(with Hunky Dreamboats!)
Thank you, Clarence, by MAB. This entry in our month of alternate reality tales doesn’t just goof up the plot with some unspecified sorcery or a random magical doohickey. No, in this story, the magic gets a little boost from that old storytelling technique I like to call “misplaced Christmas sentimentality.†Why you should read…
A Lifetime in One Night, by Alyson L. It’s dream sequence week here at SC(WHD)! Not really, but this story is similar to the previous tale, in that it involves a bizarrely true-to-life dream sequence wherein our intrepid Hero and Heroine only discover their deep and abiding love whilst they sleep. Oh, wait! It’s a…
Some of my favorite things in the world and, not coincidentally, in fiction, are sneakiness and banter. It’s no surprise, then, that I was delighted with More Coffee, Mr. Darcy. It’s a tiny little story that can be read in about as much time as it takes an average person to drink a cuppa. (Unless,…
Reflections, by Teg This week, I’m taking on one of the “classics.” In this “heart-breaking†modern adaptation of P&P, Elizabeth and Darcy are reunited at Pemberley, where they do everything but confess their love for each other. The awful Lydia and Wickham create scandal and our beloved couple separate without revealing their feelings. Awkwardness prevails…
The Rules of Estrangement by Kathy It seems to me that fanfic audiences (and probably audiences in general) love it when a bright, sassy young thing sharpens her wit on a proud, reserved, filthy rich man, especially when the two eventually fall in love and end up in marital bliss. At least, that’s what most…
England Has Three Syllables by Apolla Are you ready for some football? (Sorry, Americans, I mean literal football, the kind with a round ball and a goalkeeper.) In this modern epic, Will Darcy is a star Arsenal forward and Elizabeth Bennet a sassy girl reporter. A cast of thousands (no, really) joins these two on…