Joy And Other Stories

Remember Aziraphale's adorable little "temptation accomplished"?

As always the fics in this list will be added to the nice and accurate lists of Di-42, witch. As always if you want your fic taken off this list, or know someone who does, please let me know.

As always, but you know that very well already, don’t judge a fiction by the number of kudos, or you’ll miss out on truly amazing stuff!

Please share so that more fans have a chance to find their next favourite fiction!

There is something for everyone in this list, from canon to human AUs, from book omens to fics just posted yesterday.

Hope you find something you like in

July’s Jubilant Fictions.

WIPs:

And Your Nemesis Closer, by @beerok23. Rated E, chapter 5/6. 

The Holy Trinity. My beloved beerok, my beloved Bridget, my beloved Good Omens. Honestly, what more could anyone ask for? This is my FTH gift and I am so thrilled and grateful that beerok accepted the prompt and developed it with her magnificent creativity, humour and, uh, distinctive horniness! A Bridget Jones’ inspired human AU with Aziraphale as Darcy and Crowley as a mix of Bridget and Daniel, and it works splendidly. The author weaves together elements of the two worlds so seamlessly that you will forget the source material and just happily immerse yourself in this incredible original story. Every time a new chapter comes out I don’t read it, I DRINK it, it’s that good! I will be so sad to see it finish, but forever happy that beerok agreed to write it for me!

The Haunting Of Beryl House, by @anatomic-girl, CranberryCrane. Rated T, chapters 3/6. 

My new obsession! Established relationship human AU sequel to To Catch A Ghost. Aziraphale and Crowley are paranormal investigators and vloggers and they are hired to investigate the strange phenomena happening in Beryl House, a former boarding school for girls turned adult summer camp venue. This fic will keep you on the edge of your seat! You’ll find yourself hooked and unable to stop trying to guess what’s going on. The author fleshes out the characters beautifully and leads through what seems to be layers of mysteries. I am so excited to discover what’s happening!

The artworks in the fiction are amazing as well, you’ll be spoiled! This fic is a real treat!

Complete multichapters:

The Rule Of The Rose, by @joyandotherstories. Rated M, 38k. P. Jan 26.

I can’t begin to tell you how much I loved this fantasy AU! A retelling of Beauty And The Beast where Crowley swaps places with Warlock who got trapped in the beast’s castle. The beast turns out to be the handsomest, gentlest, most delightful creature Crowley has ever seen. A beautiful tale about choosing which rules need to be broken and which ones need to be followed; about learning to communicate; about growth; and about love of course. With a background of found/chosen family, which I always love. Can’t recommend this enough.

The Pocket Watch, by Dannye Chase @holycatsandrabbits. Rated E, 15k. P. Dec 20.

I loved this fic! Human AU with those early-canon vibes and characterisation that I love so much. August/Aziraphale is a jeweller and Crowley is a member of a criminal gang (of course he is) and he’s in charge of casing Aziraphale’s shop for burglary. The story is pervaded with humour and lightness. The characters' voices are spot on: strong but silly, because this is Good Omens. Plot, humour, fluff, smut: this fiction has it all!

Kidnapping Mr Fell, by @jac-is-procrastinating-again. Rated M, 23k. P. Aug 24.

Very funny human AU where Crowley finds himself in money trouble, so needless to say he very rationally decides to kidnap the man he’s absolutely smitten about. Easy peasy, right? I loved the humour in this story! The fic is tender and rather hot at times without being explicit, it’s a gem!

An Opportune Storm, by @ajconstantine. Rated E, 12k. P. Apr 20.

Post S1 fic where Crowley and Aziraphale are stuck in Crowley’s flat because of a storm. When Crowley goes to bed, Aziraphale decides not to leave. Beautiful and sexy fic about their first time together where they both are brave and loving. The same night is told from both their POVs.

Summer At Northwoods, by @bohoteacher. Rated T, 17k. P. Jul 26.

Beautiful human AU with amazing art by Becky-7750. Crowley and Aziraphale meet at a writers’ camp in Northwoods each summer for ten years. This is a lovely story of love, self discovery, self acceptance, and eventual happiness. The writer’s prose is so delicate and evocative, I felt like I was sitting on the dock with Crowley and Aziraphale. Lovely.

The Devil’s In The Details, by @addledmongoose. Rated T, 165k. P. Mar 26.

Sequel to The Beginning of The End (Again), this post S2 story follows Crowley and Aziraphale as their relationship develops after stopping the second coming. Now, if only the series of murders in Soho would stop, thank you very much, our heroes could get on with it.  This fic is packed with plot and mysteries, we catch up with old friends and meet new ones and we fall in love with Aziraphale and Crowley’s relationship all over again. As always with this author, the characterisation is absolutely spot on. Fantastic fiction!

