July 3rd, 2008 
11:05 am Thicker Than Vodka by Lucy (PG)
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: Chris/Joey
Length: 1,295 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] wanderingwombat
Author Website: her livejournal

Why this must be read:

Today's pop-kink is blood play, but let me tell you a little about the author first. Lucy is a master at packing a lot of punch into a few words. And, she is always tempting me into reading pairings that I think I'm not interested in--and then she makes me want so much more of them.

So, it shouldn't have surprised me that she took a kink that I didn't really care to read about and gave me just a taste, just a suggestion of the kink's appeal. There's no sex here, but suddenly I want it. I want to see what Chris and Joey do with their new awareness of each other, an awareness that arose from a split and bloody lip.

Please give this fic a try (and shower the author with feedback). The blood play is not scary. It's nothing more than a kiss, but oh, what a kiss. I think it's one of the hottest kisses I've ever read.

Thicker Than Vodka
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11:23 am Grieving by daasgrrl (PG-13)
Fandom: HOUSE MD
Pairing: House-Wilson (could be friendship or slash)
Length: 500 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] daasgrrl
Author Website: House fic list on LJ
Why this must be read:

Another short, vivid portrait of House's grief over Wilson dying, this time with a strict form of five 100-word drabbles. Each is excellent on its own, and together they make a punch to the gut, with outstanding House characterization. This is how House moves through each stage of grief.

Grieving
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12:11 pm Five Ways Ray and Ray Redefined Romance, by Slidellra (PG)
Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Kowalski/Vecchio
Length: One-shot
Author on LJ: [profile] slidellra
Author Website: Fic Index
Why this must be read:

I have a confession: I have never seen an episode of due South with Ray Kowalski in it. Everything I know about him I learned from fandom, and it is stories like these that have made me love him - grudgingly at first, then wholeheartedly. Slidellra's Kowalski voice is brilliant. Everything in this fic, from the very first sentence to the very last, makes me want to be Kowalski's friend. She goes from banter and headbutting to concern and affection seemlessly in just a few paragraphs, and then before you know it she throws in just one line of crazy hotness and leaves you wanting more.

Five Ways Ray and Ray Redefined Romance 
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01:15 pm Underdark by Nekotsuki, (PG-13)
Fandom: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
Pairing: none
Length: 42,105 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] whiteadelphi
Author Website: Nekotsuki on ff.net

Why this must be read:

Because it's just about the best TMNT fanfic I've ever read. Nekotsuki won some awards for this in the Stealthy Stories TMNT fanfic contest and let me tell you, she deserves it. Underdark is a survival story at heart and she maintains a tense, consistent level of adventure throughout as the story follows Michelangelo and Leonardo in the aftermath of a collapse that leaves them stranded in the dark in an unfamiliar part of the sewers. Perhaps even more impressive, she does all this while still keeping Michelangelo perfectly in character – irreverent, sarcastic, bemused and underneath it all, a teenager trapped in the dark, trying to get his brother home alive.


Funny thing about explosions. They kinda take you by surprise and don’t really follow any schedule. I mean, it doesn’t matter what crafty ninja plan Leo comes up with … the ground bucking under your feet and a few tons of sewer water landing in your lap are gonna put a bit of a crimp in it. ‘Course, being the perfectionist he is, he’ll take it personally. You almost expect the guy to have this huge flow chart drawn up. With all those little arrows, you know? One that sends us to that little rectangle on the bottom right side of the chart that says “Plan E” in case of natural disaster.


Underdark by Nekotsuki
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07:29 pm The Other Side of the Window by Laura McEwan (PG)
Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch (pre-slash/gen)
Length: 7K
Author on LJ: [personal profile] lauramcewan
Author Website: http://www.hawksong.com/~lauramcewan/index.html
Why this must be read:

In the spirit of full disclosure, Laura wrote this for me for the Me and Thee Yahoo Group's 2007 Secret Santa. I'd admitted h/c was a favorite genre of mine and she went to town. This is a complement to the two-part episode The Plague.  It's not a missing scene so much as a look at the action through Hutch's eyes.  Gravely ill, he is all but sure he's dying.  Certain things become clear as his time ticks away.  He only wonders if he'll ever have the opportunity to say what needs to be said.  The story isn't super long, but it's delicious.  Think of it as an angst truffle.  Yummy!

Hutch struggled, his eyes darting frantically as if searching for an escape in the ceiling. "Just take care of the little -- little sucker that's - t-twisting my chest into a knot."

An impossible, desperate request, he knew, but Starsky reached for him. Their hands came together fiercely, Hutch needing something solid and alive to hold onto as his body tried to drive his consciousness away. He resented the cool feel of the latex instead of the warmth of his partner's hand.

But it would do.

The Other Side of the Window

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08:13 pm Between Idea and Reality by Princess of Geekland (R)
Hi everyone! I'm Betzz and the lovely [personal profile] magician113 just tossed me the keys for the Sentinel Crack Van. She did a great job last month and I'll do my best to follow in her footsteps and to provide you with the fandom's finest stuff. So... buckle your seat belts, the next stop is Cascade!

Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Length 68k
Author on LJ: [profile] princessofg
Author Website: Stories on 852 Prospect

Why this must be read:

Since I signed up for the Crack Van, I've known that this would be my first story to rec. Jim - in all his stoic glory- is so hard to write and the author just nails Jim in this. Her Blair is equally awesome. It's a first time story  ..... and basically everything I could say more would be spoiler-ish. Read it; I promise you won't regret it!


Between Idea and Reality



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10:05 pm The Application Process by Kosher_Pareve (R)
This week is developing a theme! And that theme is: the overwhelming ridiculousness of one Gerard Way.

Fandom: Bandom (MCR focus)
Pairing: Gerard/Gerard

Length: 2,845 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] kosher_pareve

Why this must be read:

In this story, Gerard has to go back in time in order to get his younger self to go to college so that later, he can leave, get a job he hates, and then form My Chemical Romance and SAVE LIVES (tm). Simple! Somehow, this involves nudity:


Gerard’s teenaged self had been more hesitant to take off his clothes than he had been to believe Gerard’s story about motherfucking goddam time travel, but he has no trouble at all helping Gerard take off his.

“When do I get
collarbones?” And his voice is filled with enough hushed awe that Gerard has to bite his lip to keep from laughing out loud.



Truthfully, though, for srs, I would say that this story is brilliant because in the character of Gerard Way you have someone who was very very vulnerable, once, in a way a lot of us are or have been, where the possibility of failure is just terrifying enough to keep you paralysed. And so the what-if scenario the story presents hits home because it so easily could have gone the other way. We should take chances and follow our dreams you guys!!! Learn from time traveller Gerard!!!


The Application Process by Kosher_Pareve
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