femgenficathon

Title: Harbingers of Blood
Author: gehayi
Fandom: Shakespeare--specifically, Macbeth
Characters: Gruoch (Lady Macbeth), Macbeth, Duncan, the Three Witches, Éua (the nameless Gentlewoman from the play), a Priest (OC), assorted Ghosts
Word Count: 12,046
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I most emphatically am not William Shakespeare. This should not come as a shock to anyone.
Prompt: And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see -- or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read. -- Alice Walker (born February 9, 1944) , Pulitzer-prize-winning African-American novelist, short-story writer and poet. First black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. First black woman to win the National Book Award. (Both awards were in 1983 for The Color Purple.)
Summary: Written for femgenficathon. Queens have power. They need not hide who and what they are for safety's sake. But more than that--queens have names. And Lady Macbeth would do much to be known and remembered under her own name.
Warnings (if any): Violence and murder.
( Author's Notes )

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Part 1

( She is in the slaughterhouse, listening to the prophecies and accusations of the dead while she scrubs vainly at the blood on her hands. )

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( End Notes )

Title: Mind-Killer
Author: gehayi
Fandom: The Dresden Files (bookverse)
Characters: Charity Carpenter, Charity's parents, Gregor, Siriothrax, Michael Carpenter
Word Count: 11,543
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I most emphatically do not own The Dresden Files. They belong to Jim Butcher, ROC Books, New American Library, the Penguin Group, and—for the next three years--Lionsgate Productions. No profit is being made and no copyright or trademark infringed upon.
Prompt: Most people, after accomplishing something, use it over and over again like a gramophone record till it cracks, forgetting that the past is just the stuff with which to make more future. -- Freya Stark (1893-1993), British adventurer, explorer and author of numerous books about her journeys.
Summary: Seeing the future in dreams and visions. Sensing people's natures with a touch. Being viewed as addicted or insane by those who should trust her most. Life isn't easy for a young wizard named Charity. Pre-series. Written for femgenficathon.
Warnings: (if any) Darkfic. Potentially disturbing subject matter. Spoilers for Proven Guilty, especially pages 298-301.
Author's Notes: (if any) Not compliant with any author interviews or forum posts relating to this character. The only information I have about her is from the books and short stories, so that's what I'm using.

Some of you may note that Gregor's middle name is Pyotr, not Pyotrovich. The reason? He was born in America, not Eastern Europe, and middle names are not normally patronymics in America.

The Clavis Salomonis, or Key of Solomon, is a book on magic written during the Middle Ages. However, it contains no "Thegn Ritual" or "Niehorster-Staub variant."

Thanks to my betas, shiplizard, fenna_girl and beachkid.

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Part 1: When she's almost sixteen, the dreams begin..

Part 2: On the second of February—Charity never forgets the date—she first hears Gregor speak, and learns about his coven..