A very Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it, and to those who don't...well....a very merry December 25th to you!  Big holiday hugs to all!

Earlier this afternoon, I completed and posted a fic for the then_theres_us challenge called Five Ways to Lose Your Path On An Alternate Earth (And One Way To Find It).  The first segment, however, was originally a lot longer--so long that it completely threw off the balance of the fic.  But since I like it, here's the unedited first segment:

( Follow The Map )

( Cooooooold. And odd feelings about my former place of employment. )

( Shadow whines a little... )

I am a moron and somebody should smack me upside the head really, really hard ( Read more... )

So yesterday, for the first time ever, I had a surprise pre-birthday party ( Read more... )

( *Bittersweet and strange, finding you can change, learning you were wrong* )

( *Barely even friends, then somebody bends* )

Summary:  Once upon a time, in a mighty island Kingdom, a scarred and lost survivor of the Time War waited alone to die…until one day a London Beauty stumbled on his magical ship.

“Oi!" he snarled impatiently.  "Are you deaf or just daft?  I asked you a question!"  stepped forward threateningly, coming out of the shadows into the dim turquoise light ( Read more... )

Hey, guys, would anybody be willing to quick-beta an AU Nine/Rose fic for me?  Just under 10000 words, and don't need much, just a check for fluidity and IC-ness.  (I've never written Nine before, and angst isn't so much my thing, so I'm a bit nervous.)  Going to bed now, but if anybody would be willing to take a look in the morning I pay well in ( Read more... )