April 5th, 2006 
01:42 am Time Flies You Can't (The Da Sou Qiang Remix) by Sabine (NC-17)
Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Mal/Inara, Mal/River, Simon/Kaylee (Simon/River)
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] iamsab
Author Website: [livejournal.com profile] fromthesabrary
Why this must be read:

I can't believe this hasn't been recced. This is, to me, a quintessential Firefly story, and one of the earliest Mal/River stories out there. Written for the 2004 Remix challenge (and thus, pre-movie), Sabine takes Molly's well worth reading post-"Objects in Space" story, Waking Hours and kicks it up a notch with a brilliant River voice, as River is learning to be a girl again, to want and fight and fuck and kill, but she's still not quite right. It's beautifully River, dealing with how she's handling the Simon/Kaylee, and with Inara's absence and what that's done to Mal, and how she tries to help Mal and help everybody, and she just tries so hard to do everything right but she's all askew and she knows it. This story had me on the edge of my seat when I first read it, wanting to know what River was going to do next, and rereading it two years (and a movie) later, it still pulled me along, helpless in its wake. Utterly fantastic, and highly recommended. It's Sab's only Firefly story to date, but maybe we can convince her to write more.

an excerpt )

Time Flies You Can't (The Da Sou Qiang Remix) by Sabine

(or on LJ here: Time Flies You Can't (The Da Sou Qiang Remix) by Sabine)

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01:52 am Daises in Greener Pastures by geekwriter134 (PG)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: RayK/Stella
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] geekwriter134
Author Website: Indulgence

Why this must be read: This was written for one of the more recent [livejournal.com profile] ds_flashfiction challenges and it is just such a beautiful, poignant look at Stella and Ray in the early years and the differences between them. The story is very short, but it's written in such clear, descriptive language that you get a wonderful sense of who Stella and Ray are and what their lives are like at that very moment as well as what is really important to the both of them in the end.

Daises in Greener Pastures
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10:53 am In The Beginning by Halrloprillalar (PG)
Fandom: LOTR
Pairing: Durin/Aule
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] prillalar
Author Website: http://prillalar.com/fic/
Why this must be read:

We need more stories about Dwarves around here, I think, and this is a sweetly funny, oddly profound, very dwarven story. The summary is the question, "How does a Dwarf make another Dwarf?" and the answer, and the way the question is answered, are well worth reading this lovely little story for.

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In The Beginning
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12:46 pm Communication by Rusalka (PG)
Hi all! It's Tommygirl here and I'm your driver for the supernatural fandom this month. I must warn that I'm not an incest girl myself so my recs will all be gen or het. Fortunately, there are a lot of wonderful gen fics out there and I hope to share some of my favorites with y'all.

Fandom: SUPERNATURAL
Pairing: none
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] marinarusalka
Author Website: Marina’s Homepage
Why this must be read: There were a lot of post-Asylum fics written during the winter hiatus, but this is probably one of my favorites. What I love most about this fic is that Sam and Dean never really talk about what actually happened…they simply do their best to move on and put it behind them. It reads as very real, not only to the characters, but most sibling relationships.

an excerpt to lure you in… )

So go read and leave feedback for the author: Communication
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01:40 pm a starlight in the gloom by Taylor Kate (PG13)
Fandom: STARGATE: ATLANTIS
Pairing: Sheppard/Weir
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] taylorkate
Author Website: stupid love song
Why this must be read: Set during The Siege (Part 1), this is one way the season could have ended. A "behind the scenes" type look at the episode, the best thing about this story is its characterisation of Weir and how what we see on the surface, is not nearly the same as what she's thinking and feeling underneath.

excerpt )

a starlight in the gloom
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03:40 pm Sacred Space by Amireal (R)
Fandom: CSI: LV
Pairing: Gil/Greg
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] amireal
Author Website: Amireal's Library
Why this must be read: 
 
A well written story that examines how Gil and Greg separate their jobs and their relationship, and what happens when those lines occasionally blur.

Some days it’s easy, like cocking a gun, *click*, he’s in work space. In the groove, that other part of his life locked away, under a veil, asleep for all intents and purposes and Greg can make it through a whole shift without seeing hide nor hair of that other space.

Sacred Space, and then check out the companion piece from Gil's point of view, Profane Moments.
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04:46 pm A Raising in the Sun by Barb C (R)
This month I'm driving for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In this fandom I'm actually a het fan, believe it or not. My ship of choice is Buffy/Spike, but I will be including a few other pairings as well.

When I went to look in the van's memories, I was surprised to find that a whole heap of BtVS classics weren't listed, so this is largely going to be a rec set of old and well-loved favourites.

Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] rahirah
Author Website: Barb C's BTVS Fanfic
Why this must be read: I've always had a soft spot for doomed romances, which is why Spuffy presses my buttons so hard. And when it comes to Spuffy, there's no better way to start a rec set than with Barb's wonderfully inventive novel, "A Raising in the Sun," which is one of my favourites in the BtVS fandom. This is one hellofa long, detailed, involving story, dealing with all the reasons that Spike and Buffy shouldn't work, yet finding a way to make them work despite it all. Best of all, "Raising" doesn't take the easy way out, vis a vis the soul issue.

This is a top-notch, well-plotted het fic, and if you like it, there's a completed novel-length sequel easily accessable on Barb's website.

A Raising in the Sun
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10:26 pm Lest Yourself Mean It by Antheia (adult)
Fandom: WBrps
Pairing: Jared Padalecki/Chad Michael Murray
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] antheia
Why this must be read: There is a whole NEW discussion of Chad (aka CMM or Mayhem) kicking up since there are bright and shiny rumors about him dating a *gasp* barely legal extra from One Tree Hill. Apparently people are unaware that guys really *would* date ANY of the chicks from Girls Gone Wild given the opportunity. HELLO, welcome to reality, pull up a chair and pop open a beer. This is a fic about Jared and Chad who are GUYS and they do GUY THINGS, and it's funny and hot and Jared is also totally radical here.


Let Yourself Mean It
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