Despatches

Note from the Editor: I would like to wish a very special Happy Birthday to our own dear esteven who is responsible for keeping a good deal of the AoS fandom going, and especially with starting mandc_read. I would also like to remind you all that if you want a link to your ficcage to be included in Despatches, you need to include a title and rating as well as what fandom it is for.

Fanfic:
Phobos and Deimos by josbanks; Aubreyad; PG; Sophie/Jack; Sophie considers the realities of motherhood in Ashgrove Cottage
Artem Armatorium by josbanks; Aubreyad; NC-17; Jack/Stephen; : Stephen invites Jack to the Crown for dinner and some long-awaited privacy

Son et Lumière:
Video: Battle Stations: HMS Victory posted by hmsacasta_feed
Video: Myths of Nelson's Navy posted by hmsacasta_feed

Of historical interest:
vanilla_elf posts Extraordinary 18th Century Sewing Box. Sew cute

Miscellany and meta:
hmsacasta_feed posts A campsite
From hmsacasta_feed: Lt. Ramsey's Summer Project
josbanks posts Blast from the Past: Quizilla: Which Aubrey-Maturin bookverse character are you?
vanilla_elf posts Audiobook: Damien O'Hare narrates 'Facts of Fiction' by Norman Collins

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading Chapter Three of The Mauritius Command this weekend.
feroxargentea posts All the Erudition in the World
esteven posts FFA to M&C Chapter 10 - Edited - Breaking News

Rec of the Week:
I try not to blow my own trumpet in this section and link to works by other people. Having said that, however, I would like to recommend one of my own works, which I linked to in the earliest issues of this newsletter. Sharpe's Marines by sharpiefan; Sharpe; PG; Sharpe, OCs; What did Sharpe and the Marines of HMS Pucelle really make of each other? (This is a multi-part fic and each part contains a link to the next.)

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.

Note from the Editor:
I must pass on the sad news that gryphons_lair has died. She was in a hospice and passed away peacefully on the afternoon of the 9th of February 2012. Rest in peace.

Fanfic:
On the Diet of Seamen by S.E. Maturin by feroxargentea; Aubreyad; R; Jack/Stephen; Jack/Stephen; there's no excuse for this sort of thing
Responsibilities by barefoot_bard; original; K+; original characters; Show the Colours/Dogwatches AU. A Marine corporal looks out for a boy and his mother. Chatham, 1789.
Author's Note: This is a mostly pointless nonsense ramble.
Red and Gold by mmejavert; Les Miserables; NC-17; Grantaire/Enjolras; This was a request. Prompt: "The Writing Desk was ridiculously hot. So, not entirely related, I think you should write E/R porn where E's wearing only that red waistcoat from the musical.

Son et Lumière:

Of historical interest:
austenblog posts Jane Austen: The unseen portrait
austenblog posts A review of Expectations of Happiness by Rebecca Ann Collins
austenblog posts The many lovers of Miss Jane Austen
sharpiefan posts about Royal Marines
sharpiefan posts about Prize money in Nelson's Navy

Miscellany and meta:
sharpiefan: Show the Colours is looking for new members to RP in the Age of Sail

Communities and challenges:
mandc_read will be reading The Hundred Days Chapter Seven this weekend
where_away: esteven posts Testudo aubreii for all eternity
where_away: esteven posts tortoises are having it away and Jack gives them room to manoeuvre
where_away: heather_mist posts A teratoma but no pistols
where_away: ,lj user="esteven"> posts about Steaks, bread, egg and lying between sheets
where_away: esteven posts about Silk stockings, snakes and a commander on a chair
mandc_read will be reading The Hundred Days Chapter Seven this weekend
perfect_duet: esteven posts Oakum meme update one

Rec of the Week:
Light in the Dark by anteros; Hornblower; R; Archie Kennedy, Horatio Hornblower; Nothing, but nothing, could have prepared Hornblower for Justinian.

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.