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Today is your last chance to offer recs to be posted on the comm next week.  We've had a great response, but we still have a few slots open so if you have a story that *must* be read, now is the time to share it!

Keep in mind:
-The story must be complete and publicly available.
-Be sure to read *all* of the posting guidelines before submitting your rec.

Check out the original post for more details.

Today is your last chance to offer recs to be posted on the comm next week.  We've had a great response, but we still have a few slots open so if you have a story that *must* be read, now is the time to share it!

Keep in mind:
-The story must be complete and publicly available.
-Be sure to read *all* of the posting guidelines before submitting your rec.

Check out the original post for more details.

Today is your last chance to offer recs to be posted on the comm next week.  We've had a great response, but we still have a few slots open so if you have a story that *must* be read, now is the time to share it!

Keep in mind:
-The story must be complete and publicly available.
-Be sure to read *all* of the posting guidelines before submitting your rec.

Check out the original post for more details.

Today is your last chance to offer recs to be posted on the comm next week.  We've had a great response, but we still have a few slots open so if you have a story that *must* be read, now is the time to share it!

Keep in mind:
-The story must be complete and publicly available.
-Be sure to read *all* of the posting guidelines before submitting your rec.

Check out the original post for more details.

Today is your last chance to offer recs to be posted on the comm next week.  We've had a great response, but we still have a few slots open so if you have a story that *must* be read, now is the time to share it!

Keep in mind:
-The story must be complete and publicly available.
-Be sure to read *all* of the posting guidelines before submitting your rec.

Check out the original post for more details.

Title:  On the Road
Fandom:  Books by Gordon Korman: the MacDonald Hall series a.k.a. Bruno & Boots
Pairing:  Bruno/Boots, some Bruno/OMC and Bruno/surprise, Commando/Doug
Categories:  post-series, angst, drama
Length:  Long [20,000 words]
Warnings:  n/a - wait; explicit politics


Author on LJ:  rageprufrock 
Website:  Glitterati

Review:  "Bruno ran out of underwear in Missouri."  Bruno is a campaign manager for the 2004 Presidential campaign of Senator Fairchild.  He's been on the trail for longer than he can remember, and he hasn't spoken to Boots in months.

This story is an unusual mix of Gordon Korman books; the Bruno & Boots "MacDonald Hall series" universe coexists with the universe of "The Twinkie Squad".  That's not a terrible stretch - both series are nominally in "the real world", and it's only the antics of the characters that make it seem otherwise.  The characters that appear in this story are all grown up (considering that the books are from the 80s, that was a nice touch) and working to achieve their goals.  Well, their political goals - Bruno and Commando are both estranged from their best friends/lovers, and so romance is on hold until they can get their heads together again.  Bruno's loss of Boots has made him cynical, bitter and sometimes depressive, but his character's fundamental optimism is still there... and the story's ending gives him back his heart's desire.

If you're a political junkie, you'll definitely like this story.  The frantic pace of the campaign and the weariness and gradual descent into sleep-deprived madness of the campaigners are right on point.  Even if you aren't a fan of U.S.-style elections, the story serves up a delicious portion of angst, topped off with broken-heartedness, and thankfully softened by the eventual reconciliation of our heroes.  Poor Bruno and Boots... neither man is capable of communicating with the other until the very end, and while it's all from Bruno's POV, the reader can see that both men have been in pain for a long time.  [Another reader compared the story to the then-strained relationship between the U.S. and Canada, embodied by Bruno and Boots respectively, and they were completely right - and not just because of the setting or the character's nationalities.  Hooray for a well-used metaphor!]

On the Road

Title:  On the Road
Fandom:  Books by Gordon Korman: the MacDonald Hall series a.k.a. Bruno & Boots
Pairing:  Bruno/Boots, some Bruno/OMC and Bruno/surprise, Commando/Doug
Categories:  post-series, angst, drama
Length:  Long [20,000 words]
Warnings:  n/a - wait; explicit politics


Author on LJ:  rageprufrock 
Website:  Glitterati

Review:  "Bruno ran out of underwear in Missouri."  Bruno is a campaign manager for the 2004 Presidential campaign of Senator Fairchild.  He's been on the trail for longer than he can remember, and he hasn't spoken to Boots in months.

