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Aspectabund

2015-02-24T01:12:19Z

Aspectabund:

[[File:Bangbangcover48.png|200px|thumb|right|Cover for Shousetsu Bang Bang Issue 48, by [[aspectabund]] ]]

aspectabund goes by [http://devengreves.tumblr.com Deven] most other places. Owns an animation degree like 90% of modern college-going artists, and currently works as a background painter/layout artist. Has a habit of greeting people's dogs before the people themselves.

[[Noodlenoggen]] is an old alias of this creator.

== Contributions ==

Aspectabund has contributed illustrations to the following stories:

*[[Flight]]
*{[[holographic-synthesis-waltz]]}
*[[Up the Garden Path]]
*[[$LoveStory]]

Aspectabund has contributed artwork for the following covers:

*[[Issue 48]]
*[[Issue 50]]

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Issue 53

2015-02-24T00:53:12Z

Aspectabund:

[[File:53_cover_-_Feb2015.png|200px|thumb|right|Cover for Shousetsu Bang Bang Issue 1, by [[Nebulosity Çiélon]] ]]

Shousetsu Bang*Bang issue 53 was released on February 23, 2015. The theme was Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

It was originally posted at http://bb-shousetsu.livejournal.com/107251.html and will be mirrored on http://shousetsubangbang.com.

== Contents ==
The cover artist was [[Nebulosity Çiélon]]. The issue contains the following stories:

*[[Boys Keep Fucking Up My Car]] by [[shukyou]] (主教)
*[[Flashes]] by [[Renaissance Makoto J.]] (ルネサンス・真・J)
*[[Five Hours to Chicago]] by [[Kimyō Tabibito]] (奇妙旅人)
*[[Woodward Avenue]] by [[Aosora Hikaru]] (青空ヒカル)
*[[Railfans]] by [[Iron Eater]] *
*[[A treatise on the mating habits of Bibliothecarus bibliothecarii]] by [[Himawari]] (ヒマワリ)
*[[The Journey]] by [[Hyakunichisou 13]] (百日草十三)
*[[The Bus Driver; or, An Accidental Meeting]] by [[Zetto Rio]] (ゼット理央)
*[[A Genealogy of Magic]] by [[Kuruma Ebi]] (車エビ)

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[[category:M/M]][[category:2015]]

File:53 cover - Feb2015.png

2015-02-24T00:48:34Z

Aspectabund: The cover of Issue 53.

The cover of Issue 53.

Nebulosity Çiélon

2015-02-24T00:37:58Z

Aspectabund:

[[File:Unchartedseas_by_nebulositycielon.jpg|200px|thumb|Cover Illustration for [[Through Uncharted Seas]].]]

Nebulosity Çiélon has been drawing since she was little, with an unfortunate ten year lapse in practice between starting college for mechanical engineering and graduating. She recently got back into illustration in the fall of 2013 and dedicates an average of 30 hours a week to illustration, outside of her usual full-time job doing graphic design, user interface design and website design for a project management software company in Silicon Valley. Nebulosity is only formally trained in oil painting (two classes at university), but has taken to digital illustration with Photoshop & Illustrator, as well as Prismacolor markers and colored pencils. Currently she works primarily with mixed media, combining markers and colored pencils, and then fine-tuning her illustrations in Photoshop. You can follow her other illustrations on her online portfolio at [http://cielon.nebulosity.cc Post-Apocalyptic Wanderer: The Artwork & Musings of Nebulosity Çiélon]. 

Nebulosity primarily illustrates for [[Aosora Hikaru]] (青空ヒカル), but is open to working with other SSBB authors if an opportunity presents itself.

== Contributions ==

Nebulosity Çiélon has contributed illustrations for the following stories:

*[[Double Shot Red-Eye With Room]], [[Aosora Hikaru]]
*[[Second Chances]], [[Aosora Hikaru]]
*[[Sensual in Such Non-Conventional Ways]], [[Aosora Hikaru]]
*[[Through Uncharted Seas]], [[Aosora Hikaru]]

Nebulosity Çiélon has contributed following standalone illustrations:

*[[Breaking Barriers]]
*[[There is No Number More Beautiful than Three]]

Nebulosity Çiélon has drawn the cover for the following issue:

*[[Issue 53]]

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Category:Music

2014-11-09T23:06:53Z

Aspectabund: Created page with "Stories and artwork about music. category: theme"

Stories and artwork about music.

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Category:Merfolk

2014-11-09T23:05:52Z

Aspectabund: Created page with "Stories and artwork about merfolk. category: supernatural"

Stories and artwork about merfolk.

