January 2nd, 2010 
12:30 am written by the victors by Sabine (Adult)
Hello! My name is Kita, and I'll be your January driver for NCIS. My recs for this month will concentrate on underappreciated short or experimental pieces in a wide range of pairings and genres. I hope you enjoy the ride!

Fandom: NCIS
Pairing: Jenny/Ziva, Gibbs/Tony; past Gibbs/Jenny
Length: twenty-six connected drabbles, totaling 2600 words
Author on LJ: Sabine ([livejournal.com profile] iamsab)
Author Website: Sabine's fanfic journal ([livejournal.com profile] fromthesabrary)
Why this must be read:

This story is one of the reasons I signed up to drive the van. It's complex, lyrical, well-crafted, and mature, and I think it has one comment.

Don't expect a straightforward narrative with this one, since it's a series of connected drabbles (one for each letter of the alphabet). Instead, be prepared for a story told in snapshots. Moments from the NCIS team alternate with moments from Ziva and Jenny's missions in Europe circa 2004, as well as Jenny and Gibbs' missions circa 1994. Each is evocative, with subtle, complex emotion and a beautiful sense of place and time. An excerpt:

This silk is worth three, maybe four lira. )

Go. Read. Enjoy. Review.
written by the victors

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12:54 am Woods by Ansketil_Rose (G)
Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: none
Length: 1592 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ansketil_rose
Author Website: Ficlist
Why this must be read:

In this story, the haven from Anakin's tempestuous, tortured life has been found post-Return of the Jedi, but how safe is it? Can one be harmed after death? The truly unending life seems a horror, and to continue the pagan sense of strolling through the elysian fields, Anakin's shade wants answers. Palpatine touched Anakin's soul in life and now that they're both safely dead, Anakin yearns in the afterlife to have a dialogue with his Sith Master. But where is Palpatine cum Sidious? Anakin hunts through the eerie Blue Glowy Zone, a zone that is multi-planed, layers within layers, not all of them comfortable. Anakin may finally be called truly the Hero With No Fear as he pursues his ethereal idea. Remarkable forest imagery filled with dark glades and deeper shadows, a Virgilian sense of doomed hubris pervades throughout, and you won't be sorry you read this story. You also may not go camping in the woods with quite so much lightheartedness as before.

Woods
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11:31 am Birds of a Feather (gen) by Elizabeth Lowry
Hi, my name is Dawnebeth and I'm driving the red and white Starsky and Hutch van for January. This is my first time, and I've never had a good sense of direction, so we'll veer all over the fandom, with gen and slash recs.
Fandom STARSKY AND HUTCH
Pairing: none
Length: 34K
Author on LJ:unknown
Author Website:Elizabeth Lowry's site
Why this must be read: Lots of atmosphere and angst. The story starts out in a hot, claustrophobic church where Starsky and Hutch have to accompany a prisoner to a funeral, and then--here comes the angst. More hot, claustrophobic places as Starsky waits for Hutch. Starsky's inner voice is terrific--his total faith in his partner never wavers as he reviews what exactly brought them to this time and place.
Birds of a Feather
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11:54 pm Nummy Ride by Alisha Steele (NC-17)
Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: Anakin Skywalker/Obi-Wan Kenobi
Length: ~2000 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] alishasteele
Author's Website: Her own website
Why this must be read:

It's a clubbing drug!fic and a first-time!fic and a wallsex!fic. It fills the bill on all three counts despite clueless!Obi-Wan, and along with the fic there is a real life story about how the fic got written. Obi-Wan is smacked upside the head by a drink called "Nummy Ride," and a wild ride it is. Nothing in Obi-Wan's Jedi career has prepared him for it, and nothing will be the same afterwards with Anakin. For a Saturday night, this fic seems about right for the socializing that we all need, even Jedi.

Nummy Ride
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