Inheritance » by SaraBalatu As a young girl, Marianne Hartfield loses her father to a hunting accident and grows up with surrogate parents: her uncle, who carries a heavy secret, and her governess, who has a sad history of her own. Unable to inherit her father's estate, which descends instead to her younger brother, Marianne develops a will and purpose of her own as she comes of age.

1 A Thing of Value by Igenlode Wordsmith Perception on the brink of death can be hard to bear. Or it can be a blessing. (Sydney Carton in "A Tale of Two Cities")

All I Ask of You by omelettethemusical The night before Charles' impending execution, Sydney comes into his prison cell. Charles has an important request to make of Sydney.

World Burn by omelettethemusical Some people just want to watch the world burn, and Madame Defarge is one of them. Set in between Darnay's first and second trials in Paris. To the tune of "World Burn" from Mean Girls the musical.

2 The Unwanted Lodger - a ghost story for Christmas by TheophilusG Charles Dickens wrote a number of ghost stories for Christmas, not just his most successful, a Christmas Carol. My ghost story, set in Victorian London, is a homage to those stories. It contains only original characters and no bad language.

The Christmas Eve Ambush by TheophilusG A short piece centred on Charles Dickens' Sam Weller and some original characters. No bad language, no violence. SAM WELLER PICKWICK PAPERS

When Fagin met Sikes » by TheophilusG This is a short work that describes the meeting between Fagin and Bill Sikes. Characters display prejudices and attitudes of their era. Contains adult themes. No bad language. RE-RELEASE DUE TO SOME CORRECTIONS.

1 At Last I See the Light by omelettethemusical A distant duet for Sydney & Lucie at the end of the story. To the tune of "I See the Light" from Tangled.

1 Empty Chairs at Empty Tables by omelettethemusical Dying is easy, living is harder. Charles Darnay goes home and finds that nothing is quite the same. (to the tune of "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables" from Les Miserables)

2Cry for help » by Olive212002 Carton shows up at Darnay and Luci's doorstep, drunk and in need of some help

1Timeless Love by Miss Hav A reimagining of Miss Havisham's life.

3 Crystal Clear by AMFan1980 Little Lucie visits the wine shop of Madame Defarge to plead for the release of her father

The Road to Arden » by ArdenDrifter Nicholas Nickleby tells his oldest children the story of his travels with Smike, how that friendship taught him gentleness and transformed his attitudes about disability. Or, how Micah became Smike, and Smike became Arden. Bildungsroman & magical realism. Dickensian. Rated T for survivor's guilt, ableism, implied/referenced violence, and canonical references to abuse and neglect.