Arranged in order of most to least perceived seriousness.

Last Summer's Corn (Riley)
by trixiefatcat
Rating: not rated, worksafe
Site: LiveJournal
Year: 2006
(via Stultiloquentia's Jossverse Poetry Masterlist, all hail)

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Last year in the classic recs season I challenged myself to rec some non-Xander related fics, since it’s well known where my fic preferences lie. Here’s what I came up this year for the same self-challenge.

If you want a demonstration of how to create humour in the midst of angst and keep it to 100 words, then look no further than Substitute by speakr2customrs ( Read more... )

Since Rebcake stole part of my list (stole, I tell you!) as I was writing this, I had to modify it some.  In no particular order, here are five new contributors to fandom for whom I will drop whatever I'm doing and check out their latest work:

lady_sybyl, also known elsewhere as Dactylgirl and TerrusDacktellus (and SoulfulSpiketheKiller on Tumblr).  Dactylgirl ( Read more... )

This round of Buffyverse Top 5 just wouldn't be complete without:

[You do want to know, don't you?]

Conclusive Etymology of a Summers by clockwork_hart1 (Lucy). I love this story so much it inspired my very first fanfiction poster for another author. One of my favorite Buffy character studies, delicately etched and sympathetically observed. When it comes to Buffy Summers and the Summers ( Read more... )

Some favorite gen short stories from 2014 (and the hardest part here was to chose just 5).
Any bad English in summaries is mine and shouldn't be blamed on fic authors.

Building Character by beer-good-foamy (Ensemble, PG-13). Unusual version of "Buffy came back wrong" and at the same time - genial meta-story about writing fanfiction. In order to fix Buffy ( Read more... )

For some mysterious reason I get a kicks out of AUs, where one character is replaced by another. So there are some of my faves...
Any bad English in summaries is mine and shouldn't be blamed on fic authors.

'Awake' (Buffy, Illyria, PG) by drizzlydaze. What if Illyria got in contact with Buffy on Spike's behalf after ten years apart?
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Some vids about characters who don't get the spotlight often.
Any bad English and awkward phrasing in summaries is mine and shouldn't be blamed on vid authors.

Don't Forget Me by obsessive24 (Buffy/Riley) "But she doesn’t love me." Riley as defined by Buffy.
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Five Ways Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Could End (And One Way it Won't) by Lynnenne
http://lynnenne.livejournal.com/168312.html
PG. Everybody who reads Buffy comics should read this! That is all.
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 Laundry Day (Buffy/Riley)
The stain was tenacious. It had scoffed at Stain-Away, triumphed over standard bleach, and withstood even a dousing of club soda.

Christmas Day (Riley & Giles)
Riley gets an unexpected visitor on Christmas Day.

Through The Forests Of The Night
Riley in South America.

Home From The Great Escape
"She's alive, Riley. Buffy's ( Read more... )

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