Belated Yule-recs

[thisbluespirit]

I realised that I never did any yuletide recs this year, because I felt too unwell and also I never went back for a proper second go-round. So, I thought I would get on and at least rec the handful I collected, instead of moaning at the internet.


The Box of Delights (TV)
Wild and Clear (1249 words) by merriman
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Box of Delights (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Maria Jones & Kay Harker
Characters: Maria Jones, Kay Harker
Additional Tags: Magic, Matter-of-fact Spellcasting, Standing Stones in Strange Places, Men Getting Themselves in Trouble, Don't copy to another site
Summary: When Maria Jones was eleven years old, she had one of the most realistic, terrifying, exhilarating, wondrous dreams she would ever have in her life. Amazingly, unlike so many of her other adventurous dreams, when she woke from this one she found it had not been a dream at all. Magic was real and by the time Maria is an adult, she and Kay have found different ways of going about it.

Excellent Maria-centric fic.


Cadfael
A Salve for Bruised Pride (1041 words) by Ghostinthehouse
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Cadfael Chronicles - Ellis Peters
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hugh Beringar & Brother Cadfael
Characters: Brother Cadfael, Hugh Beringar
Summary: Cadfael looked up from the herb bed he was weeding at the sound of a familiar step on the path. "Welladay! What happened to you?"

This is lovely.


The Dean's Watch - Elizabeth Goudge
Two piece that are both lovely and examine the same post-book event in different and complementary ways. (I'm still amazed that Yuletide made this be a fandom that now has fic.)

The Celestial Clock (3413 words) by greerwatson
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Dean's Watch - Elizabeth Goudge
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Job Mooring/Polly
Characters: Isaac Peabody, Emma Peabody, Job Mooring, Elaine Ayscough, Polly (The Dean's Watch)
Additional Tags: Future Fic, Post-Canon, Stealth Crossover
Summary: It was more than two years before Isaac gave the new clock to Mrs Ayscough.

The Celestial Clock (2724 words) by Jay Tryfanstone
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Dean's Watch - Elizabeth Goudge
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Emma Peabody, Bella Havelock, Polly (The Dean's Watch), Job (The Dean's Watch), Isaac Peabody, Elaine Ayscough, Miss Montague
Additional Tags: Cathedral City, Horology, Redemption, Post-Canon, Yuletide 2019, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Isaac walked out into the sunshine, and said to himself, "I shall make the celestial clock again. I shall make it for Mrs Ayscough."


Georgette Heyer
Clearing Fences (1054 words) by ingreatwaters
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Bath Tangle - Georgette Heyer
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Ivo Barrasford, Serena Carlow
Summary: Unexpected domesticity

A delightful tag to the book.

Through the Gates of Home (1185 words) by DesertVixen
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Toll-Gate - Georgette Heyer
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: John Staple/Nell Stornaway
Characters: John Staple, Nell Stornaway, Rose Durward, Jerry Chirk
Additional Tags: Introspection, Post-Canon, Canon Compliant
Summary: Nell Staple comes to Mildenhurst...

It was the year for delightful tags to really rare-in-fic Heyer books, apparently.


Jonathan Creek
When the Windmill Stops Turning (1210 words) by damozel
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Jonathan Creek (TV)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jonathan Creek/Maddy Magellan
Characters: Jonathan Creek, Original Male Character(s), Maddy Magellan
Additional Tags: Future Fic, Mystery, Riddles, Reunions, Yuletide Treat, Yuletide 2019
Summary: Was it the heavy oak door or only his rickety old knees that creaked with dismay as Jonathan eased his way into the ivy-clad entrance hall? A widower at sixty-four, no one could blame him for thinking his days of sneaking about in creepy old mansions were long behind him. A familiar frisson of excitement shot down his spine all the same as he ventured deeper inside Maudlin Manor...

Jonathan is well and truly set up.


Matilda (1996)/The Librarians
The Fruit is Sweet (1174 words) by antonomasia09
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Matilda (1996), The Librarians (TV 2014)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: The Librarians (The Librarians) & Matilda Wormwood
Characters: Matilda Wormwood, Jennifer Honey, Flynn Carsen, Cassandra Cillian, Eve Baird, Ezekiel Jones, Jacob "Jake" Stone
Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, timelines what timelines, Librarians, Magic, Yuletide Treat
Summary: When Matilda grows up, she wants to be a librarian.

Headcanon accepted.


Sapphire & Steel
All the S&S was great, so here it is, which is enough recommendation for anyone who knows.

A Minor Incident With Time (3900 words) by Nonesane
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Steel (S&S)
Additional Tags: IN SPACE!, Canon Typical Time Trouble, POV Outsider, Can be read as shippy or gen it's all in the eye of the beholder, Implied Violence, Eldritch Abominations
Summary: Everyone who was there on the day Sertika Station experienced sabotage remembered it. This is why it's so curious that no one ever spoke of what truly happened that afternoon.

Diverted (1901 words) by Tish
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Steel (S&S), Silver (S&S), Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Time Travel, Time Loop
Summary: Sapphire and Steel investigate an unusual flight diversion.

peace on your wings (2161 words) by TheBigCat
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sapphire (S&S), Steel (S&S), Original Character
Additional Tags: Yuletide Treat, POV Second Person, Airplane Crashes, paper cranes
Summary: “One thousand is the tradition, I believe,” she says thoughtfully.


UK Cities (Anthropomorphic)
The sense of the embrace (783 words) by theseatheseatheopensea
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: UK Cities (Anthropomorphic)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK Cities Anthropomorphic)
Additional Tags: Personified Cities, Magical Realism, Treat
Summary: The city is alive. The city has an angel.

I got to beta this, which was very exciting, but even if I am now biased (I provided Newcastle-picking chiefly), it is poetic and gorgeous and you should go read it.

Comments

[persiflage_1]

Thanks for sharing these. I read the Cadfael, Matilda x Librarians, Sapphire and Steel, and the UK Cities ones.

[thisbluespirit]

My pleasure! It was a great S&S crop this year, I think.

[persiflage_1]

Yes!

[mrs_redboots]

Thank you for the recs. I had missed the Cadfael, so that is an unexpected treat on a wet evening. Both the Deans Watch stories were written for me - wasn't I lucky!!!

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, cool! And you are very lucky, and also I'm so glad you requested it - it's a book I've loved for ages, but not one I ever expected to see not only turn up in Yuletide noms but get written for. I re-read the book and read those and it was wonderful.

[mrs_redboots]

Both stories are really wonderful, and I appreciate them both!

[dimity_blue]

Ooh, thanks for the recs! Heyer fic is in short supply!

[thisbluespirit]

I think there were probably others, too - I got too ill to go through the collection as thoroughly as usual this year. Yuletide is usually excellent for delivering on the Heyer-front and I appreciate that muchly.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Newcastle-picking should be in your resumé! *hands you "best beta reader ever" award*

[thisbluespirit]

I don't know if I deserve that, but I'll certainly take the "most Obsessed With the Angel of the North Beta Ever Award" because I suspect I def. win that category. ♥

[theseatheseatheopensea]

:D Well, I guess that you have two awards now!

[kalium]

*clicks because "UK Cities" as a fandom is intriguing..*

MY CITY! *heart*

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, yes. I forgot you were so near me!

[sovay]

(I'm still amazed that Yuletide made this be a fandom that now has fic.)

Agreed. I understand that's exactly what Yuletide is for, but still.

[thisbluespirit]

It is, but it still takes us by surprise in the best possible way sometimes, and I love it.

[liadt]

Ta, I missed the Jonathan Creek one:)

[thisbluespirit]

Glad to be of use! <3