December 31st, 2013 
12:00 am Celtic Cross by Yahtzee (Teen)
Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Fox Mulder/Dana Scully
Length: 4946
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] yahtzee63
Author Website: AO3
Why this must be read:

After that last rec, I'm sure you're all in the mood for a happy ending for our dynamic duo. Yahtzee tells her story through a tarot card reading. It's Scully's birthday and she is at home getting a reading from a fortune teller, a gift from her partner. There is also a tiny little casefile, but really this story is about Scully and Mulder's relationship. It's charming and delightful, and that's all I'm going to tell you.

Read Celtic Cross
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03:27 am The Reluctant Princess & Her Frog by iphianassa (G)
Fandom: Fairy Tales: The Princess and the Frog
Characters: Princess, Frog, Queen
Length: 1430 words
Author Website: at AO3

Why this must be read: What if there's a Princess who doesn't want all the royal trappings and would rather tramp around the woods, climb trees, and learn to ride horses astride? And what if she comes across a talking frog and knows that if she kisses him he will become a prince and she'll have to marry and settle down?

She decides not to kiss him and they become best buds. Until one day... Enjoy.

The Reluctant Princess & Her Frog

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08:54 am The Winter of Wolf by thankyouturtle (G)
Fandom: Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding Hood
Characters: Wolf, Red, Grandmother, Woodcutter, OCs
Length: 5K words
Author Website: at AO3

Why this must be read: It's a pretty stunning transformation of a fairy tale into what reads like a Native American origin myth.

Wolf has had a happy childhood, but as she gets older she realizes her world is under a cloud. For thirteen long years, her people have been waiting for a good winter to bring rain for their crops and replenish their streams and wells She learns from an elder the story of the seasons and decides to go on a quest to find out why Winter-Grandmother has stopped visiting their lands. Enjoy.

The Winter of Wolf

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08:55 am Harvey Specter's Stupid, Sentiment-Riddled Heart by dr_ducktator (PG)
Fandom: SUITS
Pairing: Harvey/Mike
Length: 2598
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dr_ducktator
Author Website: Fiction masterpost, AO3

Why this must be read: What drew me to this story is the characterization of Harvey. Even after working with Mike for so long, he doesn't leap into falling in love with him. He has doubts and fears about falling in love, and that's how I feel canon Harvey would feel if he really was given the chance to be in a relationship with Mike.



It was a lot of work. Even with Mike's brain, it was a lot of work: he had no idea how the other associates could stand it. It was August and he felt like he hadn't slept more than four hours a night since he'd started at Pearson Hardman in July. It was not unreasonable to wonder sometimes whether he was losing his mind.

It was shortly after lunch and Mike was in Harvey's office taking notes. Harvey paced in his space ignoring the excellent view, hand-gestures expansive, as he listed all the angles Mike should be trying. Mike enjoyed seeing him this way: it was rare that Harvey forgot he should be cool and delved into the intricacies of legal maneuver. Mike liked him more the more he exposed his inner nerd. A half-smile was dawning on Harvey's face, totally unconscious, as he described the unintended consequences of contract clauses. And then the building got up and stretched.


That's how Mike described it later, still not quite able to put into words how the door in its frame tapped against the strike-plate, glass on steel like a dented bell. The pulls on the lamps swayed in the air between him and Harvey, all by themselves. Mike felt a surprise wave of nausea and the view outside the windows moved subtly, all of it in the same direction. His brain lurched with vertigo as he realized he was the one moving. The whole office was moving.



Harvey Specter's Stupid, Sentiment-Riddled Heart: LJ, AO3
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11:48 am "Down By the Water" by Lucifer's Garden (T)
Fandoms: UNCHARTED
Characters/Pairings: Nathan Drake/Elena Fisher
Length: ~2000 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: on FanFiction.net
Why this must be read:

This caught my eye as a chill and sweet yet still bantery look at the start of their downtime post UC1. The sense of atmosphere, that the adventure isn't really over, is appealing as a nice start of their romance piece.

Down By the Water
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11:57 am "A Helping Hand" by mgowriter (T)
Fandoms: UNCHARTED
Characters/Pairings: Victor Sullivan & Nathan Drake, Chloe Frazer, Nathan Drake/Elena Fisher
Length: ~2800 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: on FanFiction.net
Why this must be read:

In UC2 we never get any details of who asked him to come/how Sully turns up in Tibet, just that he is there, and this fic nicely fills in those gaps as well as really showing the friendship between him and Nate, that he could get through to Nate where others couldn't. It also has added bonus of showing a bit of Nate whump that the game glosses over, though he's been through a lot by the time Sully arrives and we get to see that directly in this too.

