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afrogeekgoddessjesperandascienceofobsession and afrogeekgoddess, who made their podficcing debuts around the same time I did, so their works are sentimental favorites of mine. And when I realized they had both recorded on a theme ... well.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
verityburns, for good measure.
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Download all of the podfics in one fell swoop here, or download individual stories below. Please note that the warnings and ratings vary from fic to fic. Thanks to all of the authors for their kind permissions to record their stories!
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Pairing: Sally Donovan/Ella Thompson
Rating: G for first two stories, NC-17 for the final
Warnings: discussions of racism, cultural assimilation, some in-character casual ableism
Size/Format: 12.3MB total, MP3
Length: 12:49 total
Fic summary: PC World: "Sally's mandatory counselling has an upside." Straight, Scholar, Smooth: "A trio of 221Bs, in which Sally and Ella get to know one another." Calm and Storm: "Ella's a careful woman; Sally isn't."
Reader's notes: Sally and Ella are two of my favorite characters, so it was a real treat to see the two of them connecting. This series of small stories doesn't just explore their deepening friendship, but explores issues of institutional racism, self-identity, sexuality, and assimilation. Lovely character studies.
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Title: carry the weight of me in your heart
Author: Ishmael
Pairing: Sally Donovan/Soo Lin Yao
Rating: G
Warnings: references to death, blood, suicidal thoughts
Size/Format: 11.5MB, MP3
Length: 12:29
Fic summary: "Soo Lin talks with Sally after the attack at the museum. 'I did not expect to still be alive,” she admits. “I was ready for it, ready for the fear to be over.'"
Reader's notes: A fix-it-fic, in which Soo Lin doesn't die at the museum. The connection between Soo Lin and Sally is just so nice: Soo Lin's sudden wondering re: her newfound freedom, Sally's gentle encouragement and interest in her. A sweet, aching fic.
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Title: coffee break
Author: handyhunter
Pairing: Sally Donovan/Joan Watson (Elementary)
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Size/Format: 4.7MB, MP3
Length: 5:02
Fic summary: "That AU where Sally Donovan transfers into Gregson's department and is partners with Bell. And she and Joan hit it off. (When Joan's not hooking up with Kalinda, of course.)"
Reader's notes: Crossover time! I love the idea of Joan and Sally being together: these two strong, no-nonsense, witty, and playful women form a powerhouse team. I love their dialogue: alternating between flirty banter and thoughtful concern for each other.
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Title: Haze
Author: greyfic
Pairing: Sally Donovan/Molly Hooper
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Size/Format: 1.3MB, MP3
Length: 1:22
Fic summary: "London, 6am."
Reader's notes: A little something sweet. This ficlet isn't long, but conveys such intimacy through its quiet, carefully chosen words: Sally and Molly in bed, early in the morning (the description of Sally's hair just undoes me).
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Author: nympheline
Pairing: Sally Donovan/Elizabeth Anderson, also Sally Donovan/Anderson
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Size/Format: 4.3MB, MP3
Length: 4:29
Fic excerpt: "Elizabeth. Sally knows the sight of her: faded petal lips hovering over a throat of Isabelline and cream, punctuated by a single freckle the exact shade of Sally Donovan."
Reader's notes: I love the premise of this story, that it is not Anderson whom Sally loves, but his wife instead. There is such longing here, in the heartfelt dialogue and the evocative details, that pack a huge punch in a small space.
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Title: Start
Author: Jenwryn
Pairing: Sally Donovan/Molly Hooper
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: descriptions of violence
Size/Format: 14.2MB, MP3
Length: 14:12
Fic summary: "'It had begun with Jim, of course.' Written for the 2010 Holmestice Exchange. I was aiming for 'Sally and Molly being awesome'; it rather wandered off in a direction of its own, however."
Reader's notes: I am such a sucker for protective, BAMF!Sally, and this story gives us this in spades. Molly goes into witness protection after the bomb explosion at the pool, and Sally is assigned to protect her. Molly!POV, with some lovely insights into the ways that she and Sally grow closer.
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Title: UN Me
Author: marysutherland
Pairing: Sally Donovan/Anthea
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: discussions of Islamophobia, racism
Size/Format: 3.8MB, MP3
Length: 4:03
Fic summary: "Anthea and Sally are a continent apart. As if that stops their games…"
Reader's notes: Sally/Anthea is one of my favorite ships (thanks to bittergrapes for introducing me to the beauty of this pairing). This double-221b story takes the idea of long-distance sexytalk to a wickedly funny level, a mix of politics, intrigue, and smut.
afrogeekgoddessafrogeekgoddessafrogeekgoddessafrogeekgoddessafrogeekgoddessafrogeekgoddessafrogeekgoddessafrogeekgoddessafrogeekgoddessSummary: This is blue; this is indigo...
"...for a few days, he stays close, lingers around the transport watching John feather (or de-feather) the nest like a bower bird expecting its mate, waiting for him to come home."
Reader’s notes: Aderyn's work reminds me of the beauty of winter trees--organic, spare lines, stripped down to their essential meanings. She infuses her poetic stories with rich and complex references to art, music, and science. In this fic, a 221b that is part of her Natural Facts series, she explores a piece of the Reichenbach arc, using blue, bower, and indigo as starting points.
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afrogeekgoddessTitle: all matter
Author: insistent_bass
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Rating: PG
Characters/pairing: Sherlock/John, pre-slash
Warnings/content: strong language, references to blood
Length: 6:02
Format: MP3, 5.6 MB
Summary: ‘Sherlock - above all else and everything - has not seen John for precisely 365 days, over 8765 hours and an extraordinarily unmentionable amount of minutes.’
Reader’s notes: I’ve long been a fan of insistent_bass’ work: there’s something complicated and mystical and raw that this writer does with language, pulling out complex emotional truths with a perfect metaphor, a singular twist of phrase. This sort of literary alchemy is especially evident here in this post-Reichenbach story, bringing us into Sherlock’s mind as he longs for John.
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afrogeekgoddessAuthor: bobross
Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Rating: Teen and up
Warnings/content: References to/descriptions of sexual slavery, rape, abuse, mutilation, drug use; Omegaverse
Length: 5:46
Format: MP3, 5.4 MB
afrogeekgoddessThe challenge: write a fic in an hour, with reference to one Shakespeare quote, with one sex act. The poem is about the Phoenix and the turtle dove, or the marriage of mind and heart, truth and beauty. But which is which?
Reader’s notes: This fic caught my eye when I was searching for post-Reichenbach work. Professorfangirl’s story captures the energy of transformation, light, and love in a lush, intense, yet intimate fashion.
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