Westing Game fic: A Game of You (Turtle/Theo)

Title: A Game of You (Turtle/Theo)
Author: snacky
Fandom: The Westing Game
Rating: PG
Warnings/Spoilers: No warnings/assume spoilers for the book.
Summary: Years after the Westing Game, Turtle and Theo play a new game.
Notes: Written for gyzym for Yuletide 2010. The Westing Game was originally published in 1978. I fudged the timeline a little for the purposes of this fic, so the events of the book took place in 1980. Title from Neil Gaiman's Sandman. Thanks to rthstewart and crantz/crantz for the beta, and musesfool for the title. Graphics courtesy of crantz/crantz.

( She had briefly considered talking to her mother, but the mere thought of asking Grace Windsor Wexler for advice on dating and love caused Turtle to start twitching... )

Narnia Fic: The Riddle of the Sphinx

Title: The Riddle of the Sphinx
Author: snacky
Fandom: The Chronicles of Narnia
Rating: PG
Spoilers/Warnings: Assume spoilers for LWW / warning for underage consumption of alcohol
Summary: There are so many reasons Edmund doesn't like Sphinxes.
Author's Notes: For wingedflight21 for the NFFR Secret Santa Exchange. Prompts used: Snarky Edmund, Lucy in trousers, mythical creatures not often found in Narnia fic, consumption of (too much) wine. Thanks to rthstewart and crantz/crantz for the beta.

( I never joke, sire. If you fail to answer all five riddles, we must kill your sister. It's the Sphinx's Law, as I said. We cannot allow a prisoner to leave the Tower, unless the riddles have been answered... )

Fic reveals

Yeah, I know everyone else did this a few days ago, but I've been busy with real life and sick. Also I had to watch the complete miniseries of The Stand yesterday.

So, for Yuletide I wrote A Game of You for gyzym. The fandom was The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin.

( A little meta back here.. )

I have to thank rthstewart and crantz/crantz for their excellent beta, and crantz/crantz made all the graphics for me. And since I am always title-challenged, I have to thank musesfool for the title. ;)

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Also, for the NFFR Secret Santa Exchange, I wrote The Riddle of the Sphinx, Narnia fic for wingedflight21, from this prompt:

I'll just list a ton of stuff I love and you can pick and choose: Snarky Edmund, Susan in battle, Lucy in trousers, mythical creatures not often found in Narnia fic, Eustace post-dragon, darker AU (not necessarily meaning "everything turns out worse AU", just "everything involves a lot of hard decisions and potential angst AU"), consumption of (too much) wine, down the rabbit hole, the treasure chamber of Cair Paravel, Jill and Eustace relationship (not necessarily romantic) directly before the train wreck.

If you like crossovers, other fandoms I would love to see crossed over with Narnia are Doctor Who and Swallows and Amazons.

So that was a great prompt, with lots of stuff to choose from. Originally I had considered a darker AU of The Silver Chair, but then it seemed a little too dark for a holiday fic (although I'll probably write that someday), so in the end I went with Snarky Edmund, Lucy in trousers, mythical creatures not often found in Narnia fic, consumption of (too much) wine.

I amused myself writing it, because Edmund's always a fun character, but am never sure if the things I think are funny make anyone else laugh. ;)

Again, I have to thank rthstewart and crantz/crantz for their excellent beta. This one I titled myself, though, as you can probably tell. :D