This was written for the current round of A Ficathon Goes Into A Bar, with bonus podfic courtesy of the gracious and velvet-toned malnpudl.

Title: Chance Meetings
Writer (fic): graycardinal • AO3
Reader (podfic): malnpudl • AO3
Characters: Alexis Castle, Pepper Potts, JARVIS
Word count: ~2100
Rating/Type: G • gen
Spoilers?
Castle: Discusses plot points for " ( Read more... )

Title: The Left Turn at Albuquerque Caper
Author: Gray Cardinal
Characters: Captain Victoria Gates* (Castle); Zack (Carmen Sandiego), the Chief (Carmen Sandiego)
Fandoms: Castle, Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
Word count: ~2200
Rating/Contents: Rated G.  AU for Castle as of Season 7; mentions events from the Season 6 finale ( Read more... )

Title: Spy Stories
Characters/Pairings: Castle, Kate, Alexis, Martha
Word Count: 1120
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Spoilers: Episode tag for s5's "Target" & "Hunt", discusses plot details of both.
Summary: “I know that look,” Castle said. “That’s your this isn’t right look. So spill.”

Notes: I can't be the only one who thought certain aspects of the ( Read more... )

Title: Come (Back) Saturday Morning [@ AO3]
Characters: Martha Rodgers, Alexis Castle, Original Characters
Word Count: ca. 4300
Rating: G
Genre: gen/humor
Warnings: none
Spoilers: None to speak of.  Takes place mid-S5, after "Final Frontier" but before "Target" & "Hunt".   Includes references to a number of '70s animated and live-action Saturday ( Read more... )

Title: Five College Careers Alexis Castle Might Consider (and the Consequences Thereof)
Fandoms: Castle (of course); also Buffy the Vampire Slayer, NCIS. NCIS:LA
Characters: Alexis Castle, Rick Castle, Kate Beckett, Tim McGee, OC
Pairing: Alexis Castle/OC
Challenge: written for Not Prime Time 2012
Word Count: 2653
Rating: PG-13 (drug and sexual ( Read more... )

Title: A Very Long Summer
Fandom: Castle
Pairing: Castle/Beckett (implied)
Additional Cast: Tom Demming, Gina Cowell
Word Count: 1600
Author: ( Read more... )

Title: All I Want For Christmas (1/3)
Pairing: Beckett/Castle
Additional Cast: Alexis, Ryan, Esposito, Montgomery
Word Count: 3500+ (chapter)
Author: ( Read more... )

A handful of teasers from the yet-to-be-titled sequel to The Most Difficult Four Months...

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Title: The Most Difficult Four Months (2/2)
Pairing: Beckett/Castle
Additional Cast: OC (Morgan Hennessy, restauranteur)
Word Count: 3200+ (chapter); 5700+ (story)
Author: graycardinal
Rating: PG (for the presence of adult beverages)
Warnings: None.
Spoiler alert: None I can think of; OTOH, futurefic.
Summary: Dinner and conversation; it looks as if our ( Read more... )

Title: The Most Difficult Four Months (1/2)
Pairing: Beckett/Castle
Additional Cast: Capt. Montgomery (cameo); Kevin Ryan (offstage); sundry drivers, waiters, etc.
Word Count: 2500
Author: graycardinal*
Rating: PG (for the presence of adult beverages) 
Warnings: None.
Spoiler alert: None I can think of; OTOH, futurefic.
Summary: After a strenuous case, ( Read more... )