July 15th, 2012 
01:31 am Don’t Let Kowalski Interview the Perp! (G)
Sorry I've been remiss in reccing! I'll try to make up for it with two of my favorite pic-fics (you'll see).

Fandom: due South
Pairing: none
Length: kid-book length
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] catwalksalone
Author Website: link to website
Why this must be read:

How could I NOT love a fic that combines due South with one of my favorite series of kids books? Image heavy, this looks and reads just like one of the Don’t Let the Pigeon series, with Fraser and the Rays as the cast.

Don’t Let Kowalski Interview the Perp
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01:36 am Grocery Lists by Sionnain (PG)
Fandom: due South
Pairing: Fraser/Vecchio/Kowalski
Length: n/a – all told in lists
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] sionnain
Author Website: sionnain’s fic page
Why this must be read:

Another image-heavy rec, this story, told entirely through the evolving grocery list on the FVK fridge, is funny and charming, and so in character.

As a side note, this piece was actually inspired by my previous rec.

Grocery lists
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09:32 am Raised with the Fume of Sighs by Dira Sudis (Explicit)
Fandom: LEWIS
Pairing: Robbie Lewis/James Hathaway
Length: 4k
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dsudis
Author Website: AO3, and personal website

Why this must be read:
It's striking how confident Lewis is here, confident and demanding. He strides towards Hathaway at the beginning of the story and he never lets up. There's so much heat in this story, and I think it's born of that confidence too. Not that I don't love the more hesitant or gentle stories in this fandom (oh, I do) but this one is notable for its different erotic tone. 

"Then you should come home with me anyway," James said quietly, feeling the rush of the words like a drug, making him almost giddy.

Raised with the Fume of Sighs
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12:12 pm Crossover Day!
Today is the 15th of the month, which means Crack Van Collisions, a.k.a. cross-over day.

Drivers, you may rec one fic that crosses over your fandom with another (no, this does not count against your maximum). Please post crossovers in the following format:

Subject: Fandom/Fandom (Rating)

Title: Title by Author
Pairing: (no abbreviations, please)
Author on LJ:
Author Website:
Why this must be read:

(link to story)

tags: fanfic, crossover, fandom, fandom, etc.



Thanks, all!
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12:32 pm Inclined to Domesticity by Berevette (Explicit)
Fandom: LEWIS
Pairing: Robbie Lewis/James Hathaway
Length: 11k
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] berevette
Author Website: Berevette at the AO3

Why this must be read:
Hathaway knows he's in love, Lewis doesn't yet. This is gorgeous. It's sweet and genuinely domestic, but has enough realism to give it some grit. It gets to the heart of the way they care for each other, and it's a slow, sustained build. It's also extremely hot. It's hot because of the words they use to define what they are to each other; talking almost dispassionately, like solving a case. And then it's hot because of Hathaway's voice.

Want to wake up next to you, have you pressed against my back while I make breakfast. Want everything, everything.

Inclined to Domesticity
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02:13 pm Inception/3rd Rock From the Sun (PG-13)
Title: In Duty Homeward Shall We Fly by Toomuchplor
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Length: 4k
Author on LJ:http://toomuchplor.livejournal.com/
Author on AO3http://archiveofourown.org/users/toomuchplor/pseuds/toomuchplor
Why this must be read

It seems obvious and logical that dream technology is alien in origin.  And of course Arthur (formerly Tommy) Solomon has been given the mission to get it back from the primitive Earthlings by the Big Giant Head.  What is actually surprising is that Arthur finds himself impressed by the human known as Eames and unexpected emotions get involved.  Only toomuchplor could make this crossover work so plausibly.  Cath brings a dry, dead-pan humor to the podfic that matches the crackiness of the story perfectly.

Text: In Duty Homeward Shall We Fly
Podfic: In Duty Homeward Shall We Fly
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02:14 pm Doctor Who/A Wicked Voice (Vernon Lee) (Teen)
Title: The Sapphire of Rassilon
Pairing: Gen (Eighth Doctor, Grace Holloway, Vernon Lee)
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] zopyrus
Author Website: AO3 profile
Why this must be read: Originally written for [livejournal.com profile] rarewomen, this is a captivating mystery involving the Eighth Doctor, his companion from the TV movie, Grace, and a now-little known Victorian short story (written by a female with a pseudonym), A Wicked Voice.

