October 6th, 2008 
09:35 am Life Is Short by Ithildyn (PG-13)
Fandom: HIGHLANDER
Pairing: Amanda/Methos
Length: ~1500 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ithildyn
Author Website: Tales from the Darkwood

Why this must be read:

Put Amanda and Methos in a scene together and delight ensues. Sadly, though, stories for this pairing are relatively rare. This one features a cranky Methos and a secretive Amanda stranded together in a run-down desert motel. What unfolds feels utterly real and provides a sweet and nuanced look at these two dangerous, sentimental old souls.

Life Is Short

ETA: There is a version with pictures here.
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10:06 am What Remains by Dracostella (R)
Fandom: DC Comics
Pairing: Stephanie Brown/Cassandra Cain
Length: about 150 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dracostella
Author Website: ???
Why this must be read:

This searing vignette was written for the first ever Porn Battle hosted by [livejournal.com profile] oxoniensis.

I'm a Kinsey 1 -- straight as they come. So when I read femmeslash and think it's hot? When it makes me shiver all over again two years later? Yeah.
Also, [livejournal.com profile] dracostella's use of the English Language is a thing of beauty in its own right.

What Remains
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10:08 am Waiting, by Kaye (G)
Fandom: STARSKY AND HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] peg22
Author Website: Kassidy's Slash Site
Why this must be read:

Hmmm, I didn't mean to have a theme this month, but it's my second one-shot, so....

Anyway...

Hutch wants to take a break. Starsky is really, really bad at waiting. Kaye's short, sweet look at the ups and downs of love. Lovely, evokes all kinds of emotions in a small package.

Waiting
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10:55 am French-Manicure Pink, Femmenerd, NC-17
Fandom: FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
Pairing: Lyla Garrity/Tyra Collette
Length: 250 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] femmenerd
Author Website: tagged in her journal
Why this must be read: Because there is no better way to start a Monday than with a dash of femmeslash, perfectly in character, in tune with *life*, and wholly complete in 250 words.


French-manicure Pink
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01:44 pm Indelible by NWHepcat (R)
I didn't realize how much I love post-Chosen fics until I put together my rec list for this month. I love how very different they can be, while still exploring the same basic territory of coping and growing after the fall of Sunnydale. This one is het, but I hope my fellow slashers will give it a chance, because it's great.

Fandom: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Pairing: Xander/Dawn
Length: ≅ 14,500 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] nwhepcat
Author Website: Website
Why this must be read:

This is a sequel to The American Stranger, but it functions fine as a stand alone (in fact, I didn't realize it was a sequel until maybe the third time I read it). Xander brings Oz home from Africa with him, and Dawn meets them at the airport ... and Oz doesn't know her. The characters are very well drawn, the reactions are believable, and the premise fills in one of the gaps that the series never explored. This story is a brilliant look at how common experience and understanding bring people together, and it is one of the very few stories that convinces me of Xander/Dawn. The chemistry and development of their relationship feel natural and plausible.

bit of a snippet )

Go. Read. Love. Tell the author.

Indelible
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05:16 pm Gamble by Gillian Middleton (NC-17)
Fandom: RUROUNI KENSHIN
Pairing: Saitou/Sano
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ: --
Author Website: Gillian
Why this must be read:

One, if not the top, of my favourite pairings in the Rurouni Kenshin world. This is delightfully hot, and wonderfully in character - at least in the way I envision them. This is the way I picture them and I love it.

Sano curled his toes into the futon and sighed pleasurably. "You are one sick bastard," he murmured fondly.

Saitou bestowed one last lick on the wrinkled scar and looked up. "You're only just now figuring that out?"


Gamble
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09:03 pm Covalent Bonds by pronker (Mature)
Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: Anakin Skywalker/Obi-Wan Kenobi
Length: 130,925 words over 50 chapters
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] pronker
Author Website: story index on ff.net
Why this must be read:

Because it's an Anakin/Obi-Wan AU tale in which the focus is not just on getting our intrepid Jedi duo into each other's pants at every opportunity. There's a plot here, and it's a doozy, folks. A follow-up to the author's As Clear As Mud magnum opus, Covalent Bonds features an astounding cast of characters in addition to the main pairing, each with their own significance to the story, and a thriller of a mystery that's as twisty and unpredictable as any other I've read. This is a must-read for any PT-era fan with an open mind and a thirst for something truly different.

Covalent Bonds
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09:45 pm Untitled drabble by vitawash24 (PG)
Fandom: HOUSE M.D.
Pairing: House/Stacy, but it's in the past.
Length: 980 words
Author on LJ: Author's LJ profile
Author Website: Author's fic tagged here.
Why this must be read:What happens when a skilled writer gets hold of a cliché? In this case, magic happens. [livejournal.com profile] vitawash24 wrote this short piece for the "fics I would never write” meme. The premise is that Stacy became pregnant from her brief affair with House, returned to Mark without revealing her pregnancy to House and then died in childbirth. The result is a vivid and perfectly in-character story that is unforgettable.

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Meme drabble
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