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The Wedding Afternoon
[REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION ON KINDLE] Ever wonder what happened during the ever-important interval between the wedding breakfast and the wedding night? Let's find out. (Novella Complete)Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Humor & Romance, words: 30, favs: 241, follows: 165, updated: 12/29/2024 published: 12/27/2017, Elizabeth, Lady Catherine, Mr. Darcy
385 The Propriety Fiction
[REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION ON KINDLE] Elizabeth Bennet enters the Netherfield Ball with a desperate plan in mind, willing to break or at least bend all the rules of propriety. How desperate? Let's find out.Pride and Prejudice, K+, English, Romance & Humor, words: 30, favs: 825, follows: 194, updated: 12/29/2024 published: 6/28/2019, Elizabeth, Mr. Collins, Mr. Darcy
174 The Bad Lot
[REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION ON KINDLE] When Mr Collins takes a couple weeks to work up his nerve to propose, Lizzy hears Mr Collins's proposal after she knows the Netherfield party has decamped, and therefore has a much more cynical view of both the Netherfield party and her matrimonial prospects.Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Romance & Humor, words: 30, favs: 281, follows: 153, updated: 12/29/2024 published: 2/23/2023, Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy
249 Letters from Cheapside
[REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION ON KINDLE] After Elizabeth Bennet is practically thrown out of Longbourn by her mother over her refusal of Mr. Collins, she returns to Cheapside with her Aunt and corresponds with Jane and Mary from town. (Novella Complete) [WILL BE REMOVED 12/20]Pride and Prejudice, K+, English, Angst & Romance, words: 30, favs: 772, follows: 201, updated: 12/29/2024 published: 8/27/2017, Elizabeth, Jane, Mary, Mr. Darcy
1k+ The Propriety Failure »
[PREVIEW ONLY! Available on Kindle] What's the worst that can happen when a Regency lady commits a Propriety Violation? Might she suffer acute embarrassment, a tarnished reputation, a forced marriage, shunning of her family, or something even more dire? These consequences might be devastating, but could we countenance a more nefarious possibility?Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Angst & Romance, chapters: 3, words: 7k+, favs: 706, follows: 460, updated: 8/26/2024 published: 9/14/2019, Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy
704The Compromise Chronicles »
We all love ye-olde compromise trope, even though we all suspect the whole scheme is full of logical holes and probably not really a thing. This is an ongoing series of short compromise stories of varying levels of silliness, not to be taken too seriously. Includes people caught in compromising positions, and other compromises like Charlotte marrying an idiot for security.Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Humor & Romance, chapters: 15, words: 95k+, favs: 338, follows: 427, updated: 6/2/2024 published: 12/30/2022, Caroline, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy
437 Four Syllables »
In Ramsgate, Georgiana Darcy becomes confused over one of the four-syllable words in a letter from her brother and sets out to investigate. Her discovery is inauspicious.Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Drama & Romance, chapters: 17, words: 48k+, favs: 174, follows: 251, updated: 5/18/2024 published: 4/25/2024, Elizabeth, Georgiana, Jane, Mr. Darcy
219BestServedCold »
This is a series of short stories centered on revenge. They will vary in length from the title story at 10k words to some that may only be a few hundred. It is similar to my other short story collection "The Compromise Chronicles" which I obviously recommend.Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Humor & Romance, chapters: 5, words: 36k+, favs: 185, follows: 262, updated: 4/10/2024 published: 8/23/2023
300 Sleep of the Just »
Collins and Wickham appear a few months before canon and encounter someone with different capabilities than we are accustomed to. Caution: On the absurd side, even by my standards. This is also a bit of a mystery.Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Parody & Romance, chapters: 9, words: 13k+, favs: 115, follows: 138, updated: 4/6/2024 published: 4/1/2024
1k+ Mine, Mine, Mine! »
