... having been breathed out

Squeaking under the wire with stories #13, #14, & #15 for the Passchendaele ficlet cycle (more information here), which is now complete! I have more reflections on this project, what it's taught me about writing 1,000-word stories, and how it's helped me in the novel-planning process... hopefully I can put that together soon, along with a masterpost linking through the various character and relationship arcs. For now, the final three, which are arguably also the best (turns out you get better at a thing if you write 15 of them):

Title: Lost
Fandom: Original Work
Relationships: Hazel Cameron/Geneviève Richard, Hazel Cameron & Yves Ouellet
Rating: Teen & Up
Prompt: "We'll make a million memories, all incredible"
Word Count: 979
Tags: Communism, Activism, Found family, Nostalgia, The retroactive shadow of, World War I, The persistence of memory, Argument as, Friendship, Foreplay, and, Falling in love

Summary:

Halifax, Nova Scotia: September 24, 1912

Later—it was odd what a person remembered—

Title: Soiree
Fandom: Original Work
Relationships: Emma Walsh/Annie Johnston, other pairings
Rating: Teen & Up
Prompt: "But I need to know if the world says it's time to go"
Word Count: 1000
Tags: Parties, Bohemianism, Domesticity, Engagements, Breakups, Successful cocktail engagements, Gals being pals

Summary:

Halifax, Nova Scotia: May 22, 1907

It was a perfect day.

Title: Shelter
Fandom: Original Work
Relationships: Katherine Llewellyn Murray/Mathilda "Matty" Sutton
Rating: Teen & Up
Prompt: "Dance in the trees paint mysteries"
Word Count: 999
Tags: Post-WWI, Visual artists, Teachers, Bohemianism, Domesticity, Divorce, Art partners as life partners, Just a couple of aging lady-loves, Having a chat, It would be anachronistic to call Matty and Katherine, Butch/Femme, so let's say, there's a little Stein/Toklas dynamic going on

Summary:

Toronto, Ontario: October 9, 1924

"I saw your former liege lord," Matty said, taking the cup from Katherine.

Story #11 for the Passchendaele ficlet cycle (more information here), run in concurrence with femslashficlets Janelle Monáe lyrics prompt table challenge.

Title: Lorn
Fandom: Original Work
Pairing: Emma Walsh Thompson/Maisie Thompson Adams
Rating: Mature
Prompt: "Crown on my head but the world on my shoulder"
Word Count: 1000
Tags: Death, Parental Death, grief and mourning, Jealousy, Times of trouble do not bring out the best in some people, Mothers and Daughters, Mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, Grown-up temper tantrums, Imperfect comfort, That awkward moment when you're secretly fucking your brother's wife, and you both have to go hang out with your mother

Summary:

Outside Antigonish, Nova Scotia: June, 1916.

She must only keep hold on herself through the train ride, she thought; and the carriage ride. The train ride; the carriage ride; and then, as she'd done when a child, she might fly to her Mama and be enfolded.

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Story #9 for the Passchendaele ficlet cycle (more information here), run in concurrence with femslashficlets Janelle Monáe lyrics prompt table challenge.

Title: Fête
Fandom: Original Work
Pairing: Rebecca Landry/Katherine Llewellyn
Rating: Teen & Up
Prompt: "Pink like the halls of your heart"
Word Count: 1000
Tags: Consent Issues, Christmas, Ambivalent Courtship, Parlour Games, Gift-giving, Teenage Heartbreak, The Male Gaze, Author is glad she is no longer 17 years old, It's almost Easter so the time is right for a Christmas story
Summary:

Antigonish, Nova Scotia: December 23, 1878.

"Do you love your neighbour?" Alice asked, her face grave.

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Story #7 for the Passchendaele ficlet cycle (more information here), run in concurrence with femslashficlets Janelle Monáe lyrics prompt table challenge.

Title: Flight
Fandom: Original Work
Pairing: Louise Macdonald/Hazel Cameron
Rating: Mature
Prompt: "Little rough around the edges but I keep it smooth"
Word Count: 997
Tags: World War I, Post-Battle of Messines, Nursing, Ambulance driving, Not exactly requited or unrequited, Graphic violence is in the past, But the evidence remains, Rating is for disturbing war-related themes rather than sex
Summary:

Outside Lizerne, Belgium: June 15, 1917

"I'll go," said Hazel. "We'd only just got started, anyway. With our conversation."

Story #5 for the Passchendaele ficlet cycle (more information here), run in concurrence with femslashficlets Janelle Monáe lyrics prompt table challenge.

Title: Attire
Fandom: Original Work
Pairing: Emma Walsh Thompson/Maisie Thompson Adams
Rating: Explicit
Prompt: "So dress me up, I'll like it better if we both pretend"
Word Count: 1000
Tags: World War I, O Canada, Infidelity, (for reals this time), Role Play, Gender Play, Performative Self-Presentation, Loneliness, Also some good old-fashioned, Existential Fear
Summary:

Antigonish, Nova Scotia: November 1915

"If you need a man of the house: voilà."

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