cosmic_tuesdays

A 32,000-some-odd word fic is too long to write commentary on the whole thing, so rather than try to take it apart, I figured I'd write about the overall piece and process. Hopefully it'll provide some entertainment value.

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( One of the best pieces of creative advice I've ever seen is to be willing to get inspiration from bad works along with the good. It works to give me a good kick in the pants to get out of a creative funk - I'll go to the library, look at some of the terrible stuff in the fiction section, remind myself I can do better character development, and afterwards I'll feel better and be a bit more jazzed to write something. )

Title: Breaking Through
Author: Hannah R. Orlove
Fandom: House, MD
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: None
Notes: This is set in the same universe as An Issue Of Bioethics, both of which were written for The Everyday Superheroes Fanfic Challenge. The epilogue takes place immediately after “Mob Rules.” The title of this piece comes from the song “The Great Beyond” by R.E.M.


( It was actually fairly simple, if unusual – whooping cough wasn’t a common disease, but it had been easy enough for House to diagnose. )

Title: Settled New
Author: Hannah Orlove
Fandom: House, MD
Rating: G
Pairing: Wilson/first wife
Notes: Written for jadelennox as part of purimgifts. Thanks to emblem for beta-reading. 400 words. Title comes from the R.E.M. song “Laughing”.


( He didn’t get down on one knee to propose, just leaned over the table and put his hands over yours before he looked you right in the eye and quietly asked you to marry him. )

Title: Could Be So Strange
Author: Hannah Orlove
Fandom: House, MD
Rating: PG
Pairing: None
Notes: Written for the hw_fest, prompt #139: House and Wilson try to out-prank each other. Set sometime after “Mob Rules” but before “Sex Kills.” Thanks to catalase for helping with the early planning stages, and piss_and_ink and evay of Triphammered for beta-reading. The title comes from the song “Pop Song 89” by R.E.M.


( The mugs were missing. Wilson was sure they weren’t gone; disposing of them would have been too much trouble for House when he just had a couple of hours one afternoon and needed to keep a low profile. )

Title: Don’t Throw Your Hand
Author: Hannah Orlove
Fandom: House
Rating: G
Pairing: None
Notes: Futurefic. Expansion of a piece written for ficwriters_anon. Thanks to euclase and thedeadparrot for encouragement, and catalase for beta-reading. Title comes from the song “Everybody Hurts” by R.E.M.


( He was exactly seven minutes late for the interview. She timed it. )

Stories are arranged in chronological order, with ratings and pairings included within each story.

Calling The Moon, mer_duff

Ollie Ollie, In Come Free

Consequence Chose

Blood Letting

Title: Place Where You Are
Author: Hannah Orlove
Fandom: House, MD
Rating: G
Pairing: None.
Warnings: None.
Notes: Title comes from the song “Stand” by the band R.E.M.


( He hadn’t had a lot of stuff when he’d been growing up. )

Title: Place Yourself
Author: Hannah Orlove
Fandom: House MD
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: PG
Notes: Follows Leave Me To Lay, set at the beginning of season six. Title comes from the song “Low Desert” by R.E.M. Written for mer_duff and topaz_eyes, who also beta-read.


( The first two nights had been overcast and windy; the early-fall rainstorm finally broke through on Thursday but didn’t let up until early in the morning, so they’d waited for Friday night. )

Title: Leave Me To Lay
Author: Hannah Orlove
Fandom: House, MD
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: PG
Notes: Written for deelaundry’s birthday. Follows Fight Down Height, Heart Thrown Open, and Coming In Fast, and is set after “Last Resort.” Thanks to nightdog_barks for beta-reading. Title comes from the R.E.M. song “I Don’t Sleep I Dream.”


( In retrospect, it’d been a pretty bad idea to begin with, but what Wilson couldn’t wrap his head around was why the guy thought he could pull it off. )

Title: Heart Thrown Open
Author: Hannah R. Orlove
Fandom: House, MD
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: House/Wilson
Notes: I took a note from thedeadparrot and wrote indulgent Valentine's Day porn while working under a deadline. Sequel to Fight Down Height. Title comes from the song Near Wild Heaven.


( They spent a good chunk of an hour figuring out a racing route. )