[[category: supernatural]]

Category:Hollywood

2014-11-09T23:04:52Z

Aspectabund:

Stories and artwork set in (or at least largely about) Hollywood.

[[category: locations]]

Category:Hollywood

2014-11-09T23:03:43Z

Aspectabund: Created page with "Stories and artwork set in (or at least largely about) Hollywood. category: location"

Stories and artwork set in (or at least largely about) Hollywood.

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The Sad Blanket

2014-11-09T23:03:40Z

Aspectabund:

The Sad Blanket is a story written by [[shukyou]] and illustrated by [[r_a_parker]]. It ran in [[Issue 35]] and can be found at [http://s2b2.livejournal.com/205726.html s2b2.livejournal.com/205726.html] and [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-sad-blanket/ shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-sad-blanket/].

== Summary ==
Vengeancers Vassemble!

<BLOCKQUOTE>Alone in the command center Richard sat, his elbows braced against the shiny black roundtable, leaning forward into his clasped hands, resting his lips against his steepled index fingers. The machines around him buzzed and hummed, but he paid them no mind; he stared straight ahead at nothing, though even his expressionless face told its own story. He'd changed back into his civilian clothes, a shirt and slacks so expensive they looked cheap. His graphite-grey helmet lay on the table next to him, cracked up the left side, and a half-patched wound up his left cheek toward his ear told of where the helmet had been when it had suffered that damage. Alone, he waited, and he'd wait as long as he had to, impeccable and patient.</BLOCKQUOTE>

== Connections ==
The Sad Blanket is part of the [[Whitniverse]].

== Related Links ==
The Sad Blanket has been [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20718594-the-sad-blanket featured at GoodReads].

== Author's Notes ==
<BLOCKQUOTE>Usually I'm pretty coy about my story origins. This time, I'm going to be up-front about it: this entire story was inspired by this series of pictures of Chris Evans, and on [[beeblebabe]]'s [http://ladysisyphus.tumblr.com/post/9011927423/whitachi-fuckyeah-captainamerica-chris-evans subsequent commentary about it]: <BLOCKQUOTE>Why are you wrapped in a blanky, Chris Evans? Is it cold in Cleveland? I don’t think it is because it’s August! Are you working through some emotional issues and needed your comfort item? Did Joss Whedon talk you through some heavy stuff and then gently wrap a blanket around your shoulders to make you feel better?</blockquote>And thus was born the story before you, the alternate earth timeline where alternate earth Joss Whedon makes alternate earth Chris Evans fall in love with him while they work on an alternate earth Avengers movie. [[beeblebabe]] -- who is responsible for so much of this, especially all of Brandon's great lines -- used the phrase 'Mad Magazine parody' to describe what's going on here, and that's about the long and the short of it. It's a very silly story, and it's supposed to be. I mean, really, if calling the team the 'Vengeancers' wasn't a tip-off to the general level of ridiculousness being attempted here, I don't know what to say. Sharp-eyed Whedon fans will also notice many tipped hats in various directions, because I won't pretend the man is perfect, but heavens to betsy do I love his work. [http://peripheralsight.livejournal.com/ peripheralsight] also deserves a large side dish of gratitude for being inspirational and supportive of this very stupid endeavor. Not mentioned in the story: the following year, Josh will go on to make a Professor Terrible's Karaoke YouTube Channel II, where Noel will reprise the title role and Brandon will play Professor Terrible's new threat/love interest. The network will give Josh more creative control over the Vengeancers sequel and allow him to bring in more of his usual actors, including some of the unsung heroes from Seraph and Toybox. And no one will ever stop being mad that Dragonfly was cancelled.
</BLOCKQUOTE>
(from [http://ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/790717.html ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/790717.html])

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[[category:Age difference‏‎]]
[[category:Hollywood]]
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[[category:nerds]]
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Category:Acting

2014-11-09T23:01:08Z

Aspectabund: Created page with "Stories and artwork about acting. category: theme"

Stories and artwork about acting.

[[category: theme]]

The Sad Blanket

2014-11-09T22:58:45Z

Aspectabund:

Category:Ghost

2014-11-09T22:56:04Z

Aspectabund: Created page with "Stories and artwork containing... GHOSTS!! OoooOOOO category: supernatural"

Stories and artwork containing... GHOSTS!! OoooOOOO

[[category: supernatural]]

Category:Christmas

2014-11-09T22:52:36Z

Aspectabund: Created page with "Stories and artwork with a Christmas theme. category: theme"

Stories and artwork with a Christmas theme.

