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"Samuel Huggins Jr. Ship President South Pacific Ocean Latt 21 55. S. Long 175 W. October 20 1833." | photograph by Rusty Clark (via Flickr)

"Samuel Huggins Jr. Ship President South Pacific Ocean Latt 21 55. S. Long 175 W. October 20 1833." | photograph by Rusty Clark (via Flickr)

Creative scribblings carved from my imagination. Here there be original shorts, fan fiction, novellas, and other art forms not yet identified by science.

"Book of Marvels" by Marco Polo (1410)fantasy3SF 2022scrimshaw

Metamorphosis

Mar. 16, 2022 | Comments

January 26 Prompt: Any, any, silver in the blood, written for Greek and Roman mythology.
from the memoir by J. E. Austen-Leigh (1870), based on a sketch by Cassandra Austen (1810)Jane Austen3SF 2022scrimshaw

Principles and Propensities

Mar. 14, 2022 | Comments

January 25 Prompt: Jane Austen novels, any two male characters from different novels, conversation at the gentlemen's club.
"Embroidery for Fire Screen" (early 1800s, Cleveland Museum of Art)Northanger Abbeybooksfan fictionscrimshaw

Trifles Light as Air

Part 11: A Serious Thought (Mar. 12, 2022) | Comments

For an hour he was successful; however, the morning's study lead—as many of his thoughts travelled lately—to a certain person he was sure would enjoy it too.
Old Vic stage door sign, photo taken by me (2007)theatre3SF 2022scrimshaw

The Consequence of Matrons

Mar. 09, 2022 | Comments

January 24 Prompt: The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Bracknell & Cecily & Gwendolen, taking the girls under her wing.
illustration by Hugh Thomson (1898)Persuasion3SF 2022scrimshaw

Safe Harbour

Mar. 07, 2022 | Comments

January 23 Prompt: any, any, the catalogue of ships, written for Persuasion.
"Embroidery for Fire Screen" (early 1800s, Cleveland Museum of Art)Northanger Abbeybooksfan fictionscrimshaw

Trifles Light as Air

Part 10: Discretion (Mar. 05, 2022) | Comments

Mr. Allen paused in his letter to the Morlands, considering how to describe the Tilney family's sons.
illustration by Hugh Thomson (1898)Persuasion3SF 2022scrimshaw

Star-Crossed

Mar. 02, 2022 | Comments

January 22 Prompt: Any, any, eclipse, written for Persuasion.
PlanetMonk Books cover (1956)Star Surgeon3SF 2022scrimshaw

Idiomatic

Feb. 28, 2022 | Comments

January 21: inspired by three prompts, written for Star Surgeon with a hint of Dicken's Christmas Carol.
"Embroidery for Fire Screen" (early 1800s, Cleveland Museum of Art)Northanger Abbeybooksfan fictionscrimshaw

Trifles Light as Air

Part 9: Satisfactory Meditations (Feb. 26, 2022) | Comments

"Catherine, abandoning any pretence of work, took up a novel later by the fire." In which our heroine spends a day stuck indoors at Pulteney Street.
illustration by Sidney Paget (1894)Sherlock Holmes3SF 2022scrimshaw

Literary License

Feb. 23, 2022 | Comments

January 20 Prompt: any historical character complain about their depiction in pop culture, written for Sherlock Holmes (as written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and in the public domain).

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