Don't Get Much which opens with this bit of poetry by Kim Delmhorst:

I know words fail you
And I know sometimes I do...
I do too.

Which is very apt in a tale of miscommunication that is quiet and unthreatening. All in all, a balm for sore and weary hearts.

And last, stolen entirely from the fannish butterfly, is an out of step and uncommon story set in the universes of Georgette Heyer's many Regency romances: The Wages of Vice by jat_sapphire. It's a pastiche and a very well done one at that. Do you need to have read The Devil's Cub or These Old Shades? No, but if you haven't, I can only wonder why. I think everyone should read Georgette Heyer -- in great quantities and have multiple copies of her books. They are the only romances I've held onto decades after I first discovered them.

posted by Maygra @ 8:17 AM