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June 2, 2015 - It's Aliiiiiiiiiiive...
'ELLO, POPPETS!
September 16, 2011 - Happy Mayflower Day!
At least this time they left a tiny bit of room for doubt. Unlike another sequel I could name...
But that aside: Jack! Competent, intelligent, magnificent Jack! Oh, what a sight for sore eyes.
And another gift: Not a single reference to either of the preceding sequels. Not one! Which means (if you want to play it that way)... they never happened. Which means James is still alive. In Port Royal. Waiting for that familiar rustle of the trellis and creak of the opening window...
Disclaimer: This is the personal opinion of yr humble svt and no official position of Horizon or anything like that. Your mileage may vary.
Many thanks and appreciative hugs to lakela, worlds_junk and pir8fancier for story recs!
And now, on with the show...
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| • | Rags of Time, a J/N epic by Pyrite's Gold |
| • | Allegiance, a J/N and N/E epic by The Stowaway |
| • | Naked to Mine Enemies, a J/N epic by Mundungus42 |
| • | Some Other Fool Across the Ocean Years Ago, a J/N (with Ana/James) epic by Aris Merquoni |
| • | Most recent uploads |
Please feed the authors and artists by leaving feedback! Use the comment link at the bottom of every fic and art page.
As always, your recommendations, comments, criticisms and suggestions are welcome and appreciated!
Follow Horizon on Twitter for updates, to question, comment, rec, whatever.
Thanks for being here! ♥
February 3, 2011 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY HORIZON!
And on the horizon, a new PotC movie... and rumor has it, even more to follow. The reaction to the news may be mixed, but hey, Captain Jack is back! And you know what else? Each new sequel is a possibility of the return of James Norrington, because of course he never really died. It was... an optical illusion. A flesh wound. He rolled off into the sea and was healed by Oasis Herself's mermen. Or something. Right?
Our denial, let us show you it.
Now on to the good stuff...
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| • | New Artist Gallery! New to Horizon, but another old friend. Welcome Nyx! |
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| • | Fine Men, a J/N epic by sileya |
| • | Most recent uploads |
If you like something you see (or see something you like) please let the author or artist know! Click that "Leave Comment" link. You'll make her day, seriously.
As always, if you've seen or created something that belongs here, you need only let me know! Ditto any comments, criticisms, suggestions.
Follow Horizon on Twitter for updates, to question, comment, rec, whatever.
Thanks for being here. My love to you all. ♥
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July 6, 2010 - Happy International Kissing Day!
Pass it on!
Now on to the good stuff. Unless you're still kissing...
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| • | By NautilusL2! Updo Gray Mucha-Style Sparrow |
| • | By DrBillBongo and The Farmer! Partner Looks (Sheepington!) GoGo Norrie (warning: put down your coffee first) |
| • | "Gag Reels" from DrBillBongo's & The Farmers comics! Debauch You Can't Resist, Mate Note: Links go to comics, because you must see those first! You'll find the links to the gag reels there. |
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| • | Most recent uploads |
If you like something you see (or see something you like) let the author or artist know! Click that "Leave Comment" link. You'll make someone's day.
As always, if you've seen or created something that belongs here, you need only let me know!
Follow Horizon on Twitter for updates, to question, comment, rec, whatever.
Love you guys! Thanks for being here! ♥
May 25, 2010 - Happy Towel Day!
Horizon is now on Twitter! Follow to learn about updates and other news, ask questions, comment, discuss, whatever else people do in this strange, new (to me) world that is Twitter.
The Resources page is taking on a life of its own! Several nifty new links added, not just Age of Sail/PotC-related, but useful stuff for writers in general. Enjoy!
Here's what else is new...
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| • | The Challenge , a J/N epic by Like A Hurricane. |
| • | Most recent uploads |
If you like something you see (or see something you like) let the author or artist know, eh? Click that "Leave Comment" link. You'll make someone's day.
As always, if you've seen or created something that belongs here, please let me know!
Thanks, all. You're the best. ♥
February 3, 2010 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY HORIZON!
New stories and artwork are welcome, as always! Either new new, or just new to Horizon, as long as they fit somewhere within the Guidelines. Over the past year, at least two more sites have vanished, leaving material on Horizon that appears nowhere else on the interwebs. Help save endangered fanworks from extinction! See the FAQ for more info about archiving on Horizon.