A Helping Hand
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12:08 pm "Healing Touch" by Winter-Rae (T)
Fandoms: UNCHARTED
Characters/Pairings: Nathan Drake/Elena Fisher
Length: ~1600 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: on FanFiction.net
Why this must be read:

Few stories seem to deal with how Nate and Elena actually hook up for the first time, and this is presumably due to the fact that most fic for this series appears to be written after UC2 came out, and that was a game-changer relationship-wise for them so people mostly skip over that step in fic.

I chose this story to rec out of the few that there are because I liked how despite their semi-adversarial banter and innuendo we get in game and in most fics, when it came down to it in this they were both sort of nervous and shy about it as well, after forming a sort of friendship together and not easily knowing how to change it to more.

Healing Touch
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12:24 pm Down The Wrong Path by FoxMarie (M)
Fandom: STAR WARS
Pairing: Anakin/Obi-Wan
Length: 46554 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] ijedi7
Author Website: FFN Profile
Why this must be read:

This story is about the first Obi/Ani slash tale I read: therefore it's a personal favorite, as posting rules permit. It has so much in it, the hurt/comfort, first time, exotic aliens, mindbending, gah, all the goodies are here. Plus, this author managed to put fannish interests to good use, witness her ongoing research blog which illuminates fannish endeavors, lifestyles and even eating habits: what an enviable way to work. Add to all that a slash survey, and yes, I'll rec this.

Down The Wrong Path
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03:02 pm Complimentary by prettychemistry (PG-13 or FRT)
Fandom: CRIMINAL MINDS
Characters/Pairing: Emily Prentiss/Spencer Reid
Length: 300 words
Rating: PG-13 of FRT
Author Website: Author on LJ

Why this must be read: All of [livejournal.com profile] prettychemistry's stuff is pretty good - it was hard to choose this one over the others. I like it because it's just a snippet between Reid and Prentiss at a time in the show's genesis when their characters were full of possibility. Neither one has been irrevocably scarred by the job yet and they have a very human moment between all of the profiling and beating feet after baddies that we all saw. Plus, using Prentiss as 'chick bait' in "52 Pick-up" with Viper always made me grind my teeth so it's nice to imagine that someone might have appreciated her effort for other reasons.

Complimentary by prettychemistry

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03:56 pm "The Time is Out of Joint", by lizzie-marie-23
Fandom: HAMLET (SHAKESPEARE)
Characters/Pairing: All cast, Hamlet-centric
Length: 2945 words
Author on LJ:
Author Website: (or a link to where more of their fic is archived)
Why this must be read: Hamlet and time travel fix-its are two great tastes that taste great together, and this relatively short fic manages to deliver on the emotional side because every attempt to fix things only makes it worse, and that is how the tragedy is shaped. It's second person, which pulls you straight into the narrative, it goes into backstory quite a bit, and it "explains" a lot of things that are a bit odd about Hamlet's behaviour. It's also structurally interesting.

The Time is out of Joint
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05:58 pm Just Smile by harriet_vane (PG-13)
Fandom: ONE DIRECTION
Pairing: Harry/Niall, Liam/Louis, Perrie/Zayn
Length: ~9,800 words
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] harriet_vane
Author on AO3: harriet_vane
Why this must be read:

The boys' school holds an American style prom and Harry wants nothing more than a lads night out. But with Louis planning an epic night for his boyfriend Liam, and Zayn taking Perrie, he and Niall decide to go together instead - just as friends. Really adorable bros-turned-accidental-boyfriends fic.

Just Smile
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09:31 pm Before Midnight by wandersfound (G)
Since midnight holds a bit more significance tonight, a Cinderella story seemed appropriate.  Wishing you a New Year's Eve where the fun doesn't have a deadline. Cheers.  

Fandom: Fairy Tales: Cinderella
Characters: canon characters (mostly)
Length: 1715 words
Author Website: at AO3

Why this must be read: It's a sweet little story where Cinderella is a fella. Light on angst but still true to the original.

When the invitation arrives addressed to the household, Jamie suspects he will not be included, since the purpose of the ball is to find a bride for the prince. It doesn't stop him from wanting to go. His stepsisters are merely curious about why he would want to go, but his stepmother is adamant that he not attend. But it wouldn't be a tale worth telling if the list of chores she gives him could prevent him from going, would it? Enjoy.

Before Midnight

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11:30 pm One is Silver by Naraht (G)
Fandom: THE X-FILES
Pairing: Fox Mulder&Dana Scully
Length: 2155
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] emily_shore
Author Website: AO3
Why this must be read:

This was given to me for Christmas five years by Naraht, who founded [livejournal.com profile] xf_book_club, and ran it with my help for several years. Since it was gen fic, it didn't get the attention from the fandom it deserved, though a wonderful artist, Skuuri, created this illustration for it: One is Silver. Briefly, it's New Year's Eve, they're on duty, patrolling the festivities trying to look like ordinary folk out for a good time. Naraht's writing is always subtle and nuanced, and she stays close to canon for characterization and plot. This is a small gem of holiday fanfic.

Read One is Silver
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