When I asked for fic in exchange for my donations to fandom_charity, I specifically asked writers to include a rescue scenario, in keeping with the purpose of the charity. Yesterday, kyrieane posted her response to my challenge, and it's lovely -- an angsty, non-schmoopy character study that shows a glimpse of Spike and Xander's lives post-series. It's technically slash ( Read more... )

yin_again, you sweet, thoughtful woman, you! Thank you so much for the lovely surprise that arrived in the mail yesterday!

Also, thank you to wesleysgirl (whom someone else dubbed "Cliffhanger Queen"), for Deciphering Fire (my the_fund story). Warning: it's a WIP (Spike/Xander), but it's gooood.

Woohoo! The Sentinel Season 1 will be released on DVD on April 18, 2006! Once the DVDs are available, maybe I can get all of you Buffyverse fanfic writers to take a walk on the Sentinel side... :)

::happydance::

And speaking of The Sentinel and fanfic, I must rec Kaleidoscope 2, gardendoor's eagerly awaited sequel to Kaleidoscope. This is a wonderful story ( Read more... )

A couple of months ago, nasty_shrew agreed to write a post-NFA Spike/Xander story for me in exchange for my fund_fic donation to the American Stroke Association. I gave her a bunch of prompts, including a request for a third-person POV and the option to deviate from the conventional narrative format if she so chose ( Read more... )

It's looking like a winter wonderland outside my window; it started snowing about two hours ago. They're predicting lovely 60-degree weather for the trick-or-treaters on Monday. Gotta love New England weather. ::snort::

PIMP: Are all of the Sentinel fans on my flist reading lit_gal's fabulous Recovery (her fanfic100 challenge project)? If not, I urge you to check ( Read more... )

I know, I'm probably preaching to the choir, since any Spanderphile on my flist already knows Yin's work. But, just on the off chance I can entice a potential new reader... go read her latest: Anything of Nothing. She modestly labels it as porn (and yes, it does contain graphic gay sex), but this is no mere PWP. Spike and Xander post-Chosen ( Read more... )

Whew -- what a weekend! We had a marathon party on Saturday both to celebrate henryr's birthday and to welcome back our friends A and S, who have returned to the US after living in Japan and Australia for several years. It was a lot of fun, but I'm exhausted!

Gotta squee about (and pimp) the first Sentinel story written for me: The Good Fathers by polly_b ( ( Read more... )

Work is swamping me this week, but I have to spotlight the story that sottovoce10 wrote in exchange for my donation to the_fund (here's the original request, if you're curious). She managed to take a plot that all too often gets the high melodrama treatment during sweeps week on TV and gave it just the right touch; it's just lovely. Read it ( Read more... )

It's my pleasure to pimp a first-timer ::smirk::. pretties_4u, also known as Cat (and tabaqui's other half) has written Riverside, a haunting, lyrical, evocative, and sensual tale of a first time between two young men from the Ozarks (posted in kyriane's journal). (Note to my non-slash-reader friends: Read this. Although it's rated Adult, it's not graphic, and the writing' ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to a brilliantly talented Spike/Xander writer and fascinating, sweet person: ladycat777. She can write pretty much anything, but excels at combining angst, hope, and heat till we readers melt. Check out the stories at her web siteLadycat, I'd love to make you an icon for your birthday. Are you still looking for landscape images? If so, tell me ( Read more... )