Last but not least, if you read or look at something here that makes you happy, or makes you think, please consider taking a moment to leave a comment. Let the authors and artists know they are still appreciated! There's a "Leave Comment" link at the bottom of every story and art page.
And now, just for you...
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| • | Beyond the Horizon, a J/N epic by Like A Hurricane. |
| • | Most recent uploads |
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| • | Resources Page! The 'Resources' section was threatening to take over the Links page, so it has its own home now. If you have a favorite reference site that might help other authors and artists, please share! |
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November 1, 2009 - Happy Authors Day!
Huzzah!
Not a huge update for you. Most of the time spent has been behind-the-scenes, fixing crap code and all that other little stuff that just adds up. And the backlog is dwindling. Whew!
If I managed to break something in the act of fixing it with my mad skillz, please let me know!
Now on to the good stuff...
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| • | Tyger, Tyger, a J/N epic by Like A Hurricane |
| • | Most recent uploads |
Last but not least, have you seen or created something that belongs here? Tell me!
Thank you for being here. ♥
September 29 , 2009 - Happy 251st Birthday Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson
We've been getting a ton of hits lately from Delicious. Many thanks to you Delicious members! Hope you will continue to bookmark your favorites, especially the older stuff people may have forgotten. Any of you not familiar with Delicious, check it out. It's free and easy.
I'm working on expanding the Resources section of the Links page. If you know any sites that would be useful to fic writers or fan artists, please let me know!
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| • | New Artist Gallery! Well, new gallery, not new artist. You oldtimers will remember her and her adorable kitties. Welcome mangaKat! |
| • | New Art by NautilusL2! Childhood Family Heaven Introduction |
| • | From Elessil, for you aspiring manippers! Manipping Tutorial Behind-the-Scenes: Creating the picture Brothers In Arms |
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| • | Dead Men Tell No Tales - a J/N epic by E. Batagur, sequel to One Silly Bloody Wish Later |
| • | Most recent uploads |
Last but not least, have you seen or created something that belongs here? Tell me!
Have a pimp button. Share the lurve. Thank you for being here. ♥
August 31, 2009 - Happy Birthday to the Movies!
Second, it is thrilling to see people coming into the Livejournal PotC community through Horizon! Our beloved fandom continues to grow even after all this time, and how cool is that?
Third, the massive backlog is under attack, and is shrinking slowly but steadily. Stay tuned!
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| • | New Artist Gallery! Welcome Rebecca and her lovely Pirate Novels! |
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| • | Most recent uploads and there's quite a bit this time! |
Last but not least, have you seen or created something that belongs here? Let me know!
Thanks for being here. You guys rock like Gibraltar. ♥
July 25, 2009 - R.I.P. Nelson's right arm (ouch), 212 years ago today
| • | Two very different takes on James and Elizabeth, by NautilusL2 : Elizabeth and James Scruffington and Lizzy |
If you see (or create) a story or picture that belongs on Horizon? Drop me a line and let me know. Thank you for your help, and thank you for being here! ♥
Take a pimp button. Take a few. Give nothing back.
June 2, 2009 - Happy Saint Elmo's Day, patron saint of sailors.
In other news, Happy Birthday (June 9) to Johnny Depp and (coincidentally) Captain Jack Sparrow. June's birthstone is a Pearl. Of course!
Here's what's been uploaded in the last month. Not much, but yours truly has fallen behind (temporarily, I promise).
Have you read something or looked at something wonderful here? Please let the author and/or artist know by leaving feedback! Use the comment link at the bottom of every fic and art page.
Last but not least, thanks for the positive responses to the last update. I confess I was a little worried about flames, but nary a one. Thanks guys. You are the best! ♥
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May 9, 2009 - Your Ownership of Your Work
Regarding a fandom-oriented blogging service that has just opened, and the mindset that since creators of fan works are themselves infringing on copyright, they have (and deserve) no say in where their material is re-published, or by whom:
Please be reassured. This is NOT Horizon's position, and it will never be. Whether you create fanfiction, fan-art, original fic or art, meta, or just babble in your blog, your work belongs to you. Horizon will never publish it without your permission in advance. This is spelled out all official-like in Ye Articles, and it's not going to change.
