August 15th, 2005 
12:43 am In the Glow of the Footlights by Widget (R)
Fandom: HORATIO HORNBLOWER
Pairing: Archie Kennedy/Kitty Cobham
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] widget285
Author Website: The Widgeteria
Why this must be read:

In The Duchess and the Devil, Archie tells Horatio he recognizes Kitty from Drury Lane. Archie's misspent youth hanging around the theatre has become a favorite source of speculation among fic writers. [livejournal.com profile] widget285 takes it one step further, imaging an AU in which Archie never joined the navy, instead entering into the theatre world as an actor and aspiring writer. Into his life comes Kitty Cobham, the Incomparable and they forge an alliance, she as his muse, he as her protege. [livejournal.com profile] widget285's Kitty is strong, complicated and vibrantly real, a woman come into her own with age, confident in her abilities. The interaction between Kitty and Archie is great and the glimpse of Archie as might have been is perfect.


In The Glow of the Footlights
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01:13 am Horatio Hornblower/Master and Commander/Pirates of the Caribbean/Sharpe (PG)
Title: Five Things That Never Happened to Anyone in the Age of Sail: A Curtainfic Medley by Skud
Pairing: Jack/Stephen, Horatio/Archie, Sparrow/Norrington, Edrington/Sharpe
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] damned_colonial
Author Website: The Scriptorium
Why this must be read:

The suggestion was made that curtainfic is impossible in Age of Sail fandoms. [livejournal.com profile] damned_colonial promptly took this as a challenge. Not a crossover in the traditional sense, this is a set of 5 ficlets with a common theme: curtains. They are by turns humorous and sweet and each one is a perfectly believable snapshot of the time and the characters. This is the kind of curtainfic I could happily read more of.

Five Things That Never Happened to Anyone in the Age of Sail: A Curtainfic Medly
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04:34 am This Is Not A Pickup Line-Starla(R) sequels NC-17
Fandom:QAF:US
Pairing:Brian/Justin
Author on LJ:>Soundczech
Author Website:Blatant Narcissism

Why this must be read:It's another Future fic from Gus'POV. Very different from the last though-another vision of a QAF future. This story is sweet and moving, and at times, very sexy, with a Gus who loves and worries for his father, and a Brian and Justin ripe to reconnect. It comes with two sequels-one from Brian's pov.




Pick Up Line
and the sequels


Green Curry


Father Son Bonding By Josselin
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06:25 am Unexpected by Sinden (NC-17)
Fandom: STARGATE ATLANTIS
Pairing: Sgt. Stackhouse/Sgt. Markham
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] sinden
Author Website: The Dreaming
Why this must be read: Because Sergeants need love too....


It's not something he thought would happen when he enlisted. Back then, it was all about getting the hell out before he became one of the guys he hated, the ones that spent their time drinking and whoring around until not even the local barflies would touch them. Guys like his father.


Unexpected
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11:35 am Lost/Angel (R)
Title Sympathy for the Devil by [livejournal.com profile] ficangel
Pairing: Sawyer/Lindsey
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ficangel
Author Website: None
Why this must be read:

Two sinfully hot, Southern bad boys, up to no good together? That's the premise of this delicious fic, which takes place in the pre-island Lostverse sometime after "Confidence Man." Sawyer has good reason to watch his back, so when a handsome, blue-eyed stranger starts openly staring at him one night at a bar, is it a come-on or something more dangerous? [livejournal.com profile] ficangel spins a good tale, with a vivid sense of place and a gift for describing the uneasy dance between two men who don't trust each other farther than they can spit.


excerpt )

Sympathy for the Devil
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12:23 pm The Sentinel/The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (R)
Title: The Cascade Affair by theyodeler
Pairing: Jim/Blair and Napoleon/Illya
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: http://www.ravenslair.net/foyer.htm
Why this must be read:

This story involves a case that Napoleon and Illya dealt with in 1964. Almost 40 years later a connection appears in Cascade. Now, the senior agents must work with the two police detectives. Napoleon and Illya have been growing older together all these years. This is a complex, interesting and unique fic.


