Distractions of Grandeur

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First Impressions

Mar. 21, 2022 | Comments

January 27 Prompt: any, any, what if any book/canon was written by a different author; or, what if Jane Austen wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz?
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Trifles Light as Air

Part 12: An Agitation of Mind (Mar. 19, 2022) | Comments

At most any time Henry Tilney felt able to withstand the vicissitudes of life. Then there were those few his comfortable ethos crumbled into confusion.
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Metamorphosis

Mar. 16, 2022 | Comments

January 26 Prompt: Any, any, silver in the blood, written for Greek and Roman mythology.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Safe Harbour

Mar. 07, 2022 | Comments

January 23 Prompt: any, any, the catalogue of ships, written for Persuasion.
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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.
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Star-Crossed

Mar. 02, 2022 | Comments

January 22 Prompt: Any, any, eclipse, written for Persuasion.
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Idiomatic

Feb. 28, 2022 | Comments

January 21: inspired by three prompts, written for Star Surgeon with a hint of Dicken's Christmas Carol.

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