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This is a guest post by A.J. Hall, a lawyer, sailor and writer. She can be found on Twitter @legionseagle and writes here. Murder Must Adve
@idlesuperstar reminded me how much I love Murder Must Advertise, and also the wonderful and much missed AJ Hall's post about The Great Nutrax Row (The Mother of All Office Kerfuffles).
GNU legionseagle.
Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody from Lust Over Pendle by AJ Hall
"But what are we going to do with him?"
Draco assumed a pensive expression.
"Well, speaking strictly for me, I rather thought of bouncing him off the walls a few times."
Neville was evidently thinking about this. There was a moment's silence.
"Draco! That'd be completely unfair, incredibly childish and really, really illogical."
Draco nodded, happily. "I know. But it would also give me this deep and ineffable sense of total fulfilment."
However, when Martin, looking faintly shell shocked, re-emerged from the kitchen, he found Neville carefully putting a paper label round the neck of the duck which read: "Please look after this duck. To be called for. Do not harm this duck. IMPORTANT." Draco was leaning against the mantelpiece trying to project an air of disappointment.
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Excerpt from Lust Over Pendle by AJ Hall
"Well," Roj said decisively, "time we put some music on. You guys know the score. No Fairport till we cross the Oxfordshire border. I vote we ask our guest to choose. David, what do you think of the Grateful Dead?" Draco, suddenly aware he was being addressed, turned a puzzled glance on the driver. "In my experience they're very few and far between," he said firmly, and burrowed deep under the sleeping bags and rucksacks as the van swept down through the village street."
A.J. Hall, “Lust Over Pendle”
"Family means not washing dirty linen in public. Family also means giving support and hoping your children and grandchildren find happiness, even if in your own personal view -- and we stress this is an entirely general observation not to be taken to refer to any particular set of circumstances -- they seem to be looking for it in some bloody strange places."
Emily Longbottom, A.J. Hall, “Lust Over Pendle”
"Move a step forward, and he dies." Charis's voice, with a growl in it which put him in mind of a hunting leopardess. He twisted his head upwards, his eyes and brain together protesting at the brightness of the torches ringing them. Amid a tangle of wolf- and bear- pelts he saw his princess – his charge – the delicate fourteen year old virgin whom he had sworn a solemn oath to protect - her right hand twisted in a mop of black curls and the edge of the blade he had given her pressed against an impossibly pale throat. The boy had been sent as a hostage to the court of Gondal during one of the endless series of fractious, half-hearted truces which had marked the dying years of his grandfather's reign. He had been not much older than Charis, then; sulky, withdrawn and wild. The intervening two decades had changed him less than John had imagined possible. "Lower your dagger, your grace," John said, clearing his throat. "Everything's fine."
The Crown Princess of Gaaldine, by AJHall
I’ve been reading AJ Hall’s fics for probably over ten years now, since we were both in the Harry Potter fandom. You can find most of them in very nice ebook formats here. (If you have any interest in Harry Potter, read Lust Over Pendle. It may not sound like your thing. It is your thing.)
This is the first of a series which crosses over BBC Sherlock and the Brontë children’s fantasy kingdoms, set somewhere in the 17th century. It’s all lovely and twisty and gorgeously well-written, and was a large part of the reason why I got back into fandom in 2012. (Warnings for general gothic sensibilities.)
AJ Hall writes brilliant descriptions, hilarious dialogue, complicated plots, and amazing female characters (canon and OCs). She’s great, go look.
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Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Sherlock (TV), Bronte juvenilia Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Sherlock/OFC, John Watson/OFC Characters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Mycroft Holmes Additional Tags: AU; Fusion; Arranged Marriage; Royal Wedding fic for the life-long republican Series: Part 1 of The Queen of Gondal, Part 1 of Queen of Gondal Universe Summary:
The dying King of Gondal lays a solemn trust on John Watson, court physician; at all costs to keep the fourteen year-old Crown Princess Charis out of the clutches of the corrupt Heir of Gondal. Which means arranging her marriage to Sherlock, heir to the neighbouring throne of Gaaldine, Gondal's traditional enemy. John escorts the Crown Princess to her wedding, acutely aware of the pressure of history and unspoken - unspeakable - secrets which he had thought buried forever.
A downloadable ebook version of this story can be found here
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So I've been on a Sherlock kick lately, and I decided I wanted to get back on the fic recs bandwagon I abandoned a while back, when I really started juggling writing (multiple stories, even!) and art and RL. And this fic is one of my perennial favorites, that I come back to again and again. The worldbuilding in this is amazing--AJ Hall has a beautiful eye for details and description, as well as for politics, and her OCs--especially the female ones--are just as fascinating to me as the John and Sherlock themselves. Which is saying something, considering how much I tend to pick one or two characters and fixate on them. ^__^;; This story kicks off an entire series, which is for the most part, PG-13 rated at most--I highly recommend them all!
*SCREAMS*
AJ Hall just posted a new work to her Queen of Gondal series!!! The last one was posted a year ago, I thought she was done. SWEET.
If you haven't read this series, it's fantastic.
