March 28th, 2004 
08:51 am Long Way Home by Hutchrules3
Another gen rec...who knew?:) Although, this is really what I consider 95% of gen in SH to be, pre-slash.

Fandom: Starsky and Hutch

Pairing: Starsky and Hutch

Fic Link: http://meandthee.shahrazad.net/display.php?storyid=352

Why this must be read:

There's three sides to every story, babe...

There's yours, and there's mine, and the cold hard truth.


This is set around the night Vanessa left Hutch. Calling from a phone booth outside of Huggy's, Hutch turns to the only person that matters in this world...Starsky. And his friend will take care of him because of the bond that they share. It's not about sex, it's about an emerging partnership.
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08:57 am Compassion's Heart by Charlotte Frost
Fandom: Starsky and Hutch

Pairing: Starsky and Hutch

Fic Link: http://www.squidge.org/~flamingo/starskyhutchslash/HAS2/compaspro.htm

Why this must be read: This is from the zine Heart and Soul 2 and has always stuck with me as being a great read. The story starts off with a letter, written by a drunken Starsky in the Dobey's kitchen late at night. Instructions For Being Hutch's Partner, written by David Starsky. The list is heartfelt in itself, but the path that their lives take them on afterwords makes re-reading the list completely changed. Starsky makes Dobey promise to keep the list safe and give it to Hutch's new partner if something should happen to him. A few bad cases and some discoveries on their own lead them into life turns that they hadn't expected. Then, when Hutch receives the letter from Dobey for other reasons, it means so much more than what Starsky originally planned it to. The love, the understanding, the heartfelt concern of one partner for another is felt in those crooked, wandering lines written by Starsky one late night so long ago.
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01:19 pm Beech Hall by Aucta Sinistra (NC-17)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Author Website: Harry Potter stories available at Inkstain
Why this must be read:

In the story, Snape is in need of some protection and is taken in by Harry, who has just bought a very cranky house. This story has all the right elements that makes a Harry Potter story appeal to me - nice length, magical theory, romance, a little angst, sex, happy ending. I would definitely recommend it for an enjoyable Sunday afternoon read. And what do you know, it's Sunday!

Beech Hall
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02:03 pm The Cost of a Used Spaceship by Marie Blackpool (PG)
Fandom: STARGATE SG-1
Pairing: Jack/Daniel (sort of, barely)
Author on LJ: N/A
Author Website: unknown
Why this must be read: To really appreciate this story, you will need to see the episodes Tin Man and Double Jeopardy before reading it. This is some subtle, beautiful writing, and it has long been one of my favorite stories in this or any fandom. Really, nothing is out in the open here; all the important stuff is swimming under the surface, undercurrents of love and regret and desire, and things not said, and not understood. This scenario is something that *could* have been, in canon. Lovely tale of loss and realization, and a hopeful, bittersweet ending.

Excerpt from The Cost of a Used Spaceship )

The Cost of a Used Spaceship
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02:16 pm Heaven is a place on earth by Veronica and Dolimir - NC-17
Fandom: The Sentinel
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Author on LJ: dolimir and veronicaluv
Author Website: fiction archive at Aithine.org and click on "Veronica". AFAIK Dolimir doesn't have her own website anymore. A lot of her TS slash stories are archived at 852 Prospect.
Why this must be read

I guess a lot of people would choose other stories by Dolimir or Veronica to label it "their best" but this one stuck with me because of the powerful emotions which are shown in it. Plot? Jim and Blair have a fight that could easily lead to the ultimate break up, but doesn't.

Heaven is a Place on Earth
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03:23 pm Gan Gets Some by Twisted Sister (NC-17)
Fandom: BLAKES7
Pairings: Gan/Avon, Gan/Tarrant
Author on LJ:?
Author's Website:?
Why this mustbe read:

It's smut! It's meta! It's smut AND meta!