This story is an unusual mix of Gordon Korman books; the Bruno & Boots "MacDonald Hall series" universe coexists with the universe of "The Twinkie Squad".  That's not a terrible stretch - both series are nominally in "the real world", and it's only the antics of the characters that make it seem otherwise.  The characters that appear in this story are all grown up (considering that the books are from the 80s, that was a nice touch) and working to achieve their goals.  Well, their political goals - Bruno and Commando are both estranged from their best friends/lovers, and so romance is on hold until they can get their heads together again.  Bruno's loss of Boots has made him cynical, bitter and sometimes depressive, but his character's fundamental optimism is still there... and the story's ending gives him back his heart's desire.

If you're a political junkie, you'll definitely like this story.  The frantic pace of the campaign and the weariness and gradual descent into sleep-deprived madness of the campaigners are right on point.  Even if you aren't a fan of U.S.-style elections, the story serves up a delicious portion of angst, topped off with broken-heartedness, and thankfully softened by the eventual reconciliation of our heroes.  Poor Bruno and Boots... neither man is capable of communicating with the other until the very end, and while it's all from Bruno's POV, the reader can see that both men have been in pain for a long time.  [Another reader compared the story to the then-strained relationship between the U.S. and Canada, embodied by Bruno and Boots respectively, and they were completely right - and not just because of the setting or the character's nationalities.  Hooray for a well-used metaphor!]

On the Road

Title:  On the Road
Fandom:  Books by Gordon Korman: the MacDonald Hall series a.k.a. Bruno & Boots
Pairing:  Bruno/Boots, some Bruno/OMC and Bruno/surprise, Commando/Doug
Categories:  post-series, angst, drama
Length:  Long [20,000 words]
Warnings:  n/a - wait; explicit politics


Author on LJ:  rageprufrock 
Website:  Glitterati

Review:  "Bruno ran out of underwear in Missouri."  Bruno is a campaign manager for the 2004 Presidential campaign of Senator Fairchild.  He's been on the trail for longer than he can remember, and he hasn't spoken to Boots in months.

This story is an unusual mix of Gordon Korman books; the Bruno & Boots "MacDonald Hall series" universe coexists with the universe of "The Twinkie Squad".  That's not a terrible stretch - both series are nominally in "the real world", and it's only the antics of the characters that make it seem otherwise.  The characters that appear in this story are all grown up (considering that the books are from the 80s, that was a nice touch) and working to achieve their goals.  Well, their political goals - Bruno and Commando are both estranged from their best friends/lovers, and so romance is on hold until they can get their heads together again.  Bruno's loss of Boots has made him cynical, bitter and sometimes depressive, but his character's fundamental optimism is still there... and the story's ending gives him back his heart's desire.

If you're a political junkie, you'll definitely like this story.  The frantic pace of the campaign and the weariness and gradual descent into sleep-deprived madness of the campaigners are right on point.  Even if you aren't a fan of U.S.-style elections, the story serves up a delicious portion of angst, topped off with broken-heartedness, and thankfully softened by the eventual reconciliation of our heroes.  Poor Bruno and Boots... neither man is capable of communicating with the other until the very end, and while it's all from Bruno's POV, the reader can see that both men have been in pain for a long time.  [Another reader compared the story to the then-strained relationship between the U.S. and Canada, embodied by Bruno and Boots respectively, and they were completely right - and not just because of the setting or the character's nationalities.  Hooray for a well-used metaphor!]

On the Road

Title:  On the Road
Fandom:  Books by Gordon Korman: the MacDonald Hall series a.k.a. Bruno & Boots
Pairing:  Bruno/Boots, some Bruno/OMC and Bruno/surprise, Commando/Doug
Categories:  post-series, angst, drama
Length:  Long [20,000 words]
Warnings:  n/a - wait; explicit politics


Author on LJ:  rageprufrock 
Website:  Glitterati

Review:  "Bruno ran out of underwear in Missouri."  Bruno is a campaign manager for the 2004 Presidential campaign of Senator Fairchild.  He's been on the trail for longer than he can remember, and he hasn't spoken to Boots in months.

