ladiesbigbang | Entries tagged with medium: fiction

Airy cages quelled - fiction by lotesse

Fandom(s): Lloyd Alexander - Chronicles of Prydain
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Eilonwy-centric, ensemble, Taran/Eilonwy
Wordcount | Rating: 20,016 words, teen (pg-13)
Content Notes/Warnings: none
Summary: Eilonwy deals with the power of Llyr, kills a sorcerer, avenges her mother, and rescues her lover. You never know what you can do, until you get away from the canon that marginalizes you and prefers to develop its male lead. AU of Taran Wanderer.
Acknowledgements: art by

zopyrus

snowynight

Fandom(s):Marvel comics
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Misty Knight, Colleen Wing
Wordcount | Rating: 10007 | T
Content Notes/Warnings: non-graphic violence
Summary: With eyes forced open to the dark supernatural world, Misty is determined to help the helpless with the help of Colleen. Supernatural-inspired monster hunters AU
Acknowledgements:
Thanks to:
This story was beta read by Aphrodite_mine, who held my hands throughout the cause. Any remaining mistakes are my own fault.
Complement created by

shadytail: Story bound in a book. It's amazing!
Link to the story on AO3

jenn_calaelen

"New Perspectives, New Truths" - fiction by jenn_calaelen

Fandom(s): Stargate: SG1
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Zarin, Jalen, Delek, Original Characters
Wordcount | Rating: 10883 | T
Content Notes/Warnings: Some spoilers for the Tok'ra and Tollan episodes of SG:1, although this is more for background world building material than for plot; original characters and minor canon characters; discussion of issues around becoming a Tok'ra host and violence.
Summary: Why would a Tollan become host to a Tok'ra symbiote? Rila faces the choice between sickness and life as a host. Her decision change things for herself and the Tok'ra. A look at the backstory of the Tollan-Tok'ra alliance. Set a long time before the series.
Acknowledgements:
Thanks to:
This story was beta read by Cesy, who volunteered to help me at the last minute. I am very grateful. Any remaining mistakes are my own fault.
Ladies Big Bang mods for organising the challenge, which gave me the motivation to actually finish this story.
Complement created by

shadytail Story bound in a book - This is absolutely amazing! I have no words for how wonderful this is - many thank yous to her!

Link to story on AO3

ETA: To add complement link, plus to say sorry for posting early - it was the 7th here and brainfog made me forget to think about timezones.

briarwood

Kingdom Come - fiction by briarwood.

Fandom(s): Supernatural
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Focus on Mary Winchester. Mary/John, with Dean/Bobby, Sam/Jess and Ellen/Bill in the background.
Wordcount | Rating: 32,700 words | Mature
Content Notes/Warnings: Contains scenes of horror and bloody violence (but not sexual violence).
Summary: AU in which Mary lived and the Winchesters stayed in Lawrence, Kansas and never became hunters. On his 23rd birthday, Sam Winchester disappeared without a trace. His disappearance brings to light a secret Mary has kept for thirty years. If she has any hope of finding her son alive, she will have to reclaim the skills as a hunter that she left behind when she married. Even worse, she must lead Dean into that life.
Acknowledgements: Thanks to

bliumchik for beta help and to

laurie_ky for the brilliant fanmix. She captured the mood of the story perfectly!

Story Master Post: http://briarwood.dreamwidth.org/224830.html
Complement: http://laurie-ky.dreamwidth.org/10379.html

laurie_ky

"The Last Stand" - story, podfic, and fanmix by Laurie laurie_ky
Fandom: Supernatural
Characters/Pairings: Ellen Harvelle (Centric), Jo Harvelle, Dean Winchester, Sam Winchester, Bobby Singer, Castiel. Ellen Harvelle/Bobby Singer. Hints of Jo Harvelle/Dean Winchester, Castiel/Dean Winchester
Content Notes/Warnings: Canon Death
Rating: Teen. PG-13
Summary: "She waited, steady, a hunter, and a mother, and by God she would blow these bitches back to Hell." A Supernatural story based on the episode, "Abandon All Hope."

Acknowledgements: Beta'd by

neurawkward, who came to my rescue at the last minute. Thanks, Baybee. Thanks also to JJ, for her encouraging comments. Thank you, mods.

Banner, podfic and fanmix covers made by Laurie

laurie_ky

Master Posts DW | LJ | AO3

Links to story LJ | DW | AO3
Links to podfic LJ | DW | AO3
Links to fanmix LJ | DW | AO3

Laurie

traycer

"After the Storm" - fiction by traycer.

