where i am, what i am,
what i believe in
This is an alternate universe. I tried to keep it canon, but the characters just wouldn't let me. So I went with it. At this point, books #1 - #6 have taken place just as JC wrote. Before that and after that, things change a bit.
These stories feature the Bob-Whites and other Sleepyside residents, oh -- and a nice Jewish family from Brooklyn. I suppose I ought to have changed the names, but I just couldn't. Hopefully I won't get sued.
Stories are rated blue, purple, yellow, or red star according to the Jixemitri Rating System.
ride by thumbin'
June 1951
Written for a CWC & JixAnny 17, a brief look at Regan when he was 17 years old.
(1,660 words)
if i close my eyes
March 1956 - September 1956
Find out what the year 1956 has in store for Danny Mangan.
This story starts before book #1 and ends after book #3.
(13,705 words)
i came to travel
December 1956
CWE 11 written in tribute to Mary Carey who left us too soon.
(6,030 words)
home's the most excellent place
September 1956 - February 1957
Danny finally has a home, but there's some adjusting to do.
(14,492 words)
don't know what i thought i would find
February 1957
It's books 7 and 8, combined, and yet not at all books 7 and 8, because they just didn't fit into this universe. Not to mention they don't fit together in canon either. But it is February, and Danny makes it to Sleepyside where he meets his uncle and all the Bob-Whites.
(36,271 words)
there's a gleam in your eye
August 1957
What happens when a bunch of teenagers stay in Manhattan for a week? Especially if one of those teenagers is Dan Mangan and another is Trixie Belden? Rediscover the secret of the idol in this alternate take on the story.
(71,319 words)
forgive the past with me
August 1957
Well, one week extends into two because things just can't be resolved quite that quickly, even when Trixie's on the case. Find out the secret of those darned papers.
Rated Purple Star for descriptions of child abuse.
(62,745 words)
that one girl and life is sweet
September 1957
Dan visits Sleepyside and spends more time with Honey.
Rated Purple Star for descriptions of bullying and eating disorders.
(26,566 words)
by the edge of the river
October 1957
Brian falls for a black girl in the 1950s. Things get complicated.
(40,852 words)
to hear you whisper
November 1958
Fay Franklin moves to Sleepyside.
(~40,000 words; posting in progress)
it's all about we
February 1959
Honey dates another boy.
(12,741 words)
you're there to lead me home
November 1959
Dan gets an unexpected visitor and the Diamonds' walls are stretched a little further.
(8,892 words)
we're thankful for the time we're living
November 1959
Tim spends Thanksgiving in his new home.
(23,748 words)
from a furious fate
December 1959
Tim adjusts to life after war.
(4,573+; writing in progress)
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