Age of Sail Despatches #150

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Note from the Editor: Hi there! Hope you're not too drowned, frozen, scorching or whatever best describes how the weather's been treating your local area. Some good stuff this week - I'd like to draw your attention to the Acasta's request for period-correct letters (see under the Communities and Challenges heading).

Fanfic:
powder Smoke by barefoot_bard; K+; Original; A seaman witnesses the fall of one of his ship's officers.
Coup de Foudre by josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Diana Villiers, Adhemar de la Mothe; Diana Villiers receives news of Stephen Maturin’s imprisonment in the Temple.
Seny i Rauxa by josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Stephen Maturin, Ramón d’Ullastret i Casademón, Laetitia d’Ullastret i d’Empordà; Based on an incident recounted in Chapter Ten of The Surgeon's Mate, a young Stephen Maturin accompanies his godfather on an errand that thrusts him into a maelstrom of Catalan intrigue.
The Man in the Seine by binz and sidhebeingbrand; Hornblower/Doctor Who crossover; 15; Horatio Hornblower/William Bush, Horatio Hornblower/Eighth Doctor; ‘Make me a warrior,’ he said. ‘Watch me,’ said the TARDIS

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
hmsacasta_feed: Know Your Nelson 2
hmsacasta_feed: Know Your Nelson 3

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed: Five easy ways reenactors can improve their game
hmsacasta_feed: : a letter home from the bosun
hmsacasta_feed: A letter from the captain

Communities and challenges:
where_away: alcyone301 posts Chess with invalid!Stephen
mandc_read are reading Chapter Eight of The Surgeon's Mate this weekend
where_away: alcyone301 posts Chess and Cards
hmsacasta_feed; Mail Packet '14

Rec of the Week:
The Bolder Thing To Do by acalmingcupoftea; Persuasion; PG; Anne Elliot, Frederick Wentworth; How Frederick and Anne met and courted. Set before the events of the novel.

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