Consolidated recommendations
Jan. 25th, 2005 01:09 pmHere are my recommendations for the month, organized by fandom.
Brimstone
Earthbound by Sidewinder
Stone/Devil slash
http://www.sockiipress.org/sidewinder/brimstone.html
Summary: The Devil crosses a line, and is forced to live with the consequences.
Farscape
The Light Side Of The Moon by Maayan
Gen? Slash?
http://glassonion.populli.org/archive/6/lightside.shtml
Summary: What if someone else found Crichton first?
Harry Potter
Blood Magic by GatewayGirl
Gen
http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/GatewayGirl/
Summary: Snape learns he is actually Harry Potter's father, and over time the two build a relationship. The best of the Severitus challenge stories.
Games of Skill and Chance by Snowballjane
Gen
http://www.thedarkarts.org/authors/snowballjane/GSC.html
Summary: Beautifully understated story of Snape adjusting to life after Voldemort's defeat.
The Mirror of Maybe by Midnight Blue
Harry/Severus Slash
http://www.greyblue.net/MidnightBlue/Mirror/default.htm
Summary: WIP warning. A twenty-eight year old Harry Potter returns to his past, and must invent a new identity for himself as he tries to change the future.
Night-blooming Heartsease by Julad
Snape/Longbottom slash
http://yearningvoid.net/stories/julad/000080.html
Summary: Struggling for survival in a bleak future. Poignant, heart-breaking.
Smallville
Black Pond by Viridian5
Clark/Lex, Lex/other? slash
http://smallville.slashdom.com/archive/1/blackpond.html
Summary: Clark isn't the only one who finds Lex irresistible.
Conflicts of Interest by Rageprufrock
Gen with hints of past Lex/Clark
http://glitterati.illuminatedtext.com/12days/conflictsofinterest.html
Summary: The story of Conner Clark Luthor. Sweet, funny and touching.
The Identical Series by Lanning Cook
Clark/Lex Slash
http://lanning.slashdom.com/
Summary: An impostor has taken Lex's place and only Clark can tell the difference.
The Naming of Names by Jenn
Gen
http://seperis.illuminatedtext.com/smallville/namingofnames.html
Summary: A story of friendship and facing your fears.
Resident Alien by Jenn
Clark/Lex slash
http://seperis.illuminatedtext.com/smallville/residentalien.html
Summary: Lex helps Clark out with his taxes. Clark returns the favor.
The Sentinel
I Still Believe by Dasha
Slash: Jim/Blair
http://www.squidge.org/archive/archive/5/istill.html
Summary: What happens after happily ever after.
X-Files
Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind series by Josan
Skinner/Krycek slash
http://www.squidge.org/terma/josan/josan.htm
Summary: Krycek tries to give Skinner a gift, and gets something unexpected in return.
Exigency by Zoe Takashi and Louise Wu
Skinner/Krycek Krycek/Other slash
http://lzl.dreamhost.com/Stories/Exigency.html
Summary: Krycek doesn't realize how damaged he is, until he finds something he wants but can't have.
I Still Have Plans to Go to Mexico by MJ and JiM
Slash: Mulder/Skinner/Krycek
http://members.aol.com/radclyffeh/mexico.html
Summary: A hopeful story of three men adjusting to new lives post-conspiracy.
The Same Everywhere and The Hand We Were Dealt by Jane Mortimer
Pairing: Mulder/Krycek slash
http://members.aol.com/janemort/toc.html
Summary: An alien makes Mulder an offer he can't refuse. But just why is Krycek playing along?
Crossovers
Smallville/Justice League
Ad Astra Per Aspera by Tzigane and Kat
Clark/Lex, Clark/Other, Lex/Other slash
http://rpgplug.co.uk/Asylum/sv/sv.html
Summary: For years Lionel Luthor has been experimenting on the meteor mutants, including his own son. Rescue finally comes, but has too much damage been done?
Sentinel/Stargate SG-1
Alternity by Legion
Jim/Blair, Daniel/Teal'c slash
http://www.squidge.org/~theforest/fandoms/fandoms.html
Summary: Alternate versions of Jim and Blair step through the Stargate, anxious to pass on the knowledge they've gained in hopes that our Earth can be saved.
Buffy/Smallville
Mercury by Kitty Fisher
Pre-slash
http://smallville.slashdom.com/archive/9/mercury.html
Summary: On vacation in England, Giles encounters a sixteen year-old Lex. Bloodied but not bowed sums this one up. A true classic.
Runaway Trains by C. L. Kamnikar
Gen
http://chaos.horsechicks.com/fanfic/runawaytrains.html
Summary: Dawn and Clark meet after each has run away from home.
