The Child Thief: Novel Review

I've just finished The Child Thief by Brom, a "dark retelling of the stories of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys" (Wikipedia). I'm giving it a 3 out of 5, with a point for concept and the many beautiful illustrations. It was a super idea for a story; it's a shame that the novel exploited the idea for about 5% of what it's worth.

( What It's Like and What It Could Have Been Like--Moderate Spoilers )

Blake's 7-Doctor Who Crossover Fic

Fandoms: Blake's 7, Doctor Who
Title: "Sacrifice"
Characters: Avon, Ten, Orac, Slave
Rating: PG for traces of angst
Summary: A quiet moment on Scorpio is interrupted by an annoying visitor.
A/N: This is my help_japan story, won by kerravonsen, who gave me the prompt: Avon and Ten having an argument in which each is partially right. My wonderful beta reader, vilakins observed that I might not be entirely on prompt; I'll let readers be the judge. Many thanks for the excellent beta! I'm a little embarrassed that the arc of this story is identical to my Avon/Cally story, but Avon's life just lends itself!

"Sacrifice"

With four hours remaining until Scorpio arrived at Xenon Base, Avon reclined in his seat and ruminated.

He ought to have known better. The ambush, inevitably, came the moment he let his guard down. The clank of a hatch, a maintenance door growling open, and out stumbled a character with a manner reminiscent of Vila, and like Vila, rather too inept to be believable.( Read more... )