Fandom: Harry Potter
Characters: Monica Granger, Molly Weasley, Augusta Longbottom, Narcissa Malfoy, Petunia Dursley, Andromeda Tonks, Nymphadora Lupin, and Fleur Weasley
Wordcount | Rating: 10,444 | G
Content Notes/Warnings: Contains definite spoilers for Book Seven, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I think there may also be a spoiler from Book 6.
Summary: The war is over and the wizarding world is struggling to rebuild. This is a series of ficlets that explore the aftermath from the point of view of all the mothers who survived - and one who didn't.
Acknowledgements: Thanks to

ariestess for the fantastic beta and to

bliumchik for the wonderful complement created for this story.

Fanmix: This is Why We Fight by

bliumchik

Click the title or here to go to the story.

lysapadin

"A Year in the Life - Kyouko" - fiction by lysapadin.

Fandom(s): Katekyou Hitman Reborn
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Kyouko, Tsunako, Bianchi, Yamamoto, Gokudera, Reborn, Hana, Mochida
Wordcount | Rating: 15055 words | General audiences
Content Notes/Warnings: Skeevy sexual politics, genderswap, Kyouko revealing her awesome hidden depths, and the mafia. Part of Choice: The Betrothal Arc. Series Index.
Summary: In which Tsunako gives Kyouko a purpose.
Acknowledgements: Many, many gleeful thanks to the ever-marvelous

esmenet for putting together a fanmix, Let Them Eat Cake for this fic. Go and check it out, because it's awesome!

The one problem, if it was a problem, was that Tsunako-chan went around so much with Yamamoto-kun and Gokudera-kun these days that it was next to impossible to get a word with her privately, which was something Kyouko dearly wanted to do.

Fic at DW | Fic at AO3

damkianna

"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

senmut

"Changed Fates" - fiction by senmut.

Fandom(s): Transformers
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Mikaela Banes and '07 movie ensemble
Wordcount | Rating: 10,378 | General Audiences (PG)
Content Notes/Warnings: Mentions of some violence, nothing graphic; injury to humans and robots alike, nothing graphic
Summary: This is the 2007 movie redone. Mikaela takes the front seat, and drives the action in this one.
Acknowledgements: I want to say thank you to the many people who encouraged me to write this, as well as to the legion of folks who stepped in to make it flow better. All of you made this project a fun thing for me to do.

Fanmix: Have You Got It In You? by

angel_negra

Click the title or here to go to the story.

ladiesbigbangmod

This concludes round 1.5 of the

ladiesbigbang challenge. Good work, all! We had 6 brave participants and 5 different project media.

Be sure to go check out the fabulous projects and give the creators some love. We'll be back again in a few months :)

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ladiesbigbang Round 1.5 Project Round-up

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Flying Blossoms [@AO3] by

damkianna. [19,800 words | PG] ( Notes )

Merlin: Pastimes and Lifestyles read by

sophinisba. [17,758 words | PG | no warnings/content notes] ( Notes )

Multifandom: Kamikaze Girls and Nikita picspams and 135 icons by

trascendenza. [no content notes/warnings] ( Notes )

Real Person: Yoko Ono: 200 Yoko Ono Icons [100 B&W and 100 Color] by

grey_gazania. ( Notes )

Tolkienverse: 10 Pieces of Art by

elleth. [G | no warnings/content notes] ( Notes )

X-Men: 200 X-Men, New X-Men, X-23 Icons by

alliterate. ( Notes )

hammerxsword

Gah, a wee bit late in posting, and I do need to add the final part to it yet, but here it is.

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"In Camera" - fiction by QDS (hammerxsword).

Fandom(s): Ashes to Ashes/The Devil's Whore/Inglourious Basterds
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Primary: Alex Drake, Angelica Fanshawe (see notes), Shosanna Dreyfus. Secondary: Marcel, Bridget von Hammersmark, Colonel Hans Landa. Refers to an Inglourius Basterds canon pairing.
Wordcount | Rating: , PG-13.
Content Notes/Warnings: Attitudes to race not of the modern era, allusions to the Holocaust, mild violence, threat of rape.
Summary: Alex Drake (from Ashes to Ashes) and Angelica Fanshawe (from The Devil's Whore) both have accidents that render them unconscious and they wake up in 1944 in Nazi Occupied France (the world of Inglourious Basterds) where they meet Shosanna Dreyfus, who is living in open hiding under the name Emmanuelle Mimieux. They are taken in by her to work at her cinema. Both of course have a desire to get home (Angelica back to English Civil War England, and Alex at the very least back to 1980s England), while Shosanna hopes that the two English women won't reveal their Englishness to the occupying army. A chance encounter with a Nazi from Shosanna's past leads the women to take action, be brave, and to trust each other.
Acknowledgments: My flist and fandom friends for the encouragement

sothcweden for the beta and her forbearance with my tardiness, particularly her perseverance despite me sending it to her so late!