Thank you for being here. ♥
May 1, 2009 - Happy May Day!
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| • | New Artist Gallery! Welcome Manic Intent! Another renaissance woman. (We are so blessed in this fandom.) |
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| • | Three J/N epics by Manic Intent. All beautifully illustrated. Fathoms Guardian Angel White Admiral |
| • | Most recent uploads |
As Always, your recommendations, comments, criticisms and suggestions are welcome and appreciated!
Anyone feel like helping out with formatting? Drop me a line.
Thank you all for being here! ♥
April 6, 2009 - Happy Birthday, Twinkies!
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| • | Between Wind and Water, a magnificent J/N epic by Rex Luscus! |
| • | Most recent uploads |
As Always, your recommendations, comments, criticisms and suggestions are welcome and appreciated!
Have a pimp button. Spread the joy!
March 14, 2009 - HAPPY PI DAY, FELLOW PI-RATES
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| • | More of DrBillBongo's adorable cartoons! (Rehearsal and At Variance) |
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| • | Never Say Die, a J/N epic by Hippediva & Elessil, with an illustration by Elessil! |
| • | One Silly, Bloody Wish Later, a J/N epic by E. Batugur |
| • | Most recent uploads |
As Always, I welcome your recommendations, comments, criticisms and suggestions! Email me any time.
Have a pimp button. Take two, they're small.
February 3, 2009 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY HORIZON!
We're up to 375 stories, including 24 novel-length epics, and 84 pieces of fan art. And a ton yet to upload!
A year ago, hours and even days went by without a single visitor. Now, the site is never empty. There's always a minimum of one visitor onsite, every moment, every day. How cool is that?
Thank you wonderful people for making this worth the effort! ♥ ♥ ♥
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| • | New Artist Gallery! AinSoph15 is another one of those renaissance women who does it all. See her pretties. Read her stories. |
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| • | Merely Players, a J/N epic by Hippediva & Elessil, with an illustration by Elessil! |
| • | Pirate Dreams, a J/W epic by Alexfandra. |
| • | Most recent uploads |
As Always, I welcome your recommendations, comments, criticisms and suggestions! Email me any time.
Have a pimp button. Take two, they're small.
January 1, 2009 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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| • | Blast from the Past: Cartoons by DrBillBongo and The Farmer (the Lennon and McCartney of Silly). Welcome aboard to The Farmer! |
As Always, I welcome your recommendations, comments, criticisms and suggestions! Email me any time.
Thank you for all your help, and thank you for being here! ♥
November 27, 2008 - Have You Hugged Your Turkey Today?
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| • | New Artist Gallery! Welcome Rex Luscus, and her 1748 Royal Navy Pin-up Calendar. And she's a women of many talents, so check out her stories while you're at it. |
| • | Two additions to Elessil's gallery: Purr-ley - A lovely interlude on the beach. James knows just where to skritch. Wanton (a collaboration with Betrue) - A much steamier interlude. Jack knows just where to... |
Have you seen (or created) a story or picture that belongs on Horizon? Drop me a line and let me know. Thank you for your help, and thank you for being here! ♥
October 31, 2008 - BO00oooOOOOo!! Happy Hallowe'en! Blessed Samhain!
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| • | An addition to Justawench's Gallery, in which Jack Sparrow enjoys the beach at Cuckmere Haven. Could he be waiting for someone...? |
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| • | An Evening With Jack Shaftoe, by Tessabeth. This is a crossover between PotC and the Baroque Cycle, and a "choose-your-own-adventure" story, so it's actually several stories in one. |
| • | Most recent uploads |
Do you know of a story (old or new) that should be here, and isn't? How about artwork? I'd be so grateful if you'd drop me a line and let me know. Thank you for your help, and thank you for being here! ♥
August 30, 2008 - Happy Toasted Marshmallow Day!
