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Author has written 12 stories for Patriot, Sherlock Holmes, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Misc. Movies, Village, Les Miserables, Kingdom of Heaven, Misc. Tv Shows, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and the Beast, and Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I am a 40-something Scots historian/art historian, most recently working in university admin. History, literature, art, politics & c & c are my main passions. I'm a published non-fiction author: I've written a historical biography, edited 18C letters (Scottish and Russian) for publication, and numerous articles on a range of subjects. I have written fanfic for The Patriot (sic: I think of it as The Scud) from a Loyal American pov, and a Conan Doyle/Hardy story in which Holmes and Watson investigate the stabbing of the unfortunate young Mr. d'Urberville. I have written a Ronald Firbank-y Le Pacte des Loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf) short story, and a prologue based on the loosely RLS-inspired Napoleonic swashbuckler St Ives (All for Love). I love Les Mis (book and most film/musical versions), and Peter Watkins' brilliant (and very long) dramatisation La Commune: Paris 1871. I thought it would be interesting to speculate what Marius was up to then…I've started a fic on The Village. I've been working more recently on Kingdom of Heaven fics. I just need more time to finish everything! My most recent complete story is Survivors, a slightly twisted rom-com/drama based on M J Bird's 1983 supernatural thriller/Gothic romance TV serial, The Dark Side of the Sun. Watching the serial again in 2007, the OTP was so obvious that I was stunned we didn't get it! The two most interesting characters – the Templar and the psychiatrist – are made for each other! So I have brought them together, with the help of one or two original characters, trobador allusions, and historical snarking. I am now back in the Notre Dame de Paris (aka Hunchback of Notre Dame) fandom, a passion of mine since 1981 (blame François Villon!). I am deeply disturbed by its Disneyfication, and console myself by imagining Dom Claude solemnly excommunicating those responsible. I have a long-term tendresse for the proto-Dostoevskian, tortured and passionate intellectual as tragic hero/anti-hero… or, from where I'm sitting, toy-boy. In Last Year's Snows, I'm making a happier ending for him and the others. None of the characters (well, except, perhaps, the goat!) is a model of virtue, and tant mieux. Those in search of exemplary characters and preachy morality should look elsewhere, because that's not what interests me: passion-tormented young priests and not-entirely-repentant filles-de-joie do. I'm also doing a Disneyverse fic (to pull something from the wreckage!): the cameo-appearance by Belle (from Disney's Beauty & the Beast) inspired me to weave a Beauty & the Beast plot thread into Disney's Notre Dame, in which near-tragedy brings together a scholarly young woman and an equally scholarly, damaged man. I should point out that h/c is a recurrent theme of mine. I blame it on early exposure to a Baroque St Sebastian in the art gallery I used to visit as a child. Doomed, damaged, but beautiful young men (or women) in need of rescue are guaranteed to inspire me… As a friend of mine said, we grew up on the old swashbucklers, where if the hero didn't get his shirt off to get himself repaired at some point in the proceedings, you felt cheated! | |||||||
1. Last Year's Snows: An 'Education Sentimentale' » reviewsA book-verse alternative ending, in which lessons in life and love await 2 girls, 3 boys, and a goat. 11: Pâquette begins her lessons, but who is really teaching whom what?Hunchback of Notre Dame - Rated: T - English - Family/Romance - Chapters: 11 - Words: 43,959 - Reviews: 52 - Updated: 9-9-10 - Published: 7-12-09 - C. Frollo & Sister Gudule2. The Belle of Notre Dame » reviewsDisneyverse 'Notre Dame' with some touches of bookverse and 'Beauty & the Beast': I hate what Disney did to NDdP, but Belle's cameo-role inspired this little fairytale. 