Hi! I joined and started watching this comm, and have a few Greek mythology ficlets; none of them are over PG-13 rating, most are under.

Cassandra-centric (some with Cassandra/Apollo or Aganemnon): Hear All The Sounds, Impenetrable, Thread, and Of Visions and Hope (also, if you read French, For your ears only, Comme du souvenir, and Prolongement (Cassandra/Clytemnestra) ).

Pâris: "... but optimists are happier"

Medea: Numb as Fury

Title: The Box
Character(s): Athena/Apollo/Artemis/Zeus/Thor
Special Guest Appearances By: Eros/Aphrodite/Hephaestus/Ares/Hera
Pantheon(s): Greek/Norse
Rating: PG
Summary: Athena receives a box from Thor, but doesn’t bother to open it to see what’s inside (despite the advice she is given by others). Then, later, she regrets it, when the Norse come to Olympus.

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Title: The King of Utgard
Character(s): Thor, Loki
Pantheon(s): Norse
Rating: G
Summary: Thor meets an aspect of Loki he hasn't seen before. A retelling of Thor's Journey to Utgard.

Note: It's contested whether Utgard-Loki was a Jotun aspect of Loki or an unrelated giant. Here I assume the first, and that Loki's addition to this myth as a travelling companion came later. Whether you agree or not I hope you can enjoy the story.

( The way to Utgard was among sharp peaks of rock rimed with ice )

Title: Tumnus
Character(s): Mr Tumnus/Peter/Edmund/Susan/Lucy
Fandom(s): Narnia
Rating: G
Summary: Mr Tumnus musing on the loss of Lucy after she returns to England.
Disclaimer: I wrote this after listening to the audiobooks for the Narnia series, and felt the need to write something around my favorite character since the series itself has always struck me as not living up to its potential.

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Title: Iron Queen
Character(s): Persephone, Demeter, Hades, Cerberus.
Pantheon: Greek
Rating: G
Summary: There are those who are dead, and then there are those who are not but sometimes wish to be. Persephone is both. Persephone is neither.

Cerberus says: Goodbye, Miss.

Title: Jack be Nimble.
Character(s): Jack/a Priest
Folklore Used: English/Christian/Jewish
Further Reference(s): Goliath/Og
Rating: G
Summary: Jack (of the beanstalk and giant killer fame) has concerns about his ability to actually kill giants, since the story of the beanstalk was greatly exaggerated.

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Title: Two Princes.
Character(s): Two Prince Charmings (one from "Snow White," and one from "Sleeping Beauty"). Also, an appearance by a black dog.
Folklore used: German/British Isles
Rating: PG
Summary: A meeting between two princes leads to one of them feeling like he's not worthy of the love of his princess, and so, he does something rash.

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I just recently started writing articles for Examiner.com as their National Folk Culture Examiner. So far, I only have two posts (on Captain Kidd and the Mothman), but I plan on focusing on folklore, mythology, urban legends and superstitions. Come check me out, and if you subscribe, you'll get an email every time I make a new post.

Title: The Huntsman
Character(s): Red Riding Hood/The Wolf
Folklore Used: German
Rating: G
Summary: Red and the wolf meet and fall in love, only to have the "traditional" story come about at a later date, and she's sure that it's about her.

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Title: PTSD
Characters: Robin & Marian
Folklore Used: British Isles
Rating: G
Summary: Robin dealing with the aftereffects of the Third Crusade

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