4 recs from Candy Hearts

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Originally posted here.

Thoroughbreds
calling like a crow
Lily/Amanda, 5k. Mark haunts Lily, and Amanda helps her figure out what to do about it. This is a fun, low-key horror fic with bonus getting-together, ie a bunch of my favorite things for one of my favorite ships. Just a fun time.

Pern
Bronze and Gold
Kylara/Lessa pre-ship, 2k. Kylara Impresses bronze instead of gold, but she's not going to let that stop her from accomplishing her aims. I truly cannot get enough of this premise, and I love the image of Kylara and Lessa having mildly awkward bonding sessions.

Crimson Peak
Bright
Lucille/Edith, drabble. A satisfyingly bitter little character study. :D

Saltburn
milk for gall
Oliver/Felix, 1.5k Was this what the baying hound felt like, leading his rider, chasing the fox? The rider had the gun, but he was led by the dog. Who was the master and who was the servant? The only Saltburn fic I've read so far, but it's a good one! I love this twisted dynamic, where Felix is not just an object of desire but an active participant in Oliver's games and an active agent in his own corruption.

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It is a lovely day in the Unseen University library, and you are a horrible goose. Crossover, Discworld and Untitled Goose Game. Death, Librarian, and horrible goose. G, 450.
A quick read, and a funny one. You don't need to be able to speak either Goose or Librarian to know exactly what troubles are happening XD.

And the Wind is Surely Rising. Original Work. Sentient liner ship, ghost sister ship. T, 600.
A nicely shivery piece that puts an ominous spin on the thought of 'forever family'.

Playful. Original Work. Dragon, Kitten. G, art.
This art is very adorably cute. I love how the kitten and dragon are looking at each other.

And Many More. Babylon 5. Marcus/Stephen. T, 4K.
Excellent humor and teasing. Marcus is wonderfully dramatic, Stephen is both nervous and hopeful. A lovely get-together fic.

Appearances. Firefly. Mal, Simon. T, 700.
Mal's voice is spot-on, Simon's is also well done, and the hints and mentions of the rest of the crew also fit right into canon. I'd very happily read more of this. (Author has put an ot3 tag on, but this reads pure gen to me.)

That Eerie Song You Sing. Justified. Boyd, Rachel, Raylan. G, 1.5K.
Nicely spooky, very well described and imagined. Nice to see a fic from Rachel's POV.

I <3 U. Sesame Street. Bert/Ernie. G, art.
Wonderfully done. The art style was absolutely perfect for this fandom, and I just cannot get over Rubber Ducky's carrot-top hat.

Look At All the Bugs We Found. Project Hail Mary. Ryland. G, 1.3K.
Q&A format, and very clever. I especially liked the use of powers of six for specifically expressing humanly vague numbers.

Perimeter. Original Work. Post-apocalypse survivor, pre-apocalypse war robot. T, 1.7K.
Vivid! Ambiguous and uncertain, well-written and leaving you with things to contemplate. I really enjoyed this.