(no subject)

The first time I met aquamirage --

-- well, okay, the first time I met aquamirage, it was for about five minutes when I was passing through Reading Terminal Market and I heard an unfamiliar voice shout "BECCA!" and I turned and said "????" and she said "It's Meredith! From the internet!" and I said "!!!!" because a.) it was Meredith from the internet and that was super exciting! and b.) I still don't know how she recognized me. Meredith is magic, that's all. (This is not actually relevant, I just enjoy telling that story.)

Anyway, the second time I met Meredith, she started telling me about this book that she'd read for her women in Victorian Fiction class.

MEREDITH: It's a Gothic novel about a plucky heroine who goes around rescuing ladies and spends some time cross-dressing as a Newsie!
BECCA: . . .
MEREDITH: So I'm lending it to you because I'm pretty sure it has your name written in it.
BECCA: YES. YES IT DOES. >:D >:D >:D >:D

Which is how I acquired The Hidden Hand, or, Capitola the Madcap. And I am now going to share it with you because I am generous that way!


( Read more... )