Age of Sail Despatches #127

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Note from the Editor: Been a weird week, weatherwise. Still hot, but we had the mother of all thunderstorms a couple of nights ago. Hope you're not too melty, people?

Fanfic:
Oxyphresia by josbanks; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack/Stephen; Stephen finds that his complete abstention from laudanum has sharpened his senses and stimulated his appetites.

Son et Lumière:
From hmsacasta_feed: Acastas Ashore: Boxing
From hmsacasta_feed: Acastas Ashore: Daily Life
From hmsacasta_feed From Mr Midshipman Raley's Personal Log
From hmsacasta_feed: Make Way for the Mail!
From hmsacasta_feed: The Mail Packet Deliver'd
josbanks posts Desolation Island 1811

Of historical interest:

Miscellany and meta:
From austenblog_feed: Things We Learned From Clueless
From austenblog_feed: Whit Stillman May Save Us All
From austenblog_feed: Austenland Trailer
From austenblog_feed: Death Comes To Pemberley is apparently filming
From austenblog_feed: It's Movie Day at Austenblog

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will begin reading Desolation Island this weekend

Rec of the Week:
Thunder Overhead by latin_cat; Aubreyad/Hornblower crossover; 15 (for gore); Kennedy, Stephen, Babbington; Archie is wounded aboard Surprise, and Babbington tries to cheer him up whilst Stephen does his best to operate. (This is also available to read on the AO3 here)

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