Story: The Ghost of Christmas Always
Author: minerva_fan
Rating: Teen
Word count: 5087
Author's summary: Maria and Sarah Jane manage to spend Christmases together, despite the distance between them. Implied Maria/SJS crushing.
Characters/Pairings: SJS, Maria, Luke, Clyde
Warnings: Character death (but not a bad sort of character death)

Recced because: A ( Read more... )

I thought I'd do a couple of slightly longer recs to finish off, for leisurely weekend reading. Here's the first:

Story: Five Times Liz Shaw and the Brigadier Saved the World
Author: vvj5/lost_spook
Rating: All Ages
Word count: 5592
Author's summary: Season 7 without the Doctor. Surprisingly, the world doesn't end.
Characters/Pairings: Liz/Brig
Warnings: ( Read more... )

Story: and then there was a giant squid
Author: netgirl_y2k
Rating: All Ages
Word count: 1357
Author's summary: The Doctor plays cricket, Nyssa and Tegan go to the beach, and then there's a squid.
Characters/Pairings: Five, Nyssa/Tegan

Recced because: Funny and sweet, with everyone gorgeously in-character (Tegan gets lots of good lines, and there's a perfect ( Read more... )

Story: When the Lights Fade
Author: wiccagirl24
Rating: All Ages
Word count: 1329
Author's summary: There is a price to be paid for being the Rebel Queen and standing against a tyrant. post ep for the BFA "Live 34".
Characters/Pairings: Ace, Hex, Seven
Warnings: references to torture

Recced because: The author's summary describing this as a post-ep for "Live ( Read more... )

Story: Splinters
Author: nonelvis
Rating: Adult
Word count: 344
Author's summary: Prompt: Nine/Jabe, gardening.
Characters/Pairings: Nine/Jabe
Warnings: Semi-explicit treesex.

Recced because: An utterly amazing exploration of one of my favourite pairings involving a one-off-character from new school. The imagery is brilliant, and it's shot through with a ( Read more... )

Story: A Love for the Ages
Author: settiai
Rating: All Ages
Word count: 537
Author's summary: It was a story older than history.
Characters/Pairings: Myfanwy/TARDIS

Recced because: It really shouldn't be possible for a Myfanwy-POV fic to be this good, but this is brilliant. It sounds cracky (and the concept inevitably is) but the telling of the story ( Read more... )

Story: no more working for a week or two
Author: shinyjenni
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 838
Author's Summary: The Doctor takes his companions on a lovely holiday. Meanwhile, Anji manages her finances and Fitz places an ill-advised bet.
Characters/Pairings: Eight, Fitz, Anji

Recced because: It's a wonderful bit of summery fluff showing one of my favourite ( Read more... )

Title: Mistakes
Author: amaresu
Rating: All Ages
Word count: 588
Author's summary: Her first mistake was accepting a ride from Iris.
Characters/Pairings: Ace, Iris Wildthyme
Warnings: None

Recced because: How can you resist a summary line (that's also the first line of the fic) like that? Iris is always a joy, and putting her together with Ace works ( Read more... )

Story: Rude & Ginger: The Movie
Author: nostalgia
Rating: Teen
Word count: 1236
Author's Summary: Donna meets the wrong Doctor. Or is it the *right* Doctor, boom-chikka?
Characters/Pairings: Six/Donna, Ten
Warnings: none

Recced because: nostalgia excels at snappy, snarky USTish dialogue and this pairing is the perfect context for it. All the ( Read more... )

Story: Flowers on Traken
Author: tromana
Rating: All Ages
Word count: 668
Author's Summary: Nyssa doesn’t like to remember; the scars can be too much to bear.
Characters/Pairings: Nyssa, Five
Warnings: none

Recced because: This is a beautiful examination of the angstiness in Nyssa's background that's often understated in canon, but with a nice ( Read more... )