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Crossovers and AUs

Society of Gentlemen - K. J. Charles/Band Sinister - K. J. Charles

To Be Known (24983 words) by enjambament - Explicit - David Cyprian/Richard Vane, Dominic Frey/Silas Mason, John Raven/Lord Corvin, Dominic Frey/Silas Mason/John Raven

When the call went out on the Yuletide Discord for someone to beta 20,000+ words of K. J. Charles crossover, I immediately volunteered, and I'm so glad I did. This story is absolutely wonderful - with rich characterization of both the Ricardians and the Murder, delightful interplay between them, excellent use of Richard's family, and some seriously hot sex.

The Queen’s Thief - Megan Whalen Turner

flash points, like gunpowder (3593 words) by betony - Teen And Up Audiences - Attolia | Irene/Eugenides

A fantastic 1920s/US Prohibition AU of the King of Attolia. Clever and twisty with great characterization.

Shakespeare and Marlowe RPF

Dynamite (3350 words) by foxxcub - Explicit - Christopher Marlowe/William Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway Shakespeare

Hilarious Modern AU in which Kit Marlowe wakes up in a strange bed with a very sexy strange man after a drunken one-night-stand, and has no clue what the hell is going on or what he’s gotten himself into. Also, the characterization of Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway’s relationship here is glorious.

London Cholera Epidemic RPF

An Account of the Nanite Epidemic in Broad Street (5942 words) by whetherwoman - General Audiences - Henry Whitehead, Dr. John Snow

It’s the London Cholera Epidemic, only with humans and androids living together IN SPACE. I love fandom so much.

Society of Gentlemen - K. J. Charles

A Family Man (5535 words) by thistidalwave - Teen And Up Audiences - Julius Norreys/Harry Vane

Modern AU, fake dating fic. Delightfully in-character.

Tooth and Nail (3949 words) by ChristyCorr - Relationships: Dominic Frey/Silas Mason

AU in which everything’s the same, except Silas is a dangerous radical werewolf.

Lawrence of Arabia

your words devour my heart (6722 words) by Rhovanel - Mature - Ali ibn el Kharish/T. E. Lawrence

Modern AU set during the Arab Spring. I approached this with understandable caution, but found it remarkably sensitively done.

Five Gods Universe (Chalion Series) - Lois McMaster Bujold

Offerings from the Oven (1531 words) by NaomiK - General Audiences

Modern AU in the form of a recipe blog, offering gifts to be be offered in service to each God in their season.

Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers

Traces Through Time (2461 words) by brutti_ma_buoni - Teen And Up Audiences - Harriet Vane/Peter Wimsey

Medieval AU, as told through extracts from the work of modern scholar Katherine Climpson.

Ocean’s 8

As a Shrike to Your Thorn (5704 words) by DachOsmin - Teen And Up Audiences - Lou Miller/Debbie Ocean

Delightful, perfect Fae AU.

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The Chronicles of Chrestomanci - Diana Wynne Jones

Inappropriate Batwings and Assorted Boarding School Hazards (1241 words) by Satchelfoot - Not Rated - Christopher Chant/Millie

Delightful epistolary story set during Millie's first term at boarding school. Perfect character voices and excellent use of Throgmorten throughout.

The Queen’s Thief - Megan Whalen Turner

No Less Than I Will Miss You (1518 words) by pendrecarc - General Audiences - Eddis | Helen, The Magus (Queen's Thief)

A series of correspondence between Eddis and the Magus over the course of the series. I love their friendship so much.

Medieval Manuscript Illustrations

The Marvels of Whitby (1064 words) by Sath - General Audiences - Battle Snail, Barnacle Goose, Medieval Penis Tree

A correspondence between two monks with divergent interests

11th Century CE RPF

We'll Burn That Barn When We Come To It (3511 words) by lost_spook - Teen And Up Audiences - Harold II of England/William the Conqueror, Edith of Wessex (c. 1025-1075), Matilda of Flanders

It’s the Battle of Hastings, except Harry Godwinson is an organic farmer and William Norman is a french supermarket tycoon. Also, it is entirely epistolary, told in extracts from legal letters, angry text messages, emails, local news articles, and a local politics blog called “THE BAYEUX BLOGGER.” It’s amazing, and absolutely hilarious, with a much better ending than the actual Battle of Hastings.

Oxford Time Travel Series - Connie Willis

Dear Briele (6260 words) by lirin - General Audiences - Kivrin Engle

Kivrin in Oxford, before and after. As told via letters home to her younger sister.

Five Gods Universe (Chalion Series) - Lois McMaster Bujold

Oikos (1221 words) by Neotoma - General Audiences - Penric/Nikys

A lovely set of vignettes about Nikys’s new life with Penric, interspersed with her letters to her brother.

To Whatever - Shaenon Garrity

This is a delightful epistolary short story about becoming roommates with an eldritch abomination, and can be read for free here.

Correspondence (1512 words) by Isis - General Audiences - Ethan (To Whatever), Whatever Lives in the Walls (To Whatever)

Whatever also has some correspondence to share.

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Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh

The Hat Trick (2977 words) by mikkey_bones - General Audiences - Anthony Blanche/Original Male Character

I freely admit, I opened this fic entirely because it was tagged “this fic has become a private joke between me and Evelyn Waugh's ghost,” “and i'm the only one laughing.” This was, as it turns out, an excellent life choice, because now I’m laughing too.