Brimstone
Earthbound by Sidewinder
Stone/Devil slash
http://www.sockiipress.org/sidewinder/brimstone.html
Summary: The Devil crosses a line, and is forced to live with the consequences.
Farscape
The Light Side Of The Moon by Maayan
Gen? Slash?
http://glassonion.populli.org/archive/6/lightside.shtml
Summary: What if someone else found Crichton first?
Harry Potter
Blood Magic by GatewayGirl
Gen
http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/GatewayGirl/
Summary: Snape learns he is actually Harry Potter's father, and over time the two build a relationship. The best of the Severitus challenge stories.
Games of Skill and Chance by Snowballjane
Gen
http://www.thedarkarts.org/authors/snowballjane/GSC.html
Summary: Beautifully understated story of Snape adjusting to life after Voldemort's defeat.
The Mirror of Maybe by Midnight Blue
Harry/Severus Slash
http://www.greyblue.net/MidnightBlue/Mirror/default.htm
Summary: WIP warning. A twenty-eight year old Harry Potter returns to his past, and must invent a new identity for himself as he tries to change the future.
Night-blooming Heartsease by Julad
Snape/Longbottom slash
http://yearningvoid.net/stories/julad/000080.html
Summary: Struggling for survival in a bleak future. Poignant, heart-breaking.
Smallville
Black Pond by Viridian5
Clark/Lex, Lex/other? slash
http://smallville.slashdom.com/archive/1/blackpond.html
Summary: Clark isn't the only one who finds Lex irresistible.
Conflicts of Interest by Rageprufrock
Gen with hints of past Lex/Clark
http://glitterati.illuminatedtext.com/12days/conflictsofinterest.html
Summary: The story of Conner Clark Luthor. Sweet, funny and touching.
The Identical Series by Lanning Cook
Clark/Lex Slash
http://lanning.slashdom.com/
Summary: An impostor has taken Lex's place and only Clark can tell the difference.
The Naming of Names by Jenn
Gen
http://seperis.illuminatedtext.com/smallville/namingofnames.html
Summary: A story of friendship and facing your fears.
Resident Alien by Jenn
Clark/Lex slash
http://seperis.illuminatedtext.com/smallville/residentalien.html
Summary: Lex helps Clark out with his taxes. Clark returns the favor.
The Sentinel
I Still Believe by Dasha
Slash: Jim/Blair
http://www.squidge.org/archive/archive/5/istill.html
Summary: What happens after happily ever after.
X-Files
Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind series by Josan
Skinner/Krycek slash
http://www.squidge.org/terma/josan/josan.htm
Summary: Krycek tries to give Skinner a gift, and gets something unexpected in return.
Exigency by Zoe Takashi and Louise Wu
Skinner/Krycek Krycek/Other slash
http://lzl.dreamhost.com/Stories/Exigency.html
Summary: Krycek doesn't realize how damaged he is, until he finds something he wants but can't have.
I Still Have Plans to Go to Mexico by MJ and JiM
Slash: Mulder/Skinner/Krycek
http://members.aol.com/radclyffeh/mexico.html
Summary: A hopeful story of three men adjusting to new lives post-conspiracy.
The Same Everywhere and The Hand We Were Dealt by Jane Mortimer
Pairing: Mulder/Krycek slash
http://members.aol.com/janemort/toc.html
Summary: An alien makes Mulder an offer he can't refuse. But just why is Krycek playing along?
Crossovers
Smallville/Justice League
Ad Astra Per Aspera by Tzigane and Kat
Clark/Lex, Clark/Other, Lex/Other slash
http://rpgplug.co.uk/Asylum/sv/sv.html
Summary: For years Lionel Luthor has been experimenting on the meteor mutants, including his own son. Rescue finally comes, but has too much damage been done?
Sentinel/Stargate SG-1
Alternity by Legion
Jim/Blair, Daniel/Teal'c slash
http://www.squidge.org/~theforest/fandoms/fandoms.html
Summary: Alternate versions of Jim and Blair step through the Stargate, anxious to pass on the knowledge they've gained in hopes that our Earth can be saved.
Buffy/Smallville
Mercury by Kitty Fisher
Pre-slash
http://smallville.slashdom.com/archive/9/mercury.html
Summary: On vacation in England, Giles encounters a sixteen year-old Lex. Bloodied but not bowed sums this one up. A true classic.
Runaway Trains by C. L. Kamnikar
Gen
http://chaos.horsechicks.com/fanfic/runawaytrains.html
Summary: Dawn and Clark meet after each has run away from home.