Yuletide Recs

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Miracles with bonus Supernatural

God Is Now Here Okay, this is the most brilliant bunny. If you know Miracles at all, run, don't walk, to read this fic.

byrons_brain, I'm looking at you. ;-)

If you're an SPN fan who doesn't know Miracles? Read this. Seriously.

Actually, here's my recommendation for all you SPN fans: Watch the Miracles trailer below, or better yet, get hold of the Miracles Pilot (I defy you to watch just one, but anyway) *now* while the show is in holiday hiatus, then read this. You will love it, and you will see the SPN mytharc in a whole new way.

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Blood Ties (TV)

Conveniently Yours My Gift. Lovely case fic with some nice snark out of Vicki, and some delicious snarling between Henry and Mike. Excellent, hilarious Coreen, who happens to be getting ghost-hunting tips from this novel series about a pair of brothers who ride around in a badass Impala. [Jensen!voice]Awesome![/Jensen!voice.]

Castle

Ineffectual Secret Keeping My gift. This fic has practically every castle bunny I have ever contemplated in it, and at least one I hadn't thought to ask for, and they all fit together! I laughed with delight all the way through. So cool!

The Alexis Lexicon Fantastic Alexis voice, fantastic Rick voice, and a wonderful look at their unconventional, but healthy, relationship. :D

The Writer's Block Sleeps Tonight Fun and adorable, just like Alexis herself.

Glee

I Sang the Song that Silence Brings Zombieeeeeeeees!!! I have a thing for apocalyptic Zombiefic. In fact, I am tempted to ask for a companion piece that shows what my favorite character (Artie) was up to during the time frame of this story.

Sunshine (Robin McKinley)

On A Cloudy Day This is post-book fic, featuring Sunshine and the Goddess of Pain. I lost myself in it, and forgot I wasn't reading a sequel. Damn. :D

Sunshine, Shadows, and Silence Sunshine/Mel that gives some lovely closure (that isn't quite the right word. Fills in some gaps? Releases some narrative tension? I don't know) about the relationship between these two.

Branches Sunshine/Mel More Mel!Fic. Can you tell from these recs that Mel is played by a young Max Martini in my head? Hehehehe. Anyway, this fic tells a whole lot about him. His backstory, how he came to the coffeehouse, what he thought of Rae when he met her, etc. It's rich and delightful, just like a perfect cinnamon roll.

Mansfield Park (Austen)

Dancing Monkeys Beautifully written Austen fanfic. I was a Jane Austen nerd in high school, but sadly haven't read the canon in decades. That said? This fic is amazing. It made me want to dig out the novels and read them again.