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Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Vorkosigan Saga
I got started on Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan novels my junior year of high school - by my chemistry teacher, actually. I'd like to say I was instantly hooked, but it actually took me a little while to realize how brilliant the books are. Bujold mixes genres - among them mystery, romance, and, of course, science fiction - like few other authors I've read dare to do, and she does it while writing some of the most interesting characters I've found in any genre, anywhere. I didn't start writing fic for the books until much later, however. It was my junior year of college when E.E. Beck finally read the books at my insistence and said to me, "I have this little glimmer of an idea for a Miles/Gregor story." The pairing had never occured to me before, but it appealed to me almost instantly, and before I knew it, A Deeper Season was born. Of course, in the grand tradition of fanfiction writers everywhere, we simply could not leave well enough alone and so since then, there have a number of sequels, written both together and separately. Her stories may be found at her website, But There's a Devil In the Looking-Glass. This is the one page on my website where the stories are not arranged in the order I posted them; rather, the ADS 'verse stories arranged in the order I think you should read them - chronological order in the universe of the story. Others, like my beta reader Fuzzyboo, have different preferences - she recommends reading the three co-written stories first (ADS, WPB, and "Seeds"), and then all the other ficlets in chronological order. For non-ADS 'verse Vorkosigan fics I've written, please scroll to the bottom of the page. A Deeper Season 'verse
Keeping the Silence - Posted April 2007. 2000 words. Miles/Gregor pre-slash, G. He would have liked to sit on the edge of the hospital bed and use his thumb to smooth away the pain lines around Miles’s mouth. A Quiet Fortitude - Posted February 2008. 1200 words. Miles/Gregor pre-slash, G. Gregor had always thought himself wise and patient for waiting, for loving Miles with a quiet fortitude all these years. Now he thought himself nothing but a coward. A Deeper Season - Posted December 2005 - January 2006. 117,000 words. Miles/Gregor, PG-13. Co-written with E.E. Beck. Goes AU after Memory. Take one Miles, a hapless cousin, Cetagandan social politics, a galactic conspiracy, a scientific discovery, a lot of firepower, and an unexpected declaration. Mix well and step back quickly.
Epilogue
Homecoming - Posted April 2007. 1800 words. Miles/Gregor, PG.
Miles comes home. Gregor is there to meet him. What Passing Bells - Posted February - March 2007. 109,000 words. Miles/Gregor, R. Co-written with E.E. Beck.
The best laid plans of mice, men, and Miles Vorkosigan . . .
The Way On - Posted March 2007. 17,800 words. Gregor/OFC, Gregor/Laisa, past Miles/Gregor, PG. Assumes an alternate ending of What Passing Bells.
The first time Helena met the Emperor, she was too worried about falling out of her dress to be properly terrified. A Difference in Politics - Posted April 2007. 1800 words. Gen, G. In the days following her return to Vorbarr Sultana, Helena found herself drawn to the historical district. (Sequel to "The Way On.") Seeds - Posted July 2007. 23,200 words. Miles/Gregor, Ivan/Ekaterin, PG-13. Co-written with E.E. Beck. The Imperial Wedding was a mere five days away when Ekaterin had a startling epiphany. This Time, the First Time. Posted July 2007. 2200 words. Ivan/Ekaterin, R. First times are rarely easy. (Missing scene from "Seeds.") Other Ways - Posted September - October 2007. 52,300 words. Miles/Gregor, PG-13. An essay about the process of writing this fic can be found here. A nice, peaceful, relaxing honeymoon. Ha.
Favoritism - Posted October 2006. 1500 words. Miles/Gregor, R.
“You know, I’m not sure this is fair to the other Imperial Auditors. I think this might be favoritism.” No Other Star - Posted March 2008. 4200 words. Miles/Gregor, R. In which Gregor comes to a realization and decides to do something about it, with a little help from Pablo Neruda. An Impossible Day - Posted March 2006. 8000 words. Miles/Gregor, Cordelia/Aral, PG. DVD style commentary is available here. From the day she had first stepped onto Barrayaran soil, she had known that this is where she would be someday, in a wide, empty bed, arm stretched out to feel the cold sheets where he should have lain. Royal Negotiations - Posted November 2006. 2400 words. Gen, PG. In hindsight, Natasha realized it'd been a bad idea to bring it up at dinner. A Year to Fall in Love - Posted April 2008. 1100 words. Vasha/OFC, Natasha OFC, PG. Three Vorbarra-Vorkosigans, three years on Beta, three different chances to fall in love. Other Vorkosiverse Fic A Covert Affair - Posted February 2008. 6300 words. Ivan/Byerly, PG-13.
Ivan's life used to be much less complicated, back when he was dating women. Could be considered a sequel to "Fluidity." For the Good of the Scheme - Posted February 2008. 3700 words. Miles/Gregor, PG-13. Gregor was in a closet. It smelled like Ivan's socks. And it was all Miles's fault. A Vor Lord and a Ghem-General Walk Into a Bar . . . - Posted November 2007. 2600 words. Miles/Benin, PG.
Miles, Benin, and a bar on the Komarran jumpstation. No, really. Five Ways Ekaterin Never Met Miles at Twenty - Posted July 2007. 4000 words. Miles/Ekaterin, G.
"Regret . . . And what if she and Miles had met at twenty, instead of she and Tien?" - pp. 534, A Civil Campaign |