• Simple Gestures (Ivy Riddle) - Firefly
  From the outside looking in, it can be hard to understand River and Jayne. Beautiful, beautiful use of language.
• Drugs unlock the body's own stem cell cabinet
• Immoral advances: Is science out of control?
• Medicinal plants on verge of extinction

I'm now finished with my ramble through the story list, so here is the final, combined recs post. From here, I'm going to continue as normal.

Final number of Yuletide recs: 36, plus 2 additional links27 Fandoms: Titanic; Sneakers; Quantum Leap; The Princess Bride; The Pretender; Northern Exposure; M*A*S*H; Madeleine L'Engle - Austin-Murry-O'Keefe ( Read more... )

• The Last Dance (shewhoguards) - Titanic
  An absolutely, positively beautiful tale of one of the band members' internal dialogue. Almost too beautiful to describe.
• yuletide.recs's bookmarks on delicious
  A bookmark full of tasty bookmarks! Master list of Yuletide 2008 recs. Yes, some of mine are included. Tagged and sortable by fandom.
• Blind Date (unk ( Read more... )

• Shutdown (Allison McDonnell) - Earth 2
  Nice Devon/Sheppard fallout story, combined with the end of the series and a mild crossing of the fourth wall. Rated up for themes. (Note: not a Yuletide rec.)
• Paradise (unk) - The Princess Bride
  So what happened to Fezzik and Inigo? This story, which captures Fezzik's voice perfectly, shows how they tried ( Read more... )

• Paradise Lost (unk) - LOLCats
  Basement cat creeps up from the underworld and offers temptation in this Miltonesque tale. NC-17 but in a pretty funny manner.
• Teh Tail of Snow Cat (unk) - LOLCats
  Snow White as a LOLCat. Cute!
• No Doubts (unk) - Little House series
  Beautiful portrait of
• Careful the Tale You Tell (unk) - Ladyhawke
  Do you think the story ( Read more... )

• The Rebirth of Brandon Wheeger (unk) - Galaxy Quest
  Brandon finds himself feeling a little lost after GalaxyCon 18, particularly when faced with the realities of life as a teenager. Eventually, though, it all works out. Good stuff.

• Conclusion of the Imperial Planetologist (unk) - Dune
  Character study of Liet Kynes, highlighting the dissonance between his dual roles as Fremen and Imperial subject. Very accurately captures the entire intent behind the story of a minor but critically important player.
• Silver Bells and Cockle Shells (unk) - The Secret Garden
  A beautifully written ( Read more... )

• Foreplay (unk) - The Cutting Edge
  A brilliant take on the what-happened-next question. Sure, some things got worked out while they were out there on the ice, but Kate still has hesitations and hang-ups that she has to work through. Very fun reading.
• The Tender Things That We Were Working On (unk) - The Breakfast Club
  Everyone is nervous before a ( Read more... )

• Unwrapped (Commercials) - Hyperfocused (NC-17)
• Dear John (Voyager) - J. Elisabeth
• The lack of female Einsteins is all down to numbers
• Did warfare drive out-of-Africa migration?

• Therapy Session (Crossover) - Maggie1
• The Call Of Nature (Earth 2) - Allison McDonnell
• Long Overdue (Firefly) - NoMoreJacksPlz