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scifirenegade

1914-1918 Online is a great resource for WW1. Well-sourced and peer-reviewed.

Just thought it was neat and worth sharing.

sweetsorcery

Creator:

sweetsorcery
Title: Night Watch
Fandom: Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad - M R James
Rating: G
Word Count/size/length: 1,611
Characters/Pairings: Professor Parkins/Colonel Wilson
Notes/Warnings: Hurt/Comfort, Touch-Aversion/Touch-Starvation
Summary Colonel Wilson offers Parkins comfort, and perhaps more.
Originally written for

bitesizedfandomsex.

Link: Read on AO3.

sweetsorcery

Creator:

sweetsorcery
Title: Mon cœur est pour toi
Fandom: Aces High (1976)
Rating: T (for themes)
Word Count/size/length: 1,989
Characters/Pairings: Captain Sinclair/2nd Lt Stephen Croft
Notes/Warnings: WWI, RFC, brief talk of death
Summary Captain Sinclair is under a spell he has no desire to break, and he's not the only one.

Link: Read on AO3.

earthspirits

Fandom: Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Characters: Dracula, Mina Murray, Lucy Westenra + Original Characters.

Pairing: Dracula / Mina
Era: 19th Century

Title: A Waltz in the Garden

Rating: G

Word Count: 1,260

Summary: At a summer dance, Mina meets an intriguing stranger.

Note: I created this romantic little tale to honor Bram Stoker and World Dracula Day - May 26. On this day in 1897, his novel "Dracula" was first published.

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/65934640

thisbluespirit

The last of these catch up posts! This one contains 2 ficlets and 1 fic for WWII-set fandoms. (They do also have something else in common, if someone's paying close attention. XD)

Shadow Trail (400 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Glorious 39 (2009)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Anne Keyes, Joseph Balcombe
Additional Tags: Community: no_true_pair, Community: 100fandoms, Community: allbingo, Post-Canon, World War II, Spies & Secret Agents, Swearing, Community: 100_women
Summary: Anne catches sight of a figure out of an old nightmare.

Give Me A Smile I Can Keep For A While (2611 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wish Me Luck (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Colin Beale/Matty Firman
Characters: Colin Beale, Matty Firman
Additional Tags: Community: 100ships, Community: 100fandoms, Community: allbingo, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, World War II, Spies & Secret Agents, Reunions, Implied/Referenced Sex, Implied/Referenced Torture, Referenced Mental Breakdown, Scars, Kissing, Post-Season/Series 02, cross-class relationships
Summary: Matty and Colin collide again, just for a night.

Missing Pieces (1677 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Enigma (2001)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tom Jericho/Hester Wallace
Characters: Wigram (Enigma 2001), Hester Wallace, Tom Jericho
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, World War II, mention of corpses, Community: 100fandoms, Community: 100ships, passing mental health slurs, (aka Mr Wigram being his own warning), Threats, Kissing, Community: allbingo, (post-canon but pre-the bookending post-war scenes), Community: 100_women
Summary: There's another body, and Mr Wigram is still looking for Claire - but perhaps Tom is finally looking for Hester...

earthspirits

Notes:

- My Albin von Franz / Ellen Hutter Nosferatu 2024 series is an AU non--canonical version of the film.

- For plot purposes, I've revised the depiction of von Franz. While still embodied by Willem Dafoe, my version of the character is now younger, in his thirties.

Title: Of Tarot and Dreams

Fandom: Nosferatu 2024

Characters: Albin Eberhart von Franz, Ellen Hutter, Count Orlok, Original Characters

Pairing: Albin von Franz / Ellen Hutter
Eras: 19th Century / Ancient Egypt

Chapters: 3/3 - Complete.

Rating: Mature 18+ - Erotic content / Consensual lovemaking.

Warnings: Angst, psychic attacks / psychic violence + some blood / gore. Also discussion of past abuse, some strong language, and arcane rituals.

Word Count: 4,237

Summary: Unable to return home due to the storm, Ellen spends the night with von Franz. Together, they discover that dreams are sometimes more than they seem, and that love lost will always be found again.

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/65044834/chapters/167764945

thisbluespirit

More catch-up posting, this time an Edwardian themed batch:

The Practical Application of Moral Considerations (550 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ivan Dragomiloff/Sonya Winter
Characters: Sonya Winter, Ivan Dragomiloff
Additional Tags: Community: 100fandoms, Ficlet, Missing Scene, Fights, Death, 1910s
Summary: It was not the moment for a moral debate, but that had never stopped Miss Winter yet.

