Fandom: DONALD STRACHEY MYSTERIES
Pairing: Donald Strachey/Timothy Callahan
Length: 3500 words
Author on LJ: storyfan
Author's Website:  none, but links to her stories can be found on the right-hand sidebar of her journal. 

Why this must be read:  Storyfan's StracheyFic is uniformly engaging, no matter which universe she's writing at any given time.  However, she does have an unequaled flair for capturing the flavor and cadence of Donald's bookvoice as well as reproducing the affectionate-yet-decidedly-spirited snark that flows between our bookverse boys.  In this story in particular, we get a generous sampling of all the goodies that make bookverse an exceptional world to play in -- the grumphing and snarking, the ever-present sexual undercurrent and the humor, and above all else, the enduring love and devotion that Don and Tim share!

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Transistor

Fandom: STARGATE SG-1
Pairing: Daniel Jackson/Daniel Jackson/Daniel Jackson
Length: 2,256 words
Author on LJ: phantisma
Author Website: Masterlist on LJ
Why this must be read:

This is one of the hottest things I've read in Stargate fandom and a wonderful example of the variety of stuff available in this fandom. During the Season 9 episode "Ripple Effect", two of the alternate Daniel's decide to "relax" our Daniel in a very interesting way. Through the wonder that is phantisma's writing and the ability that canon gives us to have more than one of a character in place at one time, we get a scorching piece of smut that will make you sweat, pant, and crave that cold shower. Threesome's by themselves lead to PWPs that are out of this world. When the characters involved are three Daniel Jacksons aka three Michael Shanks.... uuuummmm.... Yeah. Prepare to be sequestered away for awhile, ladies. LOL

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Sleep Well, Dr. Jackson

Fandom: TRON
Pairing: Sam/Tron
Length: Currently one 15-chapter novella and several related short stories
Author on LJ: shirozora
Author Website: http://shirozora.dreamwidth.org/profile
Warnings: Spoilers for Legacy. Violence against Users and Programs. Circuit sex.
Why this must be read:

Legacy left its audience with a lot of questions, chiefly, what next? What has become of the Grid? How will Sam realize Kevin’s vision? We may get some canonical answers from a third film as early as 2013; in the meantime, there’s this burgeoning epic (34 entries and counting under the ’verse tag in the author’s journal). In “whoami”, a Program navigates a system succumbing to chaos while searching for his identity, only to find another quest waiting at the end of his path. That story dovetails with “We Are Pilots”, in which Sam, distracted from his responsibilities at ENCOM by the rest of his father’s bequest, returns to the Grid; hoping to learn exactly how Kevin planned to reshape the human condition, he finds a whole new set of problems ... and opportunities.

shirozora originally posted “whoami” and “We Are Pilots” in response to a tronkinkmeme prompt. She is currently revising the chapters and posting them in her journal and the Archive of Our Own, a process that involves frequent repetitions of the question, “What the hell am I doing?!?” Well, the answer is making magic. She has envisioned a post-Clu Grid populated by a cast of vivid characters (some familiar, many new) fighting for survival, power, or the restoration of the system envisioned by the Creator. And when I say fighting, I mean fighting — “whoami” and “Pilots” are packed with crisp, gripping action scenes.

There are also quieter moments in which our heroes grapple with past hurts, present dangers, and fear of what’s to come. Sam in particular has a lot of cope with, floundering under an onslaught of new abilities and new sensations even as his relationship with Tron rapidly evolves from Program/User and Childhood Idol/Fan to something more complicated.

( The MP3s are creating and mixing with crowd-pleasing fervor, heads bobbing in sync with the beat and each other. While Sam watches one of them looks up and straight at him, then elbows its companion; the other program turns its cracked helmet to Sam as well, and then they nod as one. Abruptly the beat changes, becomes louder and heavier until it pulses in the air and the spaces between bodies. It drums in his head like a second heartbeat, throbs under his skin and makes loud the presence of the hand on his elbow. It disorients him, makes his circuits pulse hotly while something in his chest both expands and contracts, and Sam thinks distantly that something is really off about the music. The hold on his elbow tightens and he looks at Tron; the program is tense and his circuits are starting to intensify, as are those on the programs around them. )

The Pilots & Poison ’verse:

• “whoami” on Livejournal and AO3
  
• “We Are Pilots”
  
  • As posted on tronkinkmeme
    
  • On the author’s journal (click the link for “1” to continue reading)
    
  • On AO3

ETA: shirozora’s fanart includes drawings of Sam, Tron, and various Pilots!verse OCs.

Fandom: TRON
Pairing: gen
Length: ~7,200 words
Author on LJ: tenshi_no_korin
Author Website: Odessa Castle
Warnings: Spoilers for TRON and Legacy.
Why this must be read:

Roy Kleinberg is a patient man — he had to be, to conduct a twenty-year hunt for Kevin Flynn — but when he suspects that (a) there’s been a breakthrough and (b) longtime ally Alan Bradley and new boss Sam Flynn are keeping him out of the loop, he decides a little B&E is in order.

( No. It couldn't be. For the love of God, those Loch Ness Monster autopsy photos he'd stumbled on in '96 were more believable than this. )

Alorian does a wonderful job of extrapolating from what we learned about Roy in “The Next Day” (the Legacy bonus feature which summarizes the in-universe history of Flynn Lives). He doesn’t have Kevin’s charisma, and he’s more highly strung than Alan, but he’s as clever and determined as either of them, and it’s wonderful to see him finally get some answers — not to mention meet his cheerfully gung ho search program, Ram 6.

“Illegal Entry” on Livejournal, Tumblr, and the author’s website. (There is an equally good five-part prequel, “Location Query,” about Alan’s first trip to the Grid, his introduction to Ram, and their search for Tron and Kevin, but I think this also works as a standalone story.)

Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Length: 4958 words
Author on LJ: smudley
Author Website: More of KAM's wonderful S/H fic can be found at the new Starsky and Hutch Archive. www.starskyhutcharchive.net
Why this must be read: The title of this story made me expect a violent, suspense-filled casefic. I was wrong, but I wasn't disappointed. There isn't even any sex, and I still wasn't disappointed, and I'm the type of reader who combs through stories to find (and savor) the NC-17 bits. So what's so great about this fic? It's by the great Kaye Austen Michaels! Her love for the characters comes through in every line, and her dialogue is so perfect you'd swear you were eavesdropping in the back seat of the Torino (or better yet, under the guys' bed). Unless you're squicked by references to veganism and toe-kissing, you need to read this.

Sabotage!