Zubeneschamali

Title: The Tear in the Sky
Author: zubeneschamali
Artist: illiminal
Rating: PG
Word count: 4703
Summary: How Season Nine should have started. Sam's recovering from the damage the Trials have wreaked on his body when he notices that something's not quite right—not with him, but with Dean.

A/N: spn_reversebang does it to me again: shows me an intriguing piece of art that makes me want to know what's going on so badly that I have to sit down and write it. I wish RL hadn't made writing such a struggle this year, so I owe illiminal a lot for putting up with me. I hope I did your art justice. Thanks also to morganoconner for being my proxy during claims and beta reading at the last minute.

Small versions of the art are embedded in the fic, including the title, but please look at the full versions here and tell illiminal how awesome it is. I'm so pleased to have been able to work on this!

The full version with art can be found on AO3 here.

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You guys, I am flailing so much I can't even. I have wanted an SPN vid of Bruce Springsteen's "No Surrender" for YEARS, and this year ash48 got me in the spn_j2_xmas exchange and made all my dreams come true. It's mostly early seasons, but there's the right amount of later seasons in there, too, and all the Sam and Dean feels, and PERFECT use of the lyrics and the music (duh, it's ash48), and you really need to go and watch it right now. Even if you're kinda sorta or totally out of the fandom, you'll still appreciate it.

Vid here

Thank you SOOOOO much, Ash!

I did say it might be a while...

My friend had her baby, and while little Corwin's quilt has been pieced, it has not yet been quilted, and is therefore not pictured here yet. :) Not like he needs it for warmth at the moment anyway, so I will get to the quilting once I've finished piecing the first half of the SPN quilt blocks. It's good to have goals. :)

I have, however, managed to finish five of the sixteen "Kansas Troubles" blocks, and here's one:

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Title: Grounded
Author: zuben_eschamali
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 885
Summary: Set mid-season 7. Sam resorts to more extreme measures to try and keep from seeing Lucifer everywhere he goes, and Dean's the one who finds him afterwards.

A/N: Fills the "electrocution" square on my hc_bingo card. Maybe a bit more with the hurt than the comfort.

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Title: Shine Like Silver
Author: zuben_eschamali
Rating: R
Word count: 1,122
Summary: Sometimes being a hunter was like holding a hammer and thinking everything was a nail. The problem was, sometimes that was wrong, and now Sam's life was hanging in the balance.

A/N: Written for 50states_spn and also for hc_bingo (the serial killer square). There's some POV experimentation going on as well. The title is from Barenaked Ladies' "Aluminum," which seems really appropriate for the Silver State. Thanks to embroiderama and ebcdic for beta reading.

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Title: After the Kingfisher's Wing
Author: zuben_eschamali
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 3,200
Spoilers: through the end of Season 6
Summary: If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down, these women together ought to be able to turn it right side up again.

A/N:  This piece was written for femgenficathon; I owe magisterequitum for making me aware of its existence. Go check it out, there's some great stuff there! The summary, which was also the prompt, is a quote from Sojourner Truth (could there be a more perfect prompt for SPN?). Written as a series of double-drabbles for extra fun, and no longer canon-compliant after 7.01. Thanks to dugindeep and kasman for beta reading.

After the kingfisher's wing
Has answered light to light, and is silent, the light is still
At the still point of the turning world.
--T. S. Eliot, The Four Quartets

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So this explains a lot about our love for Sam and Dean...

http://www.good.is/post/women-find-happy-men-less-attractive-than-grumps

"In a survey of 1,000 adults, women generally preferred men who looked strong and proud, arms raised into the sky, or sullen and ashamed—in that order."

Insta-thoughts on 6.16, complete with spoilers, after the cut...

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Title: Old Faithful
Author: zuben_eschamali 
Rating: PG-13 (language)
Word count: 1,183
Genre: gen
Summary: Missing scene from 6.12. It's their first chance to have a real conversation since Sam said yes almost two years ago…

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Insta (to me) thoughts on 6.11 under the cut:

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