19th Century Paleontology RPF

Monsters Cuvier Did Not Dream Of (4781 words) by CenozoicSynapsid - General Audiences - Edward Drinker Cope/Othniel Charles Marsh

An eerie and atmospheric story about love and want and loss and one of the most OTT love/hate relationships of all time.

Coping Strategies (5663 words) by CenozoicSynapsid - General Audiences - Original Male Character/Original Male Character

A delightful first person POV caper story about stealing the skull of Edward Drinker Cope.

Vantablack Pigment Feud RPF

Up (at) yours (1227 words) by marginaliana - General Audiences - Stuart Semple, Original Characters

A heist story from the pov of Stuart Semple’s rather put-upon assistant.

No Colors Anymore (465 words) by neveralarch - General Audiences

No description I could write could adequately convey how delightfully unhinged this story is.

Discworld

A Business Proposition (100 words) by rabidsamfan - General Audiences - Cut-Me-Own-Hand-Off Dhblah

A perfect coda to Small Gods

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Figure Skating RPF

In better light everything looks clearer (8921 words) by sophiahelix - Javier Fernandez/Yuzuru Hanyu

A slow-burn romance that's really more of a character study. This is quiet and intimate and lovely.

Marvel Cinematic Universe RPF

On Location (1278 words) by Roga - Anthony Mackie/Sebastian Stan, Tom Holland

In which everybody, at some point, has a Chris Evans problem. Well, almost everybody.

Call Me By Your Name RPF

Take Me Home (Home Where I Belong) (12421 words) by th_esaurus - Timothée Chalamet/Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet/Armie Hammer/Elizabeth Chambers

This is the kind of beautifully written, gentle, poly hopefulness I needed to end my year with.

FiveThirtyEight Journalism RPF

Outlier: A FiveThirtyEight Chat (1139 words) (archive locked) by implicated2 - Harry Enten/Nate Silver

Delightful holiday romantic silliness in a spot-on imitation of a FiveThirtyEight chat transcript.

Hamilton/In The Heights/Freestyle Love Supreme RPF

The Crack of the Dawn (4858 words) (archive-locked) by stickmarionette - Christopher Jackson/Lin-Manuel Miranda

Mutant superhero AU case fic with a serious meet-cute. I love Chris's deeply bemused yet charmed initial impressions of Lin.

Vantablack pigment feud RPF

Context

Color Theory (2257 words) by blahblahwhy - Stuart Semple, Anish Kapoor

There is a strong argument to be made that there is nothing in the world more wanky and pretentious than artists statements. This is the distilled essence of that pretentiousness in fic form and it is wonderful.

Black 2.0 (2153 words) (archive-locked) by Anonymous - Anish Kapoor/Stewart Semple

Creepy and surreal, first-person, quasi-lovecraftian supernatural weirdness.

Deeply Strange Deep Sea Animals Anthropomorfic

letting the stranger in (1061 words) by Addison R - Original Male Character/Original Male Character

Adorable domestic ficlet about a stranded Greenland shark selkie and the bartender who takes him in.

Space Exploration Anthopomorfic/Historical RPF

7:55:46 AM, EDT (1090 words) by ohtempura - Cassini (Saturn Orbiter), Planet Saturn, Giovanni Cassini

In which Giovanni Cassini gets to learn exactly how far science has come, and meet the beautiful piece of technology that was given his name. Pure fictional joy.

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Historical RPF

a flutter between us (5251 words) by jouissant - Richard I of England/Philip II of France

In which the future King of England and the present King of France are soul-bonded, and it makes everything all that more complicated. Great historical worldbuilding.

As Ice in the Desert (2267 words) by DachOsmin - Richard I of England/Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb | Saladin

Richard and Saladin almost certainly never met in real life, but that's never stopped fic writers before. This imagined visit of a disguised Saladin to his adversary's sickbed is wonderful, sweetly erotic identity porn.

such a guest as grief (1962 words) by angevin2 - Duke of Aumerle/Richard II, Richard II/Robert de Vere

Love and longing and death and grief. This story hurts, but in the best kind of way.

A Required Notation (2015 words) by scioscribe - Hans Christian Andersen/Harald Scharff

I knew nothing about these men and their relationship before reading the recipient's letter, but I'm glad I took a chance on it. This is a lovely, bittersweet little story.

In The House Of Muses (1480 words) by bofoddity - Elizabeth Siddal, Fanny Eaton, Sophy Gray

Imaginary interviews with three of the best-known models/muses for the Pre-Raphaelite artists. I love these kinds of stories, which forefront the forgotten/unacknowledged women of history.

By Bright Moonlight (1053 words) by saiditallbefore - Khutulun | Aiyurug | Khotol Tsagaan

Khutulun was a Mongolian ruler's daughter and legendary warrior who declared she would not marry a suitor who could not beat her at wresting. This is a lovely small snippet of her story.

To love that well, which thou must leave ere long (1077 words) by harborshore - Christopher Marlowe/William Shakespeare

A lovely short series of short snapshots of Kit and Will together. Sexy, sweet and sad in equal measure.

Marlowe in the Otherworld (4896 words) by Mosca - Christopher Marlowe/Original Male Characters

"The one where Kit Marlowe lives. And lives, and lives, and lives."

Beautiful, hopeful and joyfully queer, with an unexpected take on the fae mythos. This fic just makes me so very, very happy.

Five Conversations with a Drunk Hemingway (1267 words) (archive-locked) by tuesday - F. Scott Fitzgerald/Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway & Zelda Fitzgerald

Witty dialogue and amusing characterization. This is how history should have gone.