The Cascade Affair
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12:57 pm Lotrips/Harry Potter (M)
Title: Drouble of Wrongness
Pairing: Elijah Wood/Hagrid
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] mordelhin
Author website: Mordelhin's Memories
Why this must be read: This is a short, detail-rich piece of crack!fic with a killer last line.

Drouble of Wrongness
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01:53 pm Closed Connections by Kaynyne (NC-17)
Oh boy, xover day again, always a tricky one for reccing Oz fic, since that one just doesn't easily connect up with too many other fandoms, but here's a good fic to check out, going outside the usual Oz/SVU realm.

Fandom: Oz - La Femme Nikita
Pairing: B/K
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] kaynyne
Author Website: not sure
Why this must be read: Because it's bittersweet and sexy, and teases the reader with an intriguing, sad but satisfying what-if. To say too much more would really be giving everything away, so I'll let this excerpt do the talking:

a sample )

Go here to read the rest:

Closed Connections
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02:44 pm Shimmer by lelise (NC-17)
Fandom: LOTRIPS
Pairing: Liv Tyler/Miranda Otto
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] lelise
Author Website: Lelise's Memories
Why this must be read: This is one of my favourite femmeslash stories. It's a little bitter and a lot lovely.

Shimmer
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05:03 pm The West Wing/Harry Potter (G)
Title: The Ancient Curse of the Bast by Victoria P
Pairing: CJ/Bill Weasley
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] musesfool
Author Website: Achromatic
Why this must be read:

If the two fandoms together don't sell it for you I'm really not sure what will. This is a really fun story, inspired by the truly hilarious canon adventures of CJ and a broken egyptian cat statue. This is not the first story to ever bring Bill Weasley and his cursebreaking skills together with a character from a different fandom and I seriously hope it won't be the last. Fandom needs more crossovers. Especially ones like this.

The Ancient Curse of the Bast
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06:42 pm "Crimes Against Criminals" by serrico (PG-14)

Hey everyone, [livejournal.com profile] clannadlvr  here.  I'm one of your smallfandom rec'ers for the month of August.  I'll be putting up an overview of Early Edition soon, but in the meantime I'd like to get the ball rolling (a little late) with some recs.

Fandom: EARLY EDITION
Pairing: Gary/Brigatti (somewhat)
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] serrico
Author Website: Words, Words, Words
Why this must be read:  One of the major works of this small fandom, [livejournal.com profile] serrico 's "Crimes Against Criminals" has it all: romance, friendship, a paper that comes a day early, and run-ins with the mob.  The author creates a "bad guy" figure who, while original for this story, fits easily into the 'verse of the show.  But more importantly, [livejournal.com profile] serrico  has a keen insight into what makes Gary Hobson tick.  This story shows Gary at his most human; getting in over his head, putting himself in the line of fire.  And in Brigatti's way.  The often contentious, and bitingly flirtatious, relationship between Gary and Brigatti is in full force here...an absolute delight to read.

"Crimes Against Criminals Part 1" , "CAC Part 2" , "CAC Part 3"

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07:20 pm The Entrepreneur and the Artist by Peach (NC-17)
Fandom:QAF:US
Pairing:Justin/Lex Luthor
Author on LJ:Peach1250
Author Website:Peach's Fanfiction

Why this must be read:This is a SV/QAF crossover. It's short and hot, and the author manages to slip a little angst in between the sheets as well. It includes guest appearances by Brian and Clark Kent.
It's very nicely done-a believable encounter with unexpected consequences.

The Entrepreneur and the Artist
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09:16 pm Dark Dealings by Blue Velvet (NC-17)
Sorry for the late start, guys! My name is T.W., and I'll be your X-Men reccer this month. I have a weakness for Hank/Bobby and Kitty/Magneto, so you're going to get a bunch of lovely fics about those four over the next few weeks, plus some great and often overlooked gems. So without further ado:

Fandom: X-MEN COMICVERSE
Pairing: Beast/Dark Beast
Author Website: Unknown
Why this must be read:

There are some stories so deliciously dark that you keep coming back to them for years. Blue Velvet does an amazing job here of mixing snappy patter with threat and seduction and completely sucks you in.

