# is for 4 Vignettes With No Kissing & 1 Ex-Yacht, A is for After the World Went Awry, S is for The Singing of Many Wires
I'm having a terrible week thanks to a toothache that allowed me only one hour of sleep last night. I don't have a lot of patience for writing up fics, but I want to get some of these out of the way before I forget the details. The results may fall a bit below standard.
Lefty Sings the Blues by MirrorMasque (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
masterofmidgets) is a fic based on the song Pancho and Lefty by Townes Van Zandt. It's really good with skillful writing, strong characterizations, and a lot of genuine emotion. It's sad, as is inevitable given the source material, but worth it. 3,818 words. Pancho/Lefty slash. Particularly recommended.
1991 by SkyborneVeggies, an MFU fic, is also good. I don't particularly like stories that feature long separations of the OTP, as this one does. It works, though, and the fic has excellent atmosphere. 1,616 words. NS/IK slash.
4 Vignettes With No Kissing & 1 Ex-Yacht by captain_starcat is also an MFU fic. It traces the developing relationship between our heroes from their alternating points of view. I liked it a lot. 2,048 words. NS/IK slash. Particularly recommended.
After the World Went Awry and its sequel The Singing of Many Wires by teaspoonnebula are two excellent Sherlock Holmes fics featuring time travel. They both have fun with their fantastical premise while also treating seriously and movingly the human emotions that would arise from it. There are a few writing issues with the first installment and the mystery in the second installment does leave some loose ends, but on the whole, this series is just wonderful. 22,015 words and 18,801 words. Both gen. Both particularly recommended.
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I'm having a terrible week thanks to a toothache that allowed me only one hour of sleep last night. I don't have a lot of patience for writing up fics, but I want to get some of these out of the way before I forget the details. The results may fall a bit below standard.
Lefty Sings the Blues by MirrorMasque (
masterofmidgets) is a fic based on the song Pancho and Lefty by Townes Van Zandt. It's really good with skillful writing, strong characterizations, and a lot of genuine emotion. It's sad, as is inevitable given the source material, but worth it. 3,818 words. Pancho/Lefty slash. Particularly recommended.1991 by SkyborneVeggies, an MFU fic, is also good. I don't particularly like stories that feature long separations of the OTP, as this one does. It works, though, and the fic has excellent atmosphere. 1,616 words. NS/IK slash.
4 Vignettes With No Kissing & 1 Ex-Yacht by captain_starcat is also an MFU fic. It traces the developing relationship between our heroes from their alternating points of view. I liked it a lot. 2,048 words. NS/IK slash. Particularly recommended.
After the World Went Awry and its sequel The Singing of Many Wires by teaspoonnebula are two excellent Sherlock Holmes fics featuring time travel. They both have fun with their fantastical premise while also treating seriously and movingly the human emotions that would arise from it. There are a few writing issues with the first installment and the mystery in the second installment does leave some loose ends, but on the whole, this series is just wonderful. 22,015 words and 18,801 words. Both gen. Both particularly recommended.
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