Prose Alchemist

Title: Léogâne
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: PG for tragic subject matter.
Characters: Various.
Setting: Léogâne, Haiti—following the January 2010 earthquake.
Summary: In earthquake-ravaged Haiti, a boy watches the unfolding of an extraordinary rescue mission.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox create the characters that sell. Only Philippe is mine.
Notes: This story is dedicated to the victims of the Haiti earthquake, and to the rescue and relief workers who responded to their need.

( Philippe Angrand had begun to wonder if the darkness would last forever. )

Title: Power Trip
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: PG if you read it right…
Characters: Beast, as viewed by my original character Nora Tanner.
Setting: Sometime after my story titled "Beast".
Summary: Being Hank McCoy’s lover was all about power.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox create the characters that sell. I’m simply playing with them.
Notes: A four-hundred-word drabble. It’s a bit of a racy departure by my standards, exploring the attraction Hank holds for Nora—my OC from Beast. I highly recommend reading that much larger story before this one.

( Being Hank McCoy’s lover was all about power. )

Title: Beast (Chapter 7 of 8)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG, for angst and adult situations.
Characters: Emphasis on Beast, with support from various other characters.
Setting: Mainly mid- to post-X2.
Summary: The personal journey of Henry McCoy—as a mutant, and as a man.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox create the characters that sell. Nora is mine, and so is Kristen, who has appeared in several of my stories.

( The drive from the safe house to the school was a nervous experience. )

Title: Beast (Chapter 5 of 8)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG, for angst and adult situations.
Characters: Emphasis on Beast, with support from various other characters.
Setting: Mainly mid- to post-X2.
Summary: The personal journey of Henry McCoy—as a mutant, and as a man.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox create the characters that sell. Nora is mine, and so is Kristen, who has appeared in several of my stories.

( Hank faced the difficult task of explaining to Nora and the children. )

Title: Beast (Chapter 3 of 8)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG, for angst and adult situations.
Characters: Emphasis on Beast, with support from various other characters.
Setting: Mainly mid- to post-X2.
Summary: The personal journey of Henry McCoy—as a mutant, and as a man.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox create the characters that sell. Nora is mine, and so is Kristen, who has appeared in several of my stories.

( When twilight fell, Hank was still hunched limply in the corner of the living room. )

Title: Beast (Chapter 1 of 8)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Mild PG, for angst and adult situations.
Characters: Emphasis on Beast, with support from various other characters.
Setting: Mainly mid- to post-X2.
Summary: The personal journey of Henry McCoy—as a mutant, and as a man.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox create the characters that sell. Nora is mine, and so is Kristen, who has appeared in several of my stories.
Notes: In X2, there is a brief cameo by a non-furry character who is identified as being Hank McCoy. This seems to support the novelization by Chris Claremont, in which Hank’s bestial mutation is caused by Professor X’s psychic attack on mutantkind. That concept has always intrigued me, especially after I saw and loved Kelsey Grammer’s portrayal of Beast in X3. It lurked in the back of my mind for a long time—until my friend Wabbitseason gave me the idea that Hank’s blue fur might really have been a secondary development. After a few weeks in which I was unable to shake the thought, I finally sat down and began to write. Five months later, this is the result.
If you tilt this story at a slight angle, you can easily fit it in with the events of X3. For the record, I personally do not. I acknowledge nothing of that misbegotten film except Hank himself.

( Henry McCoy was a mutant. )

Title: Pennyworth
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Logan and my original X-kid Kristen.
Setting: General.
Summary: Logan finds something special beneath the Christmas tree.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox own 'em.
Notes: The character Kristen Mayhew is my own; this story is set prior to the others in which she has appeared.

( I’d had a bad day. )

Title: The Giving Season (1/4)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Extremely mild PG, due to parenthood topics.
Characters: Ensemble, including a return appearance by my OC, Helen Conover.
Setting: Direct sequel to my story "A Haunting in Westchester".
Summary: In a houseful of mutants, some Christmas wishes don’t come true easily.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox own the characters that sell. Except for Puck, all original characters are mine.
Credit: Puck originated in the story "Curiosity and the X-Cat", by marag. He is used here with permission.
Notes: After posting my Halloween fic "A Haunting in Westchester", I was asked about writing a holiday story. With several other stories on my plate, I wasn’t planning to do one this year—but the mutants had other ideas. I submit this as a gift to my regular reader-reviewers. Happy New Year to all!

( The December day was cold and clear, with still winds and a cloudless sky. )

Chapters: 1 :: 2 :: 3 :: 4 ::

Title: The Giving Season (3/4)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: Extremely mild PG, due to parenthood topics.
Characters: Ensemble, including a return appearance by my OC, Helen Conover.
Setting: Direct sequel to my story "A Haunting in Westchester".
Summary: In a houseful of mutants, some Christmas wishes don’t come true easily.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox own the characters that sell. Except for Puck, all original characters are mine.
Credit: Puck originated in the story "Curiosity and the X-Cat", by marag. He is used here with permission.

( At mid-morning, Helen called Charles. )

Chapters: 1 :: 2 :: 3 :: 4 ::

Title: A Haunting in Westchester (3/3)
Author: jordannamorgan
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Rating/Warnings: G.
Characters: Ensemble.
Setting: General.
Summary: Chaos ensues when Xavier permits the students to take part in a haunted house.
Disclaimer: Marvel and Fox own the characters you know; others are from my own toybox.

( Logan had never been out and about on Halloween before. )

Chapters: 1 :: 2 :: 3 ::