Literatti: Fiction By Deslea

Story Spotlight:

Mark of Cain

This First War short story explores Lucius' efforts to conceal his entrapment with the Death Eaters from his new wife. It's one of my favourite Lucius-as-conflicted-family-man/villain pieces. Read the text version here or the illustrated edition here. The illustrated edition has 11 artworks.

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:
Rodolphus Lestrange, Harry Potter

"I've written Rodolphus Lestrange several times (Real, Mercy, Elemental) and he's always a sympathetic character. I don't necessarily start out that way, but he always worms his way in and wins me over. I think there's something really devoted and selfless in Rodolphus - the way he looked for Voldemort when everyone else was diving for cover, and unlike Bella, not motivated by being in love with him, for instance. And that always comes out when I write him. Speaking more broadly of Rod and Bella's marriage, I much prefer to write a bonded-but-platonic Bella and Rodolphus than a hostile-blatant-adultery scenario. It isn't that I can't imagine Bella openly cheating on him - I think, if she didn't respect him, that she wouldn't hesitate to embarrass him - but it's sort of too easy and obvious. It's more difficult - in a good way - to make them actually come to some sort of accord about it all. And as I said, I think Rod is probably one of the genuinely good people in HP (notwithstanding that he was born into the Death Eater world)."

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.