any, any, I thought I'd never say that word

2022 note gorgeous … by an anonymous person who clearly knows my current fandom preferences very well

TFW you fall in love with literally the first human who smiles at you

2022 note a description of love from an alien POV; really striking and original language.

Ermenwyr and his demons depend on each other. He knows this now, because he lost one.

2022 note fantasy setting, slightly pathetic nobleman experiencing a lot of physical and emotional pain, tbh I’d be all over this even if it wasn’t brilliantly written.

Sir Thomas Baines, his heart laid bare.

2022 note intense seventeenth-century feelings.

A year into their voyage into the depths of space, Jake had started to find his place among the young crew that had rescued him. It boggled his mind that after everything that had happened in his life—fighting tooth and nail to earn his commission, losing his ship to mutiny, then struggling to survive for six years on a desolate space station—somehow he'd come out the other end to find the best friend he'd ever had.

Best friend, and maybe more than that.

Before he could figure out exactly who Jonathan was to him, the universe seemed determine to throw a wrench into the works. Jake wasn't the kind to bow to the universe's whims, though, and he sure as hell wasn't about to let Jonathan die in an attempt to save everyone else.

2022 recs I didn’t expect to enjoy this so much but I got really invested in the story of these two sad men in space. So well-paced and believable, and a lot of excellent Feelings.

The ambrotype (from Ancient Greek: ἀμβροτός — “immortal”, and τύπος — “impression”) also known as a collodion positive in the UK, is a positive photograph on glass made by a variant of the wet plate collodion process. Like a print on paper, it is viewed by reflected light.

Soraya Mousch, Max Holborn, and their final joint project.

2022 note horror, modern setting. I love how the style of this one incorporates direct addresses to the reader – it just makes it stand out.

Nourah and Catherine live almost three thousand years apart—but they have a shared history and questions about all the missing pieces in it.

2022 note SF, parallel historical/modern narratives. A really intriguing premise and I’m particularly gripped by the modern character’s experiences as she tries to cope with her unusual powers.

On an otherwise all-too-ordinary day in 1814, Mr Mozart receives both an unusual letter from Vienna and a commission of sorts from Whitehall that thrusts him into a world of intrigue, espionage, murder, and delicate international negotiations. Somewhat relatedly, there’s a rather important diplomatic congress unfurling…

2022 note casefic starring alternate-universe Mozart. Really enjoyable tone, full of brilliant references and I always love it when an author has done huge amounts of research (and even includes a list of works cited! 😍). I’ll have to go back and reread this one when I haven’t just been trying to get through an entire fest collection in one morning, because there are so many little features I want to be able to fully appreciate.