An appropriately Sunday question - an angels storylist

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

(I hope sw33n3y doesn't mind me borrowing this graphic she made of our Doyle as an angel...)

When we were first thinking of supernatural stories for this year's Reading Room, franciskerst asked me whether I knew of any Pros stories that involved angels, or the idea of angels - and I just couldn't think of any (except for a wip I've had on my hard drive for years, which is called Strange as Angels, and will be finished one day, I swear!). Eventually a few possible stories snuck into the back of my head, but I've not managed to go searching enough to come up with titles, so I'm going to ask out loud for help (and on behalf of franciskerst!)

She says:
Why not Angelic Lads? (or lads meshing - messing - with angels?)
I hoped there were some. Actually I know two or three of them (where "angels" were more a hint or a poetic, metaphorical figure than actual characters).
I remember at least three stories from the same author (Bardicvoice), where some angelic influence (real or metaphorical) was alluded: "Angels Unaware", where the angels, actually, are Bodie and Doyle, "Wolf in the Fold" and "A Reason for it All". But the hint is very light. I hoped there were more supernatural stories with clearly appearing angels in the fandom.

I think there are a few post-death stories where the lads meet various angels, and eventually it occurred to me that I'd even written one myself, but I can't think of the other titles and authors. Can anyone help? Stories which involve angels - to any degree, guise, or bent?!

Angels Story List
Angel in the Dark by Thomas
Angels Unaware by BardicVoice
Of Angels and Angles by SarahK
The Christmas Angel by Wally
The Cow's Christmas by Elspeth Leigh
Discovered in a Barfight by Shay Sheridan
Fairy Tale by Elspeth Leigh
Heaven is a Place on Earth by LilyK
It's a Wonderful Life by Linda
Lizards in the Belfry by James Walkswithwind
A Reason for it All by BardicVoice
The Waiting Game by Slantedlight
Wolf in the Fold by BardicVoice

Comments

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Of Angels and Angles (http://archiveofourown.org/works/113554) by Sarah K

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ah, now I couldn't decide whether to include that one - though I'd forgotten the title used the word "angels"! I tend to think of it as "wingfic" rather than angels... Is there actual mention of, or allusion to angels in the story? Can you remember?

[firlefanzine.livejournal.com]

Well, whatever we can call 'angel'...
Yes, it is and angel story, I think.

"Bloody hell," Bodie said at last. "You never told me you were Angeline!"
Doyle tensed; his spine straightened, but he didn't turn. His silence spoke volumes.
"You're a Fallen, then," Bodie said with quiet wonder. An ex-Angeline, banished, on the run...

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

The Angeline - it's apparently been a long time since I last read this.

Good point! *g*

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

The One Where Bodie Makes A Choice by Castalia
http://hatstand.slashcity.net/castalia/choice.html

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

I read this one pretty recently! And would have suggested it, if I could have remembered the title. :D

I really like how it was done.

[jessebee.livejournal.com]

I loved how it was done, too! And it took me forever to remember the dang title.... ;-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, there's a reason that Castalia is one of my favourite Pros authors... *sighs happily*

Well remembered! *g*

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

Discovered in a bar fight, by Shay Sheridan - crossover with Good Omens and including an angel and a demon. On phone right now, and links are hard, but it's definitely on the Hatstand, perhaps elsewhere too.


I think one of the stories in Whatever We Are, You Made Us maybe sort of qualifies: Lizards In Tge Belfry (in the coda)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

However could I forget the brilliant Discovered in a Barfight (http://rec50.livejournal.com/470889.html)?! Though possibly cos I'm not sure that's the kind of angel Francis was looking for. But still... *g*

Lizards in the Belfry I don't know off hand - maybe sort of qualifies?!

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

You don't have Whatever We Are...? Well, Lizards in the Belfry is sort of an exercise in... well, either subverting expectations or simply messing with my head. I wasn't quite sure what to make of it. It starts with a dream, and then... we keep getting reference to Doyle's partner, we think it's Bodie, but really it's Murphy, and then we find that Doyle's first name is Will and Murphy's is George, and Ray Doyle is the Controller, and and and and... and then yes, angels. One of the lads is an angel.

It is a little strange, yes...

[lillianorchid.livejournal.com]

Oh, that story sounds interesting. :)

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

Well... I wasn't really sure what to make of it, myself. But if you want to borrow it, let me know.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure I do have the zine, but not with me. Alot of my zines are still back in Alaska, and I suspect that one is. James Walkswithwind isn't a Pros author I tend to read though, I must admit. But if you say there's an angel, then it can go on the list! *g*

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

I believe there's a story by Wally called The Christmas Angel but have never seen it. A tearjerker by all accounts!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ah - there is indeed! You've never seen it though? That does surprise me...

[starlite876.livejournal.com]

There are a couple of Christmas stories in the theme of "It's a Wonderful Life" which hints at angels involvement in the Circuit Archive:

It’s a Wonderful Life by Linda
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/6/itsa.html

Fairy tale by Elspeth Leigh
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/3/fairytale.html

The Cow's Christmas by Elspeth Leigh
http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/3/thecows.html

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, I shall have to go back and re-read those! Thank you! *g*

Such a lot of Christmas angels on the list... *g*

[lillianorchid.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if this counts but Heaven Is A Place On Earth (http://hatstandfic.net/viewstory.php?sid=232&chapter=1) by LilyK has Bodie think he see's Doyle as an Angel when he's close to death near the end of the story. :)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Francis was looking for any mention of angels, so if it's a mention of angels, then it counts!

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

Any any any mention of angels at all? I have been settling down with my shiny new Angel in the Dark this weekend (at last!), and there is copious angel imagery: Bodie telling Doyle he looks like a fallen angel, and like the angel of death, and Doyle seeing Bodie as "some cold, proud angel of darkness come to drag him down to hell where he belong". And the quotation which begins and ends the story.

Angel in the Dark PDF (http://archiveofourown.org/works/381709)
zine details (http://www.palelyloitering.com/zines/angelinthedark.html) (as you already know, obviously :))

These are not necessarily the kind of angels franciskerst is hoping for, however!

I'm sure there are more which fit better, but where they are, I dunno.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

My impression was that she was looking for more angelic angels than usually come up in Pros, to be honest, but I could be wrong, because the descriptions she gives above of her three examples seem comparable with those in various stories above (though I'm not sure the Christmas angel stories fit in the same way...)

And I've only just re-read Angel in the Dark, how could I have not immediately thought of that one?! *g*

[starlite876.livejournal.com]

Does Grim Reaper stories count as angels stories?

I can think of several Grim Reaper / Angel of Death stories:

My Golden Afternoon With the Grim Reaper by PRZed

Death takes a Holiday by Foxcat

There is a story where Cowley is stalked by the angel of death and Bodie (who can see the angel of death around people who are about to die) offers to give up a year (?) of his life to buy Cowley more time.

The title escapes me at the moment but I know I've read this in a zine. Hopefully someone knows the title or else I will have to ask over at the prosfinder community for help! *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I think it was more angelic angels that Francis was after - though hopefully she'll see this and let us know!

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

I thought of My Golden Afternoon... when I saw this, and forgot when I came to reply - glad you remembered!

Your zine story about the angel of death rings a bell, but I think I am confusing it with the stories where Cowley saves Bodie from a pact with the devil - are they by Jane Carnall? Ah yes, Hell Hath No Fury and The Price of a Soul. No angels there.

[starlite876.livejournal.com]

I found it!

The story is Time Enough by Barbara St. John in the zine Other Times and Places 3.

[moonlightmead.livejournal.com]

Oh, well done!