Age of Sail Despatches 104

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Note from the Editor: Well, we're coming to the end of another week. I hope it's been a good one for all of you?

Fanfic:
The Flogging Profession by toft; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack/Stephen; In which Stephen has a fancy for being flogged, and Jack is terrible at roleplay.
On Solitude by toft; Aubreyad; Gen; Jack/Stephen; Jack and Stephen accidentally become telepathically bonded, but Stephen still has to complete his mission in Minorca.
Birds of a Feather by toft; Aubreyad; R; Jack/Stephen; Stephen is briefly indisposed (viz., a penguin), but things change remarkably little.
Cabin Fever by heather_mist; Aubreyad; G; Sophie and Cecilia Williams; Sophie and Cecilia Williams get an insight into Jack’s ideas about interior decoration in the Great Cabin of HMS Lively

Son et Lumière:
Screencaps: chrsvg posts Farewell My Queen screencaps
Podfic: Formosi Peuri by ione read by luzula; Aubreyad; PG-13; Jack, Stephen, Diana; Jack Aubrey is sent out in another small ship in order to convey Stephen on a secret mission. He takes some of his old crew along, to the disgust of one of the non-coms.

Of historical interest:
From hmsacasta_feed: The Butcher's Bill Aboard HMS Amelia
From hmsacasta_feed: Don't let the Press-Gang Catch You
oursin posts 100 London Things 72: Georgian houses with shop-fronts and working gas lamps

Miscellany and meta:
From hmsacasta_feed: February Business

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter one of HMS Surprise this weekend.

Rec of the Week:
The Little War by orphan_account; Sharpe; R; Teresa Moreno, Blas Vivar, Michael Hogan, Patrick Harper, Richard Sharpe; When French soldiers raid her hometown in the summer of 1808, Teresa Moreno's life is destroyed in one single day. Building a new life for herself takes much longer and happens just as unexpectedly.

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