Fandom: CROSSOVER (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA/FIREFLY)
Pairing: Louanne 'Kat' Katraine/Inara Serra
Length: 1,250
Author on LJ: rivrea
Author's Website: having_written
Why this must be read:While this is a remix of something I originally wrote, I love it all by itself, as it's an opposite perspective to my story, written with what is still very much the mood I wanted for the ( Read more... )

Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA/FIREFLY (CROSSOVER)
Pairing: Laura Roslin/Inara Serra
Length: ~3k one-shot
Author on LJ: kangeiko
Author Website: tagged by fandom at kangeiko
Why this must be read:This one is... I think "creepy" would be the best choice of word if I had to use just one, but I don't think it can be summed up that quickly or that easily. The melding, ( Read more... )

Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Pairing: Laura Roslin/Six
Length: ~2k one-shot
Author on LJ: runawaynun
Author's Website: /tag/fic
Why this must be read:This pairing isn't written very often, and when it is people usually choose Caprica for the Six in question. I like that this story does not; it gives a wonderful view of Laura on New Caprica, of her bitterness ( Read more... )

Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Pairing: Laura Roslin/Kara Thrace
Length: 8k one-shot
Author on LJ: minerva_fan
Author Website: Amalgam
Why this must be read:Many Laura/Kara first-time stories seem a little harsh in tone, or start with a fight. This one does the latter... but in a very different way. The writer's characterisation of the pair in the setting she's ( Read more... )

Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Pairing: Roslin/Tory, Kat/Racetrack, Boomer/Cally, Kat/Dualla, Boomer/Caprica Six
Length: ~3,000w
Author on LJ: aeonian, furies, projectjulie, quasiradiant, and thenewhope
Author Website: aeonian, furies, projectjulie, quasiradiant
Why this must be read:This is actually five flash-fics written right after the Occupation/Precipice season opener. So it's five ( Read more... )

Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Pairing: Kara/Seelix (with some Kara/Leoben)
Length: ~ 3,000w
Author on LJ: marenfic
Author Website: skip the light fandango
Why this must be read:

This is an amazing look at Kara as she was in the first part of the third season, right when she gets off of New Caprica. marenfic does a wonderful job describing her frustration and ( Read more... )

Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Pairing: Starbuck/Sharon
Length: ~2550w
Author on LJ: ana-grrl
Author Website: Ana Fic
Why this must be read:This is a five things fic, so every story in it is a different take on the relationship between the two of them. The characterization is excellent - even though the settings and situations of the stories vary widely, ( Read more... )

Fandom: BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Pairing: Six/Roslin
Length: ~ 1,000w
Author on LJ: voleuse
Author Website: The Moodfic Project
Why this must be read:Voleuse's writing journal is filled with all sorts of awesome writing, but I've always been particularly fond of this story. It's one of the ways the occupation could have gone if Roslin had been captured and ( Read more... )