The Sapphire of Rassilon
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04:30 pm Star Trek/Iron Man Crossover (Explicit)
Title: Tonight (I’m Fucking You) by [livejournal.com profile] canis_takahari
Pairing: Tony Stark/Leonard McCoy
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] canis_takahari
Author Website: Masterlist of Fic
Why this must be read: Well as a lover of the Avengers universe AND the Trek universe, this is just perfect: I mean, who doesn't want to see Leonard McCoy all sexed up by Tony Stark? Also, there's the whole scene afterwards in which Kirk finds out, which is totally one of my favorite things ever (jealousy!).

Tonight (I’m Fucking You)
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06:12 pm A Symphony of Chemical Reactions (Teen), by what_alchemy
Sorry, I'm getting a late start this month. Hope to make up for it.

Fandom: Sherlock BBC
Pairing: Sherlock/John
Length: about 2,300 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] what_alchemy
Author Website: Fic Masterlist on LJ
Why this must be read:
This is, for me, the complete package: style, humor (food!), rhythm, sensuality, innovation (recipe links), concision, and a brilliant Sherlock POV.

It's not easy to excerpt without spoiling anything. Sherlock cares for John. Sherlock decides to prepare a proper treat for John. Sherlock, in passages, goes meticulously, engagingly, off the rails. Read, and enjoy.


A Symphony of Chemical Reactions (written for the [livejournal.com profile] holmestice exchange, not coincidentally and ideally as a work for me.)
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07:44 pm On Faith and Trust Alone by Tessa Rae & Sethra (NC17)
Fandom: THE PROFESSIONALS
Pairing: Bodie/Doyle
Length: 113510 word count
Author on LJ:n/a
Author Website: http://www.thecircuitarchive.com/tca/archive/9/onfaith.html
Why this must be read: Xover with The Highlander. It's a different look at two relationships.

snippets )

On Faith and Trust Alone
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09:28 pm Because Sooner Or Later by Leyenn (PG) (Babylon 5/Doctor Who)
Crossover Day, woohoo!

Fandom: BABYLON 5 / DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Delenn/Sarah Jane Smith
Length: 2045 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] leyenn
Author Website: Leyenn at An Archive Of Our Own

Why this must be read:

Dashing girl reporter interviews galactic president! Delenn canonically has had bad luck with the media, but Sarah Jane Smith isn’t just any reporter. And it turns out that Delenn isn’t your average alien leader, either. Two of my favourite characters ever sit down and talk over tea, and Delenn is wise and Sarah Jane is clever, and they learn from each other. My only regret with this fic is that the porn would have been exceedingly photogenic. But despite that this is a beautiful short story that leaves me feeling safe, warm, and happy--and, like Sarah Jane, ready to tackle the next adventure.

Excerpt:

Twenty-two sixty-one is only a few hundred years out of time… )

Because Sooner Or Later
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11:03 pm Bandom/Sailor Moon (PG13)
Title: Chill out and learn to love your pussy by halfeatenmoon
Pairing: Gerard Way/Tuxedo Mask
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] halfeatenmoon
Author Website: halfeatenmoon@AO3
Why this must be read: My heart kind of melted when I read this story that meshes my oldest with my newest fandom. That aside, it's a hilarious story that tries to explore the possibilities that arise when Gerard, Mikey and Co. gain the ability to turn into female Sailor Scouts. There are a lot of funny details, and I for one loved to learn who's behind the Tuxedo Mask costume.

Excerpt )

Chill out and learn to love your pussy
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11:41 pm STARGATE SG-1/SANCTUARY [teen]
Title: Not From Around Here, But Here Just The Same by [livejournal.com profile] gingasaur
Pairing: Cameron Mitchell and Helen Magnus
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] gingasaur
Author Website: AO3
Why this must be read: As Cameron Mitchell waits in the thirties to right the timeline, he meets a woman who is the spitting image of his dead friend. This is a fill-in for Stargate: Continuum, but all you really need to know is that the timeline went wrong, that Cam has gone back in time to fix it, and that Helen Magnus is near-immortal and hunts things you thought only existed in cryptozoology books. (And is fabulous. You need to know that)

A story which not so much lampshades the fact that Helen Magnus and Sam Carter look alike as floodlights it and sings karaoke about it, this is the tale of the nine-year bittersweet friendship between Helen and Cam in the 1930s. It's simply and elegantly written, well-characterised, and if I'd have liked a little more thirties atmosphere, that's just because I am greedy.

Not From Around Here, But Here Just the Same
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