This story is an unusual mix of Gordon Korman books; the Bruno & Boots "MacDonald Hall series" universe coexists with the universe of "The Twinkie Squad".  That's not a terrible stretch - both series are nominally in "the real world", and it's only the antics of the characters that make it seem otherwise.  The characters that appear in this story are all grown up (considering that the books are from the 80s, that was a nice touch) and working to achieve their goals.  Well, their political goals - Bruno and Commando are both estranged from their best friends/lovers, and so romance is on hold until they can get their heads together again.  Bruno's loss of Boots has made him cynical, bitter and sometimes depressive, but his character's fundamental optimism is still there... and the story's ending gives him back his heart's desire.

If you're a political junkie, you'll definitely like this story.  The frantic pace of the campaign and the weariness and gradual descent into sleep-deprived madness of the campaigners are right on point.  Even if you aren't a fan of U.S.-style elections, the story serves up a delicious portion of angst, topped off with broken-heartedness, and thankfully softened by the eventual reconciliation of our heroes.  Poor Bruno and Boots... neither man is capable of communicating with the other until the very end, and while it's all from Bruno's POV, the reader can see that both men have been in pain for a long time.  [Another reader compared the story to the then-strained relationship between the U.S. and Canada, embodied by Bruno and Boots respectively, and they were completely right - and not just because of the setting or the character's nationalities.  Hooray for a well-used metaphor!]

On the Road

Title:  On the Road
Fandom:  Books by Gordon Korman: the MacDonald Hall series a.k.a. Bruno & Boots
Pairing:  Bruno/Boots, some Bruno/OMC and Bruno/surprise, Commando/Doug
Categories:  post-series, angst, drama
Length:  Long [20,000 words]
Warnings:  n/a - wait; explicit politics


Author on LJ:  rageprufrock 
Website:  Glitterati

Review:  "Bruno ran out of underwear in Missouri."  Bruno is a campaign manager for the 2004 Presidential campaign of Senator Fairchild.  He's been on the trail for longer than he can remember, and he hasn't spoken to Boots in months.

This story is an unusual mix of Gordon Korman books; the Bruno & Boots "MacDonald Hall series" universe coexists with the universe of "The Twinkie Squad".  That's not a terrible stretch - both series are nominally in "the real world", and it's only the antics of the characters that make it seem otherwise.  The characters that appear in this story are all grown up (considering that the books are from the 80s, that was a nice touch) and working to achieve their goals.  Well, their political goals - Bruno and Commando are both estranged from their best friends/lovers, and so romance is on hold until they can get their heads together again.  Bruno's loss of Boots has made him cynical, bitter and sometimes depressive, but his character's fundamental optimism is still there... and the story's ending gives him back his heart's desire.

If you're a political junkie, you'll definitely like this story.  The frantic pace of the campaign and the weariness and gradual descent into sleep-deprived madness of the campaigners are right on point.  Even if you aren't a fan of U.S.-style elections, the story serves up a delicious portion of angst, topped off with broken-heartedness, and thankfully softened by the eventual reconciliation of our heroes.  Poor Bruno and Boots... neither man is capable of communicating with the other until the very end, and while it's all from Bruno's POV, the reader can see that both men have been in pain for a long time.  [Another reader compared the story to the then-strained relationship between the U.S. and Canada, embodied by Bruno and Boots respectively, and they were completely right - and not just because of the setting or the character's nationalities.  Hooray for a well-used metaphor!]

On the Road

Title:  On the Road
Fandom:  Books by Gordon Korman: the MacDonald Hall series a.k.a. Bruno & Boots
Pairing:  Bruno/Boots, some Bruno/OMC and Bruno/surprise, Commando/Doug
Categories:  post-series, angst, drama
Length:  Long [20,000 words]
Warnings:  n/a - wait; explicit politics


Author on LJ:  rageprufrock 
Website:  Glitterati

Review:  "Bruno ran out of underwear in Missouri."  Bruno is a campaign manager for the 2004 Presidential campaign of Senator Fairchild.  He's been on the trail for longer than he can remember, and he hasn't spoken to Boots in months.

