Aurora Australis

Title: All That Glitters
Fandom: Swallows and Amazons series
Rating: G
Length: 937 words
Content notes: set at the end of Pigeon Post.
Author notes: For the "Cave" challenge at fan_flashworks . Cave made me think of mining, which led to Pigeon Post - I just couldn't quite get it done in time. Also for the Fortune square of my bingo card.
Summary: “Are you very disappointed it wasn’t gold?” Peggy had seen her sister’s face as Dick gave the news, and she’d rarely seen Nancy look so miserable.

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Title: Name
Fandom: Swallows and Amazons
Rating: G
Length: 500
Content notes: set the year before the series starts.
Author notes: For the 'name' prompt at fan_flashworks . 11th in my personal 50x500 Swallows and Amazons fic challenge (prompt: name).
Summary: Pirates are ruthless, so Ruth Blackett looks for a new name.

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Title: Travellers' Tales
Fandom: Swallows and Amazons
Rating: G
Length: 1880 words
Content notes: Set right after Secret Water.
Author notes: Written for mrsredboots for Yuletide 2014. Thanks to bluealoe for betaing! <3 Thanks also to Andrew and Solo2863 for spotting my accidental remodelling of the Goblin - the tiller has been returned aft where it belongs :)
Summary: As they sail away from Secret Water, the Swallows and Amazons tell Commander and Mrs Walker some of their adventures.

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Title: Confidences
Fandom: Swallows and Amazons
Rating: G
Length: 1323 words
Author notes: Written for mrsredboots, for Yuletide 2013.
A thousand thank-yous to my awesome beta, bluealoe, for her fantastic work on this story. Any remaining mistakes are entirely my fault!
Summary:"As for Mother actually crying over something they’d done, Susan couldn’t understand how the Amazons could bear it."
A conversation between Susan and Peggy, after the Amazons' attack on Swallowdale.

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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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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.

( 50 prompts table )

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