April 17th, 2012 
12:56 am carnelian stars and bars by Raven (singlecrow) (No Rating)
A snappy little Gen story of wonderfulness!

Fandom: THE MAN FROM UNCLE
Pairing: no pairing, Illya and Napoleon present and accounted for
Length: 719 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] loneraven
Author Website: more on AO3
Why this must be read: Because honestly, Illya is dangerous at any time but more so when relaxed and proving a point to his partner. I can see this moment in time so clearly, imagine so completely this scene, the author has captured it so clearly with images painted in my mind with words and it is perfect and beautiful and I love this little story. A lot. And I wish there were more.

stop in for a drink

And please remember, if you enjoy this story, a comment to the author is all the payment they get! Show them some love!
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12:07 pm Close Your Eyes Tight by Livia (G)
Fandom: DUE SOUTH
Pairing: Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski
Length: drabble
Author on LJ: I don't know
Author Website: Livia's fic on the Due South Archive
Why this must be read:

This is the ficlet that made me fall irrevocably in love with the drabble as a form. There's an entire story encapsulated in one hundred precise, perfectly placed words. Warning: death of a major character.

Close Your Eyes Tight
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02:26 pm ‘new york city blues' by margottenenbaum. (pg-13)
Fandom: HIPSTER RPF
Pairing: Aaron Tveit/James Franco
Length: 3225 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] margottenenbaum
Author Website: masterlist on lj
Why this must be read: Any list of hipster recs would not be complete without the angel haired hipster James France. In this, he is an enigma to Aaron Tveit. Set during the filming of Howl, [livejournal.com profile] margottenenbaum in many ways, compares Franco to the poem itself. Both are somewhat incomprehensible to Tveit. He has moments of brief understanding, but only moments and after they are over he finds himself, more or less, back where he began.


An excerpt )

new york city blues
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06:18 pm Hamlet’s Ghost by Jinxed Wood (PG-13)
Fandom: HIGHLANDER
Pairings: Duncan/Amanda, Methos/Amanda (in the past)
Length: 68,800 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] jinxed_wood
Author Website: Jinxed Wood’s Hideout)

Why this must be read:

Before I get back to reccing new fic, I’m going back to go back a few years. There are times when what I want is something long and plotting, especially if Methos is central to everything.

Hamlet’s Ghost
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07:28 pm "Five bosoms Gene wishes he'd never got close to" by catwalksalone (PG)
Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: Sam Tyler/Gene Hunt
Length: 2,000 words
Author on LJ: catwalksalone
Author Website:
Why this must be read: It's so perfectly, grittily Gene Hunt. Even in his spotty, skinny youth he's so supremely himself. This is not the wish-fulfillment kind and caring Gene of many a fanfic; this is coarse and rude Gene, bursting off the page in all his manly glory.

Five bosoms Gene wishes he'd never got close to
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09:36 pm Turns Upon a Dragon's Wing by Sorka
Fandom: THE SENTINEL/Pern
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Length: 40840 words
Author on LJ: not known
Author Website: http://www.852prospect
http://archiveofourown.org/users/sorka42
Why this must be read: - I originally thought of posting this for crossover day, but it's actually a fusion rather than a crossover, so I decided against it - but I still want to rec it.

Jagrassim is the older son of a small Holder, found on Search by blue rider P'grast and taken to Fort Weyr where he Impresses a bronze dragon. His father is not best pleased and disowns him. A year or two later, the Masterharper attends a Hatching with one of his senior Journeymen, Ballair... and when it hatches, a green dragon chooses Ballair. And when J'im's senses begin to give him trouble, B'lair thinks he can find answers in the old records in the Harper Hall or perhaps the Healer Hall.

Sorka fits the Sentinel characters very neatly into the Pern universe. Tney are completely recognizable as the people we know and love, and the Pern setting also feels completely authentic. It does help to have some slight acquaintance with the Pern universe, because the story is set in it, but ultimately it's a tale of two men getting to know each other. It's posted to two places,

here
and
here
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