Title: 'The Pride of Your Power'
Characters: Azza, Elua.
Rating: PG
Spoilers: None, before both trilogies.
Summary: 'Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity.'
Disclaimer: I own nothing. I am merely a humble beggar, sampling from the table of Jacqueline Carey, who must dwell with the angels she writes ( Read more... )

Title: 'Does Not All Go to One Place?'
Characters: Melisande, Solon, Phedre.
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Until Kushiel's Mercy, including.
Summary: If she had won, why did she feel so empty?
Disclaimer: I own nothing. I am merely a humble beggar, sampling from the table of Jacqueline Carey, who must dwell with the angels she writes about. I gain no ( Read more... )

Although I have never spoken with you, nor even exchanged messages, I am yet a great fan of your works, and have tried for long to contact you. I have not succeeded, but I still feel the need to wish you a happy birthday. It is not a pesonal matter, as I do not know you; but it is a cultural matter, celebrating the day we were gifted with such a ( Read more... )