Maintaining Balance

Story: Maintaining Balance
Year: 991 FY
Characters: The Grand Duke of Asendar, Kesshare, Andrell, the Sixth Eldest Witch of Heartwood
Warnings: Forced marriage, manipulation
Notes: This takes place in the Desshiri AU.



( Maintaining Balance )

Healing

Story: Healing
'Verse: Feredar
Year: 977 FY
Characters: Mel Artwick, Kit Artwick, the crew of the Scarlet Eagle
Warnings: References to the events of A Little Healthy Piracy Never Hurt Anyone and the aftermath for Mel.



( He woke up and stayed awake on the third day )

Homesick

Story: Homesick
Year: 991 FY
Characters: Nolani



( Before dawn, Nolani liked to wander down to the ocean )

Need

Story: Need
Year: 1004 FY
Characters: Kit Artwick
Warnings: Creepy serial killer POV, description of murder with mutilation
Notes: This piece is a companion to Untouchable.



( Eight years, eleven months, twenty-two days, nine hours, forty-one minutes. )

Shelter

Story: Shelter
Year: 1002
Characters: Fesha, Sorell Younger
Notes: This takes place in the Incest AU.



( Fesha had worked off and on as a file clerk in the town public clinic since her marriage. )

Making Connections

Story: Making Connections
Year: 987 FY
Characters: Taz Hantree, Prince Isshiri



( Isshiri made his way down to the dock just before dawn )

The Next Ten Hours

Story: The Next Ten Hours
Year: 988 FY
Characters: Nida, Deva, Nava, Keta, Mellir, Andrell
Warnings: Character/familial death
Notes: This takes place in the Incest AU



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New Arrivals

Story: New Arrivals
Year: 989 FY
Characters: Commander Ledir, Desshiri, Andrell
Warnings: Ableism, references to torture and enslavement, oblique reference to ongoing genocide.
Notes: This takes place in the Desshiri AU



( Commander Ledir was not a superstitious man. )

Opal Eyes

Story: Opal Eyes
Year: 994 FY
Characters: Dallu, Selti


( Opal Eyes )

Into Shadow

Story: Into Shadow
Year: 980 FY
Characters: Taz and Kes Hantree
Warnings: References to violence and blood-magic


( Into Shadow )

Surprise

Story: Surprise
Year: 965 FY
Characters: Nida, Sorell



( She told him over breakfast )

Love Is Not

Story: Love Is Not
Year: 963-986 FY
Characters: Kesshare
Warnings: Sociopathic POV, stigma against bastards, references to the events of Sending a Message and amputation
Notes: This is a companion to Love Is.


( Love is not )

as i lay dying

Story: as i lay dying
Year: 980 FY
Characters: Fera
Warnings: Character death
Notes: This is a Bref double, a French sonnet form. With an extra-short extra line at the end because it needed to be there and didn't fit. This takes place in the Incest AU.

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Smudge

Story: Smudge
Year: 985 FY
Characters: Mel Artwick
Notes: This takes place in the Confessions AU


( Smudge )

It's a Trap

Story: It's a Trap
'Verse: Feredar
Year: 994 FY
Characters: Isshiri, Kellom
Warnings: Dehumanization of mages, violence, ableism, planned torture
Notes: This takes place in the Confessions AU



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Timing

Story: Timing
Year: 1002 FY
Characters: Tana, Keta
Warnings: References to a planned and presumably violent coup, dehumanization of mages, implied abuse
Notes: This takes in the Incest AU.



( Tana unlocked Sorell's door )

Beginning

Story: Beginning
Year: 994 FY
Characters: Nolani, Andrell
Warnings: References to the events of Sending a Message via a nightmare



( Nolani woke up crying. )

Right and Wrong

Story: Right and Wrong
Year: 980 FY
Characters: Sorell, Nida
Warnings: References to genocide and character/familial/parental death, dehumanization of mages
Notes: This takes place in the Generation Swap AU


( Right and Wrong )

The Long Road West

Story: The Long Road West
Year: 985 FY
Characters: Riluke


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she's a

Story: she's a
Year: 1007 FY
Characters: Isshiri, Telri
Warnings: References to injury including a serious concussion and blood-magic (healing, not combat)


( the sky is blue up above me, clear and shimmery a little, like a mirage )

Hero

Story: Hero
Year: 960 FY, 963 FY, 964 FY, 971 FY, 972 FY, 975 FY, 976 FY, 977 FY, 980 FY, 985 FY, 986 FY, 987 FY, 988 FY, 989 FY, 990 FY, 1490 FY/445 I.C.
Characters: Mel Artwick
Warnings: Violence, war, references to murder with mutilation, parental death, blaming oneself for someone else's crimes, enslavement, possible warning for emotional abuse, character death, kamikaze strike


( Hero )

The Thief

Story: The Thief
Year: About 978 FY through 984 FY
Characters: Selmid, "Shura," Deshell, Fesha
Warnings: Homelessness, nonviolent death of a child, references to witnessed murder with mutilation, Eye Scream, brief implication of child prostitution


( The Thief )

Hamartia

Story: Hamartia
Year: 953 FY
Characters: Lady Rema, Queen Nida
Warnings: References to the events of What I Have to Do and Nida's portion of The Greater Good, discussion of murder, background enslavement/dehumanization of mages.
Notes: The title comes from the Greek literary/philosophical term.


