summer_of_giles is a lovely sandbox to play in every year and to enjoy some wonderful creativity. Here are five fics from SoG I enjoyed this year. (There's a lot more there than just these five, so go over to the comm and have an amble through all the great work.)

The Mirror Broke (But All My Friends Were Laughing) by 23Murasaki. I’m a sucker for a well written ( Read more... )

When I discovered fandom and fic back in the early 2000's, there are some stories that stood out because they made me realise just how wonderfully malleable canon could be in the right hands. That realisation expanded my universe! :)

I’ve recced Te’s stories many times before, but my love for her stuff bears repeating. Post Grad series blew my ( Read more... )

If That Mockingbird Won't Sing by Doyle. Last year I was sent a pointer to this fic that I think has been recced here before, but it is a wonderfully creepy contribution to the season!

Wild and Wonderful by solstice. Recced at an earlier Top 5 session, I read this earlier this year and found it a delightful ride of Dawn and Spike on a road trip ( Read more... )

In no particular order :
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Five Spuffy Stories with human Spike. Some of these are AH and some are with Buffy as the slayer but all have a human Spike. (Some of these stories might be on sites where you have to be a member to access the story.)

1. He Came With the House by Cryptwarmer. All human ( Read more... )

Five favorite Buffyverse stories, in no particular order :

1. OK, technically this isn't really a story however... The Art Project by st_salieri.

2. Flight to Egypt , Spike by powerofthebook.

3. Disenchantment , Spike/Buffy by herself_nyc.

4. A Cricket From California , Spike/Buffy by elsaf.

5. Nightswimming , Spike/Buffy by calove.

4 favorite posts from masqthephlsphr and 1 from superplin over at Coffee Makers, in no particular order :
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So okay, I tried hard to come up with a theme and that was taking too long so I decided to just post a list of 5 classic stories I go back to and read over and over again. There's fluff and angst and absolutely no thematic or tonal connection between any of these stories - except my love.

1) The Key to Her... Heart? by Purplefeen: What do you get ( Read more... )

Five favorite scary stories. Just keep in mind that some of these go with major character death warning. Won't tell which ones, because I'm evil like that. And because spoilers.

Truly and Forever by thuviaptarth. What if Willow managed to resurrect Tara? Rated NC-17, and not exactly for the smut.

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Some of my favorite past year's long fic, arranged from shortest to longest.

signifying nothing by kwritten (Dawn-centric, PG-13, ~31 000 words). Season six character study. After her sister's death and resurrection, Dawn grapples with her own humanity and tenuous grasp on reality; as her depression swings her from reckless to numb, she reaches out to new ( Read more... )