The world that spends its time dreaming of others

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I haven't been exactly active on LJ lately, but I find myself unable to give this journal up entirely.

However, some changes will be taking place this week.

For RL reasons I will not go into in public, this journal will be Friends Only from now on. The one exception to this is my fan fiction, which will remain public. Some fics may be temporarily locked while I change the security settings, but they should all be accessible to everyone again by the end of the week.

The layout has also been messed up for a while and I haven't got around to sorting it out.

If you are already on my friends list, you will still be on it. If anyone feels like they would like to be added despite the fact that there is very little going on here these days, please leave a comment or drop me a message.

So, there's this thing of beauty (ok, slightly cracky beauty, but beauty nevertheless) called the Sherlock Holmes kink meme. Which anyone so inclined should check out, because there are literally thousands of prompts waiting to be filled.

Anyhow: Someone requested fic based on Neil Gaiman's short story A Study in Emerald, of which I'm a longtime fan, and this piece happened. I don't know if it will find any readers, but I decided I liked it well enough to post here anyway. (With apologies to Mr. Gaiman.)


Title: A Study in Purple
Author: Lady E
Fandom: A Study in Emerald (essentially a Sherlock Holmes/Cthulhu mythos crossover written by Neil Gaiman – the full story can be found here on Gaiman's website)
Pairing: Sherry Vernet / The Limping Doctor (or Holmes/Watson, if you prefer)
Rating: R, to be safe
Warning: Slash.
Word count: 1967
Disclaimer: This is a piece of fan fiction. I did not create and do not own the characters or fictional universe(s) depicted in this story, nor am I making any profit from this.
A/N: Written for sherlockkink. The prompt was 'anything set in the universe of "A Study in Emerald" - desperate makeouts or desperate sex followed by desperate potentially-last stands are always great.'


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I'm still in the Czech Republic, and the web access I was supposed to have at the hotel has been whimsical at best, but here we finally go: fannish drabbles for those who requested them. I hope you enjoy! :)

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Title: And Whisper You to This Earth
Author: Lady E
Beta: J
Rating: R
Pairing: Erestor/Halbarad
Warnings: none
Request: I'd like something a little off the beaten path: Any canon Elf-- except Legolas!-- with Halbarad or Imrahil. Characterization is key; I'd much rather read good characterizations than plot-driven prose. If you can manage both, I'll worship you forever. I'm leaving plot wide open. A happy ending is not required; ambiguity is fine. Prefer my smut to be sensual and evocative rather than graphic.
Summary: Halbarad accompanies Erestor on an expedition to the lost city of Fornost, and along the way an unexpected connection develops between the Man and the Elf.
A/N: Written for kenazfiction for the Slashy Santa 2007 exchange.


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Title: The Scars of Stone And Sky
Author: Lady E
Pairing: Aragorn/Legolas
Rating: R
Warnings: None
Summary: “Shadows shift on Legolas’ face like things unspoken, and Aragorn has known this ache for a long time; but he is bound to a path of stone, and the sky above him has never been his to touch.”
Author's Notes:
1) Heartfelt thanks to Kenaz for the swift and hawkeyed beta, which truly helped polish this piece.
2)This story was written for ennorwen as part of the LAS Fifth Anniversary Anon-a-thon, the entries for which can be found in legolasaragorn.

I would like to take a moment to give her an enormous hug -- thank you for all the lovely comments, as well as that sweet virtual gift! I’m completely overwhelmed by your response and feel like I couldn’t have been luckier with my recipient.

I’ve been reminded again of why I love this pairing and this fandom so much. The LotR fandom is simply full of wonderful, generous, talented and kind people, and I’m so fortunate to be part of it.



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Here are the last three holiday drabbles. Again, not really drabbles, but longer. And unbetaed.

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greenwitch, I got your card! Thank you sosomuch! :) *hugs*
miladyhawke: your parcel arrived, and turned me into a mushy puddle of awww, which I will probably be for quite a while. The card is simply gorgeous, as is the music, and the rest has been put to good use, too ;). I’m again reminded of how lucky I am to have met so many wonderful, interesting and talented people online. Whatever they say, real friendships can be forged over the internet, and should be cherished when they do happen.

In real world, however, somebody snatched my life from me sometime last week and returned it fully booked. I’ve only had a chance to skim my flist a couple of times in the past five days, and I know there’s a bunch of fic and fanart I hope to catch up with later this week.

On New Year’s Eve I heard a most amusing and, it should be added, entirely fictional rumour about myself. Supposedly, I’m pregnant. I’m extremely tempted to put this back into circulation after spicing it up with some more untruthful information, possibly ‘insider knowledge’ that I’ve been converted to a mysterious cult and have no idea who the father of my imaginary spawn is. Or something along those lines. I'd love to see what shape that would take before coming back to me again.

Meanwhile, my holiday drabbles are late, for which I apologise. Here are the first three; the second batch should be up in a couple of days. Please feel free to point out mistakes if I’ve made any, as these are entirely unbetaed. And technically speaking they’re not drabbles, but two double drabbles and one 2 ¾ drabble. I fail at minimalism. Tame as they come, although one is rated PG for mild girl-on-girl action.

I hope you enjoy!

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Next up: starbuckx, secant and dead_damien.

dead_damien requested a drabble with Bob and Mike in it, from the pre-Twin Peaks timeline, so here it is. Or make it two and a half drabbles, because it's 250 words long.

This turned out quite... sinister, is the word I'd use. Dark little ficbunny.

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