This is part of a round robin. GanFan Supreme Twisted Sister’s meta-contribution interrupts Tarrant and Soolin in their quarrel about the best way to comfort Avon after being raped by Bayban. The Writer now only about 5 feet tall, and wearing a heavy sweater and jeans has her own idea of a suitable response.

Deciding on the ubiquitous yet luxurious hotel room, she created a room with rich furnishings including a fireplace complete with a roaring fire, and a large bed with black satin sheets which would contrast nicely against Avon’s fair skin. She decided somewhat reluctantly to save the Jacuzzi for another thread. (The chocolate-flavored oil, however, is deployed…)

Who better, the Writer decided, to supply the comfort than the most gentle, nurturing, underused (and putatively well-hung) character? At first, Gan demurs If that’s what happens to you when you’re a popular character, I don’t think I’ve been missing much, but really, how can he hurt the Writer’s feelings? And how can he NOT give in to Avon’s demands to be Comforted, tout suite? And, when Gan, in search of a news update about Vila, encounters a pouting ("brooding"), jealous, snockered Tarrant in the hotel bar, how can he NOT provide hangover remedies and home comforts?

Gan Gets Some
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07:59 pm Parseltongue-tied by DementorDelta (NC-17)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dementordelta
Author Website: Serpensortia
Why this must be read:

Warnings for Snake Assisted Wanking

Okay, so you just read the line above and thought to yourself, 'Uhm. Ewww.' But no, don't run away! The story is really very sweet and charming. Okay. It's a little bit perverted, but in a oddly very hot way. This is another post-war story. In it, Harry is unsure what to do with his life and decides to spend the summer in relative solitude to ponder his future. He meets a snake (no, really, a reptile) and they form an unlikely, strange friendship. The story is not too long and it's an interesting read. Check it out.

Parseltongue-tied
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08:12 pm Scheherazade by Lee the T (PG)
Fandom: MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: None, Gen
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] leethet
Author Website: Her works, both gen and slash, can be found on File 40
Why this must be read: Because this is the perfect story for showing the level of commitment Illya and Napoleon have, not only to each other, but to the job they've signed on to do. The scenario is one that's all too real for men who live and work in the shadowy arena of Cold War espionage, and the only way they survive is through their faith. This story makes me tear up every time I read it, and despite that it's one I re-read frequently.

an excerpt )

I hope you enjoy this story as much as I do.

Scheherazade
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08:40 pm With Kings by Lee the T (R, maybe NC-17)
Fandom: MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] leethet
Author Website: Her works, both gen and slash, can be found on File 40
Why this must be read: Because this is one of the finest Napoleon-pov slash stories in this fandom, plain and simple. Angst, jealousy and humor blend seamlessly, seasoned with a bit of action and a touch of hurt/comfort to bring things to a boil. And boil they do.

Can you tell I found it impossible to rec only one of Lee the T's stories?

an excerpt )

I hope you enjoy this story as much as I do.

With Kings
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11:00 pm Trans-Atlantic Transcript, by Amand_r [Gen]
Fandom: HIGHLANDER
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] amand_r
Author Website: http://www10.brinkster.com/amandr/

Why this must be read: This is amand-r's own contribution to this year's Highlander Lyric Wheel, which she moderates. For a story that's told completely through dialogue, and chat dialogue at that, it captures the characters perfectly, and there's even a plot! (At least, a second-hand plot.) It's also friggin' hilarious, right from the start, where JustAGuy101 is giving CullodenSucked pointers on chat. (Duncan likes emoticons, it turns out.) DeltaBluesMan and GoSpeedRacerGo show up to chat as well, and since it's Christmas, there's an undertone of holiday spirit -- even of holiday loneliness, since Duncan is Paris and Richie is in Verona. But they're all coming to Joe's for Christmas.

I tried to choose an excerpt from the story, and failed; it has to be read all at once. So just go and read it. Warning: Drinking coke or coffee while reading this can be hazardous to your keyboard.

Trans-Atlantic Transcript
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