DesertScribehide bio
Author has written 25 stories for Middleman, 3:10 to Yuma, 2007, Discworld, Banshee, Burn Notice, Sapphire & Steel, Lord of the Rings, Labyrinth, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Princess Bride, Evil Dead/Army of Darkness, Chronicles of Narnia, Hell on Wheels, Highlander, Night at the Museum, Blood Drive, Firefly, and Pushing Daisies. Downloadable versions of all my stories posted here, as well as a few which I won't be cross-posting to FFN, can be found at my AO3 account, where I am known as DesertScribe. Unfortunately, for some unknown reason this site keeps altering all my links to point back here to my profile page, so we're going to have to do things the hard way. You know how it goes, just copy/paste the mangled URL and replace the parentheticals with the named punctuation. My AO3 account: |
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An Alternate Route
How might events of the Blood Drive have gone if Christopher had been the one to get involuntarily partnered with Grace while Arthur was left behind in Los Angeles? Let's just say that things running more smoothly in the beginning wouldn't necessarily lead to a better outcome in the end.
Blood Drive - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,586 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/3/2018 - Complete
Feel The Burn
On the way back from Kane Hill, Grace and Arthur share a moment and a lollipop.
Blood Drive - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,951 - Published: 7/3/2018 - Complete
Souvenirs
A snapshot from the early years of our favorite homicidal couple's marriage, back before they had to worry about drifting apart or only killing to feed their Prius: Domi patches up Cliff after their weekend getaway to celebrate an anniversary almost turned into "the weakened one who got away to sever an artery."
Blood Drive - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,454 - Published: 7/3/2018 - Complete
Devil's Highway Detour
Welcome to Race Day 5 of the Blood Drive. We know what happens when that night's Mayhem Party gets invaded by The Fucking Dead, but even before then, Grace and Arthur's day isn't entirely uneventful as they get their kicks on Route 666 and beyond.
Blood Drive - Rated: M - English - Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,215 - Published: 7/3/2018 - Complete
The Ballad of Arthur and Jessica
Young Arthur Bailey wins a goldfish at the school fair and slowly grows up as the world not so slowly goes to hell around him.
Blood Drive - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,407 - Published: 7/3/2018 - Complete
Sic Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc
Takes place between the first and second "The Ballad of Karma D'Argento" flashbacks of episode 12. Garrett tries to gross out Karma while she's eating shortly after she's hired, because he's not above being petty that way. Of course, since this is Karma he's dealing with, it doesn't go as well as he had hoped.
Blood Drive - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 823 - Published: 7/3/2018 - Complete
Wingin' It reviews
Post-canon wingfic. Jedediah wakes up with a little something more than he went to sleep with.
Night at the Museum - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,978 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 18 - Follows: 6 - Published: 9/13/2015 - [Jededaiah S., Octavius G.] Rebecca H., Tilly - Complete
Death And The Piemaker reviews
Three pies Methos baked for Ned while they were dating, plus one he didn't.
Crossover - Highlander & Pushing Daisies - Rated: T - English - Romance/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,729 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 9/13/2015 - [Methos, Ned] - Complete
Homecoming reviews
What if while Elam was fighting the bear, things had gone just a tiny bit differently and help had been a little closer to hand? Elam/Bohannon fix-it fic.
Hell on Wheels - Rated: M - English - Drama/Western - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,066 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 3 - Published: 9/13/2015 - [Elam Ferguson, C. Bohannon] - Complete
A World Full Of Magic reviews
Once you find the world of magic, the world of magic makes a habit of finding you. Sarah takes Toby to spend a night in the woods, and they get a not-entirely-unexpected late night visit by a stranger.
Labyrinth - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,460 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 5 - Published: 7/26/2015 - Sarah, Toby - Complete
The Devil Went Down To Reno
Aaron Viva visits Reno with his friends, finds out why Pete Hutter doesn't stay dead, meets the devil, and eats some really good triple berry jalapeño pie. Post-canon Pete/Aaron established relationship.
Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,098 - Favs: 2 - Published: 7/26/2015 - Complete
Lions And Lambs reviews
During an emergency power shutdown, River finds a door where Serenity never previously had one. When presented with an anomaly like that, of course she is going to investigate. What she finds on the other side is unexpected but not necessarily unwelcome.
