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DON'T NEED TO KNOW CANON
Pseudo-Edo SciFi Art - Yamaguchi Akira
This is a set of very cool paintings of futuristic/steampunk Edo-period Japan.
Prime Time. 1613 words.
A deeply cool, extremely clever science fiction story with a take on time travel I've never seen before, complete with trippy tenses and some unexpected emotional punch. Like its inspiration, it melds some old-fashioned aspects (the story's format) with futuristic ones, and creates something cool and new that you can keep looking at and discovering new things. It wouldn't be out of place in Clarkesworld. One of the comments thinks it should be nominated for a Hugo and I agree.
"Hey Diddle Diddle"
Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
The Other Side. 1200 words.
A strange and unexpectedly beautiful story, with the quirky playfulness of the original rhyme, lovely prose, and a kind of existential eeriness. This is another one that I could easily see in a magazine, and is the sort of thing Yuletide is all about, for me.
Goncharov
This is a movie that doesn't exist directed by Martin Scorsese. That's all you need to know to read the hilarious and all too believable story about the 2023 remake. And if you haven't heard of Goncharov, do read the article I linked - it's weird, funny, and kind of heartwarming in a very fannish way.
Goncharov (2023).
NEED TO KNOW CANON
Arcadia - Tom Stoppard
Anything's Possible. 3134 words.
NOTE: Major character death. But the same sort that's in the play, where the dead co-exist with the living. The present characters from the play reunite at the funeral of one of their own, which is also attended by his ghost. It's in the format of a play, and it really feels like a short sequel to it. The dialogue is fantastic, and it's smart and emotional and involves card games and statistics - so, very Stoppard.
Equus - Peter Shaffer
The Sacrifice. 2179 words.
Martin Dysart returns to Greece. Incredibly well-written, with an intense atmosphere of building dread. It really captures and evokes the themes and atmosphere of the play.
The Expanse - TV
Pyriscence. 2862 words. Amos Burton & Praxidike Meng.
Amos comes to visit Prax and Mei after the end of the series. A heartwarming look at all three of them living and growing and changing and enjoying each other's company, exactly what I would have loved to see on the show itself. Excellent Prax voice.
Sunshine - Robin McKinley
under our skins. 1190 words. Mel, Original Characters.
Mel during the Wars, told through the eyes of a tattoo artist. Great structure, very clever, excellent worldbuilding, and it tells a story too.
Watership Down - Richard Adams
El-ahrairah and the River of Stone. 4360 words.
One story, told by four rabbits over multiple generations. A very cleverly structured story, absorbing and rewarding. It feels exactly like canon. I loved it.
I have four stories in the main collection. Can you guess what they are?
Pseudo-Edo SciFi Art - Yamaguchi Akira
This is a set of very cool paintings of futuristic/steampunk Edo-period Japan.
Prime Time. 1613 words.
A deeply cool, extremely clever science fiction story with a take on time travel I've never seen before, complete with trippy tenses and some unexpected emotional punch. Like its inspiration, it melds some old-fashioned aspects (the story's format) with futuristic ones, and creates something cool and new that you can keep looking at and discovering new things. It wouldn't be out of place in Clarkesworld. One of the comments thinks it should be nominated for a Hugo and I agree.
"Hey Diddle Diddle"
Hey, diddle, diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
The Other Side. 1200 words.
A strange and unexpectedly beautiful story, with the quirky playfulness of the original rhyme, lovely prose, and a kind of existential eeriness. This is another one that I could easily see in a magazine, and is the sort of thing Yuletide is all about, for me.
Goncharov
This is a movie that doesn't exist directed by Martin Scorsese. That's all you need to know to read the hilarious and all too believable story about the 2023 remake. And if you haven't heard of Goncharov, do read the article I linked - it's weird, funny, and kind of heartwarming in a very fannish way.
Goncharov (2023).
NEED TO KNOW CANON
Arcadia - Tom Stoppard
Anything's Possible. 3134 words.
NOTE: Major character death. But the same sort that's in the play, where the dead co-exist with the living. The present characters from the play reunite at the funeral of one of their own, which is also attended by his ghost. It's in the format of a play, and it really feels like a short sequel to it. The dialogue is fantastic, and it's smart and emotional and involves card games and statistics - so, very Stoppard.
Equus - Peter Shaffer
The Sacrifice. 2179 words.
Martin Dysart returns to Greece. Incredibly well-written, with an intense atmosphere of building dread. It really captures and evokes the themes and atmosphere of the play.
The Expanse - TV
Pyriscence. 2862 words. Amos Burton & Praxidike Meng.
Amos comes to visit Prax and Mei after the end of the series. A heartwarming look at all three of them living and growing and changing and enjoying each other's company, exactly what I would have loved to see on the show itself. Excellent Prax voice.
Sunshine - Robin McKinley
under our skins. 1190 words. Mel, Original Characters.
Mel during the Wars, told through the eyes of a tattoo artist. Great structure, very clever, excellent worldbuilding, and it tells a story too.
Watership Down - Richard Adams
El-ahrairah and the River of Stone. 4360 words.
One story, told by four rabbits over multiple generations. A very cleverly structured story, absorbing and rewarding. It feels exactly like canon. I loved it.
I have four stories in the main collection. Can you guess what they are?
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