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Category:Drag

2014-11-09T22:48:40Z

Aspectabund:

Stories and artwork that contain a(t least one) character dressing up in drag.

[[category: kinks]]

Dead or Alive

2014-11-09T22:47:14Z

Aspectabund:

Dead or Alive is a story written by [[Tsukizubon Saruko]]. It ran in [[Issue 41]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/240578.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/dead-or-alive/.

== Summary ==
From [http://isis.dreamwidth.org/78910.html isis.dreamwidth.org]: "The scion of a crime family in a nifty futuristic Middle Eastern setting (I imagined a sort of Dubai) must deal with a possible threat in the person of a charming troublemaker."

== Connections ==
Dead or Alive is followed by [[Alive or Dead]] and takes place in the same universe as [[The Race]].

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[[category:robots]]

Category:Drag

2014-11-09T22:43:53Z

Aspectabund: Created page with "Stories and artwork that contain a(t least one) character dressing up in drag. category: kink"

Stories and artwork that contain a(t least one) character dressing up in drag.

[[category: kink]]

Altair

2014-11-09T22:41:39Z

Aspectabund:

Altair is a story written by [[Yamanashi Moe]] and illustrated by [[carbonidiot]]. It ran in [[Issue 33]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/191375.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/altair/.

== Summary ==
From [http://brosephine.tumblr.com/post/65627503783 the author]: "An incubus and a ghoul are roommates in Vancouver."

From [http://eccentric-nucleus.tumblr.com/post/63537518340/okay-s2b2-best-of-also-the-formatting-on-this eccentric-nucleus.tumblr.com]: "sometimes it really sucks to be an incubus and have to constantly deal with having sex with people."

http://isis.dreamwidth.org/77353.html: "A sweet romance in which an ailing incubus is taken in and nursed back to health by a shy nonhuman man and his closest friend, a lesbian succubus. Apparently Vancouver has a thriving spirit world".

== Related Links ==
Altair has been featured on [[Goodreads]] [http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1994710-16th-group-read---altair-by-yamanashi-moe---september-8---september-14 as a weekly group read].

== Author's Notes ==
*http://saturnoolaa.livejournal.com/429533.html

== External Reviews ==
*http://whitmans-sampler.tumblr.com/post/101403514284/altair-shousetsu-bang-bang

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[[category:M/M]]

The Way of the Sword

2014-10-31T03:59:01Z

Aspectabund:

The Way of the Sword is a story written by [[Kaito]] and illustrated by [[The Winter Cynic]]. It ran in [[Issue 20]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/112374.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-way-of-the-sword/.

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The War of Northern Aggression

2014-10-31T03:58:42Z

Aspectabund:

The War of Northern Aggression is a story written by [[Matsuo Basho]]. It ran in [[Issue 31]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/177099.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-war-of-northern-aggression/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: War of Northern Aggression, The}}
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The Ultimate Sacrifice

2014-10-31T03:58:04Z

Aspectabund:

''The Ultimate Sacrifice'' is a story written by [[Shinko Hisada]] (身固之妥). It ran in [[Issue 12]] and can be read on [http://s2b2.livejournal.com/61705.html LJ], and is mirrored at [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-ultimate-sacrifice/ http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-ultimate-sacrifice/].

== Summary ==
<blockquote>"To say that the morale of the Istrion Army was at an all-time low would have been a severe understatement. Rumour flew with the speed of wings, and everyone at field headquarters knew that the Semaskans had destroyed every fort and camp from there to the border. And now they were heading for the Istrion field headquarters, where the bulk of the remaining army waited for them."</blockquote>

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The White Palace

2014-10-31T03:57:42Z

Aspectabund:

The White Palace is a story written by [[shukyou]] and illustrated by [[2013]]. It ran in [[Issue 40]] and can be found at [http://s2b2.livejournal.com/235962.html s2b2.livejournal.com/235962.html] and [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-white-palace/ shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-white-palace/].

== Summary ==

How Fard the illusionist came to work for the Dragon King.

<BLOCKQUOTE>Fard walked in the house, hung up his cloak and scarf by the door, and flopped face-down on the couch with such dramatic force that he felt a cord or two pop under his weight. Daanil didn't even look up from his paper. "Went well, hm." It was only a question by the most technical of definitions.</BLOCKQUOTE>

== Connections ==

The White Palace is a direct sequel to [[The Red Woman]], though the former was written before the latter.

Much, much more tenuously, The White Palace takes place in the same universe as [[Bright Mouths]], though with at least one millennium between them.

== Related Links ==

The White Palace has no related links.

