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    On paper, a bacon sarnie and a cup of good coffee isn’t exactly the kind of thanks one should receive for rescuing someone’s family member from an overdose.

    Lestrade thinks that it’s possibly the best one he’s ever received.

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    20 Nov 2023

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    She picks up one of the chess pieces and fingers it fondly. “I must admit, I had a bit of a hot head in those days. I believe I told everyone that they probably couldn’t win if they played against me anyway - that the logic was much too complex for them. But if they did dare, I’d go easy on them.”
    “And what happened,” Mildred rests an elbow on the table and leans closer, intrigued.
    “Well, this girl I hardly knew, who never spoke except for in class, but who always got top marks, sat down across the table and informed me that so long as I explained the rules to her, there was no need to go easy.”
    “Miss Hardbroom?!”
    “That’s the one,” says Pippa grinning at the memory.

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    Mildred suffers a heartbreaking loss, but as she grows up she discovers that family comes in all forms.

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    18 Nov 2023

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    Kara Zor-El is a Jedi Padawan when the clone troopers receive Order 66. Saved from the initial Purge by virtue of being with her Master Kal-El on a secret mission without clone support, she's left to live with the Danvers in an attempt to protect her life. But the Empire is relentless in their search to root out the last of the Jedi, and she's forced to flee with Alex to the Mandalorian homeworld, a place where Jedi are mistrusted and unwelcome.

    For years she manages to fit in and avoid notice, but can that last after Alex's most recent mission brings old HoloNews star and current Resistance fighter Cat Grant to their doorstep? Or will Kara's old desire to fight against the dark side be impossible to resist in the face of a chance to make a difference once again?

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    22 Oct 2023

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    Though his first attempt at hiking the Appalachian Trail in 1998 was ultimately a failure, Blackbeard's blog about the adventure was not. Now world-renowned as a thru-hiking influencer (don't call him that), Ed is only missing completion of the AT to round out the Hiking Triple Crown. What better time to try again than on the 25th anniversary of his failure? His manager/ editor/ moderator/ boyfriend Izzy is along for the ride, although he's not going to go quietly after what happened last time. No matter what Edward thinks, Izzy knows he can't simply re-do the events of his past.

    Freshly divorced, Stede Bonnet takes to the trail the same week, looking for a new lease on life. He's inexperienced, sure, and maybe he lacks in physical fitness, but what he does have is gumption. Gumption, and a few dozen pounds of the most expensive new hiking gear on the market. That can get him all the way to Maine, right?

    When their hikes collide, sparks will fly whether they like it or not, and their past on the trail may come back to haunt Ed and Izzy in a more literal sense than they ever imagined.

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    16 Oct 2023

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    Edward, Stede thinks, examining the man laying on the bed. He looks for all the world like a fearsome outlaw, which makes the failed robbery all the more confusing to Stede, but there’s a vulnerability in his sleeping face that tugs on his heartstrings. Stede’s always been a bit of a sucker for a stray. He attributes it to being a bit of a stray himself.

    Edward looks tired. Really tired, more than just the wound would justify.

    Perhaps he can get some rest here. Perhaps Stede can help with that, at least.

     

    In which notorious outlaw Edward Teach and his band of miscreants are taken in by kindly ranch owner Stede Bonnet and his misfit crew of semi-reformed criminals.

    AKA the cowboy au no one asked for but I desperately want. Yeehaw.

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    16 Oct 2023