( What went wrong? )

Starlight

Story: Starlight
Year: 1045 FY
Characters: Nolani
Warnings: Cardiac related character death


( Starlight )

Golden Eggs

Story: Golden Eggs
Year: Equivalent 986 FY
Characters: Kesshare
Notes: This takes place in the Urban Fantasy AU.


( Kesshare Heidari lit a cigarette with her fingertip )

Breath

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Welcome to Homicide

Story: Welcome to Homicide
Year: Equivalent 976 FY
Characters: Deshell
Warnings: Reference to violence involving children, references to character death
Notes: This takes place in the Urban Fantasy AU


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Positive

Story: Positive
Year: Equivalent 943 FY
Characters: Rema, Pellin, Sorell, Nida
Warnings: Unplanned teenaged pregnancy (therefore, background sex between a 16- and 17-year-old) and some less-than-happy reactions to it
Notes: This takes place in the Urban Fantasy AU


( Positive )

Plans

Story: Plans
Year: 986 FY
Characters: Nolani, Lonura
Warnings: Upcoming sex involving chocolate sauce.
Notes: This takes place in the Urban Fantasy AU.


( Nolani has Plans )

Transition

Story: Transition
Year: 1040 FY
Characters: Istell/Isselu
Warnings: Parental death
Notes: Bonus points/a prize of some kind to anyone who manages to guess who the grey-eyed woman is.


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Chance Encounter

Story: Chance Encounter
Year: 980 FY
Characters: Riluke, Mel
Warnings: Implications of abuse
Notes: This takes place in the Urban Fantasy AU.


( It was almost dark and starting to rain when Riluke finished shopping )

Advantage

Story: Advantage
Year: 978 FY
Characters: Taz and Kes Hantree
Warnings: Piracy


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Poker Face

Story: Poker Face
Year: 953 FY
Characters: Nida, Sorell
Warnings: Murder.
Notes: This takes place in the Murder AU.


( Poker Face )

Liberation

Story: Liberation
Year: 990 FY
Characters: Mel
Warnings: Enslavement, references to genocide, war, isolation, starvation.
Notes: This takes place in the Desshiri AU.


( I wake up in the morning like always, and I know I am one of the lucky ones. )

i lie beside my beloved

Story: i lie beside my beloved
Year: 997 FY
Characters: Nolani, Lonura
Warnings: Sex


( i lie beside my beloved )

Easy

Story: Easy
Year: 976 FY
Characters: Ulore, Isshiri, Nolani
Warnings: Violence involving children
Notes: Companion to Sending a Message.


( The boy would be in his room this time of day )

Reap

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A Charm

Story: A Charm
Year: Equivalent 983 FY
Characters: Taz, Selmid
Notes: Constructive criticism welcome, as always. This takes place in the Urban Fantasy AU


( It's gettin' cold out. )

Sorell's Lessons

Story: Sorell's Lessons
Year: 997 FY
Characters: Sorell Younger, Tana, Keta
Warnings: Murder
Notes: This takes place in the Incest AU.


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The Interview

Story: The Interview
Year: Equivalent 979 FY
Characters: Detective Deshell Miller, Detective Renee Jones, Kellom
Warnings: References to murder
Notes: This takes place in the Urban Fantasy AU.


( The Interview )

Balance

Story: Balance
Year: Equivalent 965 FY
Characters: Kesshare and Ineku Heidari
Notes: This takes place in the Urban Fantasy AU.


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Watching Over You

Story: Watching Over You
Year: 954 FY
Characters: Deva, Kellom, Mellir
Warnings: Reference to familial/parental death
Notes: This takes place in the Murder AU


( Watching Over You )

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Story: Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Year: 985 FY
Characters: Fesha


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Grieving

Story: Grieving
Year: 990 FY
Characters: Isshiri
Warnings: Reference to character death


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Moments in Time

Story: Moments in Time
Year: Equivalent of 924 FY, 963 FY, 968 FY, 971 FY, 973 FY, 974 FY, 975 FY, 978 FY, 979 FY, 980 FY, 984 FY, 986 FY, 987 FY, 988 FY, 989 FY, 990 FY, 995 FY, 1000 FY, 1008 FY, 
Characters: Amassa, Udora, Odaki, Nellid, Keta, Mellir, Ineku, Nida, Deva, Ulore, Kit, Dallu, Riluke, Sorell, Kesshare, Sola, Tana, Deshell, Det. Renee Jones, Mel, Taz, Kirana, Andrell, Nolani, Lonura, Isshiri, Telri
Warnings: Murder, vampirism, kidnapping by magical creatures, attempts at underage drinking, implied interspecies sex, brief sexism, brief classism, some internalized ableism.
Notes: These are in roughly chronological order. If anyone is more familiar with djinn lore than I am and notices something I mis-characterized or got totally wrong, please don't hesitate to let me know.


