April 12th, 2006 
11:37 am The Village by Unovis (R+)
Fandom: HIGHLANDER
Pairings: Methos/Darius
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] unovis_lj
Author Website: http://www.geocities.com/unovisunovis/index_stories.html

Why this must be read:
Aside from the fact that this is a seldom written and fascinating pairing, Unovis's wry, clever, and sharply cutting style is extraordinarily well-suited to these two characters. Her Darius is wise, wary, and good, but no saint, and all too susceptible to certain dubious charms of the Devil, as he calls Methos in his own thoughts; her Methos bristles like a cache of old weapons, sharp and rusty and likely to take your hand off, but she hints at his vulnerability and conveys with perfect clarity why Darius can't stay away. The end result packs a truly astonishing amount of history, characterization, emotion, and eroticism into a very small space, and these two short stories will tell you as much about the characters and their relationship as most writers could manage in a novella.

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Mud, Mead, and Lice
A Little Sting

Please let the author know if you enjoy these stories.
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02:52 pm Nuda Veritas by Zero (R)
Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Author on LJ: None
Author Website: Story Listing on allaboutspike, Listing on fanfiction.net
Why this must be read: This is a beautiful, elegantly written character study of Buffy.

Nuda Veritas
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06:39 pm The Ringbearer and the Rose by RabidSamFan (G)
Fandom: LOTR
Pairing: Sam/Rosie
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] rabidsamfan
Author Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/~rabidsamfan
Why this must be read:

In the shared imagination of LOTR hobbit-fandom, Rosie Cotton and Frodo Baggins are often set at odds over Sam Gamgee. [livejournal.com profile] rabidsamfan has the insight to unite them in their hobbit goodness and love of Sam to care about and for him, and each other. This story also features some deceptively simple, luminously beautiful prose, including a description of the magic in Galadriel's gift that perfectly fits Middle-Earth; all in all, this story is truly fitting to read during the springtime and its renewal, or anytime you need to remind yourself of beauty and hope.

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The Ringbearer and the Rose
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08:18 pm Mortal Taste (Theodicy, the Lilah Morgan Remix) by Karabair (R)
Fandom: ANGEL
Pairings: Lilah/Angel
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] karabair
Author Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/~karabair
Why this must be read:
I think that everyone may have read this by now but there is a chance that one person in Siberia hasn't. That is a chance that I cannot take. This fic just drips delicious darkness. Lilah is pure wit, snark, and moral ambiguity. Angel is barely in control. This is one fic that you must read. Its a remix that is just divine.

Mortal Taste by Karabair
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