Aurora Australis

Title: Telephone
Fandom: Swallows and Amazons series
Rating: G
Length: 500 words
Content notes: Spoilers for Pigeon Post. One side of the conversation is borrowed (with minor tweaks for flow) from the book.
Author notes: Written for the "telephone" prompt at fan_flashworks. Also fits the "communication" and "burn" challenges. 9th in my personal 50x500 Swallows and Amazons fic challenge (prompt: telephone).
Summary: "Colonel Jolys sat down by the telephone after dinner, ready to answer immediately if anyone should ring. But a full stomach and a hot day conspired against him, and though he would never have admitted it, he fell into a doze. The jangling telephone bell woke him with a start."

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Title: Chocolate
Fandom: Swallows and Amazons
Wordcount: 500 words
Rating: G
Author's Notes: No, I hadn't forgotten this drabble series, though it has been a long time - sorry! I hope there won't be such a long gap between this and the next one.
Thanks to Solo2863 of fanfiction.net for pointing out out that 'railway station' would be more appropriate, and 'younger' son correct :)
Summary: "Titty looked around frantically, hoping Roger would appear soon. She didn’t want to go without saying goodbye to him, but she wanted to find her train as quickly as possible."

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Title: Potatoes
Rating: G
WIP: Complete/500 words
Main Characters/Pairings: Susan Walker, Peggy Blackett.
Genre: Friendship
Spoilers: None
Summary: "As it turned out, however, Susan was completely unprepared – for the new arrival was none other than Peggy Blackett."
Author's notes: Fifth in my 50x500 Swallows and Amazons challenge.


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Title: Soft
Rating: G
WIP: Complete/500 words
Main Characters/Pairings: Nancy Blackett, Peggy Blackett, Susan Walker, Titty Walker, Dorothea "Dot" Callum.
Genre: Character Studies
Spoilers: None 
Summary: Snippets from the lives of the girls of the Amazon, the Swallow, and the Scarab.
Author's notes: Third in my 50x500 Swallows and Amazons challenge. Posting while LJ is up! Each character's part is (I hope :P) a hundred words long.( Soft )

Rating: G
WIP: Complete/500 words
Main Characters/Pairings: Ruth "Nancy" Blackett, Margaret "Peggy" Blackett, Maria Turner, Mary "Molly" Blackett
Genre: Family
Spoilers: None
Summary: "Storms were scary, but an angry Great Aunt Maria was worse."
Author's notes: First in my personal 50x500 Swallows and Amazons Challenge: 50 500-word S&A fics, to rescue at least a little of my brain from the bunnies :P Also, the fandom needs more love!
Ruth "Nancy" Blackett is refered to as Ruth throughout this fic; in my personal canon, she doesn't adopt the nickname until later on, in the year before the first book in the series. I'm happy to back up the choice with canon, if anyone is interested :)
The prompt list that follows, for reference, was borrowed from 1sentenceorder . Many thanks!

ETA: Sorry for the tiny font and black text on black background! That'll teach me to copy-paste and post without previewing.

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