April 2nd, 2010 
01:28 am Would That I Could Travel Both by Maidenjedi (R)
Hi! I'm your driver for the month of April. I'm excited and happy to be back for my third time behind the wheel. I'm happy to report that the fic writing in the X-Files fandom is still going strong and we are seeing new and wonderful fics all the time. This month I'm going to feature a few new ones, delve into the archives and feature a few old ones, and I plan to expand my own horizons a bit and go beyond the very popular Mulder/Scully pairing and see what I can do about bringing you something different. Sit back and enjoy!

Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Length: short
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] maidenjedi
Author Website: uninvited - maidenjedi's fanfiction
Why this must be read:

The X-Files fandom is great about hosting challenges of all sorts that produce wonderful stories. Maidenjedi wrote this as a gift for 2008's xf_santa's challenge. This story is great for so many reasons, but I think my favorite is how it supposes a change and how that affects the future all while moving backwards. I'm a big fan of "what if?" stories and this story asks that question five times at five different moments in time and gives us five different answers with five different outcomes. The author takes the title from a Robert Frost poem and she does the poet justice, the story is short, simple, quiet, and unassuming.

Would That I Could Travel Both
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07:38 pm Unnatural Selection by mousewitchy (R)
Hey there, Browncoats! Looks like I'll be your driver for Firefly once again. As per usual, I'll do my best to bring you a good variety of stories across as many genres and character/pairings as I can so that there's something shiny for everybody. All aboard!

Fandom: FIREFLY
Pairing: Gen
Length: 5,477 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] mousewitchy
Author Website: just her lj
Why this must be read: In this post-BDM story, Reavers land on the same moon Serenity is grounded on while waiting for some repairs. Mousewitchy does an excellent job building horror and suspense in this story; her pacing is great, and her just-delicate-enough touch with the horror makes the fic all the more horrifying for the ominous and shadowy nightmares she leaves only sketched in around the edges. Her characterizations and voices, particularly for Mal and River, are pitch-perfect. The thing I find especially striking about this story, though, is the extra detail and fleshing out for the Reavers. Mousewitchy manages to develop them in interesting ways that really add depth without taking away from their sheer scariness.

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Unnatural Selection
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10:54 pm (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I by monchy (PG-13)
Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: Anakin/Obi-Wan
Length: 4,143
Author on LJ: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]
Author Website: Fic Master List
Why this must be read:

I love the slow build up of this story, the quite sense of longing in Obi-Wan's interactions with Anakin, and how he is always holding himself back, just a little bit. This author's imagery is so well done, her vivid descriptions of the pod-racing arena just comes off the page, and I can never get enough of how she writes this pairing.

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(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I
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11:29 pm In Vodka Veritas by Gloria Lancaster (PG)
Happy April, Senfen! I'm Sally and I'll be your driver this month -- my first time. Hold on tight, because I'm not used to a stick-shift...

Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Length: 17k
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Stories archived at 852 Prospect and her email address (for that all-important feedback) is listed as gloria@gloria1.demon.co.uk
Why this must be read:

This great little story was one of the first I ever read in The Sentinel fandom, and remains my absolute favorite of the many Drunk!Blair stories. This is Jim at his best: smart and tough, but with undertones of wry amusement; and Blair definitely not at his best: woefully under the weather. And how can you not love a story that opens with a quavering waif calling in the wee hours of the morning to ask for "Someone called Blessed?" Suffice it to say that I recently recced this to our very own [livejournal.com profile] magician113 and was quite smug to present her with something she hadn't yet read! It never ceases to surprise me that this gem is rarely mentioned; go, read, and discover the amazing versatility of Gloria's writing.

In Vodka Veritas
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11:55 pm Happily Ever After (PG)
I'm [livejournal.com profile] streussal and this will be my first time reccing for [livejournal.com profile] crack_van.
I'll try to bring a decent variety of Buffyverse fic, though there'll probably end up being a bit of an emphasis on Angel, as it was my favorite of the two series.

Fandom: ANGEL/BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
Characters: Angel and Connor gen, some Connor/OFC and reference to Angel/Buffy
Length: 2k
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] lynnenne
Author Website: Night Never Ending
Why this must be read: Set post "Not Fade Away", and ignoring the comics, this fic follows Angel figuring out his new life. The relationship between Angel and Connor is nicely rendered. The little references pleased me - Angel's minor irritation at Connor dating someone seven years older than him, the dislike of plaid. I found myself smiling at the end.

Happily Ever After
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