Crossover - Chronicles of Narnia & Firefly - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,680 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 19 - Follows: 3 - Published: 7/26/2015 - Aslan, River, Book - Complete
Lost And Found In Translation reviews
Annie Knowby survives getting stabbed, goes back to work, and discovers that legends being true aren't necessarily always a bad thing. And a certain someone gets smacked in the face again, because that's just how his life goes.
Evil Dead/Army of Darkness - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,123 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 4 - Published: 7/26/2015 - Complete
Buttercup's Baby: Chapter Two, abridged by William Goldman reviews
Based on the extra material included in the 25th anniversary edition of the novel. When last we left Fezzik, he was falling from the top of a fifteen thousand foot tall mountain with Buttercup's daughter Waverly clutched in his arms.
Princess Bride - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,749 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 5 - Published: 7/26/2015 - Fezzik, Waverly - Complete
Brisco In Paradise, chapter 4: Bolivia And Let Die
An excerpt from the popular novel "The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: Brisco In Paradise," by N. L. Scrimshaw, published September 15, 1893. (price 5 cents)
Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Western - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,974 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Published: 7/26/2015 - Complete
Across The Pond reviews
De Fronsac was supposed to be teaching Mani French, but he has also been learning a few lessons of his own along the way.
Brotherhood of the Wolf - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,226 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/26/2015 - Complete
Saint George And The Dragon reviews
Post-movie, Jareth sits around and waits for someone, anyone, to make a wish so that he can have something to take his mind off of Sarah. Only, it turns out to be Sarah doing the wishing again.
Labyrinth - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,306 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 55 - Follows: 5 - Published: 7/15/2015 - [Jareth, Sarah] - Complete
If You Go Into The Woods Today reviews
In an alternate timeline, a different sort of evil than the One Ring arrives in Rivendell.
Lord of the Rings - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,174 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 3 - Published: 7/15/2015 - Elrond - Complete
All At Sea reviews
Where is Silver at the end of Assignment Six? Why, he's working to save Sapphire and Steel, of course. Well, that's the plan at least. Before he can do that, he needs to save himself.
Sapphire & Steel - Rated: K+ - English - Sci-Fi/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,846 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Published: 7/15/2015 - Complete
The Good, The Bad, And The Equine reviews
Stop me if you've heard this one before. In 1884, an outlaw, a law student, and a horse walk into a saloon in the Dakota Territory...
Crossover - 3:10 to Yuma, 2007 & Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. - Rated: T - English - Western/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,596 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/15/2015 - Complete
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Beer And Poker Night reviews
Sam has some explaining to do. "Okay, Maddie, it went down like this: there's this little Venezuelan grandmother who always works the cash register at the corner store which consistently has the cheapest beer and yogurt in the neighborhood..."
Burn Notice - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,118 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 3 - Published: 7/15/2015 - Sam A., Fiona G., Michael W., Madeline W. - Complete
Lucas (Not) In Wonderland reviews
Apparently, it is traditional for the sheriff to help chaperone Banshee High School's sophomore class trip. Hood wishes someone might have mentioned this fact to him sooner than two days before the event.
Banshee - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,788 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 3 - Published: 7/15/2015 - Lucas Hood, Alma, Sioban K., Sugar B. - Complete
A Little Rain Must Fall reviews
"Long walks and getting caught in the rain," that was a soldier's life in a nutshell. At the moment, Polly and Maladicta don't need to walk anywhere, but there sure is a lot of rain.
Discworld - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,271 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Published: 7/15/2015 - Polly P. - Complete
Please Do Not Shoot The Pianist reviews
Charlie Prince hated Leadville.
3:10 to Yuma, 2007 - Rated: T - English - Western/Crime - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,289 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/15/2015 - Complete
The Roommate Transposition Irritation
It's just another day in the life of Wendy Watson, artist and Middleman-in-training. Another Art Crawl has come and gone. The latest batch of weirdness hits close to home. Pip is being Pip, and Lacey may or may not be being Lacey.
Middleman - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,922 - Favs: 1 - Published: 7/15/2015 - Wendy W., Lacey T., Pip - Complete
