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In the days of the Great Depression, Jackie Taylor was beloved by millions of moviegoers across the country. She was a goddess of Old Hollywood, the all-American girl, queen of the silver screen. Like so many of the old-time starlets, her reality was not as rosy as the fantasy the studio sold. Her name is remembered today as much for the quiet tragedy of her private life as for her classic films.
Shauna Shipman is mostly forgotten. She was nevertheless once a star in her own right. One of the radical writers who flourished in the 1930s, her novels sketched the grim reality of slum life and the trenches of the Great War in vivid color. She reported from picket lines, from the dark heart of fascist Germany, and from the battlefields of war-ravaged Spain.
Little as they shared in common, Shipman and Taylor defined each other's lives. Decades after their deaths, enough documentation has surfaced to piece together the long-forgotten connection between these two women. It is presented here through yellowed newspaper, through musty transcripts, through the cloudy reminisces of those wished they knew them, and those who thought they did.
Bookmarked by asterscrusade
18 Dec 2025
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don't want no other shade of blue (but you) by TeenageCriminalMastermind for lunasink
Fandoms: Fear Street Trilogy (TV)
21 Dec 2022
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Nick has been patrolling her street for a decade now, occasionally knocking but she never answers. New Year’s Eve, 1988, she does.
(A Nick x Ziggy Christmas Exchange Gift for lunasink)
Bookmarked by asterscrusade
23 May 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
“What kind of contract did you sign with him”…”Gave him my soul”,”and for what pray tell”…”You”.
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your life (was my life's best part) by fkevin073
Fandoms: Fear Street Trilogy (TV), Fear Street Series - R. L. Stine
26 Jun 2022
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“You shouldn’t have done that,” Alice says, scowling a little. “I can take care of myself. I don’t need a babysitter.”
Cindy just looks at her. “I don’t want to be a babysitter either,” she says. “I already have one kid sister, I don’t need another.”
“Great—”
“But I would like a friend though,” Cindy blurts out, looking at her with those shiny blue eyes. “I haven’t ever really had a friend before.”
Alice blinks. Once. Twice. It doesn’t make any sense that someone like her could know loneliness the same way Alice does, and yet—
Cindy looks so earnest she doesn’t have the heart to say no.
“Fine,” Alice says, offering Cindy her hand. “Friends.”
There’s a beat before Cindy takes it, shaking it excitedly. Her hand is warm, her skin soft, and Alice feels her heart flutter.
“Friends,” Cindy agrees, grinning.
Or: This is how Cindy and Alice come together.
It’s also the story of how they fall apart.
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- Part 1 of FS Appreciation Week 22
Bookmarked by asterscrusade
18 May 2025
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water in a dragnet by claudias
Fandoms: Hunger Games Series - All Media Types, Sunrise On The Reaping - Suzanne Collins
05 Apr 2025
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In the days before the Games, Wyatt makes an unlikely connection.
Bookmarked by asterscrusade
06 Apr 2025
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how's it feeling now? by NORsevvy
Fandoms: Sunrise On The Reaping - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Series - All Media Types
20 Mar 2025
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His ghosts are never quiet, never still. They haunt him with each step he takes.
Haymitch downs a bottle of sleeping syrup, and laughs until he passes out when he sees Maysilee at his door.
Right on time, Miss Donner.
(or, a look into haymitch's ghosts and how they'll never leave him)
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- Part 1 of you missed the best part
Bookmarked by asterscrusade
26 Mar 2025