Still Sharpe!

These are works of fan-fiction. I don't want to upset anyone, least of all Mr Bernard Cornwell, who is a complete star for having invented Richard Sharpe int first place! All names and characters belong to him (save the one or two I made up, "in the style of"). All double-entendres, in-jokes and references to TV episodes or books are absolutely not a coincidence so are in fact completely intentional, mostly done with tongue firmly placed in cheek.
These were written purely to have fun with the characters during the long, humid summer of 2006, in wonderfully tropical Hong Kong.

I have to thank Mr Cornwell, Sean Bean and Daragh O'Malley, the indispensable Sue Law and her site "Short Barrels and Long Bumpers" (for technical stuff on Baker rifles), the amazing Robert Burns Country site, the mind-blowingly useful Wikipedia site, the wonderful family of like-minded Sean Porn connoisseurs over at the Sean Bean Google Group, the makers/discoverors of vodka, and of course Taylors of Harrogate (without whom absolutely no work would have been done. I'd be lying if I said I didn't name a Rifleman after them in gratitude!).

All stories take place in Spain, shortly before the TV episode "Sharpe's Regiment" (for obvious reasons!). They can be read individually, but it'd make so much more sense if they were read in order.

All stories are rated 12 (UK)
for content the BBFC would charmingly call "offensive language", "mild peril", and "frightening battle scenes".
They all rate pretty high on the ol' Bugger-o-meter™ ~ fighting really brings out the invectives...

Please feel free to leave comments (damning or, hopefully, otherwise) through the LiveJournal link (just stroke the Sharpe, LOL).

More guns than "Equilibrium"!
More balls than "When Saturday Comes"!
More French than a Chelsea defensive line!

Thrill at the continuing adventures of
Richard Sharpe (and Pat Harper!) in:

The first fan-fic ~ Spain, cartographers, shooting, swearing and shagging...

The second fan-fic ~ Spanish tea, Lieutenants, baby Patrick and epic battles...

The third fan-fic ~ evil wenches, sieges and taper capers...
For Jana ~ please forgive me!

The fourth fan-fic ~ a Colonel's daughters, biscuits, boots and South Essex silk...

The fifth fan-fic ~ battered heads, the Major's shiny knobs, Spanish girls and callous Colonels...

The sixth and last fan-fic ~ dodgy ladies, window ledges at midnight, and Lawford on the prowl...
For everyone on the Sean Bean Google Group and at the Bean Daily. That was the summer that was!

And that's all the stories that are fit to print... I hope someday I'll sit down and write some more - after all, Richard and Pat must march again. But not with me at the helm, and not right now. Perhaps one day, eh?
Thanks to everyone who read them, either here or at fanfiction.net, and commented. I value all comments and criticism. Most of all, thanks for being interested and giving my work a chance!

This page created 15th July, updated 21st November, 2006 by The Mardy Bum.

"You have a habit, Sharpe, of deserving gratitude by methods that deserve condemnation."
(The General Sir Arthur Wellesley, "Sharpe's Eagle".)

Harper believes in the Trinity. "The Baker rifle," Sharpe said, "the sword bayonet, and me." ("Sharpe's Havoc".)

And now for something completely different: