amplificathon

[Podfic] Shore and Ship and Moonrise, written by Hyarrowen and read by Luzula
Fandom: Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham
Characters: Ewen Cameron, Keith Windham, Charles Edward Stuart (1720 – 1788), Archibald Cameron of Lochiel
Length: 2 h 23 m 43 s
Additional Tags: Podfic, Podfic Length: 2-2.5 Hours, Post-Canon, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, First Time, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Character Death Fix
Summary: It's August 1746, and the battered remnants of Bonnie Prince Charlie's army are leaving Scotland. One such refugee takes a friend, injured almost to the point of death, to France with him.

Notes: Besides the main story, the podfic also includes the epilogue "Scarcely a Cloud in the Sky". There's evidence in the comments of this story that people have very much enjoyed it without reading the book, but obviously it's much better if you've read it, and besides, this will of course spoil you for the book. Thanks to Glinda for helping out with pronunciation of Gaelic and Scottish words and names!

A kiss slowly rising to the eyes of the sea, by dorinda (Aubrey-Maturin series, Jack/Stephen, R, 1h 30m)
The Steel-Wire Tightrope by dorinda (The Sting, Henry Gondorff/Johnny Hooker, R, 43m)
Twelve Questing Pieces by ride_4ever (due South, Fraser/Kowalski, PG-13, 11m)

Title: The Tale of the White Lady of Iffish
Author: raspberryhunter
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
Characters: Tenar, Ged, Vetch, Yarrow
Rating: G
Length: 49 m 26 s
Author's summary: It is not told in the Deed of Seren how Tenar of the Ring became the White Lady of Iffish. This is that story.
Notes: One of my favorite stories from this year's Yuletide.

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Title: Dear Patron
Author: Selden
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Original fic
Pairing: Librarian/Patron with a very overdue library book
Rating: PG
Length: 28 m 31 s
Author's summary: The following items have not been returned despite previous reminders and this may affect your borrowing privileges. Fines may be accruing. Please return or renew them as soon as possible. You can renew items and view your potential or actual fines (if applicable) by signing on to ECHOLAND (accessible via internet, Summoning circle, or blood ritual) and selecting My Account.

Notes: This was one of my favorite fics from Chocolate Box 2018! It has fun worldbuilding and also it's epistolary fic which I really like.

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Title: Birds of a Feather
Author: toft
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Aubrey/Maturin series
Pairing: Jack/Stephen
Rating: R
Length: 20 m 02 s
Author's summary: Stephen is briefly indisposed (viz., a penguin), but things change remarkably little.
Notes: This fic is just perfectly in tone with canon! I love it. ♥ Recorded for the Advent Challenge at perfect_duet.

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Title: Choosing Family
Author: desireearmfeldt
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: gen and Wash/Zoe
Rating: PG-13
Length: 34 m 24 s
Author's summary: River watches over Zoe and Wash.
Notes: Uploading all my old podfic to the AO3 is inspiring me to make something new, and I found this on an old list of potential fics to record. And on reread, I still wanted to record it.

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Title: Burned Letters
Author: Orockthro
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian
Character: Diana gen
Rating: PG-13
Length: 17 m 38 s
Author's summary: My dear Maturin, I’m sure you’ll be happy to hear that my belly continues to grow, this incipient lump of a thing, and the physician Sophie consulted during her own pregnancies is confident in its progress. My little Arabian is settling into the stables on my cousin’s property, and does not seem to mind the confinement. My own confinement, however, is...

She crumples the page again, jams her pen onto the block until the nib splinters and she has to cut it anew.

Notes: I haven't recorded any podfic since February, but I signed up for the Aubrey-Maturin Advent Calendar to give myself a deadline to make something. I wasn't feeling it at first, but then on the third session of trying to read I did feel inspired, and on the whole I'm happy with the result! And do read the story even if you don't listen to this--it's really good. Oh, Diana. I feel for her so.

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Title: The Yellow Dress
Author: Ione
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Aubrey/Maturin series - Patrick O'Brian
Characters: Sophie Aubrey, Diana Maturin, Clarissa Oakes, Mrs. Williams, the Aubrey and Maturin children
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1 h 4 m 3 s
Author's summary: Diana is determined to fix Sophie's life...including her hatred of sex. Set in the time of The Yellow Admiral.
Notes: I haven't made much podfic lately, but this story is one that I've thought about recording before, and it was indeed a delight to record. I had entirely too much fun reading Mrs Williams! Thanks to feroxargentea who gave me very helpful beta feedback. Who knew "Cholmondely" was supposed to be pronounced "Chumlee"? Not me, apparently.

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Title: Thistledown
Author: Edonohana
Reader: luzula
Fandom: Earthsea
Characters: Ged, Vetch, Yarrow
Rating: G
Length: 12 m 35 s
Author's summary: The deeds of women are not often written into songs.
Notes: I signed up for the Fic Corner exchange, but had to default due to writing block. /o\ So I recorded this for my recipient espresso_addict instead, as a treat. It's been a while since I recorded something, on account of my general decline in fannishness, but I think it went well. This is a lovely little story, too.

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Title: Throwing Pebbles
Author: Heather
Reader: luzula
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Ray K/Stella
Rating: R
Length: 4:30:04
Summary: Ray and Stella run away and get married. Sequel to On A Balcony In Summer Air and I recommend listening to that one first, even if it's not strictly necessary.

Notes: Well hey, it's been a while since I posted podfic--I've been having a bit of a slump when it comes to being fannishly creative. This is for the due South/C6D Big Bang. I first started this podfic in June 2013, and now it's finally done. I apologize for some sound quality issues: the recordings have been done in several locations, so the acoustic surroundings are different in different parts. Also, sometimes when I've corrected mispronunciations, I've had to splice in bits which differ in acoustic surrounding. That said, this story was a joy to record! I also had pretty much the best beta ever in Heather, the author. She gives great feedback and also catches all the stuff that needs to be fixed. ♥ I usually don't work that closely with the author, but I really enjoyed doing it with this one.

Cover art for the m4b is by podfic_lover, who also made other cool artwork for the podfic over here. Thanks! ♥

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