Amnesia
by Mara
Summary: Hoshi has lost her memories of an away mission, and nobody’s talking. What’s up?
NOTES/DEDICATION: This is for the folks at the Linguistics Database Forum
::grin:: Thanks to Josephine, who assures me this is laid-back funny.
//thoughts//
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Hoshi’s Box: The Final Straw
by Mara
Summary: Hoshi’s not in a very good mood, and a box found at her station doesn’t bode well.
NOTES: This story is a response to Taryn’s Writer’s Block Party Challenge:
“Hoshi finds a small box in her chair at the communications station. Show me
what is in the box, her reaction to it, and what it all means.” Taryn also wrote
the first line. Thanks to Captain Average for the beta. Read more ›
Help Unasked For
by Mara
Summary: A revised version of the scene between Trip and T’Pol at the end of the third season premiere, “The Xindi.”
NOTES: This story is the result of yelling at the television, “You idiots, *I*
could write a better scene!” You see, the universe yelled back, “Prove it!”
Those of you who read my drabbles might recognize a few sentences of this,
cannibalized from my drabble of the same name. Thanks to various folks for
encouraging me to write this, especially Stexgirl2000 🙂
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Call Me Charlie
by Mara
Summary: “Oh, Trip…can I call you Trip? That’s what your friends called you, wasn’t it?”
NOTES: This story was inspired by the last line of a round robin on the
Linguistics Database Forum. Josephine ended the story with Trip telling Hoshi,
“Call me Charlie,” and it got me thinking. Once again, thanks for the beta go to
the marvelous and talented Captain Average, the speedy superhero who says nice
things about my fic. This is the newly revised version, created for the Strange
New Worlds contest, which it obviously did not win 🙂 Read more ›
Three Men In a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
by Mara
Summary: The crew is on leave, and the boys decide to go fishing while Hoshi watches from shore.
NOTES: The title of this story is stolen completely from the novel by Jerome K.
Jerome (by way of my having read Connie Willis’ “To Say Nothing of the Dog”).
This is a response to a Challenge in a Can from the Linguistics Database
(http://judy.jteers.net/lingdata/indexframe.html). As usual, I’ll reveal my
challenge at the end. Thanks for the beta go, as always, to Captain Average, the
superhero who has met Connie Willis.
DEDICATION: This is for the folks who made my Sandy Neck vacation fun: the three
men in a boat (Avi, Ben, and Peter), the other ladies on the deck (Monique and
Stacy), and the kids (Anna and the oh-so-obstinate Jake), to say nothing of the
dog (Duke the darling basset hound). Read more ›
Working Late
by Mara
Summary: Trip’s been spending too much time working, methinks.
NOTES: This little ficlet is a response to a Challenge in a Can from the
Linguistics Database. I’ll reveal my challenge at the end. To see the original
Challenge in a Can, visit http://www.dymphna.net/challenge/. The shippiness is
for Josephine, ’cause she keeps asking so nicely 🙂 Read more ›
The Ritual
by Mara
Summary: Hoshi is less than thrilled by the results of this first contact.
NOTES: This is a response to a Challenge in a Can from the Linguistics Database . As usual, I’ll reveal my
challenge at the end. This was just another one of those odd ideas that came up
during my vacation last year. Don’t ask me about this one, ’cause I couldn’t
explain it. Thanks for the beta go to Captain Average, the superhero who
laughed. Read more ›
A Man and His Socks
by Mara
Summary: When Trip and Malcolm set out to rescue two crewmates from the Tandarans, things go from sublime to ridiculous.
NOTES: This is a response to a Challenge in a Can from the Linguistics Database.
For once, revealing the challenge in advance won’t ruin the story: it was
Trip/ache/socks. Tremendous thanks to Jane, Taryn, and Kim of the
Entwritebrigade, who made some fabulous suggestions to improve my highly
mediocre first draft, and generally inspired me to do a complete rewrite. Kim,
Taryn, and Ozchick then made more fabulous suggestions when I got stuck on the
second draft, which I (to my detriment, I’m sure) chose to ignore. I can only
hope the end product was worth the wait! Thanks to Captain Average for the beta
and the EWB for encouragement. Read more ›
The Bracelet
by Mara
Summary: Hoshi’s sad, and Annie’s in town to cheer her up.
NOTES: You really need to read my fic “Dear Annie” for this to make sense. This
is a response to a Challenge in a Can from the Linguistics Database. I’ll reveal
my challenge at the end. To see the original Challenge in a Can, visit
http://www.dymphna.net/challenge/.
DEDICATION: For JustVisiting, who asked nicely for stories about Hoshi and
Annie’s early days. And for Jessica, who helped me through plenty of things that
seemed catastrophic at the time. Read more ›
Herculean Labors
by Mara
Summary: “Humans and Elkarans and other races from Aoan to Zyzzyx, all united against the forces of nature.”
NOTES: Thanks for the beta go to the mighty Captain Average, the superhero who
edits…but Cap, I’m taking advice from *Crais*? That worries me. This is the
newly revised version, as I submitted it to the Strange New Worlds contest in
2002. (Obviously, it didn’t win ::grin::.)
//thoughts// Read more ›