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My dream job is to run a cozy little bookshop, but without worrying about having to succeed as a small business. So basically a money laundering front where I get to read

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AND! If you’ve caught our new header graphic - you may see that we’re gearing up for our NEXT server event, the 2026 Valentine’s Mixtape! Details coming this week. 💘💿💝
Fanwork: Image and Quill (DSS Secret Sankta 2025)
This is my entry for the Darklina Discord Server's Secret Sankta 2025. It's gifted to @silberias, whose wish list included 'romance' and 'Regency AU'
(Heavily inspired by the Wrexford & Sloane mysteries by Andrea Penrose. Start with Murder in Black Swan Lane.)
In Regency London...
The Polite World is utterly fascinated with and wary of Alexander Morosov, Marquess of Kirigan. His fondness for black clothing, his cold personality coupled with savage sarcasm, and his general disdain for Society have led the Ton to nickname him 'the Lord of Darkness'. Alexander, on the other hand, couldn't care less: with the aid of his scientifically minded valet, Ivan, Alexander is using his education in chemistry, his interest in mechanics, and his obsession with shadows and light to create a new form of art. A mechanical device that can capture images of the world and put them permanently onto paper.
Then a public argument with the dissolute Lantsov heir, followed shortly by his murder, lands Alexander in the sights of the infamous A J Quill, whose satirical artwork is influential enough to shape public opinion - or even sway hanging judges. Alexander puts his oldest friend, Society butterfly Fedyor Kaminsky, to work hunting down the artist, and is shocked, and eventually entranced, by what he finds.
Alina Oretsev was raised in and suffocated by a world of wealth and restrictions. Desperate to pursue her passion for art and live on her own terms, she eloped with her childhood friend and escaped to the Continent. After returning to London a widow, Alina now lives on the outskirts of the notorious St Giles district with the three street children she found squatting in her house. Under a male pseudonym, she creates maps for the Army. But her true source of income, and the real use of her talent, is as the satirical artist A J Quill; utilising the information garnered from her military contacts and the street network run by her foster children Kaz, Inej and Jasper, Alina can bring to light not only the scandals of Society's elite, but highlight the issues of the day in order to educate both rich and poor.
When she turns her pen onto the notorious Alexander Morosov, Alina finds her world trembling, as Morosov discovers what no one else has - her identity. Joining forces to clear his name and safeguard her secrets, Alina and Alexander's alliance and eventual romance brings them both joy and danger.
The closer they become, the more impossible their relationship seems to Alexander. But the closer they become, the more vicious Alina's dilemma. For not even her little Crows know Alina's deepest secret - that she was born Alina Keramsov Starkova, grand-daughter of the Duke of Keramzin. If she reclaims her birthright, Alina will be mired in the quagmire of expectations and rules that she sacrificed every privilege to free herself from. But how else can she and Alexander be together?
BTS Notes: The background is a Regency era wallpaper I found a pic of. Alexander's mansion is located on Cumberland Terrace, London; it was designed by James Nash, an architect during the Regency and Georgian Eras, who was patronised by the Prince Regent and eventual King. I don't know whether the artwork is an actual Regency era illustration, or something done later in the style of the day. While researching this, I found that photography in the form that we know it wasn't invented until well into the Victorian era - so if Alexander succeeds, he'll be about 40 years ahead of history. I have faith in him!
I put Kaz, Inej and Jesper in this, because the heroine in Wrexford & Sloane has two adopted sons, Raven and Hawk (she basically walked into the house, found them squatting there, and went 'mine now!'). The Crows range between 9 and 11 in this AU. For lack of child pictures of the actors I went with symbolism instead.
To my deep indignation, neither Ben Barnes or Jessie Mei Li have ever done a Regency era project (why on earth not???) The closest I could get was the Victorian era Dorian Gray, but Ben looks a bit too young and he'd never have chin length hair. Regency society men never wore beards, so the S&B shots were out. The closest I could manage was 'Pickman's model', from Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities.
OH MY GOD THIS IS SO COOL
I love the idea of like, reading this on the liner note for a romance novel, or like the description on the back page. There's a beautiful mix of suspense and the hint of the way they've started to circle each other like they're in a dance. AND THEN THAT ENDING. She has already been put on the back foot with him having found one identity, what will even happen to her if the rest of society - and him! - find out?
The images you chose are also spot on, and the extra research you did really shows with the slight limiters the time period put on trying to find good photos for the moodboard.
This truly made my evening, thank you so much!!
The Darklina Discord Server Secret Sankta 2025 Exchange signups are now LIVE! 🎁
Please review the instructions here and then, if interested, sign up! 💖 And feel free to join the server as well to participate there if you haven’t already!
Exchange sign-ups are open until November 15.
Sign up here for the 2025 DDS Secret Sankta Gift Exchange! Direct contact: DDS mod ticket, email at [email protected], or messag
The deadline for DDS Secret Sankta signups is this Saturday, November 15! The signup form will close at midnight Pacific time Saturday night, with everyone’s assignments coming December 1. 🎁
Just a little under 36 hours left to sign up! Tomorrow (Saturday/November 15) at midnight Pacific time is the cutoff! (This is 3 am Sunday for Eastern time zone, 8 am Sunday for the UK.)
If you’ve asked us questions on the signup form or elsewhere, we’ve tried to respond - please reach out to us ASAP if you’ve asked something and haven’t heard back!
The Darklina Discord Server Secret Sankta 2025 Exchange signups are now LIVE! 🎁
Please review the instructions here and then, if interested, sign up! 💖 And feel free to join the server as well to participate there if you haven’t already!
Exchange sign-ups are open until November 15.
Sign up here for the 2025 DDS Secret Sankta Gift Exchange! Direct contact: DDS mod ticket, email at [email protected], or messag
The deadline for DDS Secret Sankta signups is this Saturday, November 15! The signup form will close at midnight Pacific time Saturday night, with everyone’s assignments coming December 1. 🎁

