Tag: Theme: Grief & Loss
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TomTom’s Passing
He was only with us for a little under six months, but TomTom was beloved in this house, and I know many of you enjoyed hearing about his various exploits, misadventures, and crotchety old man complaints. Unfortunately, he began seizing this morning and then continued to have further episodes, and after bringing him into the…
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Each Man an Island
Category: Gen, Character: Buran Highfield, Character: Dea Tacita, Character: Effily Heron, Character: Godfrey Digbett III, Character: Halloran, Rating: T, Theme: Bards & Skalds & Storytellers, Theme: Death, Theme: Elves, Theme: Faith & Religion, Theme: Folklore & Legends, Theme: Ghosts & Necromancy, Theme: Grief & Loss, Theme: Histories & Records, Theme: Identity & Personality, Theme: Magic & Powers, Theme: Music & Performance, Theme: Oghmian Worship, Theme: Priests & Clerics & Devotees, Theme: Servants & Service, Theme: Temples & Places of Worship, Theme: Touch Aversion & Sensitivity, TweetFic Adaptation, World: The Dragonplanet
Fantasy short. Godfrey Digbett III crosses paths with a disconcerting priest of death. 10k, rated T. Godfrey Digbett III, bard and folklorist, travels to an old elven temple, and to his chagrin, the Reverend Mother of the local Oghmian temple dispatches a visiting priest of a foreign god alongside him. Note repeated discussions of death,…
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Chosen
Category: Gen, Rating: M, Setting: 1800s | 19th Century, Theme: Animals & Zoology, Theme: Antisemitism, Theme: Cats, Theme: Class & Caste Differences, Theme: Goats & Cows & Farm Animals, Theme: Grief & Loss, Theme: Homophobia, Theme: Horses & Riding, Theme: Jewish Faith & Identity, Theme: Jews & Judaism, Theme: Medicine & Nursing & Midwifery, Theme: Men Who Love Men | Homosexuality, Theme: Queer Community, Theme: Servants & Service, Theme: Sex Work & Sex Workers, Theme: Workplace Dynamics, TweetFic Adaptation, World: Magic Beholden -
Flora and the Pellar Batt
Fantasy short. A woman has a contentious relationship with her village’s pellar. 4k, rated T, Gen. Set on the Dragonplanet. Dick Greene’s wife had died last Vellumdry, when the summer air was hot and arid — their workhorse, sick with a fever, had panicked and kicked out. He hadn’t actually hit her, but in dodging…
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Strange Liberty
Character: Callum Pike, Character: Guillaume Villiers, Character: Ira Rosen, Character: Rufus “Red” Redford, Character: Salvo Caine, Kink: Age Gap / Age Difference, Kink: Erectile Dysfunction, Length: 10k+, Rating: E, Theme: Assassins & Paid Muscle, Theme: Child Abuse & Neglect, Theme: Chronic Illness, Theme: Death, Theme: Emotional Manipulation, Theme: Fae & Faeries, Theme: Grief & Loss, Theme: Incarceration & Imprisonment, Theme: Jews & Judaism, Theme: Medical Abuse & Neglect, Theme: Medicine & Nursing & Midwifery, Theme: Power Dynamics & Imbalances, Theme: Power Struggles, Theme: Sex & Sexuality, Theme: Trauma & Trauma Recovery, Theme: Vampires & Vampirism, World: Magic BeholdenDark fantasy fiction. A young man convicted of manslaughter is sent to a magical prison. Cover image by the author. Rated M, 27.5k, dark fantasy with some M/M dark romance on the side. Salvo Caine, cursed with a magically sapping touch, is convicted of manslaughter and dispatched to an island prison. Once there, he’s offered limited freedom — and…
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The Secretary
Category: Gen, Setting: 1960s, Theme: Anxiety Disorders, Theme: Books & Literature, Theme: Grief & Loss, Theme: Homophobia, Theme: Men Who Love Men | Homosexuality, Theme: PTSD & C-PTSD, Theme: Retirement, Theme: Sailors & Sailing, Theme: Secretaries & Personal Assistants, Theme: Sexual Abuse & Rape, Theme: Trauma & Trauma Recovery, Theme: Veterans & Retired Soldiers, Theme: World War II, Theme: Writing, World: Magic Beholden
Short story. A young woman goes to collect her inheritance. 4.1k, rated M. Content warnings for loss of a loved one and non-graphic references to sexual assault. Sarah had never even known the man, so when the letter had come, it had been a surprise. She hadn’t even been sad at first — she’d felt somewhat guilty…
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The Many Deaths of Baldr the Undying
Character: Baldr, Character: Frigg, Character: Loki, Character: Odin, Character: Varði, Length: 10k+, Rating: M, Theme: Angels, Theme: Bards & Skalds & Storytellers, Theme: Body Horror & Transformation, Theme: Destiny, Theme: Family Dynamics, Theme: Fathers & Paternity, Theme: Fostering & Foundling Children, Theme: Gender Exploration & Nonconformity, Theme: Genderfluidity, Theme: Gods & Divinity, Theme: Grief & Loss, Theme: Histories & Records, Theme: Learning & Education, Theme: Mages & Sorcerers & Witches, Theme: Magic & Powers, Theme: Mothers & Maternity, Theme: Norse Religion & Mythology, Theme: Parenthood, Theme: Power Dynamics & Imbalances, Theme: Power Struggles, Theme: Prophecy & Fortune-Telling, Theme: Servants & Service, Theme: Shapeshifting, Theme: Violence & Killing, World: Magic BeholdenFantasy short. One of Odin’s record-keepers interviews the god Loki. Here’s a big one! 13.6k, rated M for violence, featuring some Loki and Baldr, some Odin scheming off-screen. Lots of delving into and playing with the stories, but with an angel thrown in for flavour. It is not the only of Loki’s living spaces. He has…
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The Ring
Category: M/M, Rating: M, Theme: Abusive Relationships, Theme: Cheating & Infidelity, Theme: Death, Theme: Emotional Manipulation, Theme: Ghosts & Necromancy, Theme: Grief & Loss, Theme: Jewellery, Theme: Power Dynamics & Imbalances, Theme: Power Struggles, Theme: Suicide & Self-Harm, Theme: Trains & Railways, World: Magic BeholdenFiction short. A young man misses his departed boyfriend. Rated T, 5k, M/M. Tragedy and horror and ghosts in this one — note CWs for different kinds of domestic violence implied throughout, infidelity, death and references to suicide and self harm. He puts the flowers on the bed of Marcus’ grave which was grown over with grass…