World Enough and Time

On Facebook, gillo sent me the following challenge: The Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen authors (poets included) who've influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag at least fifteen friends, including me, because I'm interested in seeing what authors my friends choose.

I thought I'd do it here. No tagging, but I'd love to hear your choices. Mine:

1. Dorothy Dunnett
2. A.A. Milne
3. Megan Whelan Turner
4. Mary Doria Russell
5. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
6. William Shakespeare
7. Terry Pratchett
8. Charlotte Bronte
9. Lois McMaster Bujold
10. Charles Baudelaire
11. Raymond Chandler
12. Charles Dickens
13. T.S. Eliot
14. Don Marquis
15. Stan Lee

There you have it, in much less than fifteen minutes. Yours?

Title: Armoured Man
Author: fajrdrako
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Captain Jack/Tony Stark (Iron Man)
Challenge: Response to a drabble challenge issued by lilaeth for a drabble about Jack and Iron Man. I like the visuals.
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Cross-posted to my lj, my Dreamwidth account, and vintagemilitary.

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Title: Back to the Stars
Author: fajrdrako
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Ianto Jones, Midshipman Alonso Frame
Challenge: Response to a drabble challenge issued by louisx for a drabble about Ianto and Midshipman Frame. A bit of a challenge - but fun to think about.
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Spoilers for the Doctor Who 2007 Christmas special Voyage of the Damned. Posted also to my lj.

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Title: Prisoner
Author: fajrdrako
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Captain Jack/Captain John
Challenge: Response to a drabble challenge issued by atheneunknown for a drabble about Jack and John. I love it when my friends ask for things I love, too.
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Vaguest of spoilers for Torchwood 2x01, "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and/or 2x13, "Exit Wounds". Cross-posted to my lj and guns_n_poodles.

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I'm in the mood to write a drabble, but there's no new challenge up at tw100. Anyone care to toss me a topic?

Title: Companionship
Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Characters: Jack, Sarah Jane Smith
Challenge: Way back in May I accepted a challenge from neadods to write a 'first kiss' scene between Captain Jack Harkness and Sarah Jane Smith. I did not forget. I was not even slow to start working on it, as I loved the idea. But I wrote one scenario after another and discarded them as inadequate or unconvincing. It proved to be extraordinarily difficult. Here at last is a version I like enough to post.
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Spoilers for Doctor Who episode "The Last of the Time Lords", with a fleeting reference to "School Reunion". Cross-posted to galactic_conman and dwfiction.

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