== Author's Notes ==

<BLOCKQUOTE>I said this last issue, but it remains true here: as a rule, I hate high fantasy. Now, there's nothing wrong with the genre itself -- says the woman who has loved The Hobbit since I was five years old -- but to work, it needs to walk the thin line between the treacherous lands of What The Hell Is Happening and Please Stop Showing Off Your Worldbuilding Now. This, then, is my attempt at putting my money where my mouth is and taking that tightrope trip. It's a little dopey and melodramatic, but it's not meant to be Great And Profound. My story last December was that; this was just meant to be fun. And it was! And all that matters is that I had a good time, right? Originally, this was going to be for October. Then I realized there was no way I could get it done in two entries. Then I realized that I really should have a lot more here than there wound up being, but too many demands in real life kept me from making it as long as it should be, which is probably twice what it actually wound up being. Things nobody will notice: this actually occurs in the same universe as [http://s2b2.livejournal.com/194286.html Bright Mouths], only ~1000 years earlier. The Grey Islands become the Island, and Fard's city becomes the Mainland. If you caught what I was doing there, you'll catch vestiges of it here; if not, don't bother. And speaking of its needing to be longer: [http://2013.deviantart.com/ my lovely artist] (who did such fabulous work here) had the spectacular idea of doing an expanded version, with both more text and more art, and making bound copies/ebooks. So stay tuned! I promise it'll be worth it (i.e., it'll have more porn).
</BLOCKQUOTE>

(from [http://ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/829213.html ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/829213.html])

That extended version is, for the record, still in the works.

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The Two Chivalrous Warriors of Skill and Gracefulness

2014-10-31T03:56:40Z

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The Two Chivalrous Warriors of Skill and Gracefulness is a story written by [[Kikuchi Makoto]]. It ran in [[Issue 9]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/42097.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-two-chivalrous-warriors-of-skill-and-gracefulness/.

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The Twelve Dancing Princesses

2014-10-31T03:56:18Z

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The Twelve Dancing Princesses is a story written by [[Matsuoka Haruka]]. It ran in [[Issue 11]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/52810.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-twelve-dancing-princesses/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Twelve Dancing Princesses, The}}
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The Son Of Gods

2014-10-31T03:55:57Z

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The Son Of Gods is a story written by [[Mitsui Matsuri]]. It originally ran in [[Issue 4]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/13124.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-son-of-gods/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Son of Gods, The}}
[[category:text]]

The Soldier and the Sea

2014-10-31T03:55:29Z

Aspectabund:

The Soldier and the Sea is a story written by [[yabamena]]. It ran in [[Issue 33]] and can be read on [http://s2b2.livejournal.com/192989.html LJ], and is mirrored at [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-soldier-and-the-sea/ http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-soldier-and-the-sea/].

== Summary ==
<blockquote>It's wet and miserable the night the boy first comes to Michael's window.</blockquote>

== Related Links ==
The Soldier and the Sea has been featured on [[Goodreads]] as a [https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1910670-10th-group-read---the-soldier-and-the-sea---july-14-th-to-july-20 weekly group read].

== External Reviews ==
*http://whitmans-sampler.tumblr.com/post/92126714439/the-soldier-and-the-sea-shousetsu-bang-bang

{{DEFAULTSORT: Soldier and the Sea, The}}
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The Small Door

2014-10-31T03:55:07Z

Aspectabund:

The Small Door is a story written by [[Kaerutobi Ike]]. It ran in [[Issue 33]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/190967.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-small-door/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Small Door, The}}
[[category:text]]

The Siren of Titan

2014-10-31T03:54:48Z

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[[File:The-Siren-of-Titan-01.jpg|thumb|illustration of Cal by [[The Winter Cynic]].]]The Siren of Titan is a story written by [[shukyou]] and illustrated by [[The Winter Cynic]]. It ran in [[Issue 51]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/291336.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-siren-of-titan.

== Summary ==

Seven people on a spaceship go out looking for a long-lost colony vessel, and find it.

<BLOCKQUOTE>The light off the Kraken Mare shone warm and inviting, but Andreas knew that even if he'd been close enough to feel its reflection on his face, it wouldn't have been like the mornings of his childhood, standing at the edge of the Aegean Sea and letting the sunrise bake into his skin. Maybe this very light had cast itself over those same sparkling waters -- he could never quite keep track of Earth rotation without the computer's help -- but that would have been at best over an hour ago. By now, it was little more than a dream of sunlight, his sunlight. It shone and carried on into the black and left little of itself below.</BLOCKQUOTE>

{{Template:Warning|Content Warning: Space, Death|The author wishes to note that this story contains some sensitive material, including descriptions of ghosts, death, outer space, and dead bodies.}}

== Connections ==
The Siren of Titan is unconnected to other stories and universes.