This story is an unusual mix of Gordon Korman books; the Bruno & Boots "MacDonald Hall series" universe coexists with the universe of "The Twinkie Squad".  That's not a terrible stretch - both series are nominally in "the real world", and it's only the antics of the characters that make it seem otherwise.  The characters that appear in this story are all grown up (considering that the books are from the 80s, that was a nice touch) and working to achieve their goals.  Well, their political goals - Bruno and Commando are both estranged from their best friends/lovers, and so romance is on hold until they can get their heads together again.  Bruno's loss of Boots has made him cynical, bitter and sometimes depressive, but his character's fundamental optimism is still there... and the story's ending gives him back his heart's desire.

If you're a political junkie, you'll definitely like this story.  The frantic pace of the campaign and the weariness and gradual descent into sleep-deprived madness of the campaigners are right on point.  Even if you aren't a fan of U.S.-style elections, the story serves up a delicious portion of angst, topped off with broken-heartedness, and thankfully softened by the eventual reconciliation of our heroes.  Poor Bruno and Boots... neither man is capable of communicating with the other until the very end, and while it's all from Bruno's POV, the reader can see that both men have been in pain for a long time.  [Another reader compared the story to the then-strained relationship between the U.S. and Canada, embodied by Bruno and Boots respectively, and they were completely right - and not just because of the setting or the character's nationalities.  Hooray for a well-used metaphor!]

On the Road

Title:  May Contain Nuts
Fandom:  Harry Potter
Pairing:  Harry/George
Categories:  Pre-slash, romance, humor, fluff AND angst
Length:  Long [33,000 words]
Warnings:  mostly (and inadvertently) canon-compliant, so some spoilers for DH


Author on LJ:  scoradh 
Website:  Scoradh on Delicious

Review:  "After Voldemort is defeated, the script for Harry's life comes to an end. Unsure of what to do with his life, he does nothing. Only one person is on hand to show Harry that a hero is not the sum of his vanquished enemies, but he's got problems of his own."

Miraculously, Scoradh managed to correctly guess which characters wouldn't be making it out of Deathly Hallows alive, 1 1/2 years beforehand.  I know most people would never have predicted Fred's death, so kudos to Scoradh.  (Well, there are a few extra survivors, but since they only get mentioned twice, it's up to you to decide whether this is an AU or to ignore them.)  The epilogue isn't at play, obviously, and so we can all wipe it from our minds so that leaves plenty of room for an alternative future.  Harry has become an aimless Ministry worker, who coexists with a batty collection of OC coworkers.  The OCs are simply hilarious, and may just infiltrate your personal canon.  There's also a pet cat, if low-key pet humor is your thing.  On his days off, Harry visits the now-somewhat-reclusive George, and UST ensues. 

This romance is slow, and half the time the characters don't seem to be aware that it's happening.  I applaud the author's use of uncommonly-addressed issues blocking intimacy... namely, impotence and PTSD.  While the characters don't get past these problems until the very end, that doesn't mean that there aren't sex scenes steamy enough to fog up your monitor... the author has some creative applications of Weasley-manufactured candies.  This fic's not just about the romance, though - the beauty of the story rests in how Harry pulls himself together and starts taking control of his life: work and romance and everything else. 

May Contain Nuts   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4

Title:  May Contain Nuts
Fandom:  Harry Potter
Pairing:  Harry/George
Categories:  Pre-slash, romance, humor, fluff AND angst
Length:  Long [33,000 words]
Warnings:  mostly (and inadvertently) canon-compliant, so some spoilers for DH


Author on LJ:  scoradh 
Website:  Scoradh on Delicious

Review:  "After Voldemort is defeated, the script for Harry's life comes to an end. Unsure of what to do with his life, he does nothing. Only one person is on hand to show Harry that a hero is not the sum of his vanquished enemies, but he's got problems of his own."

