Imagine That: WFOL 2013 - CONCENTRATION GAME

Vincent and Catherine walking up the steps from Bethesda Terrace in the snow, hand in hand. Text reads: There will come a day for all of us that shows us without doubt or room for discussion that all the roads of our lives have led directly to here, by Tyler Knott Gregson

BEYOND THE STAINED GLASS

~ an arc of stories ~

These are Continuing Classic Beauty and the Beast fanfiction stories taking place some time after the events of A Kingdom by the Sea and instead of the last four episodes of Season 2 of the TV series (The Hollow Men and the Trilogy). I wholly leave canon at this point and create a different world of possibilities for Vincent and Catherine (and Father and Mouse) Above in the city of New York and Below in the Tunnels, hopefully always true to character and using the first 40 episodes as inspiration and guide.

Progressive from I Carry Your Heart, subsequent stories reference earlier-introduced characters, images and experiences, so the stories really should be read in order.

Further down the main page are links to several stories posted on the fanfiction site, Everything. While these stories are not technically part of the Beyond the Stained Glass arc, they were written within the same universe, because I don't seem to be able to think outside my own box!

I hope you enjoy your visit here. Feedback is welcomed and appreciated. If you'd like, leave a comment after any chapter or send me an email.

~ Carole W.

STORIES

I CARRY YOUR HEART ~ February, 2008

set after the events of A Kingdom by the Sea

also published on Tunnel Tales

MARRIAGE MORNING ~ March, 2008

an immediate sequel to I Carry Your Heart

(adult content)

(adult-themed fan art links in the references)

also published on The Steam Tunnels

A GREAT AND THOROUGH GOOD ~ April/May, 2008

immediately following I Carry Your Heart and Marriage Morning

A Trilogy

Interludes ~ Questions ~ The Only Gift

also published on Tunnel Tales

IRON BEHIND THE VELVET ~ July, 2008~ ???

follows A Great and Thorough Good

(some adult content throughout)

in draft

This story is unfinished and please be warned:

I'm slow. And I must – must – tweak. :-)

The archway between …

THANK YOU ... LOVE ... ~ April, 2012

**a foreshadowing of The Trip to the Lake story I'm planning**
Originally a submission to the 100-word challenge at BatBLand

for the April 12th Anniversary Celebration

~ Of Love and Gratitude ~

THE THING WITH FEATHERS ~ March, 2008
a flash-forward from I Carry Your Heart
An Anniversary Celebration story
originally published on BatBLand's April 12th, 2008 Celebration

SUPPOSING I DREAMED THIS ~ March, 2012
a flash-forward in the Beyond the Stained Glass arc
Originally published as one of the Night View Vignettes
for BatBLand's March 22nd Memorial
~ a celebration of Chan's inspiration to all of us ~

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(these links take you to stories posted on the fan fic site, Everything …)

WITH WHOM BUT THEE
an expansion of Nor Iron Bars a Cage

RESIDUUM
an expansion of Down to a Sunless Sea

THE WIND ... BLOWING IN THE SAME BARE PLACE
from Winslow's perspective ... Shades of Gray

THE PAUSE
... ... ...
What might Vincent be thinking? An imagining from Promises of Someday

OH SWEETEST SONG
Vincent's bed squeaks … a writing prompt inspired by Labyrinths

STILL CAN'T SAY GOODBYE
Jamie's Story … Below this City ~ The Hearthside Stories

AT FIRST SIGHT
The Broken Headlamp ~ The Keepsake Stories

BADGES OF GRIEF AND PATIENCE
Sebastien's Story … Secret-Keepers ~ Hearthside Stories II

THE LOVE, THE HOPE, THE PROPHECY
That moment between the rescue and their leave-taking ~ Shades of Gray

A/N: Winslow's, Jamie's, and this last Shades of Gray story dovetail.
The wind … blowing and The Love, The Hope ...
correspond in time … sort of. (There's no necessary order to the two.)
Jamie's story and Winslow's are specifically connected (Winslow's best read first)