== Author's Notes ==
<BLOCKQUOTE>Got a whole issue about underwater things? Let's write a whole story about space. 
 Of course, everything in this is a water hat-tip, right down to the name of the Yemanya, which was originally the Sirène, until I figured that was just to repetitious, considering the title. I went with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemaja the Cuban spelling of her name] mostly because I thought it was pretty. For the crew, you've got [http://www.behindthename.com/name/andreas Andreas], [http://www.behindthename.com/name/darya-2 Darya], [http://www.behindthename.com/name/tengiz Tengiz], [http://www.behindthename.com/name/ione Ione], [http://www.behindthename.com/name/youko Youko], [http://www.behindthename.com/name/morgan-1 Morgan], and [http://www.behindthename.com/name/llyr Llyr]. Cal is short for something; it's short for Calypso. Thel(xiepeia) and (Ag)Lao(phonos) are also named for various sirens; I might have gone for 'Peis', but [[Tsukizubon Saruko]] [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/a-fish-story-or-the-ones-that-got-away-or-the-mermaid-solution/ beat me to it]. (Not that anyone would have noticed, but I would have noticed.) The title itself is a nod to the Vonnegut novel [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sirens_of_Titan The Sirens of Titan], though I haven't read it in a million billion years, so most connections between the two are coincidental. I almost co-titled it 'or, Saturn is Heaven!' for the Bradbury nod, but I didn't want to give away too much of the punchline [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Is_Heaven! for Martian Chronicles fans]. 
 I've had this plotted out for a while, but watching [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2051879/reference Europa Report] gave me the last aesthetic push I needed to finish it off. I feel sort of bad for setting it up like it's science fiction and then turning it into creepy ghostly alien space horror, but whatever, it's October. Folk should know better by now. The only crew member who is not definitively associated with a dwarf nickname is Morgan, who would be (by process of elimination) Dopey, but I was proceeding on the assumption that they're actually the most-degreed person on board, and therefore it's more ironic than direct. I defend myself from charges of Self-Lubricating Asshole Syndrome by pointing out that that's the least implausible thing that happens in this story. Titan really does have seas! I'm not making that part up. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken_Mare Kraken Mare] is where most of this is set; like Titan's other seas, the Kraken Mare is made of liquid hydrocarbons, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocarbon#Poisoning you really don't want to breathe those]. I've fudged some on the science, and setting this whole thing around the year 2300 (even with a projected hundred-year stall of human progress due to anthropogenic climate change) does give me some leeway with tech, but most everything is within some degree of scientific correctness. Blame any inconsistancies on the creepy telepathic alien psychopomp. Final credit and much love go to [[The Winter Cynic]], who responded to my slightly incoherent story pitch with enthusiasm and returned to me three gorgeous images. Andreas is modeled physically on Alexis Papas and Dimitris Alexandrou, who are two incredibly handsome dudes I had no idea existed before this, so I'm thrilled to know about them; Cal, on the other hand, is modeled after a whole bunch of classical statues of Ganymede, [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ganymede_Louvre.jpg this one in particular]. I love all three of the illustrations, but the last one really captures the kind of creepy, exhausted tenderness I was going for there, so I could not be a happier clam. </BLOCKQUOTE>
from http://ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/876347.html

== Illustrations ==
<gallery>
File:51_-_The-Siren-of-Titan-02.jpg|by [[The Winter Cynic]].
File:51_-_The-Siren-of-Titan-03.jpg|by [[The Winter Cynic]].
File:51_-_concept_sketch.jpg|concept sketch of Andreas and Cal by [[The Winter Cynic]].
</gallery>

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The Singing Moon

2014-10-31T03:53:48Z

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The Singing Moon is a story written by [[Rei]]. It originally ran in [[Issue 4]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/12737.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-singing-moon/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Singing Moon, The}}
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The Showman

2014-10-31T03:53:29Z

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The Showman is a story written by [[Tsuki Akari]] and illustrated by [[halcyonjazz]]. It ran in [[Issue 10]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/46028.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-showman/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Showman, The}}
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The Shadow

2014-10-31T03:53:11Z

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The Shadow is a story written by [[Onaka May]] and illustrated by [[mhikaru]]. It ran in [[Issue 13]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/71773.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-shadow/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Shadow, The}}
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The Selkie and the Bear

2014-10-31T03:52:50Z

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The Selkie and the Bear is a story written by [[Kimyō Tabibito]]. It ran in [[Issue 51]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/291785.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-selkie-and-the-bear.

