Despatches

Note from the Editor: Yes, it's a week since the last issue, and no, it doesn't feel like it! I hope you've all had a productive week!

Fanfic:
The Dogwatches Chapter 3 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
The Dogwatches Chapter 4 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
The Dogwatches Chapter 5 by barefoot_bard; Original; M (Suitable for ages 16 and above); Original Characters; A Royal Navy frigate gains a captain whose ideas about running a ship quickly put him at odds with the crew. West Indies, 1780.
Tigers at Night Part IIe by marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IIf by marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IIIa by marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IIIb by marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Tigers at Night Part IVa by marashar; Show the Colours/Torchwood crossover; PG; Vickery, Torrington, Pye, Rottlander, Captain Jack Harkness; Captain Jack Harkness is on a sabre-toothed tiger hunt... in 1809
Never in Life Chapter 1 by latin_cat; Sharpe; NC-17; Wellington/Sharpe, Harper, Hogan, Ramona, OCs; A mysterious plague causes particular and personal problems for Lord Wellington.
Never in Life Chapter 2 by latin_cat; Sharpe; NC-17; Wellington/Sharpe, Harper, Hogan, Ramona, OCs; A mysterious plague causes particular and personal problems for Lord Wellington.

Son et Lumière:
21 Garrow's Law icons by mswyrr

Of historical interest:
patches_the_shipcat posts about Animals in the Napoleonic Army

Miscellany and meta:
perfect_duet: latin_cat posts an idea

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter Three of The Hundred Days this weekend
perfect_duet: esteven asks about the future of memes
perfect_duet: hrh_taliesin posts HML Huzzah: My life and fic snippet in progress

Rec of the Week:
There's a first for everything. There seems to be a spate of commercials with an AoS setting at the moment, and marines_messdeck has linked me to a couple of her favourites on YouTube: Hussars: Orange Cineday and Napoleon: Big Mac

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