Miraculously, Scoradh managed to correctly guess which characters wouldn't be making it out of Deathly Hallows alive, 1 1/2 years beforehand.  I know most people would never have predicted Fred's death, so kudos to Scoradh.  (Well, there are a few extra survivors, but since they only get mentioned twice, it's up to you to decide whether this is an AU or to ignore them.)  The epilogue isn't at play, obviously, and so we can all wipe it from our minds so that leaves plenty of room for an alternative future.  Harry has become an aimless Ministry worker, who coexists with a batty collection of OC coworkers.  The OCs are simply hilarious, and may just infiltrate your personal canon.  There's also a pet cat, if low-key pet humor is your thing.  On his days off, Harry visits the now-somewhat-reclusive George, and UST ensues. 

This romance is slow, and half the time the characters don't seem to be aware that it's happening.  I applaud the author's use of uncommonly-addressed issues blocking intimacy... namely, impotence and PTSD.  While the characters don't get past these problems until the very end, that doesn't mean that there aren't sex scenes steamy enough to fog up your monitor... the author has some creative applications of Weasley-manufactured candies.  This fic's not just about the romance, though - the beauty of the story rests in how Harry pulls himself together and starts taking control of his life: work and romance and everything else. 

May Contain Nuts   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4

Title:  May Contain Nuts
Fandom:  Harry Potter
Pairing:  Harry/George
Categories:  Pre-slash, romance, humor, fluff AND angst
Length:  Long [33,000 words]
Warnings:  mostly (and inadvertently) canon-compliant, so some spoilers for DH


Author on LJ:  scoradh 
Website:  Scoradh on Delicious

Review:  "After Voldemort is defeated, the script for Harry's life comes to an end. Unsure of what to do with his life, he does nothing. Only one person is on hand to show Harry that a hero is not the sum of his vanquished enemies, but he's got problems of his own."

Miraculously, Scoradh managed to correctly guess which characters wouldn't be making it out of Deathly Hallows alive, 1 1/2 years beforehand.  I know most people would never have predicted Fred's death, so kudos to Scoradh.  (Well, there are a few extra survivors, but since they only get mentioned twice, it's up to you to decide whether this is an AU or to ignore them.)  The epilogue isn't at play, obviously, and so we can all wipe it from our minds so that leaves plenty of room for an alternative future.  Harry has become an aimless Ministry worker, who coexists with a batty collection of OC coworkers.  The OCs are simply hilarious, and may just infiltrate your personal canon.  There's also a pet cat, if low-key pet humor is your thing.  On his days off, Harry visits the now-somewhat-reclusive George, and UST ensues. 

This romance is slow, and half the time the characters don't seem to be aware that it's happening.  I applaud the author's use of uncommonly-addressed issues blocking intimacy... namely, impotence and PTSD.  While the characters don't get past these problems until the very end, that doesn't mean that there aren't sex scenes steamy enough to fog up your monitor... the author has some creative applications of Weasley-manufactured candies.  This fic's not just about the romance, though - the beauty of the story rests in how Harry pulls himself together and starts taking control of his life: work and romance and everything else. 

May Contain Nuts   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4

Title:  May Contain Nuts
Fandom:  Harry Potter
Pairing:  Harry/George
Categories:  Pre-slash, romance, humor, fluff AND angst
Length:  Long [33,000 words]
Warnings:  mostly (and inadvertently) canon-compliant, so some spoilers for DH


Author on LJ:  scoradh 
Website:  Scoradh on Delicious

Review:  "After Voldemort is defeated, the script for Harry's life comes to an end. Unsure of what to do with his life, he does nothing. Only one person is on hand to show Harry that a hero is not the sum of his vanquished enemies, but he's got problems of his own."

Miraculously, Scoradh managed to correctly guess which characters wouldn't be making it out of Deathly Hallows alive, 1 1/2 years beforehand.  I know most people would never have predicted Fred's death, so kudos to Scoradh.  (Well, there are a few extra survivors, but since they only get mentioned twice, it's up to you to decide whether this is an AU or to ignore them.)  The epilogue isn't at play, obviously, and so we can all wipe it from our minds so that leaves plenty of room for an alternative future.  Harry has become an aimless Ministry worker, who coexists with a batty collection of OC coworkers.  The OCs are simply hilarious, and may just infiltrate your personal canon.  There's also a pet cat, if low-key pet humor is your thing.  On his days off, Harry visits the now-somewhat-reclusive George, and UST ensues. 