== Summary ==
Seamus is a selkie who rejects traditional notions of magic and tradition. Why settle for fish when there are hamburgers and milkshakes in the world? And who really needs tradition and heterosexuality when there are apps that facilitate anonymous gay sex?

== Authors Notes ==
After giving up on finishing something for October, a smart ass selkie showed up and demanded to have a story where he got nailed by a bear. So I went along with the idea and spit out this as a quickie.

It is not related to any of my previous SSBB stories.

It was vaguely inspired by Cassidy Stone's image of this [http://thesanityclause.tumblr.com/post/75445192827/one-last-sketch-before-bed-a-selkie-who-only hoodie wearing selkie]

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The Selkie and the Bear

2014-10-31T03:52:33Z

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The Red Scare

2014-10-31T03:51:16Z

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The Red Scare is a story written by [[shukyou]]. It ran in [[Issue 45]] and can be found at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/260784.html and http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-red-scare/.

== Summary ==

An eccentric twentieth-century history buff gets a surprise from his boyfriend.

<BLOCKQUOTE>At first, Paul didn't understand what was happening, so all he said when he looked up from his desk and saw Percy standing in the doorway was, "Don't forget to pick up paper towels if you're going out."
"Thank you for coming, Mr. Broderick," said Percy in a tone that was part business and part ice, and that was what made Paul really look, shoving his glasses up the bridge of his nose and marking his place in his new as-yet-unpromising biography of FDR with the flap of the dust jacket as he stared across the dim span of his study. The room was windowless, paneled with mahogany, and lined on all sides with bookshelves; a brass clock on the desk gave the time as 1:50, but it could have been early afternoon as easily as the middle of the night. The bulb of his desk lamp hit his eyes like a spotlight, illuminating the top of the desk and half-blinding him to everything beyond it. "Did the girl out front offer you coffee?"</BLOCKQUOTE>

== Connections ==

The Red Scare is part of the [[Whitniverse]].

== Related Links ==

The Red Scare has been [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20621104-the-red-scare featured on GoodReads].

== Author's Notes ==

<BLOCKQUOTE>...I don't really have a lot to say here this time except to thank [[beeblebabe]] and note that if you can see through the thin veil this time, we should be friends. </BLOCKQUOTE>

(from http://ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/857947.html)

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The Rain's Child

2014-10-31T03:50:53Z

Aspectabund:

The Rain's Child is a story written by [[Nakaya Sumi]]. It ran in [[Issue 14]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/80302.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-rains-child/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Rain's Child, The}}
[[category:text]]

The Race

2014-10-31T03:49:48Z

Aspectabund:

The Race is a story written by [[Tsukizubon Saruko]] and illustrated by [[neomeruru]]. It ran in [[Special Issue 8]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/244685.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-race/.

The Race is followed by (but was written after) [http://sockdolager.net/theshipswesail/thecrash.html The Crash], which is available in the anthology [http://sockdolager.net/theshipswesail/ The Ships We Sail].

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The Rabbit and the Wolf

2014-10-31T03:49:34Z

Aspectabund:

The Rabbit and the Wolf is a story written by [[Eri Mori]]. It ran in [[Issue 17]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/100864.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-rabbit-and-the-wolf/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Rabbit and the Wolf, The}}
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The Promiscuous Boy and the Monk

2014-10-31T03:49:12Z

Aspectabund:

The Promiscuous Boy and the Monk is a story written by [[Eric Shun]] and illustrated by [[pearljamz]]. It ran in [[Issue 9]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/41486.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-promiscuous-boy-and-the-monk/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Promiscuous Boy and the Monk, The}}
[[category:text]]

The Prodigal Son

2014-10-31T03:48:52Z

Aspectabund:

The Prodigal Son is a story written by [[Bloodsucking Llama]]. It ran in [[Issue 10]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/43423.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-prodigal-son/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Prodigal Son, The}}
[[category:text]]

The Problem With Puberty

2014-10-31T03:48:15Z

Aspectabund:

The Problem With Puberty is a story written by [[Tamanegi Amai]]. It originally ran in [[Issue 4]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/12509.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-problem-with-puberty/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Problem With Puberty, The}}
[[category:text]] [[category: 2005]]

The Pond by the Well

2014-10-31T03:47:14Z

Aspectabund:

The Pond by the Well ran in [[Special Issue 4]] and was submitted by [[Koiwa Shishiko]]. It's published at [http://s2b2.livejournal.com/95248.html s2b2.livejournal.com/95248.html] and mirrored at [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-pond-by-the-well shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-pond-by-the-well].

