Once Upon A Fic - My Gift and My Works

 I enjoy participating in the Once Upon A Fic exchange, which is myth/legend/fairy-tale based AND all sources must be publically available.  Come play with us next year in the spring!

 My gift this year was for the Phantom Passenger urban legend (my very very favorite urban legend), called Two Hitchhikers on a Stormy Night.  This, of course, has to do with the fact that there are two general variants of the phantom passenger - the girl in the party dress who needs a ride home and the prophetic phantom passenger.  This poor guy picks up both of them...

 I wrote three stories this year.

 My assignment was I'll Teach You No More in Cryptic Riddles, a what-if/fix-it fic for Cassandra that also included themes of female solidarity and screwing the narrative as requested.  Fandom is The Oresteia, not The Iliad.  The title comes from one of Cassandra's speeches.

 I also did a drabble for my recipient, when it didn't quite work out as a story.  It's called Her Choice and features Persephone.

 Then I had a pinch hit, A Shared Fondness for Horses, a Hektor/Andromache piece for The Iliad fandom.  It's lighter than the other 2.

 I need to a recs list, but I also need to read through the rest of the stories... so much reading, so many other things that need to be done!

 DV

My Old Fandom - My Gift

The collection for My Old Fandom opened up this afternoon, and I must tell you about the MOST INCREDIBLE GIFT story I got!

One, it's 8700 words, which isn't bad for a story that went to pinch hit.

Two, it's just incredible.  It's called The Wand of Siora the Wise, for the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon.  Here's the prompt: Dungeons and Dragons (Cartoon) - In the Hall of Bones episode, there is a female spirit warrior.  Is she married to one of the men?  Is she a warrior queen in her own right?  Do they ever run into her and/or some of her descendants?  Like I said above, I have a serious issue with getting sidetracked onto minor characters.  Bonus points if you work in Eric and Sheila somehow.

I cannot recommend this story strongly enough - if you were ever a fan of the show, READ IT.  The author did a great job of capturing the feel of the show, the dialogue is wonderful, the whole thing is just - squee!  It's that good.

DV