I've always wondered what Anne de Bourgh thought about her supposed betrothal do Darcy. Was she happy, sad, skeptical, annoyed, jealous, what? When each year went by without an announcement, was she happy, sad, or relieved? Let's find out. (See Cautions)Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Drama & Romance, chapters: 42, words: 107k+, favs: 225, follows: 243, updated: 3/24/2024 published: 2/24/2024, Anne de B., Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy, Col. Fitzwilliam
102 The Prejection »
We all know the Regency system. The man proposes, and the lady accepts or rejects it. The lady is, of course, obliged to demurely wait around for the lunkhead to make his move (unless, of course, you are Caroline Bingley, or the like, where all bets are off). What if there was a more efficient system?Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Humor & Romance, chapters: 4, words: 9k+, favs: 165, follows: 78, 2/21/2024, Elizabeth, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Collins, Mr. Darcy
405 Paying the Piper »
Most of Mr Wickham's depredations in Meryton occurred because nobody knew about him, and Darcy was not exactly forthcoming. What happens if someone else managed to alert the townspeople?Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Romance, chapters: 16, words: 27k+, favs: 243, follows: 258, updated: 2/20/2024 published: 2/9/2024, Elizabeth, Georgiana, Mr. Wickham, OC
1k+ Eavesdroppers Never Hear »
What would happen if one of the Bennet sisters overheard some of the nastier conversations at Netherfield? Let's find out.Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Romance & Humor, chapters: 27, words: 68k+, favs: 689, follows: 592, updated: 8/30/2023 published: 3/19/2023, Elizabeth, Jane, Mr. Bingley, Mr. Darcy
44 The Animal Kingdom
The reflexes of a cat save Elizabeth Bennet from certain doom at the Netherfield Ball (short and silly)Pride and Prejudice, K, English, Parody & Romance, words: 2k+, favs: 60, follows: 30, 8/13/2023, Elizabeth, Mr. Collins, Mr. Darcy
93 Two Sentences »
Elizabeth pays more attention to what Darcy says at the pianoforte at Rosings and receives an epiphany that gives her a much better understanding of the gentleman. The newfound knowledge can be neatly summed up in just two sentences. (Short Story)Pride and Prejudice, K, English, Romance, chapters: 4, words: 6k+, favs: 201, follows: 84, 6/17/2023, Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy, Col. Fitzwilliam
64 The Killer Instinct
Elizabeth's reaction to the Hunsford Proposal thoroughly shocks Darcy (Short Story-OOC)Pride and Prejudice, K, English, Humor & Romance, words: 3k+, favs: 134, follows: 48, 8/19/2022, Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy
79 The Winner Takes It All
When you think about it, marriage, courtship, society, fashion—they're all basically a game where rule compliance is not guaranteed. What happens if some of the players decide to take on different roles or positions in the great game? (One-Shot)Pride and Prejudice, K+, English, Romance, words: 4k+, favs: 142, follows: 67, 7/18/2022, Caroline, Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy
1k+ That Explains Everything
(REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION) Colonel Fitzwilliam's revelation about Mr. Darcy's interference does NOT send Elizabeth Bennet into a fit of headache and bad feelings. In fact, it offers some relief, because it explains EVERYTHING. It makes everything perfectly clear and tells her exactly how to act.Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Romance & Humor, words: 73, favs: 473, follows: 499, updated: 4/25/2022 published: 3/1/2021, Elizabeth, Jane, Mr. Darcy, Col. Fitzwilliam
94 The First Obstacle
Darcy and Elizabeth have a very different conversation when he hands her the letter after the Hunsford Proposal (Short Story).Pride and Prejudice, K+, English, Romance, words: 4k+, favs: 215, follows: 104, 2/3/2022, Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy
121 The Retirement Plan »
Fitzwilliam Darcy's attention is already QUITE fixed on Elizabeth Bennet before he ever arrives at the Meryton Assembly. Why? Let's find out in this humorous little tale. This is an AU short story crossover with Bladerunner (sort of) with some moderately bad language.Pride and Prejudice, T, English, Humor, chapters: 15, words: 13k+, favs: 57, follows: 69, updated: 1/6/2022 published: 12/30/2021