fic: Mongols and Middle English

[ursula]

I wrote a story about Fatima and Töregene Khatun for lightningwaltz for Chocolate Box:

Taking Inventory (2284 words) by UrsulaKohl
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Historical RPF
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Fatima/Toregene Khatun
Characters: Fatima, Töregene Khatun
Additional Tags: Sworn friendship, Oaths & Vows, Mongols, Nizam al-Mulk, Spoils of War, Accounting, Revenge
Summary:

Fatima could read and write in two languages, keep accounts, and process silk thread. Perhaps one of those skills would be useful to a queen.

A little weirder, but hopefully on topic for this community, one of my Yuletide offerings was a Small Angry Planet/Chaucer Hath a Blog crossover, in Middle English:

The Pelerins Progress, or a Long Wei to a Smalle Angri Islet (1220 words) by UrsulaKohl
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wayfarers Series - Becky Chambers, Chaucer Hath a Blog | Chaucer Doth Tweet
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Rosemary Harper/Sissix Seshkethet, Lovey/Jenks (Wayfarers Series)
Characters: Rosemary Harper, Sissix Seshkethet, Lovey (Wayfarers Series), Jenks (Wayfarers Series), Geoffrey Chaucer, Corbin (Wayfarers Series), Ohan (Wayfarers Series)
Additional Tags: Middle English, Pilgrimage, Miracles of Saint Isidore, Crossover, Geometry is magic
Summary:

Chaucer hath a blog wherein he revieweth manye grete workes of literature. A Long Wei to a Smalle Angri Islet is a tale of faythe and love most fitting to thys seasoun.

Luxury Passenger Rail Travel before World War 2

[olivermoss]

I’ve done a lot of research on luxury passenger rail travel between 1880 and the start of WW2. I've been asked a few times to share some of my research, so here is my attempt at a basic overview. I hope people find it helpful.

I am cutting this both due to length but also due to references to sex tourism. I do not go into details, but I thought it would be better to acknowledge it than to pretend it isn't part of the history.

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Historium Commentfest 2019

[thisbluespirit]

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Fighting the Urge | Boardwalk Empire | Contains Season 4 Spoilers

[kunstarschloch]

Title: Fighting the Urge
Author: kunstvogel
Fandom: Boardwalk Empire
Characters: Gillian Darmondy, Roy Phillips
Spoilers: Contains S4 spoilers.
Rating / Warnings: Explicit. No warnings apply.
Words: 1,060

Summary: Roy helps Gillian forget, for a while.