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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.

from the memoir by J. E. Austen-Leigh (1870), based on a sketch by Cassandra Austen (1810)Jane Austenbooksfan fictionscrimshaw

An Austen Sleeping Beauty

Apr. 09, 2021 | Comments

In thanks and inspired by other fan stories, and as always the lady's own words: a fairy tale found among the works of Jane Austen. Each section of the tale is retold by the characters of a different novel or novella.
from the memoir by J. E. Austen-Leigh (1870), based on a sketch by Cassandra Austen (1810)Jane Austenbooksfan fictionscrimshaw

An Austenian Antagonist: a Song

Mar. 28, 2021 | Comments

A parody of a satiric ditty, all about the falsities of Austen's antagonists. With no apologies, but much love, to: Miss Jane Austen, Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, and Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan. Also posted on the Derbyshire Writers' Guild, Fanfiction.net, and AO3.
illustration by Hugh Thomson (1898)Northanger Abbeybooksfan fictionscrimshaw

A Lonesome Two-Step

Oct. 31, 2020 | Comments

Written for JaOctGoHoNo 2020 at the Derbyshire Writers' Guild. Partly inspired by an American folk song. During the summer of the Spanish-American War, Clementine Morse fears the worst when letters to her loved ones go unanswered.
engraving by Thomas Medland (1801)Northanger Abbeysupernaturalalternate universescrimshaw

Husbandry

Part 4 (Jul. 17, 2020) | Comments

"What is there to be done?" he finally asked, giving up all pretense of wisdom, at a loss for how to proceed.
engraving by Thomas Medland (1801)Northanger Abbeysupernaturalalternate universescrimshaw

Husbandry

Part 3 (Jul. 10, 2020) | Comments

Turning to explore the countryside, Henry found it impossibly beautiful: all was bright, airy, peaceful, and alive with color.
engraving by Thomas Medland (1801)Northanger Abbeysupernaturalalternate universescrimshaw

Husbandry

Part 2 (Jul. 03, 2020) | Comments

Yet though words had often been his closest companions and comfort, they offered no balm for Henry's present suffering.
engraving by Thomas Medland (1801)Northanger Abbeysupernaturalalternate universescrimshaw

Husbandry

Part 1 (Jun. 26, 2020) | Comments

A mashup of Jane Austen, Virgil, and Aristophanes, with Henry Tilney in the dual roles of Orpheus and Dionysus. Bordering on crackfic, beyond meta. Now available as an eBook via Draft2Digital (bundled with Trifles Light as Air).
illustration by Hugh Thomson (1894)Pride and Prejudicescience fictionalternate universescrimshaw

Perennial

Oct. 06, 2017 | Comments

Elindale didn't mean to get caught up in the planet's latest flower fad. Her family had other ideas. An Alternate Universe riff on the characters set in space.
Ares V (via NASA)science fictionscrimshaw

Reclamation

May. 26, 2017 | Comments

"Reckon we could say it died of its own accord?" Brenda asked, kicking the carcass with more conviction than her question. I shook my head. "The bullet hole's clear through its face."
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Deformity

Apr. 28, 2017 | Comments

A poem inspired by a butterfly I saw lying on a sidewalk.

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