One-shots and short stories:

Still Are Thy Pleasant Voices, by @thegaromask. Rated G, 1k. P. Jul 26.

In-universe, S3 non-compliant. Soft and sweet slice of life in the future of our favorite angel and demon, who are building an existence for themselves.

The Shell Game, by GlitteringRock, @ireallyneedmoretea. Rated E, 3k. P. Jul 26.

Lovely in-universe fic where Azirapahle and Crowley meet Queen Nefertiti. They also share some intimacy. It warms my heart to imagine that they might have had such a close relationship for thousands of years!

Putting The Endearment In Dear, by joyandotherstories. Rated G, 6k. P. Jan 20.

Aw! This story was so sweet and touching! Through the ages fic where Crowley and Aziraphale have to hide their feelings to heaven, hell, each other and themselves behind plausible deniability until they don’t have to anymore. Beautiful.

An Excuse To Come Over, by AppleSeeds. Rated T, 7k. P. Jun 26.

Super fluffy human AU by the queen of fluff! Friends to lovers fic where Crowley and Aziraphale are secretly pining for each other (duh!). When Aziraphale gets drunk at a party things get funny!

The Year Without A Summer, by @crowleysgoat, HolRose @hasturswig. Rated T, 8k. P. Jul 26.

Beautiful and oh, so delicate through the ages fic where an angel and a demon have always loved and cared about each other very much, but weren’t able to admit it out loud. Until they can. S3-non compliant.  The artworks in this fic are absolutely stunning!

Sparks, by afrai. Rated M, 3k. P. Dec 02.

Book Omens, rarepair fic in which Pepper is all grown up and things to fight against are far and few between. And if Pepper needs fighting to feel alive, there’s only one entity that can make her happy, isn’t there?

The Rat Man, by AppleSeeds. Rated T, 6k. P. Nov 22.

Adorable. Just utterly adorable. Human AU where Crowley is a school teacher waiting for a guy from the local rodent rescue centre to come and to teach his class about rodents. He certainly wasn’t expecting to be so smitten with The Rat Man! This is exactly the kind of feel-good human AU I love, need and cherish!

The Ineffable, The Infernal And The Inelegant, by stew (julie). Rated M, 4k. P. Jan 96.

Book Omen, post failed apocalypse story. The tone of the fic is a bit different to the fics written after the TV show, and yet the characters are still so familiar, so very them. This is a story about temptations, but who’s tempting who? Bittersweet/hopeful ending. After all, they had eternity.

Bite size:

Pure, by Savyl. Rated G, 890 words. P. Jul 26.

Beautiful, delicatein-universe S3-not compliant moment in the future of our Ineffables. The room was very dusty when I read that story, let me tell you, but in all the good ways.

Rarebit Fiend, by TheOxribAndOyster. Rated T, 460 words. P. May 26.

S3 fix-it. Crowley had a nightmare, that’s all it was.

Where There’s Smoke, by ireallyneedmoretea. Rated T, 666 words. P. Jul 26.

Firefighter human AU. It won’t certainly be a wildfire to stop our heroes from flirting! Lovely story!

Let me know if you want to be added to a tag list for my recs. 

they're SO FUCKING IN LOVE HERE, GAHDHDHAIHDHSKAUIB I'M SICK

Crowley: "I know everything about you and I love you all the way you are"

Aziraphale (after Crowley called him a bastard): "Why can't I kiss him right here and right now"

When people ask for S3 posts to be tagged, they’re not saying your opinion is wrong in any direction. They’re not saying you’re “bad” for loving it, hating it, or feeling somewhere in between.

They’re asking because tags are tools. That’s been true for years in fandom.

They’re how people find the conversations they want to join, and how they avoid the ones they’re not ready for. Fan-sites like Ao3, spaces like this, and countless others all rely on tagging to help people curate their own experience. That’s how to make and keep a space safe.

-Some people are grieving.

-Some people are excited and want to celebrate every moment of S3.

-Some people are in the middle, they love parts and hate parts.

-Some people are still processing.

-Some people, yes, some still haven’t even watched it yet.

None of these reactions are wrong.

Tagging isn’t censorship. It isn’t invalidating. It isn’t asking anyone to hide their joy or their disappointment.

It’s simply a small courtesy that lets everyone use this app the way it was designed: to seek out the content we want and filter out the content we don’t.

The same courtesy should apply whether your post is mixed, positive, negative, analytical, or simply emotional.

-We all process differently, that’s ok.

