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"The Blow of a Knife" - fiction by damkianna.

Fandom(s): Children of Dune (2003 miniseries)
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Ensemble: Chani, Irulan, Alia, Jessica, Duncan 2.0, plus assorted minor canon characters and an OC or two. Canonical past relationships, hints of Alia/Duncan 2.0, and in my head the whole thing has come to serve as pre-Chani/Irulan but that might just be me.
Wordcount | Rating: 21,000 | PGish? Brief and inexplicit violence; not even so much as a cheek kiss.
Content Notes/Warnings: The premise, as should be clear from the summary, revolves around a major character death. Deals pretty inexplicitly with pregnancy and childbirth.
Summary: Chani feels it, when Muad'dib dies. Midseries AU: the attempt to assassinate Paul with the stoneburner is successful.
Acknowledgements: Thanks immensely to idriya, who tells me things I don't want to hear even though I'm whiny and horrible to her after, and whom I hear spent a lot of time wrapped in a sheet to complete my beautiful complement art. Sadly, RL has delayed the actual complement posting - but the art will be embedded as soon as it is complete! ETA: Not embedded yet, but the art is up in a single post at my DW.

Links: Fic @ DW | Fic @ AO3

"Imagine The Ocean - Book One" - fiction by damkianna.

Fandom(s): Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Hints of Sokka/Suki if you're looking for them. Katara-focused gen overall. Includes some original characters.
Wordcount | Rating: These first six chapters together total about 50,000 words. Rating might edge up toward PG-13 at times, but mostly this is pretty tame.
Content Notes/Warnings: Mild amounts of violence in a few places; nothing very graphic. Some spoilers, in a very general sense, but this story is quite AU; I doubt there's anything in it that will ruin the events of the show for anyone. And, fair warning: this is a WIP, written up to Chapter 6/13, and the first in a series.
Summary: Hakoda found the boy in the ice eight days before Kya went into labor. Avatar!Katara AU.
Acknowledgements: More thanks than I can possibly express to my sister, idriya, who was my cheerleader, my beta, and the complementer who produced the gorgeous art that accompanies this story. And, of course, this fic exists in general thanks to the ladiesbigbang challenge, and everyone who helped make it happen.

Links: Master Post @ DW | Fic on AO3