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1. Public Bookmark 89

   John Childermass's Last Employer by shutterbird for Relia

   Fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   24 Dec 2012

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • John Childermass/Gilbert Norrell
   • John Childermass
   • Gilbert Norrell
   • Pre-Canon
   • Footnotes

   Summary

   To the city of York, in the year of our Lord 1780, there came a young man who had fallen upon hard times.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,574

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Collections:

   1

   Comments:

   75

   Kudos:

   336

   Bookmarks:

   89

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   07 Jun 2026

2. Public Bookmark 4

   The Habits of Longing by dancing_satyr

   Fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV)  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   10 Jan 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • John Childermass/John Segundus
   • John Segundus
   • John Childermass
   • Post-Canon
   • Magic
   • Pining
   • Minor Injuries
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Getting Together
   • Fairy Tale Elements

   Summary

   In late November at Starecross Hall, a rose bush blooms.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   7,375

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   6

   Kudos:

   32

   Bookmarks:

   4

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   29 May 2026

3. Public Bookmark 7

   The Eccentricities of his Profession by euromagpie

   Fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   11 Jan 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • John Childermass/John Segundus
   • John Segundus
   • John Childermass
   • more characters to be added as we post
   • Post-Canon
   • Slow Burn
   • the romance is not a focal point tbh dont expect a huge amount
   • 19th century politics
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • Period Typical Language
   • i am telling you now that i am using period typical language and i mean it
   • i cannot emphasise those two period typical tags enough
   • no beta if it sucks it sucks
   • you do not need to be extraordinary to be important (threat)
   • Mr segundus journey to political awareness
   • magic doesn't exist in a vacuum
   • we will get to london and arabella and Emma but it will take a while
   • social unrest
   • state sponsored violence
   • Period-Typical Racism
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • period typical classism
   • fictional depictions of real people
   • Fictional Depictions of Real Events
   • use of religious references and theology by an atheist author
   • childermass is a lurking lurker who lurks
   • descriptions of dead bodies
   • Public executions
   • Whump
   • Hurt/Comfort

   Summary

   The Events of the Spring of 1819 concerning the Revolt of the Publick against Crown and State; or The state of the Northern Peoples, what they intend to do about this, and the consequences thereof, as experienced by Mr John Segundus, Esq.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   87,790

   Chapters:

   17/?

   Comments:

   131

   Kudos:

   26

   Bookmarks:

   7

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   28 May 2026

4. Public Bookmark 5

   As the Blackthorn Blooms by euromagpie

   Fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   18 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • John Childermass/John Segundus
   • John Childermass
   • John Segundus
   • Vinculus (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
   • Pre-Relationship
   • Blood and Violence
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • kind of. childermass' version of comfort i guess
   • Post-Canon

   Summary

   On their way to York, Childermass and Vinculus come across a body, the identity of which comes as an unhappy surprise to Childermass. Spring, for all its endings, is still the time for the unexpected to begin anew.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   5,227

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   5

   Kudos:

   20

   Bookmarks:

   5

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   28 May 2026

5. Public Bookmark 10

   A Very Starecross Christmas by euromagpie

   Fandoms: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   30 Dec 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • John Childermass/John Segundus
   • John Childermass & John Segundus
   • John Childermass
   • John Segundus
   • Mrs Lennox (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
   • Hannah (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
   • Pre-Slash
   • Christmas
   • mumming and guising
   • Ice Skating
   • Near Death
   • Possession
   • Charades
   • obligatory vinculus but not enough to tag him
   • regency christmas
   • woe anachronisms be upon ye
   • starecross students and teachers you GET IT
   • Melodrama
   • childermass struggling to allow himself to be loved and respected
   • childermass also being a bit of a see you next tuesday but we love him for it anyway
   • oh yeah Deliberately Bad poetry. have you read a mummer's play? its rough

   Summary

   When Childermass arrives at Starecross in the winter of 1817, he finds Segundus willing to forgive their previous unhappy meetings, but there are others with a less charitable view towards his re-appearance. A House does not forget easily.

   (This fic is set in the same verse as Eccentricities, but you do not need to have read either to understand the other)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   54,443

   Chapters:

   8/8

   Comments:

   25

   Kudos:

   31

   Bookmarks:

   10

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   24 May 2026