rednightmare
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since: 04-27-06, id: 1035760, Profile Updated: 04-25-13
Author has written 22 stories for Dragon Age, Vampire: The Masquerade, BioShock, Elder Scroll series, Thief: The Dark Project, Neverwinter Nights, Mass Effect, Walking Dead, Hobbit, and Half-Life.

That VTMB guy.

Plot twist: I'm a woman.

(Generally I try not to announce my sex online, as it doesn't matter a whit. I noticed more than a few masculine pronouns have been circulating 'round this nom de plume in the last year, though, and I can't say I want to be dubbed "it." So I figured I'd go ahead, stop hand-wringing, and bust that good old auto-male trend.)


Updates: I'm doing an MFA, so fanfic is lamentably on the back-burner, but I'll post when I can. Stories do fall in-and-out of cryo until good ideas hit, but none of them are properly dead. ("Concept" indicates ideas not yet written. "TBA" indicates a work-in-progress not yet posted.)

Editing: Go here for a detailed academic explanation of why I spend so much time editing.

Review Policy: No one is ever too experienced or too green to learn from interacting with other writers. If you'd like me to check out your piece, drop me a line anytime; if you'd like me to stop reviewing, do the same thing.

BLOODLINES C2: Got a Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines story, but you're not sure what to do with it? Consider our Bloodlines-only community! [Your story must be (re)located in the the "Games/Vampire: The Masquerade" category to be added to the C2; FF's rules, not mine.] We ask for proofread stories, a general sense of competence in your posting language, criticism maturity and respect for your fellow fans/authors; apart from that, anything Bloodlines goes. Contact me if you'd like your work added, and don't be shy.


WORKS-IN-PROGRESS:
(Completed works not listed.)


=== MISCELLANEOUS ===

Wanderlust: Chapter 5 (INTERIM: The Heart), Chapter 6 (ANIMARE: Construct), Chapter 7 (DYSPHORIA: Breaches), Chapter 8 (INTERIM: Memories for Aeolus), Chapter 9 (MEMORIA: In Two Inches), Chapter 10 (DYSPHORIA: Flashpoint) Chapter 11 (INTERIM: The Last Man)

Running on Faith: Chapter 2 ("Hiding")

He Does Not

=== ELDER SCROLLS ===

Good Men

From the Grave

=== THIEF ===

A Good Bet: Old Man Cutty's got a sharp new puppy but he won't sell. Guild captains are starting to talk. What's an honest Downwinder to do? (One-shot, pre-Dark Project.) [TBA]

Fool Boy: For love of that fool boy, a Keeper has done the unthinkable. Artemus has killed. He will never forgive Garrett this. [TBA]

What Glisters

To the Green: Garrett grants Lotus his final wish. (The Metal Age - Precious Cargo one-shot.) [CONCEPT]

Staggered: A thief can't run on broken legs. (Dark Project - Break from Cragscleft Prison one-shot.) [CONCEPT]

=== NEVERWINTER NIGHTS ===

Mea Culpa: Chapter 3 (Virgin)

Loyal Hands: Chapter 2 (Over the Wall)

=== DRAGON AGE ===

Icarus

Shangri-La: Anders is in trouble again. And, again, Nathaniel Howe is left to get him out of it. (A lighthearted Awakening buddy adventure. Approx. five chapters.) [TBA]

White Laurel

Cake: Chapter 10 (Promenade)

=== VAMPIRE: THE MASQUERADE - BLOODLINES ===
(Completed sequential works listed and numbered to denote intended reading order.)

1. Byzantine Black -- COMPLETE (Now working on version 1.3: dialogue enhancement and syntax simplification.)
2. La Pucelle: Chapter 6 (The Stomping of Drums) -- Seems life doesn't want me to finish this one, but it's finally in the last pre-publish push.
NOTE: I hate the title of this story and it may very well change.

For Honour

Harlem Sunset


=== AWESOME ART FROM MY FELLOW FAN DWEEBS ===
(AKA: Thank You So Much You Guys Are So Awesome I Can't Even)
-=Don't forget to check out these artists' homepages/profiles/projects, too!=-

PS: If you made me some art (have I told you that I love you?) but would rather not have it displayed here, let me know; I'll take the link down.


BYZANTINE BLACK

Woeburne - Byzantine Blackby Saphyr88
Woeburne by thinman

ICARUS

DA2 - Icarusby Lesatho
Cala Hawke (Portrait) by pickledpoopers
Cala and Anders by pickledpoopers
Meowby pickledpoopers
Runby pickledpoopers
Bloody Nose by pickledpoopers
Wicker by pickledpoopers


