Despatches

Note from the Editor: Hi everyone! Hard to believe that we're over halfway through September already; today was as sunny a day as any in august, with just a nip in the air to say that we're into autumn already. Hope you've all had a good week!

Fanfic:

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
From hmsacasta_feed: Charles Robert Malden
patches_the_shipcat posts Buttons of the 50th Foot

Miscellany and meta:
sharpiefan links to Kannock's Korner men's clothing patterns
From hmsacasta_feed: A Fond Recollection
From hmsacasta_feed: Impressment Totals
From hmsacasta_feed: A Secret Mission Revealed
From hmsacasta_feed: Farewell to Thee, my Friends
From hmsacasta_feed: From the Boat

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read is reading Far Side of the World, Chapter Three this weekend

Rec of the Week:
A vid. An Evening With Patrick O'Brian

Got a link for the next issue? Please comment and let us know. Remember to please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all! And if you would like to include a particular favourite of yours in Rec of the Week, please leave a comment with a link.

Editor's Note
I couldn't get back any further than the 8th of January on the Reader, so if anyone posted anything between the 6th and the 8th of January that you would like me to link to, please comment with a link to it.

Fanfic:
Moon Under Water by feroxargentea. (PG-13) Sequel to The World Turned Upside Down by astolat. Aubreyad
An Overdue Interview by latin_cat. (PG) Hornblower/Barbara, Wellington, Richard Hornblower. 1815: After Waterloo, Hornblower is reunited with his family. Hornblower
Thin Ice by vanilla_elf (PG-13 to very mild R) Norrington/Gillette, Garrow/Sarah, Jones/Jasker, Mr. Southouse, Mr. Silvester, Sir Arthur Hill, Mary, Mr. Farmer, Judge Buller and many more. Garrow asks Norrington to give a testimony of character for a sailor on trial at the Old Bailey. PotC (RNotC) / Garrow's Law, a hint of Aubreyad

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts To Emma, With Love
vanilla_elf posts Bebreeched Regency Bare Fist Fighters

Miscellany and Meta
sharpiefan posts about Speed Dating Georgian Style: An Event at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
esteven posts about a Patrick O'Brian Weekend at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Communities and challenges:
vanilla_elf wants support for a Collingwood Society

Rec of the Week:
(This week's rec is among the first fanfics I ever read, on my first forays into fandom. It remains one of my favourites and is a wonderful oakum story. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.)
Transfer to the Rifles by Sue Law. (PG) How would a man like Sharpe cope with walking into a strange regiment uninvited, and how would that strange regiment, the 95th Rifles, react to Sharpe? Could Sharpe's devotion to the regiment start at this point? Sharpe, Colonel Wade Sharpe

Got a link for the next issue?
Please comment and let us know. And please tell your AoS friends about us. The more, the merrier, after all!

Note: For fic links, M&C = Master and Commander or Aubreyad, HH = Hornblower, POTC = Pirates of the Caribbean, S = Sharpe. Others will be added as required.