== Summary ==

A young woman visits a pond she used to play in as a child and discovers a fantastical creature within it.

<BLOCKQUOTE>She looked young, with long dark hair and uncovered breasts, and loops of what looked like blue and green silk floating around her without actually clothing her. She was suspended within the water perfectly, like a fish, neither fighting her weight nor her buoyancy, and she smiled at Emelie like she had a secret she was dying to share. She spread her arms, long and pale, glittering with strange jewelry, and make a beckoning gesture. Emelie could not see her legs.</blockquote>

== Connections ==

As of this writing, The Pond by the Well has no known connections to any other stories or settings.

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The Perks to Running a Clean Ship

2014-10-31T03:46:28Z

Aspectabund:

The Perks to Running a Clean Ship is a story written by [[Miyoko]]. It ran in [[Issue 29]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/168624.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-perks-to-running-a-clean-ship/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Perks to Running a Clean Ship, The}}
[[category:text]]
[[category: steampunk]]

The Pen

2014-10-31T03:46:00Z

Aspectabund:

The Pen is a story written by [[Kougyoku]]. It was published in 2010 in theme-free [[Issue 28]] and can be found at [http://s2b2.livejournal.com/158718.html s2b2.livejournal.com/158718.html], [http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-pen shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-pen] and [http://archiveofourown.org/works/744382 archiveofourown.org/works/744382]

== Summary ==

When James travels to town on business, he comes into contact with the Pen, a large mound in the churchyard that has a strange and worrying air about it.

Historical fiction set in the 19th Century. This is a Christmas ghost story about a young man and the unusual things he encounters in a strange town.

Themes include ghosts and horror.

== Author's Notes ==

<BLOCKQUOTE>Anecdote time: I wrote this in the winter a couple of years ago. One night from that time always stays with me. It was a Sunday. I’d spent all day working on this story and writing about people being scared. At about 8 o’clock I left the house to go visit my parents. It was December, so it was dark outside and it had been snowing heavily all day. Let me tell you, in the town I was living at the time, you’ll see very little life on the streets if it’s late on a Sunday and the roads are thick with snow. So there I was, all alone, walking down this still, white street, where the only sound was the soft crunching of the snow under my boots. And then, it must have turned 8pm, because I could hear the clock in the church striking the hour, which was weird because I lived really far away from the church. The streets were so empty that night that the sound just carried. It was spooky. I’ll admit it. Just me and the snow and the church bells tolling. And then. I turned the corner and saw a woman in a white coat standing silently at the end of the street. She wasn’t moving, just standing quite still. And I was already tense because of the church bells and the quiet of the snow and the spending all day writing scary stories. And I know that this lady must just have been waiting for a friend to pick her up in their car. But she was so still, and so quiet, and the distant church bells were droning on. Sweet Jesus, my heart was going at 100 miles an hour as I walked past her.</BLOCKQUOTE>

<BLOCKQUOTE>And that was it. I got to my parents house with no trouble.</BLOCKQUOTE>

<BLOCKQUOTE>I never did find out who she was.</BLOCKQUOTE>

(from [http://ohveda.tumblr.com/post/65644529368/rec-list-morbid-and-creepifying ohveda.tumblr.com])

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[[Category:Supernatural]]
[[Category:Historical]]
[[Category:M/M]]

The Peddler On The Mountain

2014-10-31T03:45:22Z

Aspectabund:

The Peddler On The Mountain is a story written by [[Mushi Megane]]. It ran in [[Issue 12]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/64417.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-peddler-on-the-mountain/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Peddler on the Mountain, The}}
[[category:text]]

The Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes

2014-10-31T03:44:50Z

Aspectabund:

The Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes is a story written by [[Hinotori]]. It ran in [[Issue 18]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/104157.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-patron-saint-of-liars-and-fakes/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Patron Saint of Liars and Fakes, The}}
[[category:text]]

The Passion of Saints Tryphaena and Tryphosa

2014-10-31T03:44:27Z

Aspectabund:

The Passion of Saints Tryphaena and Tryphosa is a story written by [[shukyou]] and illustrated by [[tongari]]. It ran in [[Special Issue 2]] and can be found at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/49071.html and http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-passion-of-saints-tryphaena-and-tryphosa/.

== Summary ==

Early Christian women fall in love with one another.

