... 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.