Dearest UK people! Some recipes to help your patriotic lunches.

Now that Remix authors have been revealed:

I wrote Threshold (The Illegal Entry Remix) for therck, a remix of her story Threshold. (Weiss Kreuz).

I also wrote Burn a candle at Dover to show light in Calais (The Red Planet Remix) for zalia, a remix of her Burn a candle at Dover to show light in Calais (Hetalia).

Yay, Remix!

There's still a week left to sign up for the Weiss Kreuz Reverse Fest small gift exchange!

I'm back from a flying visit to family, and came back with a lovely souvenir chest infection, ugh. (I actually had it before leaving).

But life is not all ewww, for Remix Redux opened while I was away and two of my stories were remixed!

Dreams that didn't happen [An Adulthood Remix] (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Arthur and his childhood dreams)

Can't Buy a Thrill (The Overcaffinated Remix) (Weiss Kreuz - Mamoru, Nagi and several cans of Coke).

Thank you, mystery remixers! I loved seeing what you did with the stories!

Robert Harris dicusses Fatherland (video)

Guardian Book Club on Speculative fiction: Fatherland

Guardian Book Club on Reconstructed Language: Riddley Walker

Via bookslut, King Goldenlocks, one of the newly discovered German fairytales!

The Purim Gifts fics I got for days two and three! Eee, thank you, mystery writer!

Esther, Version Two (Angelic Correspondence) (872 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hebrew Bible, Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley, Esther/Ahasuerus (Esther)
Characters: Aziraphale, Crowley (Good Omens), Esther (Hebrew Bible), Mordecai (Hebrew Bible), Ahasuerus (Esther)
Summary:

That night when he is preparing for bed, there is another scribble in Crowley's familiar hand: "got Vashti beheaded! Go me!"

Esther, Version Three (Maybe) (594 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hebrew Bible
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Esther/Ahasuerus (Esther), Esther/Mordechai, Mordechai (Esther)
Characters: Esther (Hebrew Bible), Ahasuerus (Esther), Mordechai (Esther) - Character
Summary:

Maybe I was stunning. Maybe I had sallow olive skin. Maybe I could dance.

I got a great story for the first day of the Purim Gifts exchange!

Esther, Version One (Myrtle in the Harem) (643 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hebrew Bible
Rating: General Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Esther/Ahasuerus (Esther)
Characters: Esther (Hebrew Bible), Ahasuerus (Esther)
Summary:

Myrtle was surprised by many things about the harem of King Achashverosh.

Thank you so much, mystery writer!

Via gehayi: The Simpsons/Games of Thrones intro

Via cathexys, a really brilliant fanvid about consulting detectives and doctors who deduce: Cat's in the Cradle, by daasgrrl.

Diamonds in the Fields, by Black Dots

Your Favourite Toy, by Kumi

This is All Going To End Badly, by Trips and Falls

What Elliot Said, by Megan Henwood

No Bridge, No Crossing Allowed, by Athletes in Paris

We Were Promised Jetpacks - "Human Error" from stereogum on Vimeo.

The wonderful Warhorses of Letters/Temeraire fic written for me is by sineala! Thank you so much, sineala, I really love it so much!

In the Midst of the Marvelous (2739 words) by Sineala
Fandom: Warhorses of Letters, Temeraire - Naomi Novik
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Copenhagen/Marengo
Characters: Copenhagen (Warhorses of Letters), Marengo (Warhorses of Letters), Thunderclap out of Stormfront by Death to the French, Temeraire, Volatilus
Summary:

It's life after wartime, as Copenhagen and Marengo exchange more love letters. Might they finally get a chance to meet?

Also, there are dragons.

I wrote three stories, ( my assigned story and two treats )

Ker-pow! Women kick back against comic-book sexism, Ben Quinn

Napoleon Bonaparte and Egypt's lost scrolls, Jonathan Jones

Evidence for unknown Viking king Airdeconut found in Lancashire, Maev Kennedy

We should scour the moon for ancient traces of aliens, say scientists, Ian Sample

Exotic creatures discovered living at deep-sea vent in Indian Ocean, Alok Jha

Denizens of the Dragon Vent (pictures)

Some Yuletide stories I've enjoyed!

( Near Eastern Myth and History; Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Heian Era Japan; 12th century theologians )

AHHHHHHHH!

I got Warhorses of Letters/Temeraire fic for Yuletiiiiide! The sheer amount of awesome in this fic cannot be expressed properly, so everyone should just go and read it to revel in the epistolary equine wonderfulness!

In the Midst of the Marvelous

Thank you, dear Yuletide Writer smiley face kiss kiss hoofprint exclamation mark

There's one more day to sign up for the wk_100 Weiss Kreuz New Year Drabble Exchange. Want to write and receive a bite-sized chunk of assassin-filled goodness? Come along and join in!