despatches

Note from the Editor: Well, Happy New Year! This is the first Despatches of 2012, and I am looking forward to bringing lots of fandom things to the attention of a wider audience over the course of this coming year. For those new to DW, welcome! This is the DW version of

despatches, set up and currently issued by

sharpiefan, who many of you may remember from LJ. I was inspired to begin issuing a version of Despatches here because there was very little AoS content here on DW and I hoped to inspire people to produce more - there can never be too much fandom stuff, after all. For those of you who are new subscribers, I encourage you to look through the back issues, and if you find something you like, please let the author know.

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Fanfic:
Lineage by

barefoot_bard; Show the Colours; K (13+); Thompson; Show the Colours AU; Thompson makes a discovery while taking stock of his mother's personal effects. Chatham, year unknown.
A Bagful of Cats by

latin_cat; Sharpe; PG; Sharpe/Wellington, Hogan, Perkins; Hogan is very surprised to find a tabby cat in Sir Arthur’s bed one morning.
The Duet of Hearts by

zilah1; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin; Just Jack and Stephen as we all want them.
Tigers at Night, Part Ia by

marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809

Son et Lumière:
Podfic: Upon A Midnight Clear by

latin_cat, read by

latin_cat; Hornblower; G (contains slash); Hornblower/Kennedy, Bush; text may be found here

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:

mandc_read:

esteven reminds us that the community will begin reading The Hundred Days next week

mandc_read: Aubreyad Flail Weekend 2/2

Rec of the Week:
The Mouths of Babes by

followingyourbliss, recced by

mswyrr; Garrow's Law; PG; William Garrow/Sarah Hill, Samuel Hill, David Garrow; Set approx 15 months after the end of Series 3. Will and Sarah contemplate moving to a larger home.

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