despatches

Note from the Editor:
Has it been a good week for all of you? Short issue this week -

Fanfic:
The Bet by

mmejavert; Les Mis; R/NC-17; Enjolras/Grantaire; Grantaire loses a bet with Bahorel and humiliates himself in front of all his friends, although Enjolras more than makes up for it later.
Girded for Battle by

followingyourbliss, rec'd by

mswyrr; Garrow's Law; NC-17; William Garrow/Sarah Hill; Missing scene from Episode 3x04 - Will is ready to charge off with the Trinidad Treasury evidence. Sarah stops him for some very important business.
A Place for the Cactus by

eglantine_br; Aubreyad; Gen; Pullings/OFC; The Wedding Night of Tom Pullings (between PC and HMSS)

Son et Lumière:

mswyrr posts a manip for Girded for Battle by

followingyourbliss

Of historical interest:

vanilla_elf posts The Double Captain Manley, with additional Pegleg

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:

mandc_read will be reading Chapter Four of Blue at the Mizzen this weekend

Rec of the Week:
Recced by

bakerloo: Descend, and touch, and Enter by

innie; To The Ends of the Earth; Edmund Talbot, Charles Summers, Marion Chumley; For oxoniensis, whose request was: Charles Summers/Edmund Talbot – I'd love to see an AU of the ending (on the boat – being vague, in case anyone is thinking of reading the books/watching the mini-series), so Charles and Edmund get to be friends or more once they're settled in Australia.

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