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Couriers' drinking games can be dangerous.
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"You manipulated me," said Costis. "Again."
Coda to Thick as Thieves. In other words, spoilers.
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WIP amnesty for the Fourth of July: Gregor really has outdone himself with his nuptial fireworks.
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An interlude between Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy. Lieutenant Seivarden accepts her ship's comfort, and joins a loving plot.
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The Anaander Mianaai who finally restored communications to Omaugh Palace was five years old, and she did so from her hiding place in a storage closet.
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“I just—” the fleet captain’s answer was for all of them— “need a moment to adjust.”
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Meaning: the Holy Grail of Critics by linman
Fandoms: 20th century literary criticism, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
18 Jun 2015
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I'm just going to stash this here so it won't languish on the Wayback Machine. This is what you get (or at least, this is what my professor got) when your 20th-century literary theory class includes an agile-minded but somewhat dilettantish student with a taste for parody. The midterm assignment was to gather a certain number of theorists from a provided list and write a script for them in a roundtable discussion of the construct of meaning. This...is not that.
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“You’re a bastard,” Lesley said, “a real bastard, Nightingale. Is it being a hundred and fifteen? Is that what does it? If you don’t like the weather, just wait ten years?”
Companion piece to Intake.
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"So where are you taking me?" Lesley asked.
"Home," Peter said.
Post-endgame spec.
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Displacement: Or, Notes on the Application of Archimedean Logic to the Art of Oneiromancy by linman
Fandoms: Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
15 Feb 2015
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Five ways Peter didn't get Lesley back. Set sometime after Foxglove Summer.
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In which birds follow Peter home to roost, Lesley plays a game of Mornington Crescent, and Nightingale interprets an escutcheon. Coda to Foxglove Summer.
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Update 29 May 2019: Kept on record as an early sketch for a published work, to preserve comments and bookmarks.
Opening chapters for my current original novel-length project, what I'm calling my exercise in id-indulgence. Posted as a teaser to encourage me to work.
Premise: A military academy in an embattled nation has a reputation for turning out brilliant officers whose skill in fighting is exceeded only by their devotion to the law of courtesy. But two of its elite students begin to uncover secrets that may destroy its beloved founder and threaten the academy itself. Soon they find themselves drawn not only into the looming threat of scandal, but into the overwhelming prospect of war, which will put their skill, their courtesy, and their friendship to the ultimate test.
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“And as we all know,” said the Professora with her gentle dryness, “the scientific method is very quixotic.”
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On the fast courier back from a diplomatic trip to Escobar, Simon and Aral are bored in a meeting.
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Alys has a few clerihews up her dove-gray sleeve.
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Mark thinks hanging out with Ivan at a pre-wedding ball will keep him out of trouble.
Set toward the end of A Civil Campaign.
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Simon used to be afraid of getting lost.
A collection of missing scenes from the events of Memory.
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Simon thought it was a terrible idea. He was all for it.
Set after Cryoburn.
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Five Fast-Penta Interrogations from the Works of William Shakespeare by linman
Fandoms: Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, SHAKESPEARE William - Works
18 Oct 2011
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[Miles said:] "...Hamlet gets a tip-off that his old man was murdered by the uncle. Unfortunately, he can't tell if his informant is telling truth or lies. So he spends the next five acts blundering around getting nearly the whole cast killed while he dithers."
"That was stupid," said Nikki scornfully, uncoiling altogether. "Why didn't he just use fast-penta?"
"Hadn't been invented yet, alas. Or it would have been a much shorter play."
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"Come on, Peter. I'm sure you could rock a biretta."