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This blog collects links to brightephemera fiction published across the Internet. Angst, romance, originals, a dozen fandoms, a little of this and that. I hope you find something to your taste. (shortform collections)(proper serials)(novels)(one-shots)(poems)
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Found Wanting (Original)
Found Wanting was my continuation of 1984, set in postapocalyptic Boston. It followed Andrew Hsu, a Thought Cop newly deprived of Party, and Cassandra Montgomery, a teenager being stifled by protective survivors. I have tried to make this a novel and I’ve tried to make this a short story, but it never came together. I
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Cross Faction AU (SWTOR)
Cross Faction is my Star Wars: the Old Republic Trooper’s dark coin flip. If the Imperial Agent framed Elara Dorne for treason just as things were getting good… what would resistance fighter Vierce Savins do? The answer is an Acts 2 and 3 novella AU of obsession and revenge, far from the healing path of
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XP Gained: Bard (Neverwinter Nights 2) 2019
Neverwinter Nights 2 starts slow and snowballs into a classic D&D 3.5 adventure with some truly glorious setpieces. Here began my bard, the original, pre-Veilguard Lynesse. I published a scattering of stories, and I’ll reprint one here. XP Gained on AO3 Lynesse felt her throat constricting when Bishop came into view. She was perched on
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Three Miles to Go (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies) 2020
I feel like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies took liberties with the minor characters, but all in all it’s a good project and I wanted to contribute. This is a short work and I will post it all here. Familiarity with Pride and Prejudice will help, but I think the only necessary background is that
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Captain, Cipher, Soldier, Spy (SWTOR)
The irreverent, episodic story was, for a long time, the canonical followup to Ruth Means Compassion. KotFE/ET changed that, but Captain, Cipher, Soldier, Spy, a loosely associated collection of short scenes with no particular endpoint, remains dear to my heart. The remainder of this description contains spoilers for the end of Ruth Means Compassion. Cut
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The Last Sane Man on Babylon 5, 2018
This one-shot is my only significant Babylon 5 story, and it’s short, and it’s silly. Look, the command staff of Babylon 5 has its quirks. This story contains no spoilers but I really think it captures the atmosphere on the command center during times of stress. It’s so short, I’m just going to post it
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No Identification (Planescape: Torment) 2018-2020
Planescape: Torment is a devilish setting to write for because the story is so tightly built, so thematically unified, that I feel like I’m sewing cheeky patches onto someone’s wedding dress. But I’m cheeky. No Identification Provided is a series of one-shots set during the game events of Planescape: Torment. They deal with the companions
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Overcoming Adviercity (SWTOR) 2017
Vierce Savins, freedom fighter, naturalized citizen to the Galactic Republic, and hater of all things Imperial. This is the canonical Republic Trooper in my Star Wars: The Old Republic. And then he met Elara Dorne. Now, I met Dorne immediately after finishing the Sith Warrior line, and I hated Imps. I hated Imps so much.
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An Alternate Year (Gilmore Girls) 2020
I disliked the Gilmore Girls revival. I disliked it so much I wrote an alternate year, closer to the ending of Season 7, resolving emotional threads that should not have been left hanging for a decade. The result? A year in a slightly different life, following our favorites. I really enjoyed getting into the banter
angst ao3 blast from the past comedy commentary disco elysium dragon age drama friendship full text meta no romance novel npc: aric jorgan npc: kim kitsuragi npc: malavai quinn oc: audrey la rose oc: fortune oc: leif surana oc: nalenne oc: phinean draconis oc: piper poet oc: ruth niral oc: setua telaeriv zhagran oc: vierce savins oc: wynston one-shot original originals pdf poetry romance serial ship: elara/vierce ship: ettael/setua ship: fortune/piper shortform collection sith warrior/malavai quinn spoilers swtor swtor forums tatters the unwitting sorceress tumblr wordpress