Literatti: Fiction By Deslea

Story Spotlight:

Salon Kitty

This one is dark - psychologically and sexually - and is not for the faint of heart. Bellatrix has survived post-war in a brothel, posing as a lookalike relative of herself, and her specialty is allowing clients to punish her for her war crimes. Hermione has ascended in the Ministry of Magic and works in the War Crimes Tribunal, and her own traumas are growing deeper and darker. She suspects that Bella is really Bella, and her assaults grow dangerous, but there's still enough of the old Bella to inflict psychological damage of her own. 3500 words. Read it here

Miscellaneous Fandom Stories

The Devil In Her (840 words). And Then There Were None (2015 Mini-Series Version). Vera Claythorne/Philip Lombard. PG-13.
After the love and before the fall. Read it here

Resurgence (1800 words). And Then There Were None (2015 Mini-Series Version). Vera Claythorne. NC-17.
The Judge thought the power of suggestion would work on her. He was wrong. Trigger warning for graphic discussion of hanging. Read it here

Troubling Thoughts (210 words). Haven. Audrey/Julia. PG.
In this ultra-short Valentine's Day piece, Audrey wonders whether her new lover might be Troubled. Read it here

Knowing (1,200 words). Haven. Audrey and Lucy Ripley history, hint of Audrey/Duke. PG.
The creature known in this time as Lucy Ripley prepares for the circle to close. Content warning for dark themes. Read it here

Woollens (250 words). Imagine Me And You (Movie). Rachel/Lucy. PG.
In this Valentine's Day ultra-short fluff piece, Rachel finds that fluffy clothes from Luce aren't just warm, they're downright hot. Read it here

Another Kind of Courtship (500 words). Tin Man (Mini Series). Azkedellia/Glitch. PG.
Set a little while after the double eclipse. Glitch has accepted Azkedellia's rejection as a foregone conclusion. Azkedellia isn't going along with it. Read it here

Confident Extravagance (1,800 words). CSI. Sara/Grissom. PG.
They loved her while they had the chance. Grissom faces the loss of Sara in a Living Doll post-ep, based on Dead Doll spoilers floating around at the time. Character death. Read it here

Spotlight On:
Shannon and Knowle, The X Files

"The Season 9 supersoldiers Shannon and Knowle were really interesting because they raised the question of what it means to be an alien presence, and there's only one other like you. I can imagine there would be a wearying sense of destiny about it – whether you like each other or not, you really have to deal with each other and you'll probably form a deep bond, even if it's a utilitarian one that's been inflicted on you. So do you embrace it, and embrace the person, or consider the other person an encumbrance and they're there under sufferance?"

About The Ratings

Ratings are roughly equivalent to those used by the Motion Picture Association of America.

G: General audiences.
PG: Parental Guidance. Adult concepts and dilemmas, but without graphic detail.
M (or R): Mature audience. Adult concepts and dilemmas, anti-social attitudes, people doing the wrong thing and not necessarily feeling guilty about it. Also includes low-level sexual content (a few soft-focus paragraphs with little or no direct discussion of body parts). Most of my work is M.
NC-17: No children 17 or under. May contain explicit and extended descriptions of sexual activity, brief but graphic sexual descriptions, or graphic violence. A couple of my works contain rape scenes; these are graphic but not sexualised, and are appropriately marked with content warnings.
Trigger/Content Warnings: I take a conservative approach to triggers and will generally warn for anything that might trigger reader trauma to do with violence, self-harm, or grief. If the term "dark themes" is used, this may mean too many dark themes to mention, a dark theme that I don't want to reveal because it's a plot twist, or a vague dark feel that doesn't have a more precise description. Caveat lector.

Literatti design and content © Deslea R. Judd 1996-2015. More creatives: http://video.deslea.com. The X Files, Harry Potter, CSI, Haven, Tin Man, Imagine Me and You, and the Terminator franchise are the property of various commercial entities that have nothing to do with me. The stories found here are derivative works inspired by those bodies of work, shared without charge, and are intended as interpretation and/or homage. No infringement on the commercial interests of any party is intended.