Fandom: MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: None
Length: 78K
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Unknown

Why this must be read:

In trawling the old interweb-thingy over the past few months I've come across several links to this. I've followed them all only to find a frustrating 404 error. Enter periwinkle with her magic librarian's toolkit (what a star she is) and - voila - a working link.

It's another gen story (...more gen? I must go back on the meds...) and is very much in canon. It has much to recommend it - plausible dialogue, hurt Illya, THRUSH, recognition by each partner of the importance of their relationship - oh - and did I mention the snake? I've never come across any other work by this author but I'm sure there must be some out there. (I'm confident it can't hide from periwinkle for long). 

Give it a whirl...

The Snake in the Garden of Eden Affair

Fandom: HOUSE MD
Pairing: House-Wilson friendship, Wilson/Amber mentioned
Length: 7,000 words
Author on LJ: blackmare_9
Author Website: Fanfiction by tag on LJ and also the epic fics at black_cigarette
Why this must be read:

I run out of superlatives when I think about this fic. It's the ultimate post-episode story for the Season Four closer, "Wilson's Heart." It's what the producers ought to do, and probably won't.

It's Wilson and House on a journey, both literal and figurative, together when they can be and apart when they have to be. It's gorgeously described and full of emotion -- but these characters' emotions, playing out within themselves and between the two of them only in ways that are true to them.


( Excerpt (Spoilers for 4-16) )

Down to the Water

Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Length: 82K
Author on LJ: DNA
Author Website: Some of KAM's work can be found here: http://www.geocities.com/twindolphinproductions/KayeAustenMichaels.html
Some here: http://meandthee.shahrazad.net/author.php?authorid=55
This story can be found in neither place. I'll explain below.
Why this must be read: 

I suppose it isn't enough to say the story must be read because it's written by Kaye Austen Michaels.  Though, ask anyone who knows anything about Starsky & Hutch slash fic, and they'll tell you that's reason enough.

But this story, in particular, is something special.  It's the summer of 1966.  Ken Hutchinson is between his junior and senior years of college, and has accompanied his parents to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.  He's restless, toying with rebellion, and trying to come to terms with his attraction to men.  Wandering the boardwalk, he spies David Starsky on the dance floor.  It's infatuation at first sight.  Starsky has come east from LA with Huggy for one last fling before heading off to the local Army recruitment center.  He's as taken with Hutch as Hutch is with him.  They have one magical night together.

Until KAM writes the sequel.

Which rumor has it might just be coming some time soon. (If that's not a reason to read the original, I don't know what is.)

But even if you don't wind up reading the second story, this one stands proudly on its own.  It's funny, sweet, hotter than anything, and you recognize the characters, even if the story is set long before canon.

If you're interested, you can find Starsky's Girl one of two ways.  It's available in Venice Place Chronicles VI, which is published by Keri T (one of the nicest, most helpful zine publishers around--she works with the best authors and her zines are gorgeous).   Or you can join Love of Me & Thee, an exceedingly enjoyable S&H Yahoo group.  Members are friendly to fans of both slash & gen.  Starsky's Girl is archived in the group's Files, under Stories/Kaye Austen Michaels.