( Moments in Time )

What Comes After

Story: What Comes After
Year: 980 FY
Characters: Mel
Warnings: References to murder with mutilation, execution and character death
Notes: This takes place in the Confessions AU


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New Horizons

Story: New Horizons
Year: 1009 FY
Characters: Telri, Isshiri, Roneli


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Forever

Story: Forever
Year: 963 FY, 980 FY, 989 FY, 996 FY, 1022 FY
Characters: Taz
Warnings: Kind of creepy metaphorical depiction of Heartwood, oblique references to war and character death.


( I want to live forever )

Runaway

Story: Runaway
Year: 987 FY
Characters: Desshiri, Andrell
Warnings: References to torture and enslavement
Notes: This takes place in the Desshiri AU.


( Andrell shifted back and forth nervously )

Impact

Story: Impact
Year: 986 FY
Characters: Rema
Warnings: References to enslavement, planned torture, fanaticism.


( There was nothing more infuriating, Rema decided, than having the perfect tool at her fingertips and being unable to actually do anything with him. )

Taking Action

Story: Taking Action
Year: 981 FY
Characters: Mel
Warnings: Genocide
Notes: Takes place in the Generation Swap AU.



( Mel circled 'human' on the form, even though he knew what the question meant and knew it was a lie. )

Step One

Story: Step One
Year: 960 FY
Characters: Kit
Warnings: Armed robbery, murder
Notes: Takes place in the Urban Fantasy AU


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The Cover-up

Story: The Cover-up
Year: 968 FY
Characters: Mellir, Keta
Warnings: Teenaged drunken stupidity involving fire.


( Keta shut the door to her room behind Mellir )

Going Back

Story: Going Back
Year: 988 FY
Characters: Isshiri
Warnings: Brief reference to enslavement


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Knife's Edge

Story: Knife's Edge
Year: 990 FY
Characters: Fera, Sola, Andrell
Warnings: References to character/familial death, resignation to suspected impending assassination


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Among the Stars

Story: Among the Stars
Year: Various
Characters: Taz, Kes, Deshell, Kellom, Ineku, Kit, Nellid, Tana, Mel, Mellir, Rema, Sola, Kirana, Isshiri, Fesha, Nida, Sorell Younger, Kesshare, Sorell, Fera, Andrell, Lonura, Telri, Dallu, Riluke, Selmid, Amassa, Nolani, Keta, Deva
Warnings: Piracy, kidnapping, murder, sex, torture, drunkenness, fanaticism, mutilation, ostracism, background prostitution and drug trade, alcohol, homelessness. If I missed any, please let me know.
Notes: This is an overview of the In SPACE AU.


( Among the Stars )

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Insertion

Story: Insertion
Year: 940 FY
Characters: Lova
Warnings: Pandering one's daughters for the Cause


( A lucky break )

Drifting

Story: Drifting
Year: 990 FY
Characters: Mel, Vor Lefret
Warnings: References to enslavement and genocide
Notes: This takes place in the Desshiri AU.


( After a few minutes, Mel realized he was awake )

The Regents

Story: The Regents
Year: 953 FY, 954 FY, 956 FY, 958 FY, 959 FY, 960 FY, 962 FY, 963 FY, 964 FY, 965 FY
Characters: Sorell, Nida, Levar, Rema, Shemoll, Lomir, Losher, Keta, Mellir, Pevell, Pala, Deva, Govell, Mara, Mevur, Pesa, Voda, Podir, Domir, Sola, Kellom
Warnings: Lots of murder, anarchy, disappearances, kidnapping, accidental death of a child, offscreen sexual violence
Notes: This takes place in the Murder AU


( The Regents )

Making an Impression

Story: Making an Impression
Year: 987 FY
Characters: Lonura, Kesshare
Warnings: None
Notes: Kesshare's garden looks something like this.


( Heart pounding, Lonura readjusted the fall of her skirt for the seventeenth time )

Ultimatum

Story: Ultimatum
Year: 979 FY
Characters: Kellom, Sorell
Warnings: Forced marriage


( You wanted to see me, sir? )