1. La Pucelle » reviews
Not even you could wish yourself to greatness. VTM - Bloodlines AU. Sequel to Byzantine Black.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Rated: M - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 5 - Words: 25,873 - Reviews: 31 - Updated: 3-29-13 - Published: 9-8-12
2. He Does Not » reviews
You may doubt and whisper whatever you wish, for Thorin of Durin does not listen, and he does not care. (Character study: incessant lectures, frequent fight-picking, occasional song. Blend of movie-verse and book-verse.)
Hobbit - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,544 - Reviews: 8 - Updated: 1-29-13 - Published: 1-26-13 - Thorin
3. Black Coffee reviews
He has to keep awake somehow. (Brazenly overgrown Barney Calhoun character spotlight. Rated T for violence, language and mild sexual references. One-shot.)
Half-Life - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16,525 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-27-13 - Barney C. - Complete
4. Running on Faith reviews
Sometimes it's the bare-bones actions that keep you going. (A collection of TWD main cast character spotlights. Spoilers within. Rated for language and adult themes.)
Walking Dead - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,496 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 11-3-12
5. Byzantine Black » reviews
A king will die in the castle he builds. VtM - Bloodlines AU. (Upgrade 1.3 still underway, but the story's readable.)
Vampire: The Masquerade - Rated: M - English - Drama/Suspense - Chapters: 80 - Words: 379,582 - Reviews: 406 - Updated: 8-26-12 - Published: 1-13-10 - Complete
6. Good Men » reviews
"He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world." - Horace. A story of the Legion and one humble Legionnaire: Hadvar of Riverwood.
Elder Scroll series - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 2 - Words: 8,906 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 6-21-12 - Published: 4-21-12 - Hadvar
7. On White Shores reviews
A brief, earnest, intimate glimpse at the inner mind of Sebastian LaCroix. What baited the monster, and what still echoes of the man?
Vampire: The Masquerade - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,036 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 5-13-12 - Prince S. LaCroix - Complete
8. Icarus » reviews
You must learn to run before you can fly. Anders & Justice revisioned.
Dragon Age - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 14 - Words: 114,434 - Reviews: 152 - Updated: 4-29-12 - Published: 3-17-11 - Anders
9. Wanderlust » reviews
Janiah Shepard is a Spectre - but Janiah Shepard is also a man. An intensive character study of a slightly psychotic male Shepard. (Includes events from Mass Effect 1-3 and the rare beast that is MShep/Liara.)
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 4 - Words: 10,478 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 3-14-12 - Published: 7-13-11 - Shepard (M) & Liara T'Soni
10. For Honour » reviews
"I can no longer obey." - Napoleon Bonaparte. A personal history of Prince Sebastian LaCroix.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Rated: T - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 2 - Words: 8,817 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 3-3-12 - Published: 12-12-11 - Prince S. LaCroix
11. Harlem Sunset » reviews
Once he had a real name. A story of the city, bad magic, and Baron Angeltown before he was Nines.
Vampire: The Masquerade - Rated: M - English - Crime/Horror - Chapters: 2 - Words: 8,833 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 2-1-12 - Published: 8-30-10 - Nines R.
12. The Jackal reviews
History would say she was an animal. Myth would say she was a demon. The Good Thief would say she was foolish, belligerent, stubborn – blind. None of these are true. Viktoria always knew the cost of shaking Soulforge. She did it anyway.
Thief: The Dark Project - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,267 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-11-12 - Complete
13. Half Full reviews
There is a little more wine yet in the widow's goblet; there is a little more she has to say. Join the eerie Edwina Moira and a certain master thief as they sit down for a madwoman's toast on the tower sill.
Thief: The Dark Project - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,738 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 1-1-12 - Complete
14. What Glisters » reviews
Garrett is a young thief with a penchant for gold and no patience for faulty plans. Basso is a silver-tongued conman with terrible schemes, a killer smile, and one very nubile sister named Adeline.
Thief: The Dark Project - Rated: T - English - Crime/Humor - Chapters: 6 - Words: 9,139 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 12-30-11 - Published: 11-5-10
15. Regaining Balance reviews
When the wood nymph tears out Garrett's eye, his equilibrium and his world are thrown off-kilter. Artemus can help.
Thief: The Dark Project - Rated: T - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,371 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 12-18-11 - Complete
16. Haggling Freedom reviews
In the late Korcari autumn, a strange man meets an even stranger girl. (Pre-DA:O. One-shot.)
Dragon Age - Rated: M - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9,700 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 10-12-11 - Morrigan & Anders - Complete
17. White Laurel » reviews
"The Cousland history is long, indeed." A bloody realization of House Cousland and the end of a ruling line.
Dragon Age - Rated: M - English - Family/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 8,716 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 7-30-11 - Published: 1-30-11 - Cousland & Eleanor C.
18. Mea Culpa » reviews
"Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault." An ongoing attempt at expanding Casavir.
Neverwinter Nights - Rated: T - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 2 - Words: 5,646 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 6-25-11 - Published: 6-18-11 - Casavir
19. Loyal Hands reviews
"The only good paladin is a dead paladin. Fortunately, this is a holy war, and we're fairly easy to come by." - Sir Cathielle Ivan Corbet (NWN1 tale. Focuses on henchmen vignettes, paladin banter, the trouble Tomi gets everyone in and the stupid things Sharwyn has to do to get them back out of it.)
Neverwinter Nights - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,133 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-31-10
20. From the Grave » reviews
A donnish Sarano cousin meets a would-be grave-robber. Vindictiveness and plenty of cussin' ensue in this eccentric Dark Elf romance played to the morbid tune of traditional Dunmer burial rites.
Elder Scroll series - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,656 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 11-21-10 - Published: 9-11-10
21. Dance to Your Daddy reviews
Charlie sings herself to sleep under the plate-glass eyes of Mr. Bubbles.
BioShock - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,698 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 3-24-10 - Big Daddy & Little Sister - Complete
22. Cake » reviews
A Dust Town bruiser and her fellow Warden recruits wind down over a lonely fire-pit and burnt rabbit. (A series of short vignettes and character exploration.)
Dragon Age - Rated: T - English - Friendship/Humor - Chapters: 9 - Words: 21,915 - Reviews: 24 - Updated: 3-19-10 - Published: 11-30-09 - Brosca
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