Fandom: original
Rating: G
Length: 875 words
Content notes: discussion of war crimes, assassination, grief, and depression
Summary: The morning after their meeting with Agent Yurikaw Madranashkiyug, Laura and Aujae discuss responsibility and consequences. (This is a piece of Utilitarian Virtue, an original speculative fiction story I poke at now and then.)
( And After That )
Fandom: The Magnus Archives
Rating: General
Length: 525 words
Content notes: Depression, set between Season 3 and Season 4
Characters: Martin Blackwood
Summary: "The thing about library work," Martin says to Jon's unmoving body on the hospital bed, "is that you think it's all about organizing stuff, right?"
( Cataloging )
Fandom: Rusty Quill Gaming
Rating: General
Length: 1,055 words
Content notes: none
Characters: Sasha Racket, Azu
Summary: Azu, Sasha, and a long drop. (AU post-Rome)
( Trust Fall )
Fandom: original
Rating: G
Length: 455 words
Content notes: prophetic dreams, implied danger to children
Summary: Mountain dreams were meant for the young, those old enough to no longer be children, but young enough to not yet have children of their own. Navila got hers when she was twenty-seven: married, widowed, and mother of three.
( Mountain Dream )
Fandom: The Magnus Archives
Rating: G
Length: 465 words
Content notes: canon-typical bad parenting by Martin's mother
Summary: Before Martin's mum got really sick, back when she still sometimes looked at him without anger or disappointment, he used to do his homework in the living room while she ironed her work blouses and skirts.
( Sharp Dressed Man )
Fandom: original fiction
Rating: Teen
Length: 515 words
Content notes: An off-screen character intends to marry someone against their will and engage in marital rape.
Summary: "Take me anywhere but here!" the princess said when the fairy appeared in her tower prison.
( I Shall Repay )
Fandom: The Magnus Archives
Rating: General
Length: 840 words
Pairing: Sasha James/Tim Stoker
Content notes: none particularly
Summary: In which Sasha James explains her theory of life, the universe, and everything to Tim Stoker. Possibly they should both be more sober for this conversation.
( Building Blocks )
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: General
Length: 815 words
Content notes: memory charms
Summary: In which one of Gildeory Lockhart's victims notices and fights back -- maybe too little, maybe too late, but sometimes it's important to stand up and set the record straight.
( Of Memory Against Forgetting )
Fandom: Rusty Quill Gaming
Rating: General
Length: 400 words
Content notes: none
Character: Sasha Racket
Summary: If you make a metal box, stick a fancy lock and some traps on it, and call it a safe, people think whatever you shut inside it will be untouchable. But there's no such thing as a lock that can't be picked or a trap that can't be disarmed.
( Like Graphite Powder and a Skeleton Key )
Fandom: The Magnus Archives
Rating: General
Length: 270 words
Content notes: vague background creepiness, but probably milder than canon
Summary: Cassette tapes jam; it's a fact of life. The Institute tapes don't.
( The Patience of Inanimate Objects )
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia
Rating: General
Length: 650 words
Content notes: none
Author notes: Set during The Silver Chair
Summary: "Are there any stories about how the sun and moon came to be?" Jill asked one night as she and Scrubb huddled against each other in the meager shelter of a low hill's lee.
( Shoot for the Moon )