8: Belle and Claude bond over Boethius.Crossover - Beauty and the Beast & Hunchback of Notre Dame - Rated: T - English - Romance/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 8 - Words: 14,154 - Reviews: 35 - Updated: 8-29-10 - Published: 7-28-09 - C. Frollo3. Survivors » reviewsDark Side of the Sun – M J Bird, BBC 1983 Raoul's a 700–year–old immortal ex–Templar who needs a psychiatrist. Ismini's a psychiatrist and psychic, and has already killed him once. Not an easy start. Some adult themes, mediæval violence in flashback.Misc. Tv Shows - Rated: T - English - Romance/Fantasy - Chapters: 12 - Words: 46,657 - Reviews: 16 - Updated: 10-14-07 - Published: 7-24-07 - Complete4. The Return of the King » reviewsSomeone's been tampering with the KoH script, killing characters who survived historically. Is a 12C feud being replayed as a game of literary revenge? Can you commit regicide by script? What about death by falling dwarf?Kingdom of Heaven - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Humor - Chapters: 7 - Words: 7,305 - Reviews: 26 - Updated: 9-5-05 - Published: 7-23-055. Mary Sue, Oltra Mar » reviewsMarySue must repent! Tragicomic fantasy on theme by Jaufre Rudel. MarySue writer and wannabe 'Mediaeval Baebe' Juliet steals a timetravel ring, to seduce Balian. But who is the 'fairest and noblest' 'perfect knight' ? She's in for a reeducation! Complete.Kingdom of Heaven - Rated: T - English - Fantasy - Chapters: 6 - Words: 13,654 - Reviews: 43 - Updated: 6-9-05 - Published: 5-18-05 - Complete6. Out of the Woods » reviewsUpdated! 'Village' sequel, with 'Kaspar Hauser' overtones - but I plan a happier outcome. New: Ivy shares her fears with Lucius; plans are made for Noah's future; and Jay speculates wildly. Some corrections after getting the DVDVillage - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 6 - Words: 11,797 - Reviews: 38 - Updated: 1-19-05 - Published: 9-5-047. Le Temps des Cerises reviews39 years after 'Les Amis de l'ABC' fell on the barricades, another generation fights for survival. Where is Marius Pontmercy now?Les Miserables - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 348 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 11-26-04 - Published: 11-25-04 - Marius - Complete8. The Loyal Daughter » reviewsCh. 16: Will and Augusta's fortunes take a turn for the better, with the arrival of new friends. Ch. 17 is underway, now I have a biography of Ben ThompsonPatriot - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 16 - Words: 80,535 - Reviews: 39 - Updated: 5-10-02 - Published: 7-9-019. Lannig ar Vranig: a prequel to 'St Ives' reviews1795: Alain de Kéroual de SaintYves, a traumatised teenaged Breton refugee, gets a chilling welcome from his emigré grandfather setting the scene for future tragedy. Complete short story. I've removed unfinished later chapters, so disregard one review.Misc. Movies - Rated: T - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,675 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-20-02 - Complete10. A Habit of Intrigue reviewsA Firbankian-x-Beardsleyesque short story as a sequel to 'Le Pacte des Loups' 'The Brotherhood of the Wolf'. Rome 1767: a deliciously decadent young Abbess returns from 'pilgrimage' to a Southern France with an elegant but enigmatic male 'secretary'...Brotherhood of the Wolf - Rated: T - English - Humor/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,306 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 2-27-02 - Complete11. How Green Was My Dragoon reviewsA whimsical alternative ending, with nods to 'The Wizard of Oz' and Mel's more endearing role of 2000. The wounded Will Tavington tries to disentangle reality from delirium. What colour is his jacket...?Patriot - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,990 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 6-11-01 - Complete12. The Adventure of the Stained Ceiling » reviewsInspired by a joke about 'Tess of the Baskervilles'. The beautiful Mrs. Clare confesses to stabbing her lover Alec d'Urberville. Holmes and Watson uncover a sinister web of conspiracy, candomblé and armadillo sewing baskets.Crossover - Sherlock Holmes & Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Rated: T - English - Mystery/Parody - Chapters: 9 - Words: 27,101 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 6-11-01 - Sherlock Holmes - Complete
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