September 13th, 2007 
01:40 am Night Into A Glass by Kim K (R)
Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Author on LJ: None
Author Website: X-Files Fanfiction
Why this must be read:

Ever so often, one finds an author who can really tell a story. Those stories might not be the most angsty or most heart-wrenching things ever written, but they're beautiful nonetheless.

Kim K is one of those authors. She truly knows how to weave and spin a tale. The imagery is so amazing, one gets sucked in immediately.

In this casefic, Kim writes several great OCs, filling them with personality, as well as fleshing out and keeping in character Mulder and Scully. The bad guy is suitably frightening and the whole thing plays out like a good MOTW episode.

Night Into A Glass
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07:56 am My nest of mercies by LC (PG)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Ace/Harriet Jones
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] lcsbanana
Author Website: LC's Banana
Why this must be read:

This is an utterly lovely story, and a terrific pairing. Harriet Jones is a great character, and she’s wonderfully written here, older and (somewhat) wiser after her downfall at the hands of the Doctor, as she finds Ace lurking in her garden, squashing her zinnias. Ace is post-Doctor, travelling and stalking women who give off odd time readings. The storyline is clever and interesting, thoughtful about time travel, possibilities, and hope, and ends with this beautiful imagery of Ace both watching over or protecting Harriet, and needing her just as fiercely. "You'll come through. I can tell that about you, you're the sort of person who always comes through,” Ace says, and oh, the story makes you believe it, for both of them.

My nest of mercies
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09:40 am Sex by Anna S. (NC-17)
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Author on LJ:http://eliade.livejournal.com/
Author Website: http://www.drizzle.com/~eliade/
Why this must be read:

The title doesn’t do much for me; the perhaps unintentional one in the story’s web address, “Shirts”, is much better...

But I do like this complicated story.

I like a snarky Jim; it makes me nervous when he’s too nice. And I like a Blair that just blows the snark off. Wink.

And Jim and I feel the same about shopping.

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Sex
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02:25 pm Plans by Xie (NC-17)
Fandom: QUEER AS FOLK: US
Pairing: Brian/Justin
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] xie_xie_xie
Author Website: Fic index on her LJ
Why this must be read: Because - as those in the fandom would say - it's an excellent example of a fic that's all about Teh Love :D

Set post-series, it starts with Justin in New York and Brian in Pittsburgh - with Justin trying to do his darndest to let Brian know that their relationship is still very much alive, despite the 400 miles between them. Of course, this is Brian Kinney he's dealing with. Eschewing anything that might possibly be regarded as romantic, he lets Brian know that he's thinking about him by sending him a blank e-mail. Every day.

To say anything else would spoil it, but it's a decent-sized read, the characters are in character, the sex is hot, the other characters actually have stuff to do, it's well thought-out and very well written. And very enjoyable ;)

'Plans' is actually the first in a post-series series Xie is writing. All of the stories written so far are in the LJ link above, and none of the stories are cliffhangers. The latest part, 'Families', is currently a WiP.

Definitely recommended. I've re-read 'Plans' a few times now already, and it's a relatively new fic.

Plans
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09:38 pm Remember Me As a Time of Day, by Alanna (R)
Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Pairing: Lee/Kara
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] wisteria_
Why this must be read:
This is my favorite post-Crossroads fic, for good reason. It's flawlessly written with enough of a mix of humor and angst to be engaging, and Alanna has a brilliant handle on characterization. It feels like something that could be on the show, and makes me long for this story to appear on screen. Basically it's really, really awesome. So go read!

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Remember Me As a Time of Day
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