extrapenguin

My gift is Root and Bough and Branch and Leaf, 2k of Machineries of Empire fic set post-Raven Stratagem and centering on Cheris and Khiruev. It's very good and reads like a missing scene!

Improvise
Dinotopia, G, Gen, 4k
A TED talk by a famous Tyrannosaur actor! It's about theatre, and the role of the carnivores sequestered in the Rainy Basin, and the ability to speak for oneself. It's very touching.

Just Another Day
Ghost in the Shell, T, Gen, 1k
A scene from a very long and action-y day for Section 9. Canon-typical violence. Tachikomas!

The Lady of Song, the Daughter of Water
Kalevala, G, F/F, 7k
Aino/Kyllikki F/F get-together with casual magic and shapeshifting, plus the Finnish summer. Very sweet.

Handshake Protocol
Murderbot + Crossover, G, gen, 9k
Murderbot on its journey and voyage away from Dr. Mehta, taking it to a Star Wars bar, a crash site with Data, and beyond.

Random Access
Murderbot, M, gen, 1k
Pre-canon: the moment Murderbot decides to hack its governor module.

Terra Nova
Murderbot, T, gen, 7k
Pre-canon: the mission that has Murderbot hack its governor module.

Inside Job
Murderbot, T, gen, 5k
Murderbot gets a boring job as shuttle security. Then the shuttle explodes.

On The Trail Of The Killers Of My Father
Murderbot, G, gen, 4k
Murderbot just wants to access the leaked pilot for a Sanctuary Moon spin-off.

All That You Need to Say
Nirvana in Fire, E, M/M, 15k
Mei Changsu/Xiao Jingyan tme-travel fix-it to get a cure, with bonus identity sheanigans and porn.

Impermanence
Nirvana in Fire, T, gen, 1k
An alternative take on how Lin Shu changed his appearance and survived Meiling.

Pride of London
Rivers of London, G, gen, 3k
Ghostly animals at the Tower of London: Peter and Nightingale investigate.

The Mock
Rivers of London, unrated, gen, 6k
Yule-time traditions and worldbuilding on the nature of magic!

Positronic relays, surging in the dark
Robot series - Isaac Asimov, E, M/M, 5k
Human/humanoid robot porn which is touching and with an intriguing use of the Three Laws.

around the lake, around the world
Sharing Knife, G, gen, 2k
A nice and sweet set of outsider POV scenes from Dag Redwing's life.

Two heroes, a river, and love
Sino-Soviet Propaganda Posters, G, M/M, 3k
A sweet tale of finding love in an unlikely place.

go out the door
Tang Dynasty RPF, G, gen, 3k
It's mythology magical realism set IN SPAAACE, what more could a penguin ask for? A poet is trapped with a military garrison on a planet surrounded by mines, preventing launch.

What she learned in whispers
The Traitor Baru Cormorant, T, gen, 2k
A pre-canon character study of Tain Hu.

Genuinely Self-Absorbed and Deeply Shallow
Vorkosigan saga, G, gen, 2k
A character study of Ivan Vorpatril growing up.