trascendenza for the lovely cheering and happy vibes, and

shopfront for the complement (see below).
Additional notes: Spoilers for: Season 1 Ashes to Ashes, the entirety of The Devil's Whore (note Angelica's surname in the text) and Inglourious Basterds. AU from the events of IB, and it disregards the nature of the world of A2A as explained in the final episode of A2A season 3, so kind of an AU from A2A as well.
Written for:

ladiesbigbang challenge.

Complement: That Song - the fab trailer vid by

shopfront! I'd encourage you to watch it before reading. :)

Fic: @DW | @AO3

watersword

"Love's the Burning Girl" - fiction by Elizabeth Perry.

Fandom(s): Real Person Fiction
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Zoe Saldana, Christopher Pine, Zachary Quinto, Sigourney Weaver, Kathryn Bigelow
Wordcount | Rating: 28,000 words | R
Content Notes/Warnings: contains characters who are not public figures/celebrities
Summary: After rebooting Nyota Uhura and creating Neytiri, what can Zoe do next?
Acknowledgements: Title paraphased from Elizabeth Bishop's "Casabianca".

Thanks to celli, Jess, and Suzelle for their enthusiasm along the way; Franzi for her willingness to admit to watching Heroes; Cesy for her permission to steal the Cambridge University Spaceflight Teddies in Space project and subsequent fact-checking of the relevant scene; Caro and Nina for their emergency betas.

wish click created an awesome mix to accompany this story; it is available for download!

Love's the Burning Girl is available at the Archive of Our Own and at Calligraphilia. Comments may be left at the AO³ or at the announcement posts at

ladiesbigbang or

watersword.

trascendenza

"水火" - fiction by trascendenza.

Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Characters: Azula, ensemble.
Wordcount | Rating: 20,000 words | Teen.
Summary: Azula, post-canon, picking up the pieces. When she tried, her paupau clicked her tongue behind her teeth and took Azula's small hand in her own, held securely in the tiger's mouth of her thumb and forefinger.
Acknowledgements: Thank you so much to

ilyena_slyph and

aithine for truly heroic levels of last-minute help.

Story link: 水火.

enochiansigils

"We Are All Dangerous" - fiction by enochiansigils/shadowcat

Fandom(s): Black Jewels
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Jaera, Kaetien (OC's in fandom)
Wordcount | Rating: 19,325 | PG-13
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Summary: Two girls get caught up in a deadly game of revenge.
Acknowledgements: Thanks and much love to

renaissancevamp for the fabulous fanmix!

Part One. Part Two.

Complement: Here!

shanaqui

"In Another Life, You and I" - fiction by shanaqui/edenbound.

Fandom(s): Supernatural.
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Dean, Cassie, John, Sam, Jess. (Dean/Cassie, Sam/Jess.)
Wordcount | Rating: 15,180.
Content Notes/Warnings: AU, violence.
Summary: Cassie has two choices: assume Dean's crazy and end it, or listen to the stupid instinct that wants her to give him a chance to prove it. In another life, maybe she wouldn't hesitate to tell him where to shove it, but she can't quite let it go like this. She has to know. So before she even knows she's made the decision, she's opened her mouth and said, "Prove it."
Acknowledgements: The title is from Vienna Teng's song, "In Another Life".

feywood and

cantarina helped me get this into shape, so thank you to them.

cantarina is also working on recording this as a podfic, which is exciting, and I will add a way for people to grab that once it's done!

Read it here, or grab it as a .rtf file here.

Current Mood: chipper

rustydragonfly

Fandom(s): Original ("trainverse" by

pointytilly)
Character(s)/Pairing(s): original characters, no pairing
Wordcount | Rating: 15588, R for some swearing, though aside from that and the aforementioned warnings, should be reasonably safe
Content Notes/Warnings: mild medical issues re: overheating/heatstroke, partial temporary possession
Summary: Arleen Kendrick is grounded. More accurately, her ship's grounded, and the repairs aren't enough to keep a bored programmer from wandering. Wander she does—straight into a project with a paranoid computer.
Acknowledgments: My thanks go to:

pointytilly, for letting me use their world and characters, being so patient with my constant "ahh these aren't mine I'm going to screw them up moments" and helping me edit my scrawlings into a coherent story.

bliumchik, for the fantastic mix, great art, and kind words.

pointytilly owns the setting the characters of Arleen, Sam, and Gregg, and Blue and the swarm's species. Blue and the swarm themselves are mine.

