deadfinch | driveby recs, january 2023

read naomi novik's spinning silver at the start of the month, which i had mixed feelings about. no real critiques - it was solidly entertaining, not quite my id but still fun. mostly i think i'm disappointed that a book about three women's lives being inextricably bound by magic wasn't nearly as femslashy as i'd hoped.

but! i liked the idea of wanda/miryem, so here are 3 wanda/miryem recs for you, no commentary because i'm lazy but hey, that's what the summary's for:

in a bed of apricots by

Chestnut_pod
E, Spinning Silver, Wanda/Miryem, 7k
And Ruth said: 'Entreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people; and thy orgasms shall be my orgasms.'

Six Kopecks by

nimblermortal
T, Spinning Silver, Wanda/Miryem, 6k
In a world in which Miryem never mentions she can spin silver into gold, Wanda moves in with the Mandelstams, survives famine, and tries to make all her dreams of stability, family, and love come true.

Accounting for the Keys by

UrsulaKohl
G, Spinning Silver, Wanda/Miryem, 1k
I decided to start with a simple kind of magic, a kind I understood. I counted the years.