September 2nd, 2011 
07:57 am Bites On the Neon, by Petra (Petronelle), R
Hi, I'm basaltgrrl and I'll be careening around wildly in the crack_van this month! I'm so terribly excited about it as I have more recs than I know what to do with! This fandom rocks! And with no further ado I shall start with...

Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: Sam/Gene/Annie
Length: 1505 words
Author on LJ: petronelle
Author Website: Petra's stuff on AO3
Why this must be read:

I could seriously rec just about any fic from Petronelle. She is honestly that good, and it's not just about the smut, indeed far from it as her fics with sex in them are just as much about the tangled relationships between characters and the ways in which people are terribly complex and often terribly fucked up and struggling to articulate what they really want out of life. She captures the inability to put words to things better than anyone else I've ever read.

So here we have Gene struggling to express a thing that at some level he believes he shouldn't want. Good luck with that, DCI Hunt!



Bites on the neon
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08:32 am Drive, He Said by Jennifer-Oksana (PG)
Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Gen
Length: 1767 words

Author on LJ: [info]jennyo
Author Website: Jennifer-Oksana's

Why this must be read:

There's a surprising paucity of fic by Jennifer-Oksana here on [info]crack_van,
considering that she's been one of the most prolific and popular
authors in several fandoms. In an attempt to rectify that, and to reveal
her remarkable versatility, I'll be recommending several fics by
Jenny-O this month, starting with this grim little glimpse of Dana
Scully driving alone across the vast American wasteland
post-Colonization.

Drive, He Said
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05:31 pm Property by chaumiamor (R)
Hello! I'm [livejournal.com profile] fireez, and I will be having the pleasure to rec some of my favorite Watchmen fics this month. To start things off, have a taste of my favorite pairing!

Fandom: WATCHMEN
Pairing: Adrian Veidt/Edward Blake (aka Ozymandias/The Comedian)
Length: ~17k
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] chaumiamor
Author Website: Fic tag
Why this must be read:

Because it's hot.

But apart from that, it also does a very good job of portraying the characters. Both the Comedian and Ozymandias are men with Issues with a capital "I", and that part is not glossed over in this fic. Rather, those issues are woven into the story in a way that makes it very believable.

Also, the fic plays on a theme that for me, and many other fans of this pairing, is central to its appeal. Adrian and Eddie don't like each other very much. They're not lovers, not even friends, which makes for delicious not-quite-hatesex.

Property
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