<BLOCKQUOTE>Translator's Notes
The author of The Passion of Saints Tryphaena and Tryphosa (part of a larger codex recently unearthed by Dr. Wm. Ford) identifies as 'Persis,' the third name listed with Tryphaena and Tryphosa in Romans 16:12. All three women are identified as leaders of the Roman church, though further biographies are absent elsewise from Christian writings. Nonetheless, St. Paul appeared to hold all three in high esteem, going so far as to identify them by context as διακονοι (diakonoi, deaconesses) who laborant/laboravit in Domino (labour/have laboured in the Lord).
The style used in the Passion lends credence to its unique authorial claims, as it bears little resemblence to later martyrdom accounts (see: [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/perpetua.html The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas]), choosing instead to focus its attention on the acts in life of the paired saints. In this, it bears more likeness to the apocryphal [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/thecla.html Acts of Paul and Thecla], which, despite the assertions its text makes, is a later forgery whose appearance coincides with the end of martyrdom accounts and the rise of hagiography. The author's intent appears to be to recount both life and death of her subjects, which lends credence to the text's claims that the author is an otherwise-uneducated, lower-class foreign woman in Roman society, for the mimesis the text evidence displays is interpretive, not verbatim (suggesting mimicry performed by someone who had possibly heard but never read similar accounts). The timeline does not follow precisely the dates suggested by other ancient texts, though precision of chronology was not a major concern of these authors.
The descriptions of sexual activity cannot, of course, be considered authentic, but must be understood as metaphorical, or perhaps a miscreant scribe's later addition to the text.</BLOCKQUOTE>

This story involves martyrdom, but like the early Christians, considers it a good thing.

== Connections ==

The Passion of Saints Tryphaena and Tryphosa is involves characters mentioned in the Bible, and has a slight nod to [[Arizona Ford And The Golden Legend]].

== Author's Notes ==

<BLOCKQUOTE>My theory behind this was basically: hey, I've been exploiting all my friends and using everybody else's knowledge for evil! Maybe it's time to use my knowledge for evil! ...Except what I know is early Christian martyrdom texts. The translator's notes are very fake (I have implied that the codex was found by the hero of [[beeblebabe]]'s ss*bb boy story), but they link to the real texts whose styles I'm trying to imitate here. If nothing else, I figure that'll let people know that this style is very intentional, and not just because I'm a bad writer. I know I always say [[petronia]]'s going to kick me out of the zine for this story, but this one may yet do it! Nah, it's not that bad, just really alienating. I won't be too surprised if no one reads it. FIRST-CENTURY PASTICHE, BITCHES! ...I may have to go lie down.</BLOCKQUOTE>

(from http://ladysisyphus.livejournal.com/475552.html)

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The Painted Face

2014-10-31T03:43:19Z

Aspectabund:

The Painted Face is a story written and illustrated by [[Amai Tonken]]. It ran in [[Issue 33]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/193361.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-painted-face/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Painted Face, The}}
[[category:text]]

The Overseers of Harmful People

2014-10-31T03:42:28Z

Aspectabund:

The Overseers of Harmful People is a story written by [[Takiguchi Aiko]]. It ran in [[Issue 9]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/41854.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-overseers-of-harmful-people/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Overseers of Harmful People, The}}
[[category:text]]

The Opposite of Love

2014-10-31T03:42:09Z

Aspectabund:

The Opposite of Love is a story written by [[Kagami Shin]]. It ran in [[Issue 16]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/93354.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-opposite-of-love/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Opposite of Love, The}}
[[category:text]]

The Only Living Boy In New York

2014-10-31T03:41:51Z

Aspectabund:

The Only Living Boy In New York is a story written by [[shukyou]] and illustrated by [[amei]]. It ran in [[Issue 11]] and can be found at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/51860.html and http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-only-living-boy-in-new-york/.

== Summary ==

A writer, his boyfriend, and chronic illness management in New York City, 1990.

<BLOCKQUOTE>Day #527, 6:20 AM – Wake up, dose #1</BLOCKQUOTE>

{{Template:Warning|Content Warning: Illness, Mortality|The author wishes to note that this story contains some sensitive material, including descriptions of being a gay man in New York City, 1990.}}

== Connections ==

The Only Living Boy In New York is unconnected to other stories or universes.

The title is the title of a song by Simon & Garfunkel.

{{DEFAULTSORT: Only Living Boy in New York, The}}

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The One With Giant Mechanical Spiders In

2014-10-31T03:41:17Z

Aspectabund:

The One With Giant Mechanical Spiders In is a story written by [[Ii Ai]] and [[Roumonte Emi]] and illustrated by [[neomeruru]]. It ran in [[Issue 34]] at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/202435.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/the-one-with-giant-mechanical-spiders-in/.

{{DEFAULTSORT: One With Giant Mechanical Spiders In, The}}
[[category:text]]