These Old Familiar Things (1489 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire & Steel (TV), Dean Spanley (Movie 2008)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Henslowe Fisk, Steel (Sapphire & Steel), Sapphire (Sapphire & Steel)
Additional Tags: Crossover, Community: intoabar, Post-Canon, POV Outsider, Edwardian Period
Summary: Henslowe Fisk has another odd encounter in a bar.

the furthest stars came thundering at the door (4457 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Winslow Boy (1999)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Robert Morton/Catherine Winslow
Characters: Robert Morton (Winslow Boy), Catherine Winslow
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, Edwardian Period, with World War I approaching like the down express, Trains, Smoking, Post-Canon, Scandal
Summary: Catherine and Sir Robert find themselves on the same train, but travelling in quite different directions.

AU Meme: Catherine Winslow/Sir Robert Morton (3938 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Winslow Boy (1999), An Ideal Husband (1999)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Robert Morton/Catherine Winslow
Characters: Robert Morton (Winslow Boy), Catherine Winslow, Arthur Winslow, Grace Winslow, Lady Gertrude Chiltern, Mabel Chiltern
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Alternate Universe - Star Wars Fusion, Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements, Alternate Universe - Fairy Tale, Crossover, 1910s, Alternate Universe - Medical, Alternate Universe - Apocalypse, mentions of John Watherstone/Catherine Winslow, Edwardian Period, Alternate Universe - Regency, nobody asked for this, au meme
Summary: Ten AU scenarios for Catherine Winslow & Sir Robert Morton for an old meme.

scifirenegade

Applause (100 words) by scifirenegade
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ich und die Kaiserin (1933)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Juliette/Der Marquis von Pontignac (Ich und die Kaiserin)
Characters: Juliette (Ich und die Kaiserin), Der Marquis von Pontignac (Ich und die Kaiserin)
Additional Tags: Slice of Life, Post-Canon, 1850s, Drabble, 3 Sentence Ficathon, Prompt Fill, Community: small-fandoms, POV Female Character, Cross-posted on Dreamwidth
Series: Part 13 of 3 Sentence Ficathon 2025, Part 3 of Small Fandoms Drabblethon 2025
Summary:

The château was smaller and, surprisingly, quieter.

thisbluespirit

Some 1920s & 30s pieces:

Red Sky in the Morning (1316 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Forsyte Saga - All Media Types, The Forsyte Saga (TV 1967)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Anne Wilmot Forsyte/Jon Forsyte, Fleur Forsyte/Jon Forsyte, Fleur Forsyte/Michael Mont
Characters: Anne Wilmot Forsyte, Jon Forsyte, Michael Mont, Fleur Forsyte
Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Angst, Pining, Emotional Hurt, Community: hc_bingo, Whumptober, Community: genprompt_bingo, Community: 100ships, Community: 100fandoms, Complicated Relationships, Episode: An Afternoon At Ascot, fears of infidelity
Summary: Maybe there’s a terrible storm on its way to tear them all apart, maybe it’ll all blow over before it comes to that. It’s the worst kind of waiting.

you asked me how i knew (my true love was true) (2656 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Iris Henderson/Gilbert Redman
Characters: Iris Henderson, Gilbert Redman
Additional Tags: Yuletide, 1930s, Banter, 5 Times, Spies & Secret Agents, Hurt/Comfort, Humor, Fluff, Not entirely linear
Summary: Iris and Gilbert navigate a whirlwind romance (with musical accompaniment); or Five Tunes That Brought Them Together & One That Didn't.

( Plus two more, for No Wind of Blame & Dangerous Corner )

thisbluespirit

Still playing catch up with my fic, in themed batches - this one being Tudor-related.

In Sunlit Fields (487 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Towers in the Mist - Elizabeth Goudge
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Joyeuce Leigh/Nicolas de Worde
Characters: Joyeuce Leigh, Nicolas de Worde
Additional Tags: Ficlet, Tudor Era, 16th Century CE, Post-Canon, Fluff, Community: 100fandoms, Community: 100ships
Summary: Nicolas and Joyeuce, looking to an unlikely future for Canon Leigh's daughter.

that strange unmerciful tyrant (2256 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Shadow of the Tower
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Henry VII of England & John de la Pole Earl of Lincoln, Henry VII of England/John de la Pole Earl of Lincoln
Characters: Henry VII of England, John de la Pole Earl of Lincoln
Additional Tags: Battle of Stoke, 15th Century, Loyalty, Rebellion, Trust Issues, Dreams, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canonical Character Death, (that goes slightly differently), Episode: e04 The Crowning of Apes
Summary: John of Lincoln knows what he wants - the throne of England. His heart might have other ideas.

thisbluespirit

Midnight on Wardour Street (1123 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Miss Scarlet and the Duke (TV 2020), Craddock and Co (Radio)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Charles Craddock & Eliza Scarlet
Characters: Eliza Scarlet, Charles Craddock
Additional Tags: Community: no_true_pair, Community: 100fandoms, Detectives, Victorian, Pre-Canon, (for Craddock & Co), 1880s, Community: allbingo, Crossover, London
Summary: Eliza is caught out revisiting the scene of the crime at an ungodly hour of the night...

