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Y'all, I got the most wonderful ficlets from purimgifts!

The rules for this exchange are: three ficlets, 300-1000 words, about Jewish characters, female characters (in honor of the Purim story), or evil viziers. My gifts were all Erik-centric, which I adore. Two are Erik/Raven, which is a pairing I've never thought too much about, but really enjoyed in the hands of this author. They are all lovely, but my favorite might be Yarzeit, for the complex way it works through mourning, ritual and different valences on family, all in less than 1,000 wds. Two of them them are sad stories, but their artistry really brightened my day!

( 3 Erik stories )

And I got icons too!

So, you know how I've been trying to teach myself how to make icons? I thought I'd share some of the attempts I was least embarrassed by. The line drawings are from the second edition of the book (1954). Textures, in the ones that have textures, are by erniemay and proverbsun

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