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*cups ao3 author's face in my hands gently* please. you are the only one who understands the blorbos correctly. you must write more.
tags by @transformativeworks are true, you never know the power of comments in terms of getting you more stuff to read and love
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Darklina Week 2025 has OFFICIALLY commenced!
Check out the action on the Darklina Discord Server, linked in the pinned post here. We have some NEW surprises in store for this year’s participants! 💖
And of course check out this year’s AO3 collection, now open!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Apologies for the tardiness! There will be TWO sets of prompts for this year’s Darklina Week - be naughty, nice, or even both! Please ensure any submissions follow the rules in this post.
(Invite for the server should be in the current pinned post atop this page/account.)
DW 2025 Ao3 Collection link (works not revealed until August 20): https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DDS_Darklina_Week_2025
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Apologies for the tardiness! There will be TWO sets of prompts for this year’s Darklina Week - be naughty, nice, or even both! Please ensure any submissions follow the rules in this post.
(Invite for the server should be in the current pinned post atop this page/account.)
DW 2025 Ao3 Collection link (works not revealed until August 20): https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DDS_Darklina_Week_2025
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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something tragic about you, something so magic about you
When a little girl appears in the middle of Alina’s flower shop she panics. Should she call 911? The police? She doesn’t think this will have repercussions on her life, but when she meets the girl’s father, a renowned tattoo artist, her life will never be the same.
or: Alina is a florist, Aleksander is a tattoo artist. Oh, did I also mention he’s a single father?
read on archive of our own
Prompts are dropping on July 31st!
This year we might even have a little something to reward participants, whether they are creators or not!
marriage of convenience that slowly turns into a love marriage - but both of them believe is one sided is such a delicious trope
laura’s endless list of favourites ● characters ➼ alina starkov "I’m the Sun Summoner. It gets dark when I say it does."
Prompts are dropping on July 31st!
This year we might even have a little something to reward participants, whether they are creators or not!

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a feel like the new generation of fanfic readers NEED to understand that clicking on a fic (interaction) does nothing. ao3 has no algorithm. your private discord discussions of fic do not reach the authors. if you do not actively engage with writers they will stop posting. this isn’t social media this is community.
Super honestly this is the reason I fizzle and stop writing in some fandoms. Kudos are super nice! Kind notes in bookmarks, super nice! But I do not have limitless ideas, I do need to talk to other fans to be able to come up with new stuff. If you do not interact with authors they are going to run dry and stop writing.
We are only as renewable as we feel valued.
Susan Sontag, from As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks 1964-1980