Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: Sam Tyler/Gene Hunt
Length: 34,729 words
Author on LJ: dorcas_gustine
Author Website: dorcas_gustine on AO3
Why this must be read: Because it combines the essence of both the canon and the fanon of Life on Mars. There's casefic that relates to events in the actual series. There's time travel (or is there?) and spot-on characterization, and there's the love affair that spawned a thousand fanfics, but it's handled so well, so much like these characters would handle it, that it made everything new to me again. It's amazing to me that attraction can be summed up so clearly in so few words, and that within one of the heftier fics in the fandom. Riveting all the way through.


We could steal time

Hello everyone, it's me Nancys_soul here once again to drive the April crackvan. I'm sorry I was late, I didn't realize I was driving until two good friends pointed it out to me. I'll try to make up for lost time.

Fandom:STARSKY AND HUTCH
Pairing:Starsky/Hutch
Length:210k
Author on LJ:charlotte_frost
Author Website:http://home.comcast.net/~regmoore2005/somebodytolove.html

Why this must be read: You have to read it because it's one of Charlotte Frost's new stories. It a simple little h/c and first time novella, that has a hurt Starsky and a comforting Hutch. Hutch goes undercover and Starsky falls out of a tree and gets wood up his hind end, well really he gets a bunch of deep splinters!LOL! It's just got everything that makes for a great story. Read and enjoy!

This way,” Bart said. He stepped back into the hall.
Hutch moved through the doorway and down the hall. He passed one door, and then Bart said, “On your right.”
Hutch entered the room on the right, which appeared similar to the one he had just left.
A man was on the floor, his back against the wall, his right hand cuffed to the piping above his head. The whole left side of his body was scraped and bleeding, his clothing torn.
It was Starsky.

Hutch clamped down on his reaction. Starsky was conscious, but looked miserable. The most blood was coming from a wound at the left side of his head.

“Who the fuck is this?” Hutch demanded, not taking his eyes off Starsky. He watched a mouth corner twitch, as though Starsky was trying to smile.

Good. Starsky was aware enough to know that Hutch was there.

“Cop,” Bart replied. “We caught him snooping around outside.”

“He fell out of a tree!” Gabe announced gleefully.

“Fell out of a tree?” Hutch repeated. It was difficult to tell if there were any broken bones. Buddy, what were you doing in a tree?

Somebody to Love

Fandom: INCEPTION
Pairing: Arthur/Eames, Ariadne/Saito, Yusuf/OFC
Length: 2753
Author on LJ: fahye_fic
Author Website: fahye

Why this must be read:


In which Yusuf practices proper IV insertion for the PASIV, everyone else does not, and comedy ensues.

As the child of a nurse, this is a fic after my own heart; short, sweet, and hilarious, Yusuf makes for a perfect Lemony Narrator.

OH&S

Fandom: HIPSTER RPF
Pairing: Nora Zehetner/Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page/Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel//Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Stone/Andrew Garfield, Kat Dennings/Jesse Eisenberg, Kat Dennings/Matthew Gray Gubler, Gillian Jacobs/Matthew Gray Gubler, Gillian Jacobs/Joel Mchale
Length: 9000 words
Author on LJ: hazyflights
Author Website: masterlist on lj
Why this must be read: This exemplifies the six degrees of separation rpf genre, however it is far more than an example of how many connections to different actors and actresses one can reference or imply within one piece of fiction. Rather, this is a bittersweet and complex fic about friendships and relationships and the limbo in between. Lightening the tone are fantastic moments of humour and some of the best dialogue out there.

For those intimidated by the list of names/pairings, this one even comes with a handy hipster flowchart to make sense of it all. And if that isn't enough to tempt you, there is also an Emma Stone/Andrew Garfield companion fic, which is well worth taking a look at too.

( An excerpt )

Your mind is just like mine (all filled up with things benign)