Discovered in a Snowglobe - 31st December 2022 - Glen Fiddich online

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Eep for almost running out of time before posting today, but I hope you'll forgive me when I tell you why... One of my absolutely favourite Pros stories is now online! Wheee!

Glen Fiddich was a British Pros writer who wrote her first hatstand in 1983. Some of her stories are available on the ProsLib disk, but my very favourite, a story which I re-read at least once a year - and honestly, more like four or five times a year - is Island Innocents. The lads are sent to the Isles of Scilly to keep an eye out for suspicious activity, and the story unfolds as both a fab case story, and also a beautifully gentle view of the lads' new relationship. It feels like summer, and like being hugged, and it's just perfect.

Sadly Glen Fiddich died a number of years ago, but her close friends agreed that she would be happy for her stories to be posted to AO3, and it's with their blessing that there is now an AO3 for Glen Fiddich's stories.

And the very first story to be posted, is my blissful favourite:

Island Innocents

It's novel-length, and its charmingly illustrated, and I can't say anything more than - please, please read it!

Comments

[hagsrus.livejournal.com]

Oh, wonderful — and thanks so much for the other authors you've been posting!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I'm so so pleased that more people will get to read Island Innocents, and all her other stories, but especially Island Innocents! *g*

(And I'm just a helper really, you know. *g*)

[tinturtle]

Ooh. I'm excited about this. I've seen you praise this story before. Perhaps I will make it the first fic in my million-word reading effort for 2023.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, I so, so hope that you like it!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this! I do have the zine but now others can enjoy this wonderful fic.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

You're welcome - isn't it good news?! I love my zine version (which I remember being told wasn't an officially sold zine either, so they're probably fairly rare - you had to know to ask), but it's been so hard not being able to point everyone to it as gorgeous read... *g*

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[f-m-parkinson.livejournal.com]

I'm so pleased that this is now on AO3 for everyone to enjoy. Like you, I re-read my zine copy every so often and enjoy it just as much every time. And the illustrations, as you say, are charming.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It's just wonderful, isn't it... *vbg*

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up re Glen Fiddich.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I can't remember if you've read this one before, but if not I do hope you'll like it!

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I might have started it years ago and not finished it but these days I can't even remember my own name!!