Despatches

Note from the Editor: As previously mentioned, I don't link to the Acasta blog any more as a regular thing, but I am including a link to this year's request for letters for their mail-bag project, which I think will be of interest to anyone who writes in this period.

Fanfic:
Wedding Night in Camp by sharpiefan; Show the Colours; U; Maggie/Cotton; 'wedding night' - does exactly what it says on the tin.

Son et Lumière:
Pics: dreamboatdreamer70 posts Something for Myself

Of historical interest:
austenblog: Plotting Lady Susan

Miscellany and meta:

Communities and challenges:
hmsacasta_feed: Calling All Writers
mandc_read will be reading The Thirteen-Gun Salute Chapter One this weekend

Rec of the Week:
Together At Sea by Makioka; Persuasion;PG-13; Admiral Croft, Sophia Croft; Mrs Croft knows her place aboard ship and so does her husband.

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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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Note from the Editor: It seems that spring has finally sprung! Huzzah for warmer weather!

Fanfic:
Reenactors Chapter by josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Jack/Stephen; At the outset of the engagement between the Shannon and Chesapeake, Jack and Stephen find themselves inexplicably on the deck of USS Constitution in Boston two hundred years in the future.

Son et Lumière:
sharpiefan links to A couple of bits of AoS artwork

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts a Gallery of Fashion - Ladies' 18th century Fashion Guide
latin_cat posts BBC Radio Four: Naval Dispatches and Memoirs
tolquhon posts Online texts
sharpiefan posts More useful links
From austenblog: The Work of many Generations

Miscellany and meta:
From hmsacasta_feed: A Letter to an Old Shipmates
From hmsacasta_feed: A Letter from the Captain
justincase posts No tow for me, sir
From hmsacasta_feed: Volunteers II
From austenblog: Dearest Jane! who could have done less for her?
From austenblog: Join a kickstarter campaign for a jane Austen art print

Communities and challenges:
From hmsacasta_feed: Mail for Jane Austen Festival
alltoseek posts AO3 Fundraiser: Bid for Fic

Rec of the Week:
Two-Part Harmony by dafna; ; Persuasion; G; Anne Elliott/Frederick Wentworth, In which Anne explains how she came to play the piano-forte so well and Frederick tells the story of the first Captain Wentworth. Set just after they reconcile, but before they've told anyone else.

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.