Seeking Ferret

I default on PurimGifts this year, by putting it off to the last moment and then having the last moment hit with a work crisis. :( But I got amazing stories as gifts, and I want to point everyone to them.


They're all Gentlemen of the Road fics, Michael Chabon's delightful mashup of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser with medieval Jewish history. The stories imagine a visit by Amram and Zelikman to a Jerusalem that has Jews but is not Jewish, and the connections they forge with the Jews of Jerusalem as strangers coming home to a strange place. The depictions of food are gloriously rich, the character portraits are concise and brilliant, and they're warm and pointy and thoughtful and I love them.

Open Your Hand Wide (879 words) by opalmatrix
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Gentlemen of the Road - Michael Chabon
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Amram (Gentlemen of the Road) & Zelikman (Gentlemen of the Road)
Characters: Amram (Gentlemen of the Road), Zelikman (Gentlemen of the Road), Original Child Character(s)
Additional Tags: charity - Freeform, Travel, Collection: Purimgifts Day 1
Summary:

They are strangers sojourning in a strange land, even if it's theoretically their own, when they are approached by a younger sibling they didn't know they had.

These I Remember (861 words) by opalmatrix
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Gentlemen of the Road - Michael Chabon
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Zelikman (Gentlemen of the Road), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Strangers, Travel, Chance Meetings, Memories, Collection: Purimgifts Day 2
Summary:

Zelikman's errand leads to painful memories and an unexpected meeting.

May Our House Be Open (992 words) by opalmatrix
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Gentlemen of the Road - Michael Chabon
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Amram (Gentlemen of the Road), Zelikman (Gentlemen of the Road), Original Characters
Additional Tags: hospitality, Friendship, Judaism, Shabbat | Sabbath | Sabt, Collection: Purimgifts Day 3
Summary:

A Sabbath meal becomes something more.

The rest of the collection is here. I haven't read much of it yet but I'm sure there's lots of brilliant stuff as usual.