never travel without a vial of poison - for activecadre

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Title: never travel without a vial of poison
Gift for: prevail
By: [anonymous]
Gift type: fiction, 2,267
Genre: fantasy
Rating:
Warnings: some mild violence
Summary: A poison maker is forced to confront her past.
Giftcreator's notes: I've never written a story like this before and it was something of a challenge. I had fun though, mostly thanks to my betas who are truly miracle workers. I hope this story suits your taste, activecadre!


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Kaminari Girls Above the Clouds - for eccentricyoruba

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Title: Kaminari Girls Above the Clouds
Gift for: eccentricyoruba
By: hvalrann
Gift type: Fiction, 9270 words with bonus art
Genre: steampunk
Rating: appropriate for general audiences
Warnings: none
Summary: Two girls who work for the air-mail postal system in an alternate-history 1730s Japan take a day off for adventure.
Giftcreator's notes: For the prompt: "Steampunk-ish story involving the discovery of a group of human beings who can fly." I owe a great deal to the imaginations of a number of anonymous historical people in different cultures, who gave me some of the most interesting elements of the story. Of course, I have taken some liberties - for example, Mochizuki was a real post station on the Nakasendô, but just as a place to stop overnight for travellers heading to and from Edo. During the Tokugawa period, there was no organized mail service in Japan, let alone an airborne one. And of course, many thanks to my brainstorming assistant and beta, B.


( Kaminari Girls Above the Clouds )

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There the Lake, There the Gift of Bones and Flesh - for leek

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Title: There the Lake, There the Gift of Bones and Flesh
Gift for: leek
By: foxfinial
Gift type: Fiction, approx 2,700 words
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: 12A
Warnings: Threatened violence, swearing (the f-word).
Summary: A town built on a lake is afflicted with a curse. A wandering gunslinger arrives in the town hoping to solve her own problems, but things don't turn out as she planned.
Giftcreator's notes: SIMILES FOR THE SIMILE GOD. =D This was fun to write! It's eventually going to expand into a novel, I think, so I really hope it works well as a short story. Enjoy!


( There the Lake, There the Gift of Bones and Flesh )