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2017-02-25 04:39 pm

100 words

Title: None
Fandom: Babylon 5
Rating: G
Characters: Londo Mollari


prompt: #024: Silence


Space was silent, so it was said. Londo Mollari knew the truth. Space was not silent. It screamed; it sobbed; it wailed with the voices of the dead and the dying. All those Centauri; all those Narns. Faceless statistics that he would carry with him to his own death – and maybe beyond.

Here at least there was silence, of a sort. Here in the Zocalo, in the constant din, the constant to-ing and fro-ing of so many thousands of lifeforms, there was a stillness. A refuge. Here, for a little while, Londo could hide from all that he had done.
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2017-02-19 03:31 pm
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100 words

Title: None
Fandom: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (TV)
Rating: G
Characters: Buffy and Giles


prompt: #029: Quote V: "It was a dark and stormy night"



"Could that weather be any more horror movie?" Buffy stood at the window, watching forked lightning zigzag earthward, cringing slightly as an especially ferocious thunder peal echoed overhead. "And I have to go hunt demons. Isn't there, like, a good weather clause for Slaying?"

"Unsurprisingly not," said Giles, stake in one hand, oilskin in the other. "Sorry."

"Seriously creepy weather clause?"

"No."

"You're not helping."

"I am. I'm coming with you."

"Giles, no offence, but unless you're a fang-proof, waterproof snuggle blanket..." He looked typically nonplussed, and she sighed. "Never mind – destiny awaits. And my destiny is pneumonia; who knew?"
swordznsorcery: (methos)
2017-02-10 08:52 pm
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New DreamWidth community

Keep meaning to mention a new community at DreamWidth, which I think may interest some of you. It's called [community profile] 100words. Each week (Tuesday I think) there's a new prompt posted, and the aim is to write exactly one hundred words inspired by that prompt, directly or indirectly. Can be any fandom, or original - whatever you like, as long as it's exactly one hundred words. So far it's proving to be quite lively, and there's been some good stuff posted. So come and join! :)
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2017-02-10 04:59 pm
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100 words

Title: None
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings/Content Warnings/Notes: That might spoil it


prompt: #028 - kairos



The cockpit had always been where he belonged, but it fought him more these days. Age endures discomforts far less readily than youth. Some things, however, need to be done. Some journeys have to be made.

The sun was rising. He had no idea which sun, nor which world it was crowning, but the halo of light was exquisite; his timing, as ever, without fault. He pressed the button, and sent the payload flying off into the dawn.

"Goodbye, Apollo." Watching until the casket vanished into the rising visor of flame, Starbuck turned the Viper about and headed for home.





For Richard Hatch, with respect.
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2017-02-04 01:07 am

100 words

Title: None
Fandom: Blake's 7
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings/Content Warnings/Notes: None, but some indirect spoilers I guess.


prompt: #027 - rebel



They had never planned for rebellion. Thievery, yes – piracy, maybe. Blake had been the visionary, with his wild dreams of anarchy as salvation; but he had left them. Half of the present crew had never even met him – and yet here they all were, caught in the slipstream of his ideals. Five squabbling outlaws with the galaxy breathing down their necks, either awaiting liberation, or with designs upon the reward. A bewitching psychopath for a shadow, and inevitability chasing at their heels; it was all leading somewhere. Avon only wished there were some room for doubt about where that was.
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2017-01-20 04:49 pm

100 words

Prompt #25: Quote IV:

"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien


Title: None
Fandom: Sleepy Hollow
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings/Content Warnings/Notes: Spoilers for end of season three.


The apartment was cold and dark, the steady creep of mildew adding its own special scent to an already heady cocktail of dust and damp, and rotting rubbish borne upon a pervasive draught. Crane sat alone, staring at his one, sole ornament – a photograph of Abigail Mills. Even here, in such different surroundings, her absence cut as deep as any physical wound. Nonetheless, he smiled as he looked at her picture. She was gone these several weeks, but somehow he still seemed to feel her beside him. Now more than ever, she was the light that guided his rootless heart.


Title: None
Fandom: Lucifer (TV)
Rating: G
Characters/Pairings/Content Warnings/Notes: None specifically, though references Lucifer/Chloe.


Somebody – one of the Brittanys, he thought; one of his myriad lovers, at any rate – had once asked him about the preponderance of black in his life. The black suits; the gleaming black piano; the sleek black Corvette that turned so many heads in the City of Angels (the City of Fallen Angels, increasingly). He didn’t remember answering, although he thought that he knew what the answer was. Darkness – a deep, Stygian black – was his friend. So why now was there a flicker of light glowing inside him, threatening the familiar shadows that were all he had chosen to know?
swordznsorcery: (jack)
2017-01-16 04:28 pm

Trollwrangling

[community profile] fandom_stocking fic for [personal profile] imamaryanne.

Fandoms: Torchwood and Harry Potter
Characters: Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Owen Harper, and Neville Longbottom
Gen, 1600 words

... )
swordznsorcery: (johnblack)
2017-01-16 04:28 pm

A Quest For Merklynn

[community profile] fandom_stocking fic for [personal profile] desertvixen.

Fandom: Visionaries
Characters: Cryotek, Galadria, Ectar and Arzon
Gen, 3600 words –

... )
swordznsorcery: (steele/laura)
2017-01-16 10:08 am

Reading In Bed

[community profile] fandom_stocking fic for [personal profile] dellessanna.

Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Characters: Jonathan and Arabella Strange
Gen, 766 words

... )
swordznsorcery: (johnblack)
2017-01-10 10:19 pm

A Star At Christmas

[community profile] fandom_stocking fic for [personal profile] thisbluespirit.

Fandom: Press Gang
Characters: Lynda and Spike
Gen, 3200 words

... )
swordznsorcery: (methos)
2017-01-02 04:25 pm

Assignment '68

[community profile] fandom_stocking fic for [personal profile] liadt.

Fandoms: Sapphire & Steel and Adam Adamant Lives!
Gen, 3000 words

... )
swordznsorcery: (jack)
2016-10-22 01:30 pm
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TW10: Persistence

So. Ten years ago today (it was a Sunday), the BBC aired the first episode of Torchwood. The first two episodes actually, as it was a double bill. Much of the country boggled at it, unsure quite what they'd just seen, but I fell in love. It was loud and fun and a bit ridiculous; okay, quite a lot ridiculous. It turned out to be just what I most wanted from my television though, and I couldn't let the tenth anniversary go by without some sort of celebration. A short story then, hopefully in the spirit of the fun, sensible-sci-fi-fan-annoying show that I fell in love with, ten years ago tonight. It's beneath the cut, and also at AO3.

Title: Persistence
Characters: Jack, Tosh, Gwen, Owen, Ianto and Myfanwy
Rating: G
Word Count: c.5500

Spoilers for season one. Set early in season two, but no spoilers for that.

... )

Some time today I plan to begin a rewatch. I haven't seen seasons one and two in years, so it will be something of a rediscovery.

Happy birthday, Torchwood!
swordznsorcery: (methos)
2016-10-06 09:42 pm

Poetry meme

Earlier in the year, [personal profile] thisbluespirit posted a ficmeme using lines from poems as prompts of a sort. It looked interesting, but I had a lot on at the time. Then this morning I read that today is National Poetry Day. What better day to take out that old meme and dust it off? The rules are fairly straight forward. Write down five fandoms in alphabetical order. Go here. Note down the fifth line of whatever random poem you land on. Partner it with the first fandom in your list. Click refresh, and rinse and repeat for all five.

And good luck if, like me, you have a mild allergy to Emily Dickinson.

Five poems, five ficlets, five fandoms )
swordznsorcery: (jack)
2016-05-21 09:15 pm

Obscure & British Comment Fest 4: Blake's 7

http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/529553.html

Blake's 7, Dayna/Tarrant, flying

Fandom: Blake's 7
Characters: Dayna and Tarrant
Gen, c. 1300 words

Cut for length )
swordznsorcery: (johnblack)
2016-04-16 08:19 am

Snow, Adam Adamant, and glaring

It's snowing here. Thick and fast, with gigantic flakes. How is it snowing, sky?! It's April the something. It looks very nice, but my mother asked me to sort out the guttering today, and there's no way I'm going up a ladder right now. (It's getting thicker all the time. It's practically a blizzard now. Is this what you have to expect when you get warm sunshine through December?) Still, I'm feeling reasonably accomplished despite the lack of guttering, as I finally got the Adam Adamant Lives! thing posted that I was supposed to do for [community profile] fandom_stocking back in January. Actually, that's not "accomplished" really, is it. More "What the bloody hell were you playing at all year?!". Still, it's done. (There is now a diagonal wall of white outside the window. I may have vanished completely by lunchtime).

Still, none of this is what I actually set out to post. Internet, I am most displeased with you. You told me, in the only unified voice I have ever known the internet to have, that the new Star Wars film was good. Good, you said. And now, on the eve of its DVD release, I find myself getting massively spoiled for it, and that happens?! Seriously, internet? That happens, and you told me it was good? If anybody wants me, I shall be over in the corner for the rest of the month, rocking gently and making faint squeaking sounds. Whilst glaring at you, internet.

I think my snow is turning to rain. That might be more April, but the snow is infinitely prettier. Make your mind up, sky.


ETA: (Half past eight) Bloody hell, that is proper heavy snow now. I may not be seen again until I can dig myself out sometime in June.
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2016-04-15 08:06 pm

A Most Unrestful Break For Two

Majorly belated for boring life reasons, this was originally intended for [community profile] fandom_stocking, for [personal profile] thisbluespirit and [personal profile] liadt. By way of apology for its appalling tardiness, it comes with an accompanying 1966 playlist, in an attempt to add some local colour.

Fandom: Adam Adamant Lives!
Characters: Adam and Georgie
Gen, c. 10000 words

... )
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2015-07-12 03:01 pm

Obscure & British Comment Fest 3: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/465693.html

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Gilbert Norrell, 'The first shall bury his heart in a dark wood beneath the snow, yet still feel its ache'

Fandom: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Characters: Norrell, Childermass, Lascelles
Gen, c. 2000 words

Cut for length )
swordznsorcery: (ratpack)
2015-06-12 09:41 am

Obscure & British Comment Fest 3: Robin Of Sherwood

http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/465693.html

Robin Of Sherwood; Nasir

Fandom: Robin Of Sherwood
Characters: Nasir
Gen, c. 1900 words

Cut for length )
swordznsorcery: (whitecollar)
2015-06-03 09:18 pm

Obscure & British Comment Fest 3: Doctor Who X All Creatures

http://lost-spook.livejournal.com/465693.html

Doctor Who / All Creatures Great and Small, Tristan Farnon+the Fifth Doctor & Peri Brown, mistaken identity

Fandom: Doctor Who & All Creature Great And Small
Characters: The Fifth Doctor, Tristan Farnon, assorted others
Gen, c. 1200 words

Cut for length )