Monster Mash
Yes, yes, I know. It's been a while. But! I was working backstage for our fall musical (with the directors from HELL) which finally wrapped up this weekend. So I can now finally get around to doing Halloween recs! Yay for procrastination and squeaking in under the wire!
Residency Evil by akire
House. Gen.
Summary: Zombie hordes have invaded PPTH. Paging Doctor House!
Let me start off this rec by stating that I am not too familiar with the canon for House. I have seen one episode and lots of commercials. However, I still found this an excellent fic because if you know anything about House, you know that Zombies + House = hysterical laughter. “You want us to do a differential diagnosis of zombiism? Now?” And zombie!Cameron! And Cuddy with a gun! And bedpans! If I beg hard, do you think they will turn this into an episode?
Bloodstone by K. Stonham
Hikaru no Go. Hikaru/Touya.
Summary: Hikaru becomes a vampire. Unsurprisingly, this changes his life very little.
Okay, so again, a fandom I am not exactly highly conversant in, although much moreso than House. But! If you know who these characters are at all, you should totally read this. There is a bit of a spoiler for the end of the series, but, well, let's just say that after you've read the first volume of manga it's not exactly a huge surprise. This story shouldn't really work--Hikago is not a traditional vampire setting. But because the characters remain true to their motivations (Go, The Hand of God, Go, Each Other, Go), it actually serves to highlight the bond between these friends. After all, if the series has shown us one thing, it's that death is nothing compared to the desire to play a really good game of Go.
Owl Eyes by salieri
SGA. McKay/Sheppard.
Summary: John's trapped in his room with what is possibly a Wraith, and Rodney's trying to figure out how to get him out alive.
SGA is great because it allows so many different types of stories--and this one is a classic horror/sci-fi story in the vein of Alien. The premise behind this strikes me with a sort of gut-level horror similar to John's. And the descriptions she uses! Salieri writes magnificently, excruciatingly of John's pain, of his screams: "a three-step tone rising from gut-deep bellow to scream to shriek and then cutting off as though the pain or the terror had gone off the scale and into the silence of absolute excess." I wince in sympathy. This story has been around a while, but even if you've read it before, give it another try. It certainly loses nothing with re-reading.
Toys by harukami
Saiyuki. Nii/Bunny. Nii/Kami-sama. Kami-sama/Kougaiji. Nii/Kougaiji.
Summary: Series of connected drabbles revolving around Nii, KAmi-sama, Kougaiji, and Nii's Bunny. Yes, you heard me right: this is plushy fic. Scary, sick, disturbing, wrong, non-con plushy fic. And if you think this is all just some totally random, messed up shit, please look here. That is official Minekura artwork, people. This is possibly canonical (at least in part) messed up shit. (Also, if you know about the Bunny theories that have been tossed around in the fandom, you know why this might be even more disturbing.) Basically, I don't know why I'm bothering to continue with warnings. It's Nii, people. I.e. it is, by definition, creepy and disturbing and wrong and perverted (and possibly just a little squirmy hot in that bad, bad, wrong way). And Harukami does Nii proud.
Residency Evil by akire
House. Gen.
Summary: Zombie hordes have invaded PPTH. Paging Doctor House!
Let me start off this rec by stating that I am not too familiar with the canon for House. I have seen one episode and lots of commercials. However, I still found this an excellent fic because if you know anything about House, you know that Zombies + House = hysterical laughter. “You want us to do a differential diagnosis of zombiism? Now?” And zombie!Cameron! And Cuddy with a gun! And bedpans! If I beg hard, do you think they will turn this into an episode?
Bloodstone by K. Stonham
Hikaru no Go. Hikaru/Touya.
Summary: Hikaru becomes a vampire. Unsurprisingly, this changes his life very little.
Okay, so again, a fandom I am not exactly highly conversant in, although much moreso than House. But! If you know who these characters are at all, you should totally read this. There is a bit of a spoiler for the end of the series, but, well, let's just say that after you've read the first volume of manga it's not exactly a huge surprise. This story shouldn't really work--Hikago is not a traditional vampire setting. But because the characters remain true to their motivations (Go, The Hand of God, Go, Each Other, Go), it actually serves to highlight the bond between these friends. After all, if the series has shown us one thing, it's that death is nothing compared to the desire to play a really good game of Go.
Owl Eyes by salieri
SGA. McKay/Sheppard.
Summary: John's trapped in his room with what is possibly a Wraith, and Rodney's trying to figure out how to get him out alive.
SGA is great because it allows so many different types of stories--and this one is a classic horror/sci-fi story in the vein of Alien. The premise behind this strikes me with a sort of gut-level horror similar to John's. And the descriptions she uses! Salieri writes magnificently, excruciatingly of John's pain, of his screams: "a three-step tone rising from gut-deep bellow to scream to shriek and then cutting off as though the pain or the terror had gone off the scale and into the silence of absolute excess." I wince in sympathy. This story has been around a while, but even if you've read it before, give it another try. It certainly loses nothing with re-reading.
Toys by harukami
Saiyuki. Nii/Bunny. Nii/Kami-sama. Kami-sama/Kougaiji. Nii/Kougaiji.
Summary: Series of connected drabbles revolving around Nii, KAmi-sama, Kougaiji, and Nii's Bunny. Yes, you heard me right: this is plushy fic. Scary, sick, disturbing, wrong, non-con plushy fic. And if you think this is all just some totally random, messed up shit, please look here. That is official Minekura artwork, people. This is possibly canonical (at least in part) messed up shit. (Also, if you know about the Bunny theories that have been tossed around in the fandom, you know why this might be even more disturbing.) Basically, I don't know why I'm bothering to continue with warnings. It's Nii, people. I.e. it is, by definition, creepy and disturbing and wrong and perverted (and possibly just a little squirmy hot in that bad, bad, wrong way). And Harukami does Nii proud.