Inner Demons (3867 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dracula (TV 1968)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jonathan Harker/Mina Harker/John Seward
Characters: John Seward, Mina Harker, Jonathan Harker, Original Characters
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Demonic Possession, Victorian, Blood and Injury, The forces of darkness do not take holidays
Summary: If there's one thing this supernatural business has taught Dr Seward, it's that wherever the Harkers go, there'll be trouble. Unfortunately, it seems that wherever the Harkers go now, so does he...

( Plus two more for Dracula (1968) & Taste the Blood of Dracula )

thisbluespirit

I realised I hadn't posted any historical-set fic of mine here since 2021, so I should get on that, at least for some of it:

Chance Is A Fine Thing (4254 words) by thisbluespirit
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Snowdrift and Other Stories - Georgette Heyer, Hazard - Georgette Heyer
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Granville Carlington Marquis of Carlington/Helen Morland
Characters: Helen Morland, Granville Carlington Marquis of Carlington, Original Characters, Ralph Morland, Lionel Winter, Marmaduke Shapley
Additional Tags: Yuletide, Pre-Canon, Post-Canon, Regency, Pining, Weddings
Summary: Helen's luck was also in that night.

scifirenegade

Illustrator:

scifirenegade
Fandom: Ich und die Kaiserin (1933)
Character(s): The Marquis of Pontignac
Historical Era: 1850s

earthspirits

Tales Inspired by Nosferatu 2024

My Albin von Franz / Ellen Hutter series is set in 1830's Germany. It is a non-canonical alternate universe version of the film. For plot purposes, I've revised the depiction of von Franz. While still embodied by the amazing Willem Dafoe, my version of the character is now younger, in his thirties.

Stories in this series are in sequential order. They are rated Mature. Please see each individual story for their specific ratings / warnings.

Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz has spent years researching strange esoteric mysteries and the paranormal. But in Ellen Hutter, a young woman rumored to be mad, he encounters the greatest mystery of all. The troubled Ellen is drawn to von Franz, a rational man of conscience, who nevertheless embraces the irrationality of the supernatural. Only he believes in her.

United by a deep and enigmatic bond, the two join forces to defeat the ancient menace that threatens the city of Wisborg and all they hold dear.

Link: archiveofourown.org/series/4754407

impala_chick

The Hulu TV series The Great has fantastic costumes. The show is set in 18th century Russia, and the best outfits of the show are worn by Catherine The Great. I love how the designers pushed the envelope and really showed Catherine's growth over the three-season series through her costumes. For the

marchmetamatterschallenge, I wanted to share my meta about her costumes over the three seasons of the show. This was also posted at my journal.

I believe The Great needs a fandom tag?

( Three moodboards and meta under here )

scifirenegade

The Peace of Death (125 words) by scifirenegade
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Anders Als Die Andern | Different From the Others (1919)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Butler & Paul Körner
Characters: Paul Körner, Butler (Anders Als Die Andern)
Additional Tags: Angst, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Character Death Fix, Paul Körner Lives, Suicide Attempt, Mentioned Paul Körner/Kurt Sivers, Mentioned Kurt Sivers, 3 Sentence Ficathon, Ficlet, Prompt Fill, Cross-posted on Dreamwidth
Series: Part 5 of 3 Sentence Ficathon 2025
Summary:

Instead of finding himself under the Sword of Damocles, Paul laid in his bed.

delphi

Creator:

delphi
Title: Rigging
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: ~1000
Characters/Pairings: Archie/Fang/Frenchie/Izzy Hands/Jim Jimenez
Notes/Warnings: AU: Izzy Lives. Written for the 2025

fourormore Valentine's Flash Fiction Madness. Also available on AO3.
Summary: There’s a line that runs through the five of them, even now. Every once in a while, in the rainy season, the survivors of the mutiny get a room and spend the night together.

DW Link: Rigging

sweetsorcery

kindreadspirits

This is a chat and fanworks community centred around making the most of the gay subtext abundant in a lot of vintage horror and classic ghost stories, namely of the Victorian through the Edwardian era and towards the middle of the 20th Century.

Another main purpose is to actually find the relevant stories within the plethora of horror fiction from the olden days, so a main focus of this community will be to let each other know what we simply must read/listen to at the first opportunity!

We write and gossip about gentlemen haunted by spooks and secret urges alike, so in the fashion of all the best gentlemen's clubs,

kindreadspirits is members-only. You must be 18 or older to become a member, as some content posted may well be explicit. (Please make sure your profile contains some kind of age statement.)

Chat is very much encouraged! Post about anything related to M/M slash potential in your favourite stories and novels - your chosen pairings and most beloved characters, quotes, and plot points. Post about authors you admire, ask for research or writing help, share interesting story finds and information, tell us about exchanges upon which we might want to descend, moan about your WIPs, ask for beta-readers, suggest challenges, post playlists or icons or mood boards you've made, etc.

delphi

Creator:

delphi
Title: The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death
Rating: Mature
Word Count: ~4300
Characters/Pairings: Izzy Hands/Jim Jimenez (with implied future Archie/Izzy/Jim), Izzy Hands/Lucius Spriggs, Frenchie/Izzy Hands, Wee John Feeney/Izzy Hands, Fang/Izzy Hands/Roach, plus references to background Stede Bonnet/Edward Teach and Black Pete/Lucius Spriggs
Notes/Warnings: AU: Izzy Lives, some service kink in general and bootblacking kink in specific. Written for the Western Title Challenge, with the assigned title coming from an episode of The Virginian. Also available on AO3.
Summary: Izzy Hands isn’t the sort of man who falls in love. But step by step, he keeps getting closer to it.

DW Link: The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All

scifirenegade

Ice, Soft (100 words) by scifirenegade
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Barbara Wright
Additional Tags: Character Study, Drabble, Introspection, Pre-Canon, Period-Typical Sexism, School, POV Female Character, Prompt Fill, Community: comment_fic, Cross-posted on Dreamwidth, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
Series: Part 3 of Comment Fic 2024
Summary:

She was aware of the things being said about her.

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dimity_blue - Hello and welcome!
scifirenegade - World War 1 Online Encyclopedia
sweetsorcery - FIC "Night Watch" (Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You - MRJ) Parkins/Wilson G
sweetsorcery - FIC "Mon cœur est pour toi" (Aces High) Captain Sinclair/Stephen Croft T
earthspirits - A Waltz in the Garden - AU Dracula & Mina Tale - Inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
thisbluespirit - Fic for Glorious 39, Wish Me Luck & Enigma
earthspirits - Of Tarot and Dreams: Now Complete Chapters 1-3 Ellen Hutter / Albin von Franz Fic - Nosferatu 2024
thisbluespirit - Fic for The Assassination Bureau, Dean Spanley & The Winslow Boy
scifirenegade - Fic: Applause (Ich und die Kaiserin)
thisbluespirit - Fic for Dangerous Corner, The Lady Vanishes, The Forsyte Saga & No Wind of Blame
thisbluespirit - Fic: In Sunlit Fields (Towers in the Mist) & that strange unmerciful tyrant (Shadow of the Tower)
thisbluespirit - Fic for Miss Scarlet/Craddock and Co; Dracula (1968); Hammer (Dracula movies)
thisbluespirit - Fic: Chance is a Fine Thing
scifirenegade - Art (Ich und die Kaiserin) - 1850s France
earthspirits - The Magician & The High Priestess Nosferatu 2024 Inspired AU Tales of Albin Von Franz / Ellen Hutter
impala_chick - Meta: Costuming Catherine the Great
scifirenegade - FIC: The Peace of Death (Anders als die Andern)
delphi - FIC: Rigging (Our Flag Means Death)
sweetsorcery - Community Promo: Kindread Spirits
delphi - FIC: The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All (Our Flag Means Death)
scifirenegade - fic: Ice, Soft (Doctor Who) [pre-canon]

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World War 1 Online Encyclopedia

FIC "Night Watch" (Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You - MRJ) Parkins/Wilson G

FIC "Mon cœur est pour toi" (Aces High) Captain Sinclair/Stephen Croft T

A Waltz in the Garden - AU Dracula & Mina Tale - Inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Fic for Glorious 39, Wish Me Luck & Enigma

Of Tarot and Dreams: Now Complete Chapters 1-3 Ellen Hutter / Albin von Franz Fic - Nosferatu 2024

Fic for The Assassination Bureau, Dean Spanley & The Winslow Boy

Fic: Applause (Ich und die Kaiserin)

Fic for Dangerous Corner, The Lady Vanishes, The Forsyte Saga & No Wind of Blame

Fic: In Sunlit Fields (Towers in the Mist) & that strange unmerciful tyrant (Shadow of the Tower)

Fic for Miss Scarlet/Craddock and Co; Dracula (1968); Hammer (Dracula movies)

Fic: Chance is a Fine Thing

Art (Ich und die Kaiserin) - 1850s France

The Magician & The High Priestess Nosferatu 2024 Inspired AU Tales of Albin Von Franz / Ellen Hutter

Meta: Costuming Catherine the Great

FIC: The Peace of Death (Anders als die Andern)

FIC: Rigging (Our Flag Means Death)

Community Promo: Kindread Spirits

FIC: The Inchworm's Got No Wings at All (Our Flag Means Death)

fic: Ice, Soft (Doctor Who) [pre-canon]

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