Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing:Starsky/Hutch
Author on LJ: lamardeuse
Author Website: http://lamardeuse.dreamhost.com
Why this must be read:


Post Sweet Revenge fic, where it all finally comes out: the fear, the heart- and mind-sickness that comes from staring at the dark side of humanity for too long, and the longing for the only touch that makes it worth bearing.

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Beneath the Skin

Fandom: THE WEST WING
Pairing: Gen, assumptions of CJ/Sam
Author on LJ: teaphile
Author Website:
Why this must be read: Because introductions are always more complicated when you wake up naked. This takes place early on in the campaign, with CJ and Sam hungover the morning after the night before. The fic - written for the badcliche challenge - keeps both Sam and CJ as articulate as the show. It also shows a more light-hearted time - where Josh and Toby are as smug over their practical joke as they'll later be over political victories.

Read and laugh at the mocking, and the revenge.

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Double vodkas of lust

Fandom: THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: aratlithiel
Author Website: http://www.lightindarkplaces.net/
Why this must be read:

Aratlithiel doesn't just make sentences, she creates emotion, and Reckoning is a perfect example of this -- the pace of it, and the flow, and then you get hit in the gut by the force of it all and it leaves you gasping. Not just that, but Merry really does carry this story on his shoulders. I like reading, amongst other things, stories that make me feel, and this story does just that.

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Reckoning

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Hi, I'm Rachel and I'll be your CSI driver for the month of May. I'm mostly a Gil/Greg kind of gal, but I'm fond of pretty much any Gil pairing, any Greg pairing, and I love to top it off with a side of Nick. I'm fond of stories that are plotty, well-written, and well-characterized. I promise lots of fun, quirky pairings as well as my lovely Gil/Greg. Though, I am starting off with Gil/Greg tonight.

Fandom: CSI: LV
Pairing: Gil/Greg
Author's on LJ: tzi and zechsy
Author's website: Caffiends Asylum

Why this must be read: Kat Reitz and Tzigane are well-known in the CSI fandom for long stories that almost always have happy endings. They might be twisted happy endings, but they're happy in someway. They also give a fantastic Gil voice and a fantastic Greg voice.

This story is not for everyone. It's definitely on the dark, violent side, but it's also a great story about how someone like Gil would react when he's the one kidnapped. The story starts with Catherine and Warrick's wedding and a drunken confession from Greg to Gil. But on the way home from the wedding, Gil is kidnapped and made to live like a dog. The story follows the team's attempts to find him as well as his own efforts to save himself by helping to stage copycat crime scenes with evidence that will hopefully lead his team to find him.

It's a story about friendship and love and torture and dogs. Take a couple of hours and check it out. You won't be sorry.

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Uninhibited Creatures