Night on Fic Mountain Letter

[desertvixen]

My general preferences can be found here.  Don't worry, because I know I will love whatever you write for me!

1.  Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene 

Any Character

Take me back to yellow spine days. I'd love to see the Topham sisters try (and fail) to get revenge on Nancy...

A return to the yellow spine days of sheath dresses and flower arranging with Nancy and Helen being suitably social girl detectives (preferably pre-Helen’s wedding, but that’s not described in the books so you could even work with that)

Don Cameron is a character from ND #3 The Hidden Bungalow, and there if you need convenient muscle whom Nancy occasionally dates. (He is also in Nancy Drew Files #27, but a little differently envisioned.)

2.  The Nonesuch - Georgette Heyer 

Any Character

What I really want is a story involving all of them, mostly focusing on Tiffany trying her best to break up Julian and Patience (to steal limelight for herself) and failing.

This one is a repeat repeat repeat repeat request, but don't feel bad if this isn't what we matched on.

So, Tiffany Wield is one of the Heyer characters that many people (including me) love to hate. She’s strikingly beautiful, rich, self-centered, petted and spoiled beyond belief, but still young enough that she could change. She probably won’t though. When last seen at the end of the Nonesuch, she was off to London to wind a bachelor uncle or two around her thumb. I would be willing to bet, however, that she doesn’t stay there long… I envision her being sent back to Staples for either her own good or her guardian’s sanity.

Give me a Heyer-esque romp, possibly concerning Patience and Julian’s wedding (don’t let her ruin it, but comeuppance is always fun to watch) in the vicinity of Staples. I’m a big fan of Patience.

Maybe a story where she *almost* creates havoc.  Maybe Mrs. Underhill will finally get a little spine where little Miss Tiffany is concerned?

Basically, I want Patience to have a victory over Tiffany.  Patience is a nice girl, but not so nice she wouldn't enjoy it a little.  Especially if Tiffany makes a play for Julian.

This one is tied with Cotillion for my absolute favorite, and it's on my read when I'm depressed list.  If I was going to step into a Heyer book, I'd pick this one.  If only so I could strangle Tiffany.

If you feel like crossing over with other Heyers, that's cool too (I also enjoy A Civil Contract (Julia Oversley v. Tiffany Wield, I'd bet on Tiff), Cotillion, The Unknown Ajax, Venetia) but certainly not required.

3. The Scoop - London Detection Club 

Geraldine Tracey

Beryl Blackwood

Long shot, I know, but I really want a story for this fandom focused on Geraldine and Beryl. Maybe the Jumbles murder isn't a successful one. A big dramatic trial and/or inquest would hit the spot.

I requested this one the last four years, with no luck. I just want fic in this fandom.

 All right, so there is a computer game and the novel, but the two are very close.  It's written by the London Detection Club, and is very focused on the newspaper business in 1930s-ish London.  The game is available at Abandonia if you need something to goof off on.  I had the computer game in 1990, and might have actually written my first (very bad) fanfic for it.

Or maybe focus on Geraldine Tracey. Maybe “Mr. Tracey” doesn’t successfully kill her, which makes the case quite different (see big showy trial). Maybe she is the killer instead, and leaves his dead body in her bungalow.  (I like the Lonely Bungalow aspect.) I like to keep it in the 30s milieu. Maybe it’s not her real name and Beryl actually knows her.

Denis/Beryl is fun, but I’d like to see something more focused on the crime/trial aspect. Maybe Beryl does some more investigating on her own to help him out.

4. Westing Game - Ellen Raskin 

Sybil Pulaski

I have always been interested in the character who should have been part of the Westing Game - Sybil Pulaski, rather than Sydelle.

Sydelle Pulaski was the mistake, but I want to know about Sybil - what did she know? Where is she now? How would the book be different if the mistake hadn't been made?

I love the Westing Game, ever since I read the blurb on the back about the people who live in the building. So tell me about Sybil Pulaski, who was omitted by mistake. Is she somehow related to Sydelle? How would things be different if she had been there all along?