Rather a Story

So the lovely and talented cassiopeia7 drew some gorgeous illustrations for my prompts for Novakfest. I was shamefully late in going in and leaving comments, but they are just lovely and well worth your time!

Go here to express your admiration, okay? Seriously, go! I will wait here.

Title: Fly a Little South of Heaven
Prompt/Summary: Written for nicole_sill for Novakfest. The prompt was: Jimmy meets Cas in a different vessel.
Characters: Jimmy, Claire, Amelia, Castiel
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 1,808
Disclaimer: Nothing recognizable belongs to me.
Warnings: Slightly disturbing imagery.
Neurotic Author's Note #1: I would be remiss if I didn't thank my indefatigable beta yasminke for going over this thing for me and fixing a whole lot of broken sentences and indecipherable English. Thank you!!
Neurotic Author's Note #2: I'm not really sure where this came from. Okay, well, yes, it came from a chat I had with twoskeletons while I was mulling over what to write for my prompts, but yeah... it's a little odd. I hope you like it, nicole_sill!
Neurotic Author's Note #3: For the record, I like geese a lot. ;)

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( Fly a Little South of Heaven )

Hey flist!

I have a little under 2,000 words of Novakfest that need beta-ing. It's Jimmy, Claire and alternate!vessel!Cas with Amelia in a supporting role. Anyone feel like helping out?

Title: Ride the Lightning
Summary: Written as a spectacularly late pinch-hit for spn_jimmynovak’s Novakfest, for twoskeletons Three years after her father consented to be Castiel’s vessel for the second time, Claire goes to find her Uncle Jacob. He thinks it might be because she had nowhere else to go, but he’s not sure.
Characters: Claire, Jacob Glaser, Castiel
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 1,942
Disclaimer: SPN and Stonehenge Apocalypse have both totally disavowed any knowledge of what I am doing here, and I can’t prove otherwise. Phooey.
Warnings: angst, crack, spoilers through 4.20 ‘The Rapture’ and general spoilers for Stonehenge Apocalypse. Brief mention of underage sex, nothing explicit.
Neurotic Author's Note #1: Uh, IDEK what to call this. It’s angsty cracky fusion fic about angels and vessels and oblique references to robot heads. /o\ Also: poor Claire. I need to write her something happy at some point.
Neurotic Author's Note #2: OMG, twoskeletons, I am SO LATE with this that I might as well have posted in a different century! I know that I was so behind on this that they gave it to someone else to pinch-hit, and so I really hope that you get two fics out of the deal for being so patient! Also, since it’s the day before your birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAVE SOME ANGSTY NOVAK FARE! \o/
Neurotic Author's Note #3: Totally unbeta'd. All mistakes and wacky syntax are my fault and mine alone.

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( Ride the Lightning )

Title: The Empty Vessel
Summary: The world changes, and Claire goes searching for her father. Or, barring him, Castiel. What she finds is neither.
Recipient: gabby_silang, who gave the prompts: 5x04-verse. Claire and Amelia at Camp Chitaqua. Claire runs away from home. Claire tries to find her dad. Claire yearns for Castiel. These are all the same story.
Characters: Claire, Cas, guest appearance by Dean
Rating: R
Wordcount: 3,079
Disclaimer: None of it is mine.
Warnings: Angst. Lots and lots of angst. Not-quite-sex that isn't about the sex but kind of sort of looks like incest from the outside only it isn't. Did I mention angst? Swearing. Recreational drug use. Also, angst.
Neurotic Author's Note #1: So I picked up a pinch-hit for Novakfest, and this is kind of what came out of that. I'm really not sure where it all came from, except that gabby_silang gave some really awesome prompts, and it made me want to do verybadwrong things with them.
Neurotic Author's Note #2: gabby_silang, I am very sorry that I couldn't work Amelia into this story, but it became less about the Novaks than it was about Claire and the fact that she was a vessel for an angel for about thirty minutes of her life, if that much, and what it all means.
Neurotic Author's Note #3: Because this was a bit of a last-minute pinch-hit, it's unbeta'd. I think it's okay enough to post, but if it's riddled with mistakes, I apologize.

:::ETA:::

The fantastically talented nickelmountain has made a podfic of the story! Go here to listen to it and lavish praise upon her!

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( The Empty Vessel )

Title: In Roaring He Shall Rise
Prompt/Summary: Written for pyrebi for Novakfest. Her prompt was for a high seas AU in which Jimmy gets press-ganged into the Royal Navy.
Characters: Jimmy, Sam, Dean, Castiel with guest appearances by Crowley and Bobby
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 16,625
Disclaimer: Nothing recognizable in this fic belongs to me.
Warnings: Complete disregard for canon. Misuse of 18th-century ships. Minor character death.
Neurotic Author's Note #1: I veered away from the prompt a little bit, but I'm hoping I at least got the spirit of the thing right. This thing was evil and ate my brain and caused me no amount of trouble because of how I chose to tackle it, but I think it turned out pretty decently, overall.
Neurotic Author's Note #2: So you will notice that none of the characters come close to talking the way they do in the Show. I waffled about this for the longest time, but eventually I decided I couldn't stomach that many anachronisms in my fic. I like to think that I kept them at least a little bit in character, bearing in mind that this is an AU and that therefore there is a whole lot less angst than current canon has established, and also that almost none of them are actually of the same nationality as they are in the show.
Neurotic Author's Note #3: Writing this was probably the worst idea of my life, because know nothing about eighteenth-century sailing ships. Anyone who knows anything about it, I apologize deeply for every heresy I have committed in this fic, because all of it is stuff gleaned from the internet and/or pulled directly from my ass. I am so sorry. /o\
Neurotic Author's Note #4: Furthermore, I will beg the indulgence of my readers, as there are holes in the plot big enough for a Kraken to swim through. Let’s just all pretend we can’t see them, m’kay?
Neurotic Author's Note #5: Speaking of stuff I know nothing about, I will also apologize for the likely entirely Canadian diction of characters who are meant to be British. I've tried very hard to keep it reasonably neutral-sounding, but I'm sure there are instances of massive fail.
Neurotic Author's Note #6: (Yes, I can totally have six A/Ns if I want!) All my thanks and adoration to the awesome mods of Novakfest for putting this together and for being super understanding with me and giving me the necessary extensions to get this thing done and beta'd. You guys rock! Furthermore, I would like to extend my thanks to pkwench, beta and all-around rockstar, who helped me brainstorm this monster and gave me some of the best ideas in here. Mwah!



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Okay, as of right now I think I am all caught up on my admin stuff (yes, I am procrastinating on other stuff, why do you ask?).

I have updated my master list, and spent all of this morning updating the prompt claims at ohsam. Btw, if you haven't made your first claim there yet, what are you waiting for? Multiple claims open on Friday, so act soon!

If things are quiet at work, I will be working on my Novakfest fic, which, much like my Reverse Big Bang, is threatening to become much longer than I originally intended. *sigh*