Setting: A fantasy-horror Victorian London, around 1892-1897. (Set in the original World of Darkness, for those familiar.)

Search Terms: secret societies, victorian societies, hermetic order of the golden dawn, rosicrucians, gentlemans clubs, etc. Encyclopedia has nothing, neither does my huge tome purporting to cover everything about the Victorian period.

Problem: Writing a story, which will heavily involve various secret societies. Some of them will be actual societies which existed at the time, some of them will be fictional creations. The only real society I know of is the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Even then, I can't find much on them in the Victorian era, because the Order's still around in the present, so most material is about the modern Order.

So, given the scarcity of apparently available material, I'm looking for anything regarding secret societies in the Victorian era. Either detailed stuff about the HOGD I can use (even if it's just for inspiration), or general information about the phenomenon of hidden societies in that period. Anything would be a help.

Thanks in advance.

Gosh, I hate the weather. It's all cloudy and always raining. Can't stand it anymore! I want summer back. I wanna go into my garden, wanna go swimming with my boys. Wanna do anything else but sitting home in front of my computer.

I'm almost done with my first ELYSION episode and already started the second one. This is the only thing that makes me happy right now.

Watched a lot of Buffy lately, thanks to reveria who borrowed me all seasons. Never seen seasons 1-3 before.^^ Missing the Willow kicks ass part though, but she's kinda cute.^^ Spike rocks, but hell WHY did they have to bring up a annoying person like Dru? I mean... duh! She sucks like hell!

Gonna work on The Creek and the CSS for reveria today. Other than that I'll watch some tv, finish ELYSION and maybe finish reading the third DEFENDER episode. *sigh*

Fic Title: Never Let You Go
Author: gestaltrose aka chaosrosa
Artist: __hibiscus
Genre: Wincest
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Fic Rating: NC-17
Artwork Rating: G
Word count: 23,600 give or take a few
Warnings: Post Season Two but ignores Three pretty much. Sex (Do I need to warn for this?) Misuse of the Fae and world mythology.
Disclaimer: Sam and Dean belong to Kripke. Sean and his Tattoo Parlor are real but I don’t know him.
Summary: Dean finds a hunt in the Pacific Northwest just to get Sam some tattoos. Then things get complicated when Sam starts seeing things that Dean doesn't. There are tattoos, and people only Sam can see, trouble, and sex. The Fae and the World Tree… is nothing safe? Can Sam and Dean save the world and themselves at the same time? Maybe.
Notes: Written for the spn_j2_bigbang, Thanks to my sweety honeyone for betaing the first part and my beautiful ~biza went over all of it any and all errors are mine.
Thank you __hibiscus for the fantastic art. Go and tell her wonderful things.

Link To Art: Master Post
Link To Story: Index, Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four

   

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Dean closed the distance between them and put his hand on the back of Sam’s head and pulled him down until their lips almost touched, and whispered, “Sammy” into his brother’s mouth as he tasted Sam for the first time.

Fic title: Steam
Author name: bellatemple
Artist name: mithborien
Genre: Gen, AU
Rating: Adult, for themes, violence, and language
Word Count: ~30,000
Warnings/Spoilers: Post-apocalyptic AU, spins off canon at "Jus in Bello"
Summary: Dean was supposed to get a year, and then go to Hell. Instead, as far as he was concerned, he got most of a year, and then Hell came to him.

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Fic title: Sub Rosa
Author name: malcolm_stjay
Artist name: dreamlittleyo
Genre: Wincest
Pairing: Sam/Dean, and Beauty/Beast
Rating: PG-13, for language.
Word Count: ~21,000
Summary: A retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Winchester-style.
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When: Fall 1945
Where: Bakersfield, Kern County, California

My protagonist has just attacked and attempted to beat up the arrogant, slimy boyfriend of the girl he likes. The girl and the boyfriend had been arguing as they got out of a car and the boyfriend sort of grabbed her arm roughly. This sets my boy off. (Think Ryan Atwood from "The O.C".) He gets in a couple of good punches and maybe a knee to the gut before others intervene. The boyfriend has a bloody something (nose, lip, mouth) and hurts but is otherwise unharmed. There's a cop nearby who cites my boy for assault.

I want some bad stuff in his past--specifically, his other-than-honorable discharge from the Army, and the incident that caused it--to come out (he's been keeping it secret), because of this assault citation. Ideally I'd prefer it merely to be at his arraignment where he pleads no contest, but I don't know if an arraignment without a trial is enough of a venue for his "problem past" to come out. I don't want him to go to jail or have to evade the cops--it's not that sort of book--but I do want his co-workers and the girl to feel "omg why did you lie to us/keep this from us/i don't know you anymore!" and so forth.

Can his other-than-honorable discharge be revealed at an arraignment where he pleads no contest (or guilty), or in any way that does not involve a complete trial shebang? (I'm trying to avoid writing as much courtroom as possible. The important thing for me is to have the reveal of his past against his will, however that can happen.)

Searched: assault, misdemeanor, arraignment, guilty plea

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Title: Until We Bleed
Author: mytimehaspassed
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: R
Word Count: ~7500
Warnings: AU; alcoholism; violence; abuse, etc. etc.
Disclaimer: not mine.
Author's Note: This started out as a case!fic. 0.0

The summer before your sophomore year of high school, your father gets a tip on a poltergeist down in Kentucky, tucked up near the Indiana border, somewhere near Louisville.

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Q: I am dealing with a low-magic fantasy world, which has had to step up it's technology due to the lack of magic and the influx of a number of intelligent people. The world has access to almost everything we have. The catch is that combustion and electricity do not work. So this nation of half a million gifted people, who start at a near rennaisance period (minus guns) has had 200 years to work on their technology, minus anything having to do with combustion or engineering. Furthermore, there are no fossil fuels including coal and gasoline.

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Ummm... This is a little nit-picky, but a while ago, I read a quote that went something to the effect of "I have bursts of being a lady, but they usually don't last long," and I think it was by someone named Shelby or Shelly Walton, but I want to be certain who said it, and the exact phrasing before I try to actually use the quote.... So, if anyone could point me in the right direction, that would be greatly appreciated.

Already googled: Shelly Walton+quotes, Shelby Walton+quotes, quotes+bursts of being a lady, "I have bursts of being a lady, but they usually don't last long," Shelly Walton+being a lady, Shelby Walton+being a lady

I know there's a colloquial term for when someone has eyes of different colour, but can't track it down. Preferably opprobrious - my character is talking about the Emperor Anastasius in a very uncomplimentary manner, and as spoken Greek of the time could be as vulgar as Vulgar Latin, the English term I need to use also needs to be slangy. UK for preference, but all contributions gratefully accepted.

Terms searched for were combinations of eye colour, mismatch, variation, terms, colloquialism, slang (checked out mosaicism but no colloquialisms there!)