Title: A piece of apple
Fandom: None (original work)
Prompt and challenges: fan_flashworks challenge #232 prompt(s) « On top »
Characters and relationships: OCs. Narrator is a young soldier defending his city.
Length: 500ish (words)
Content notes: Beware, this takes place during a siege. Expect some violence and death. May contain traces of apple.
Author notes:
Inspired by my hometown (La Rochelle, France) and the events of 1628. In that time, the city was a protestant stronghold and allied to England, which didn’t sit well with King of France Louis XIII. On his behalf, the Cardinal de Richelieu built a dam across the whole bay to cut the city of potential rescue and supplies coming from the sea. The siege lasted a whole year, during which about 22 000 people out of 28 000 died within the city.
This is dedicated to Amund, a friend of mine who was dancing with a pink-and-blue flag on top of his shoulders all day during Paris Gay Pride last week.
I wrote this for the challenge but in French at first and translated it. It will be available in its original form on my blog as soon as the challenge is closed in case anyone is interested. The two versions are slightly different.
Summary:
This is about the horrors of war and religion and how love still thrives when everything seems lost.
Music: Iron (woodkid)


( A piece of apple )

Title: The Missing Lock Picks
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (ACD)
Rating: G
Length: 292
Summary: The Ferret is on top of a cupboard.  What could possibly go wrong?
( The Missing Lock Picks )