LINKDING

Summary: <blockquote>One of Kazul's grandchildren is shoved not-so-gently out of the nest.</blockquote> ➤ an Enchanted Forest Chronicles fic that takes place post-canon, about one of Kazul's grandchildren ➤ featuring a dragon who doesn't want to have to choose a gender in order to be considered an adult, and a princess who's also a prince ➤ the next generation finding their own ways to be "improper" and shock the the older generation! gender experiences outside the binary! a very fun dragon-and-princess relationship! I loved it all ➤ 8k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Little Ash and Uriel, some two hundred years later, and a very important box</blockquote> ➤ another fic for When the Angels Left the Old Country, this one set 200 years later in the present day ➤ Ash and Uriel have continued to live in the US, and have brought Essie and Rose's papers to donate to a Jewish archive ➤ I love the archivist, and I love Uriel and Little Ash, and I love that from both sides there's kindhearted delight at seeing young people interested in preserving history! ➤ 1k words in length

no summary ➤ fic for The Left Hand of Darkness, set generations after canon! ➤ a young person of Gethen dreams of journeying out to join the rest of the Ekumen; their parent tells them the story of the Envoy and of Estraven ➤ I love this outside perspective on the characters we know and love from canon, and what must have/might have happened to them, and the stories they've become in the generations since! ➤ the original characters are wonderful also, bringing a great dynamic to the discussion of what it means to be a Gethenian vs an Outsider, and to the consideration of what a story means and what it means to tell that story ➤ yuletide always brings fabulous left hand of darkness fics and this one is no exception! ➤ 2k words in length

Summary: <blockquote>Mel during the Wars, told through the eyes of a tattoo artist.</blockquote> ➤ fic for Robin McKinley's novel "Sunshine" featuring Mel and Mel's tattoo artist! ➤ told through the notes kept by the tattoo artist on each tattoo associated with Mel ➤ Such a great glimpse into Mel's side of Sunshine's world! ➤ 1k words in length

<blockquote>On Posthe Tuwa of the Year One in the reign of Argaven XII, Harny Sord of Gernahan gave birth to a pervert.</blockquote> ➤ I like what it does with pronouns, just no third person pronouns at all for people in somer (not in kemmer)

<blockquote>So they decide to go to Erid. It's not like the sciencing stops there.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Here is a hard thing: adults' worlds are larger than children's. A place that feels next door to home for an adult can be a foreign land for a child.</blockquote>

<blockquote>A day in the life of the Untheileneise kitchens.</blockquote>

<blockquote>On a winter morning in the 1140s, a parcel is left at the door of the abbey church in Shrewsbury. When its contents turn out to be as contested as they are confounding, Brother Cadfael finds himself with some unexpected expert help.</blockquote>

<blockquote>R' Shaina Cohen (she/they) by-RadRadRabbi Hate to poop the party, but there is no evidence that Judah/Yudah/Yehuda Coen/Cohen/Cohn existed He's an archetype of Jewish folklore, like Shlemiel (the fool) or Hershele (the prankster) 1/2 4:10 PM · Oct 15, 2017· Twitter Web App</blockquote>

<blockquote>The reign of Varenechibal IV is over; the reign of Edrehasivar VII has begun. The transition, however, is anything but smooth, as the Alcethmeret household navigates grief and worry as well as adapting to the new emperor. A series of missing scenes and unseen moments centering around the Alcethmeret household over the course of the first few months of Maia's reign. A post-canon sequel with more Maia is being lined up to follow.</blockquote> ➤ Outside pov, telling the stories of all the smaller characters that happened around the edges of the book

<blockquote>A collection of fragments from Angharad Scott’s research and correspondence. In which another, less familiar, world is revealed, and stories are told. I have stood in the shadows of the lamassu. I have explored a Palace of unending rooms, utterly silent beyond the rushing of waters below and the caw of birds above. Your stories are true — and more than that, they are only a fraction of the stories that can be told.</blockquote>

<blockquote>The immigrants need ceremonies, too.</blockquote> ➤ creating a new ceremony for the first immigrant to decide to join the Exodan fleet

<blockquote>Some perspective on Kip and Eyas following the events of the book.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Five encounters with the Surprise’s dragon.<blockquote>

<blockquote>A drawn-out annexation, a hammered dulcimer, an old-fashioned entertainment titled Sovereign of Tavern Dancers and the story of how One Esk first found its voice.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Well before Daja, Sandy, Briar, and Tris come to Discipline, Lark and Rosethorn still have students. This one is a bit of a puzzle, but if they work together they'll figure it out.</blockquote>

<blockquote>"Hello. Thank you. Breathe deep. My name is Thundertooth, of the line of Crookeye. Though, to be fair, you might know me better from some of my other roles." A TED tale from modern Dinotopia.</blockquote> ➤ authors' note: <blockquote>So my snapshot into a citizen of Dinotopia in a modern, global setting kind of maybe took a slight sidestep into an analogy on agency and representation in film, sort of, and oh god, I made myself sniffle for a T-Rex's homecoming.</blockquote>

<blockquote>To whoever matched me on NASA RPF and didn't just now default, you are my hero.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Mark Watney never manages to make contact with Earth and NASA never realizes that he survived the storm and evacuation on Sol 6. So, needless to say, the crew of the Ares IV is incredibly surprised when they land on Mars to find a scruffy, malnourished, mentally unbalanced, but still-alive astronaut waiting for them.</blockquote> ➤ There are sequels but I don't find them nearly as compelling

<blockquote>Bele Doette is a legend now, a beautiful portrait on the wall of the abbey, a romantic song that is sung by the children in the fields. I am one of the last who can tell you of her as she was, and of the knight who came to her at the Feast of Fidelity.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Sisters of Bilhah is the largest registered charitable organisation in the UK working with asylum seekers and refugees who were citizens of the former United States of America.</blockquote>

<blockquote>By this point, Dorothy was my doctor. Let me be more specific. She was the geriatric specialist who was evaluating me. On Mars. I was in for what I thought was a routine check-up to make sure I was still fit to be an astronaut. NASA liked to update its database periodically and I liked to be in that database. Not that I’d flown since I turned fifty, but I kept my name on the list in the faint hope that they would let me back into space again, and I kept going to the darn check-ups. Our previous doctor had retired back to Earth, and I’d visited Dorothy’s offices three times before she mentioned Kansas and the prairie.</blockquote> ➤ THANKS FOR MAKING ME CRY. Wow what a good story

<blockquote>A record of the sub-committee's interview of Maggie Farrell, Somnotician and candidate for the position of artist on the delegation which will shortly leave Earth to make first contact with the inhabitants of Toliman B.</blockquote> ➤ Again: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

<blockquote>"He looked like a washed-up actor who had mugged an accountant on his way to the local bar." Mayhem meets his match...or does he?</blockquote>

<blockquote>Lonely and unable to sleep, Elisabeth's daughter finds she's not the only one wandering the corridors...</blockquote> ➤ (not Szabo!Death)

<blockquote>We, the People: a thirty-year retrospective and an examination of the role of the Nation in world history, for Earth Atlantic, 7 December 2035, excerpt.</blockquote> ➤ this is one of those stories where I'm not quite sure I understand everything, but it's wonderful anyways

<blockquote>Bericus was minded of his wolf often.</blockquote>

<blockquote>There is another garden, in India. These are the women of that garden, over two generations, Mary's mother and ayah, and both their two daughters. In the end, I'm afraid, this is only where the story begins, but I hope it opens up the original story and takes us out into the world beyond the secret gardens.</blockquote>

➤ The story of Henry and Celluci from the POV of a Edgar Alan Poe narrative style!