Listen to the mix here!

- Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 -

senmut

I hope to be able to link to a complement later today, and do apologize for posting this a day late; I was waiting to give time for it to be finished.

"Moving Forward Again" - fiction by senmut.

Fandom(s): Sixth Pass Pern
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Moreta/Alessan, Alessan/Nerilka, Ensemble from the novels
Wordcount | Rating: 16,788 | PG-13 / Het
Content Notes/Warnings: Assumes knowledge of the novels, as it opens in basically the last chapter of Moreta. Not explicit. Slice-of-life more than plot-driven.
Summary: Completely AUs the ending of Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern and Nerilka's Story
Acknowledgements:

ilyena_sylph, for being my beta, and for everything

Complementer:

idriya (ART)

Link: Story at my journal

Art now included at the fic link and it's hosted here.

lysapadin

"Love, Duty, and Other Difficult Things" - fiction by lysapadin.

Fandom(s): Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Dino/Bianchi, Gokudera, Tsuna, Reborn, Kyouko, Haru, miscellaneous OCs
Wordcount | Rating: 90,032 words | Adult
Content Notes/Warnings: Contains smut, politics, a Hollywood view of mafia life and all that might entail, original characters, and high romantic melodrama. Diverges from the manga canon at chapter 282; takes place several years in the future, after Tsuna et al. have graduated high school.
Summary: It's time for Bianchi to come into her own, whether she likes it or not.
Acknowledgements: Deepest thanks and appreciation go to the mods of

ladiesbigbang2010 for organizing and running the fest and to

red_eft for cheerleading; to

branchandroot,

theodosia21,

mercuria, and

chronolith for cheering me on, holding my hand, offering feedback on the in-process drafts, and beta-reading the final draft. If any mistakes remain, it is because I ignored their sage advice and went my own stubborn way. 90,032 words.

Bianchi had rented apartments that were smaller than the bed Dino Cavallone slept in.

snow

"I Don't Need You To Surrender" - fiction by snow.

Fandom(s): Party Animals.
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Ashika Chandiramani/Scott Foster, background Matt Baker/Danny Foster, OFC
Wordcount | Rating: 16026 | Teen/PG-13
Content Notes/Warnings: Set three years post-canon and so contains spoilers for all eight episodes of Party Animals. I believe that canon knowledge is not necessary for this fic.
Summary: Ashika Chandiramani was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament in the last election. This is how she reacts, grows and makes her way in the world of British politics. Featuring the handling of constituency matters, dealing with family and the support structure that helps Ashika survive it all.
Acknowledgements: Many many thanks to

calleigh_j for the beta.
Complement:

hammerxsword made a truly lovely video, which can be found here.

ariestess

"Confluences: From Desert to Sea" - fiction by ariestess.

Fandom(s): CSI: Miami / NCIS
Character(s)/Pairing(s):

Primary Pairings: Calleigh/Natalia/Ziva/Abby [and all variations therein]
Secondary Pairings: Dace/Catherine, Dace/Sara, Sofia/Sara, Dace/Sofia, Horatio/Marisol

Wordcount | Rating: 22424
Content Notes/Warnings: BDSM, knife play, blood play, major character death, polyamory, mentions of abusive relationships
Summary: Having found each other, Sentinel Ziva and Guide Natalia, along with Calleigh and Abby, further navigate the intricacies of their newly formed relationships while trying to determine exactly what city they'll settle in as their territory.
Spoilers: Season 4 forward of NCIS doesn't happen in this AU, as Ziva and Abby are in Miami. Consequently, Gibbs, Tony, & McGee are in upstate NY, tho' this isn't as vital a piece of information for this particular story as would be expected. Roughly covers the first 4 episodes of CSI: Miami season 5, but as an AU.
Acknowledgements:

To my muses. I'd be nowhere wthout them.
Many thanks to shatterpath, who is beta, cheerleader, co-author, EPiC, and the best other half in the world…
Many thanks to trascendenza for the awesome header complement.

Read my story on DW or LJ