-We don’t all have to agree on S3.

-We can make it easier to coexist in the same fandom.

That’s all that tagging is for.

🤍🩶🖤

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#good omens season 3

#good_omens_after_dark

#fandom discourse

#tagging etiquette

#good omens meta

#go s3

#goad

#goad writers guild

#grayscale

#curate your own experience

Let’s play the biggest game of kick the can on the internet.

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Then welcome to the Summer Reading Challenge!

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📖 What is the Summer Reading Challenge?

Every year, Tawny's 8yo gets to go to our local library and gets a map/bingo card and rewards for reading books over the summer holidays.

Every year, she gets very jealous so set up her own excuse to read more and give herself fun rewards for doing so.

So that's it. Use the bingo card attached to this post for inspiration finding your next read.

📖 When does the summer reading challenge run?

It runs from 24th July to 31st August 2026.

📖 How do I get my bingo card?

It's attached to this post and can be downloaded and saved.

📖 I want to scream about the books I'm reading like a feral gremlin. What do I do?

We want to scream too. Make a post and tag us at @summer_reading_challenge.

📖 You mentioned stickers. Gimme, gimme.

Stickers are live and can be printed from this link. Use to mark spaces on your bingo card, or go wild and use them on note books, lap tops etc. Big shout-out to @pyracantha14 for these.

📖 I really like fanfic, is that allowed?

Yes, absolutely. Although in the interests of keeping the event a challenge we ask you read longer fics (let's say 50k plus).

📖 Wait, don't go, I still have questions.

Then message @tawnyontumblr or @pyracantha14 As soon as we put our books down, we'll get back to you.

So first of all: let me tell everybody how things went with the new glasses.

Briefly: they're brilliant. The new varifocals work way better than earlier versions of them have routinely done. (This is apparently secondary to the way my eyes continue to change shape as I get older. It continues to make me snicker that I'm getting Iess nearsighted as I age. "So," I said to my Eye Lady, "if I can manage to live to, like, a hundred and twenty-five, I'll be twenty-twenty?" She gave me sort of a cockeyed look. "Well... you'll still be astigmatic. As for the rest of it, let's see how things go...") The reading glasses are no good for the computer: they’re genuinely just for reading. ...But this is okay, because the varifocals work fine for computer work. So THAT whole business has turned out more than satisfactorily... and thanks once more, from the bottom of my heart, to all those who helped out. ❤️

And get this. I went out to lunch after picking the new glasses up, and in the middle of lunch found myself paper-outlining a paranormal police procedural trilogy. (headclutch) So that went well. ...And no, I can't tell anybody anything about the plotting on these: it's too soon. But this looks like something of a change of writing voice (and thematic material) for me: darker than usual, maybe a touch grittier. We'll see how this group of works sets itself up as work gets going. (Other works further along in progress are in front of these right now, but that's fine. Giving things time to mature is never a problem.)

Anyway: typically enough, some other unexpected health junk that had been behaving itself during the spring then started kicking up cranky in June and over the last couple of weeks. (eyeroll) I don't want to get into more detail than necessary about this, but it's an outgrowth of the internal problems that have made me give up long-distance travel. It's required a goodish outlay of cash, and has resulted in me falling behind on my rent.

My landlord is being really easygoing about this, but nonetheless I'd very much like to get caught up on this before it gets any worse. (As being behind this way, I'm finding, is increasingly interfering with my work... especially as that's now become so much easier to get to grips with due to the new glasses.)

So it seems to me that this is a good time to repeat the Summer Reading Sale over at Ebooks Direct!

I imagine lots of people here know the drill. Everything's cheap, and the ebook bundles are all being held at their lowest price points for the duration (meaning specifically the "All The Wizardry" bundle, the Middle Kingdoms series bundle, the LGBTQ Pride collection, and the Feline Wizardry bundle—Even our "Give Me Everything You've Got" collection, which is the whole ebook store in one package, has had a bit knocked off.

So could I get folks to reblog this post so that people who might not have caught one of these sales before can do so now if they want to? Please & thank you!

And additionally: for those who're already up to the gunwales in ebooks and don't need any more, but still want to help out with the rent situation—if you'd like instead to drop something into my Ko-Fi, it'd be very welcome. And if you feel like doing this, I thank you very much in advance! 🙂

...So that's the news from Lake Wobegon for the moment. ...Now to slip outside and give the potted plants a potful or so of water as an evening drink. They've been suffering from the (unusual-for-us) local heat wave, there's a wildfire watch on (leading to a ban on selling portable BBQs), and we're also having a ban on watering things with a hose at the moment. (sigh) One thing after another...