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| • | Plotting and Planning, by NautilusL2—an interesting take on Captain James Norrington! |
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| • | Most recent uploads |
Do you know of a story (old or new) that should be here, and isn't? How about artwork? Please drop me a line and let me know. With the new job and all, I need all the help I can get. Thank you! ♥
July 31, 2008 - Belated Happy Birthday, PotC! (July 9, 2003)
As part of the celebration, the Livejournal community Raise_the_Dead held the 2008 Summer Swagfest, a fic exchange that produced 23 wonderful stories by some top-notch authors. Many of these works will appear here (or have, by now), but you can read them all at the community. You'll find slash, het, gen, and just about any pairing you can imagine. And all quality stuff.
Raise_the_Dead got its start as a sanctuary for writers with CotBP-era fics in progress and fans who prefer that universe. It has since evolved into a CotBP-era fic challenge community. Need an idea? Then this is the place for you!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MATEYS!
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Do you know of a story (old or new) that should be here, and isn't? How about artwork? Please drop me a line and let me know. Thank you for being here, and let's keep this magnificent fandom going another five years! ♥ ♥ ♥
June 26, 2008 - Happy Rat Catcher's Day!
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| • | Justawench gives us poor Jack during the Mutiny (an illustration for Powdermonkey's Truths & Lies series). |
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| • | Most recent uploads |
Do you know of a story (old or new) that should be here, and isn't? How about artwork? I'd be so grateful if you'd drop me a line and let me know. Thank you for your help, and thank you for being here! ♥
May 25, 2008 - Happy Nerd Pride Day!
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| • | Interactive Dress-Up James, by NautilusL2. To keep Dress-Up Jack company! |
| • | Jack in Singapore, by Justawench, an illustration for Sixth Nut Out of the Locker, part of Powdermonkey's Nuts Out series |
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| • | Most recent uploads |
Thank you to everyone who emailed over the past month with recs and comments and suggestions. You guys are the best! ♥
April 26, 2008 - Happy Richter Day! May the Earth move for you (in a good way).
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| • | NautilusL2 presents: Gillette |
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| • | Most recent uploads |
| • | There are now 300 stories in the archive! *throws confetti* |
Attention Turrow Fans! I need your help. I want your pairing well-represented here, but I'm just not as familiar with it as you are. So I'd like to know: What was the story that got you into this pairing in the first place? And if you had to pick the best of the best J/W (or Will genfic) stories of all time, what would they be? If they aren't here already, I'd like to try and get them. Email me your recs, please? (I'd prefer stories set in the CotBP universe, but that's "only guidelines.")
And to you and everyone: Thank you for everything. ♥
April 15, 2008 - Happy Ides of April!
When I asked you for permission to host your work, many of you had the same concern: Would you be able to have your stuff taken off the site, if for any reason you wanted it off? Some of you had some real webmaster horror stories.
Now I have a webmaster horror story of my very own, identical to many of yours. Holy cats, no wonder this is such an issue! I understood before, but there's nothing like having been there to really get it.
So let me just state the following, for the record. I hope it puts any remaining fears to rest.
| Nothing gets posted on Horizon without permission in advance, ever. Your work belongs to you. It is a privilege to host it, not a right. The correct response to "I don't want to be on your site" is not anger, whining, guilt-tripping and argument. The correct response is "No problem." No questions asked. Your reasons (much as I might be dying of curiosity) are your business, unless you choose to share. So, if any of you ever want out of here, just let me know. I'll remove your work and email you the files. If I've made your story a cover, that's my gift to you. |
I'll put that with ye Official Manifesto, but I wanted to get it under your noses first.
And that's all for now! I am grateful to you all, writers, artists, fans. Thank you for being here! ♥
March 29, 2008 - Happy (Spring or Fall as the case may be)!
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| • | Three lovely additions to Justawench's Gallery: Heart's Desire Sated Jack's map of Shipwreck Cove |
| Fiction | |
| • | Most recent uploads |
The site focuses mostly on CotBP-Universe stories and art, but that doesn't mean it has to have been created back then. If I've missed something old OR new that belongs here, I want to know about it. Thank you for your help! ♥
February 29, 2008 - Happy Leap Day!
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| • | Groves and Gillette - new art by NautilusL2 |
| • | New Artist Gallery - welcome Mithrilarrow! |
| Fiction | |
| • | Turn of the Tide, a new segment in the Jack/James arc of the Men Must Work universe by Gryphon's Lair |
| • | Most recent uploads |
As always, your comments, suggestions and story/art recommendations are very much appreciated ♥
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