Drabble: His Left Hand
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paulamcgYes, it’s lovely to look forward to sharing all the summer fest goodness, particularly because…
All my short stories are now up on AO3. Except two (written in 2004 and 2005) which I doubt any revision can make good enough. And the two latest ones, which I’m soon posting anonymously.
As for the long fic which I wrote in 2003 – 2010, perhaps, before posting each chapter, I’ll take some time revising. Maybe I’ll even change the chapter division, because the chapters (each originally posted on a forum in several installments) must be too long to read without a break. (The longest, I think, is 22 000 words).
But before that I’ve still got something shorter than short to post: some 100-word drabbles. Not many written in all these years. Perhaps ten of them – perhaps twelve, including the pair I’ve already posted here – form a series. Besides, there are two or three more I can consider posting.
This (here and on AO3) is the beginning of the series.
Title: His Left Hand
Author:paulamcg
Pairing: pre-slash Remus/Sirius
Characters: Remus
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Remus won’t help me make any money.
Notes: This is the first one in my series of 100-word drabbles titled Sketches for a Portrait. Inspired by the prompt portrait in Live Journal community lupin100, I started the series with four drabbles in November 2006. I’m still grateful to Minnow for her help in final polishing touches
Summary: Attempts at art have been part of Remus’s life since he was bitten, and among his attempts at self-portraits this is the chronologically first one.
During class the pale boy exchanges grimaces with his three friends. Determined not to succumb to his weariness, he makes his notes effortlessly and smiles to himself, adding a dissident comment. His left hand, in turn, grabs the quill and starts drawing figures on the margins of his parchment, first some magical creatures…
By the end of the class, among the faces on the margins there is a graceful one. He quickly adds pointy ears on top of the smooth black hair as well as a hideous moustache, so as to make sure this sketch, too, looks like a caricature.
All my short stories are now up on AO3. Except two (written in 2004 and 2005) which I doubt any revision can make good enough. And the two latest ones, which I’m soon posting anonymously.
As for the long fic which I wrote in 2003 – 2010, perhaps, before posting each chapter, I’ll take some time revising. Maybe I’ll even change the chapter division, because the chapters (each originally posted on a forum in several installments) must be too long to read without a break. (The longest, I think, is 22 000 words).
But before that I’ve still got something shorter than short to post: some 100-word drabbles. Not many written in all these years. Perhaps ten of them – perhaps twelve, including the pair I’ve already posted here – form a series. Besides, there are two or three more I can consider posting.
This (here and on AO3) is the beginning of the series.
Title: His Left Hand
Author:
paulamcgPairing: pre-slash Remus/Sirius
Characters: Remus
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Remus won’t help me make any money.
Notes: This is the first one in my series of 100-word drabbles titled Sketches for a Portrait. Inspired by the prompt portrait in Live Journal community lupin100, I started the series with four drabbles in November 2006. I’m still grateful to Minnow for her help in final polishing touches
Summary: Attempts at art have been part of Remus’s life since he was bitten, and among his attempts at self-portraits this is the chronologically first one.
During class the pale boy exchanges grimaces with his three friends. Determined not to succumb to his weariness, he makes his notes effortlessly and smiles to himself, adding a dissident comment. His left hand, in turn, grabs the quill and starts drawing figures on the margins of his parchment, first some magical creatures…
By the end of the class, among the faces on the margins there is a graceful one. He quickly adds pointy ears on top of the smooth black hair as well as a hideous moustache, so as to make sure this sketch, too, looks like a caricature.
