November 17th, 2008 
10:41 am The Damageverse, by magistrate (PG-13)
Fandom: LIFE ON MARS/DOCTOR WHO/TORCHWOOD
Author: [livejournal.com profile] draegonhawke, aka Magistrate
Author's fic site: Draegonhawke's fic tag
Pairing: Sam Tyler/Captain Jack Harkness
Why this must be read: [livejournal.com profile] draegonhawke writes in a few different fandoms, and while I haven't read everything she's written, that's only because I only read fic from things with which I'm familiar. On occasion, I think about breaking my self-imposed rules on this matter, and her fics are definitely a reason why---those I've read, anyway. The perspectives with which she writes are usually rather unique, and none moreso than this collection, the very concept of which is incredibly intriguing. The collection takes place along each character's rather twisted timeline, and as such can be arranged and rearranged in a few different orders in order to form the whole of a storyline. Although she hasn't finished the collection yet, and although readers are encouraged to contribute to the universe she's created, the canon is all hers, and the stories written thus far stand on their own, which is why I rec it.
Excerpt from 'Playing the Angel' beneath the cut )


Full index of Damageverse fics can be found here.
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02:40 pm Soothe the burn by janie_tangerine (R)
Fandom: LOST
Pairing: Jack/Boone
Length: 3375
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] janie_tangerine
Author Website: Master Fic list.

Why this must be read: A very prolific writer, [livejournal.com profile] janie_tangerine writes complex and evocative stories, often dealing with neglected characters. She writes a lot of different pairings and hilarious crack!fics, but she's also the 'official' Boone lover in the fandom.
This fic, in particular, portrays a more mature and intriguing - but not less in character - Boone, helping a post-rescue, drunken and devasted by guilt Jack cope. It's a long process, to make Jack better, and it's beautiful to read.

Summary:
It isn’t really a surprise when he appears one day when Jack is really drunk; he was the only one missing after all and it’s just fitting that he’s the last. The first and the last, how damn ironic.

Excerpt:
He sits on his mattress, his back up to the wall, a half empty whiskey bottle in his hand, ready for the lecture. He doesn’t even look at him after the first glance. He just waits for Boone to start 'you have to go back'-ing him but what he hears is not what he was expecting.

"Jesus. I was hoping that I could say it was good to see you again, but I guess I can’t."


Soothe the burn

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02:51 pm Fanfic Hospital by Fluterbev, Panik and Fingers (PG)
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim and Blair - preslash
Length: Bite size ficlet
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] fluterbev, [livejournal.com profile] gillyp, [livejournal.com profile] fingers
Website: Fluterbev's Fanfiction, The Temple of the Sentinels

Why this must be read:

The crack van guidelines ask for exceptional stories in a fandom, and this is certainly exceptionally silly. It's also possibly strangely familiar, even to readers who don't read TS, as certain fanfic themes are likely universal. The story? Jim is sick, terribly sick, and there's a very specific course of action required...

ETA to take account of the fact that I'm an idiot and had the title wrong.

Fanfic Hospital
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08:09 pm lowcountry by peony hellbore (NC-17)
Fandom: HARRY POTTER
Pairing: harry/hermione/snape
Length: 36k
Author Website: here

Why this must be read:
peony hellbore does a fantastic job stranding harry, hermione and a very begrudging snape in the united states midwest, and leaving us to poor, sexually frustrated harry's inner monologue. a spell gone awry, buckets of sexual tension, roadtripping and snark. this is what happens when you leave the magical world of hogwarts and get down & dirty in the (low)country.

"Believe me, he's better off missing with Potter and Granger." Famous last words?

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