Hi Jane! I've been watching this community since someone told me you'd recced a couple of my stories on crack_van and I went over to investigate. Belated thanks for the recs. I appreciate the very kind things you said about my work. I get the impression such thanks are sort of a faux pas on that community, which is why you didn't hear from me there.

Anyway, what I'm really here for is to help! There is LOTS more wonderful, long DS fic to alert you to, though you've certainly listed a bunch of my favorites here, never fear, there is much, much more. You've only got the tip of the iceberg so far. :) And that's just F/K fic, which is mostly what I read and mostly what I'd steer you to. (I myself wrote a long--well, 21,000-word] F/K/V fic, but for the most part I stick to F/K.)

I can see you like AUs (so do I--but only in DS, oddly enough, and in DS I love them) and the long, plotty fics. Do you just want a long list of what's out there, with links? If you are more specific about your likes and dislikes, I can sort them, I suppose. What is your criterion for "long"? Novel-length, novella-length, anything over 20,000 words? And there's newer stuff, not just the "classics" that you've listed here.

Huh, we make good complements, then, because I utterly fail at finding stuff on the archives, yet seem to have success at finding stuff on LJ. It helps that DS-6-degrees is the only segment of fandom I'm really plugged into at the moment. Anyway, I'll leave you one fic rec I thought of immediately, because it is in your "long" category, is post-CoTW, has a very fresh, original style and feel to it, is plotty and intelligent, and all-around wonderful. Joan's writing is complex and accessible at the same time, and I think it's great. Anyway, here is the link to the story on her website:

"After the Nile" by joandarck (http://joandarck.greekedtext.org/AftertheNile.html)

and Here is a listing of all Joan's fic on her LJ; (http://joandarck.livejournal.com/154245.html) the top category are longer DS stories. I especially loved "History," "Seven Maids with Seven Mops," and "You Can't Take That Away from Me," but it's certainly possible I'm forgetting other favorites. I think there's a link to her new website on there, too, but only some of the fic is on the website right now. Oh, and Joan is an excellent writer, and I believe she's also written some F/V, which should be linked from that page. I'm not an F/V aficionada, but I'm sure anything of Joan's will at the very least be meticulously written, intelligent, thoughtful, and surprising.

Here's another really cool, newer, post-CoTW fic: "Across the Great Divide" by Isiscolo (http://hieroglyfics.net/greatdivide.htm) Angsty and riveting, with really authentic-feeling Arctic-travel details, but it never bogs down or loses its footing. Also, this is the type of story that some might consider putting warnings on, and I don't want to offer spoilers, but I will just reassure you that you can read this without fear.

You can find the rest of Isis' dueSouth fic Here (http://hieroglyfics.net/dsstories.htm).

Do you want me to post all links here for you or send you email? I'm thinking email might work better, and that way I'll avoid spamming this thread. More on the way. Plus I'll send you links to the rest of my fic, too, if you want it. Most are in the mid-to-long range. And more are on the way. Many of us are still writing DS all the time, so I don't imagine you will actually run out any time soon.

If you want a great, epic DS fic, try Family Portrait (http://squidge.org/dsa/archive/romance/familyportrait.html). It's a long time favorate of mine that I re-read about once a year, I think. Or also by the same author, Blueprint (http://www.dueslash.com/archive/970.html). Both are in the 400+k range, which I think is fairly epic...or at least pretty damned long. ::G::