The Reading Room update

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Interestingly mixed reaction to "Brass Tacks" by Gloria Lancaster. A big thank you to our anonymous reccer and everyone who read and joined in.


The fic for this week is:
"Black Sheep" by HG

http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/20/blacksheep.html.

Look out for my post here on 19 November.

Looking a bit further ahead, you are warmly invited to the Reading Room Christmas party, to be held here on 17 December.
To decide on a suitably indulgent seasonal fic for the occasion, I thought I'd ask for reccs for favourite Christmas fics. Our esteemed mod then suggested we could have a vote to choose which one to read that week. At this point, I confess I've never created a poll before, but there's always a first time (no pun intended. *g*).

To kick off, please comment below with a recc for your favourite seasonal fic: Christmas, mid-winter holiday, winter solstice, pagan new year, as you wish.


The Schedule:

26 November "The Snowman with the Dark Coat" by Castalia

http://hatstand.slashcity.net/castalia/snowman.html
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/8/thesnowman.html
Printed in: Roses and Lavender 4, Allamagoosa Press, 2001

3 December "Christmas Snow" by PFL

http://hatstand.slashcity.net/pfl/snow.html
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/7/christmassnow.html
Printed in: Virtual Pros: The Christmas Edition, Bovinity Press, 1998

10 December “Scenes from the Edge” by Kate MacLean, recced by jgraeme2007

http://hatstandfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=552

17 December - a seasonal fic, to be decided.

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know it's not online, but how about The Larton Chronicles? It feels like Christmas every page, and they really do have at least a couple... and there's the Bleak Midwinter chapter with them sitting snowed-in in front of the Aga, and... oh, just... bliss! So yeah - I shall nominate that one! Mind you, I love Pros Christmas fics, so I'm bound to think of more... *g*

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

As many as you like, ma'am, and that goes for everyone.

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Please can I second Larton? *g*.

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Hold on, I haven't created the poll yet! LOL

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Hee! Too keen, too keen *vbg*.

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

My favourite Christmas fics, in alphabetical rather than preferential order:

And Close the Path (http://hatstand.slashcity.net/sihaya/andclose.html) by Sihaya Black. (Disclaimer - written for santa_pros and I was the recipient, so possibly some bias involved, although it's a damn good story and I've seen others say as much)

Bleak House (http://www.oblique-publications.net/archives/bdictumi/3_BeneIBaaah.pdf) by M Fae Glasgow.

A Christmas Story (http://hatstand.slashcity.net/slanted/xmasstory.html) by Slantedlight.

I Saw Three Ships by MFae again.

I had a little look and none of these have been discussed before. (http://www.oblique-publications.net/archives/1note/6_1qthreeships.pdf) ()

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Lots of lovely things to choose from - thank you!

I had a little look... One of these days I'm going to make a list of all the fics from the Reading Room, for convenience and so we can pat ourselves on the back for all that reading.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I bought and read and enjoyed The Larton Chronicles - and then gave my copy to the friend in Oz I was staying with. Whilst it was great, I don't think it's fair to add it to the poll because a lot of people might be unable to get a copy before Christmas.

I'll be away any minute (though I might be here till Saturday) but I was going to suggest the last two kiwisue suggested so that's OK!

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'd forgotten "The Larton Chronicles" is not online (or rather our principle that Reading Room fics should be online).

I was thinking, however,that it's long - that might be a good argument for a fic to read over the Christmas hols, but the lead-up to Christmas tends to be a bit frenetic.

Thanks for dropping by.

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

I have lots of favorites, but three of them:

Boxing Day (http://hatstand.slashcity.net/hag/boxing.html) by The Hag

Down to the Waterline (http://hatstand.slashcity.net/sebastian/down.html) by Sebastian

Festival of Lights (http://hatstand.slashcity.net/dorinda/festival.html) by Dorinda

[constant-muse.livejournal.com]

oh wow, more lovely Christmas fic!

Thank you very much for these.