"And now, I'm going to do you one better. I'm going to hurt you. I'm going to humiliate you. And then I'm going to show you that you WILL do what's necessary to survive. When I'm through with you, I'm going to make sure that for the rest of your life, when you look in the mirror you won't be able to face yourself, knowing that we have more in common than you ever dared to think." McCoy grinned wickedly at him, his face a distorted reflection of Hank's own.

Dark Dealings
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09:27 pm Letting Go by Tara O'Shea (G)
Sorry for the late start, guys! It's a whole long story, and as you guys are here for fiction, not autobiography, I'm going to jump right past it and get to the recs. I'm T.W., and I'll be your Firefly reccer this month. As I'm also pimping for X-Men, you're going to be seeing a lot of me!

Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] taraljc
Author Website: http://ljconstantine.com/
Why this must be read:

Tara O'Shea does fantastic fic, and her River POVs are amazing, but one of the things I like best are her wonderful snapshots of the different characters, to the point where it was impossible to choose just one, and I'm probably going to break down and rec Wash's perspective later this month, as it's the perfect companion piece to this snippet about Kaylee falling head over heels.

She was in love with that ship already--he could tell. And you couldn't talk a lick of sense into a girl in love.

Letting Go
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10:39 pm Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe by Rebelcat (G)
Fandom: Starsky and Hutch/Dukes of Hazzard
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Found on www.fanfiction.net
Why this must be read: Because it's funny, crazy, and it's got the General Lee in it. And to quote (with permission)[livejournal.com profile] pheral, who brought this to the light a few weeks ago, it's cute, it's wicked, and it'll make you grin. While short and sweet, it doesn't lack action. S&H chase them Dukes through Bay City... how their worlds happen to collide is a mystery... but it doesn't matter. You get a gem of a car chase (sadly with no Torino, but the Brown Bomb holds it own), and narration by Waylon Jennings. Yep, Waylon Jennings and Starsky and Hutch. Unbelievable as it sounds, Rebelcat nails the tone of both shows so well, I could almost hear the tires screeching and Roscoe P. Coltrane screaming "Them Dukes!!!". And it gets even more cracked out at the end by the guest appearance of a van full of meddling kids.

Yeee-Haaaw... )

And it just gets better from there. You go, Rebelcat.

Read, laugh, send the author feedback.

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe
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10:41 pm Pirates of the Caribbean/Sandman (G)
Title: Death and the Captain by Trinity Day
Pairing: none
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] trinityday
Author Website: none listed; she gives a link to her FF.Net profile
Why this must be read: I've seen surprisingly little fic about what Jack did while he was marooned on that godforsaken island, which seems odd, when you think of it. (For instance, if he came to the island with himself, his compass, and a pistol, and he still has himself, his compass, and a pistol, with what exactly did he "barter passage"?) But that's hardly the point of this fic. If this fic has a point, it's Death -- Neil Gaiman's wonderful, cheerful, GothGirl Death, who really should make an appearance in more fandoms.

(Death and the Captain)
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10:44 pm Everything Dies II: The Deal by Sleeps With Coyotes (NC-17)
Fandom: HIGHLANDER/X-FILES
Pairing: Alex Krycek/Kronos, Alex Krycek/Methos, Methos/Kronos, all of the above
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ciceqi
Author Website: Blood, Love & Rhetoric
Why this must be read: This is the Horsemen story that turns everything you know about "Comes A Horseman" and "Revelations 6:8" inside out,without changing a single detail of canon. Everything Dies is the most seamless crossover I've ever seen, taking place before, in, and around the on-screen events of the Horsemen episodes. It answers any number of plot questions left threadbare: How did Kronos find Methos? Who cleaned up the submarine base, and the leftover virus? What was the virus Kronos found?

If you'd like to see answers to those, well, read this one. If you want to read an HL/XF crossover where it wasn't Mulder who found out about immortality, come along. If you just want to read a damn fine story, you're definitely headed to the right place. Everything Dies is by turns violent, loving, dangerous, cruel, and full of graphic sex and violence. Or, as Sleeps With Coyotes put it in the disclaimer: "NC-17 for m/m sex, language, violence, psycho phone sex, MORE irate Horsemen, and ambivalent Russians."

Yet more reason to read this story )


Everything Dies II: The Deal

The prequel is Everything Dies: The Hit
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