This romance is slow, and half the time the characters don't seem to be aware that it's happening.  I applaud the author's use of uncommonly-addressed issues blocking intimacy... namely, impotence and PTSD.  While the characters don't get past these problems until the very end, that doesn't mean that there aren't sex scenes steamy enough to fog up your monitor... the author has some creative applications of Weasley-manufactured candies.  This fic's not just about the romance, though - the beauty of the story rests in how Harry pulls himself together and starts taking control of his life: work and romance and everything else. 

May Contain Nuts   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4

Title:  May Contain Nuts
Fandom:  Harry Potter
Pairing:  Harry/George
Categories:  Pre-slash, romance, humor, fluff AND angst
Length:  Long [33,000 words]
Warnings:  mostly (and inadvertently) canon-compliant, so some spoilers for DH


Author on LJ:  scoradh 
Website:  Scoradh on Delicious

Review:  "After Voldemort is defeated, the script for Harry's life comes to an end. Unsure of what to do with his life, he does nothing. Only one person is on hand to show Harry that a hero is not the sum of his vanquished enemies, but he's got problems of his own."

Miraculously, Scoradh managed to correctly guess which characters wouldn't be making it out of Deathly Hallows alive, 1 1/2 years beforehand.  I know most people would never have predicted Fred's death, so kudos to Scoradh.  (Well, there are a few extra survivors, but since they only get mentioned twice, it's up to you to decide whether this is an AU or to ignore them.)  The epilogue isn't at play, obviously, and so we can all wipe it from our minds so that leaves plenty of room for an alternative future.  Harry has become an aimless Ministry worker, who coexists with a batty collection of OC coworkers.  The OCs are simply hilarious, and may just infiltrate your personal canon.  There's also a pet cat, if low-key pet humor is your thing.  On his days off, Harry visits the now-somewhat-reclusive George, and UST ensues. 

This romance is slow, and half the time the characters don't seem to be aware that it's happening.  I applaud the author's use of uncommonly-addressed issues blocking intimacy... namely, impotence and PTSD.  While the characters don't get past these problems until the very end, that doesn't mean that there aren't sex scenes steamy enough to fog up your monitor... the author has some creative applications of Weasley-manufactured candies.  This fic's not just about the romance, though - the beauty of the story rests in how Harry pulls himself together and starts taking control of his life: work and romance and everything else. 

May Contain Nuts   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4

Title:  May Contain Nuts
Fandom:  Harry Potter
Pairing:  Harry/George
Categories:  Pre-slash, romance, humor, fluff AND angst
Length:  Long [33,000 words]
Warnings:  mostly (and inadvertently) canon-compliant, so some spoilers for DH


Author on LJ:  scoradh 
Website:  Scoradh on Delicious

Review:  "After Voldemort is defeated, the script for Harry's life comes to an end. Unsure of what to do with his life, he does nothing. Only one person is on hand to show Harry that a hero is not the sum of his vanquished enemies, but he's got problems of his own."

Miraculously, Scoradh managed to correctly guess which characters wouldn't be making it out of Deathly Hallows alive, 1 1/2 years beforehand.  I know most people would never have predicted Fred's death, so kudos to Scoradh.  (Well, there are a few extra survivors, but since they only get mentioned twice, it's up to you to decide whether this is an AU or to ignore them.)  The epilogue isn't at play, obviously, and so we can all wipe it from our minds so that leaves plenty of room for an alternative future.  Harry has become an aimless Ministry worker, who coexists with a batty collection of OC coworkers.  The OCs are simply hilarious, and may just infiltrate your personal canon.  There's also a pet cat, if low-key pet humor is your thing.  On his days off, Harry visits the now-somewhat-reclusive George, and UST ensues. 

This romance is slow, and half the time the characters don't seem to be aware that it's happening.  I applaud the author's use of uncommonly-addressed issues blocking intimacy... namely, impotence and PTSD.  While the characters don't get past these problems until the very end, that doesn't mean that there aren't sex scenes steamy enough to fog up your monitor... the author has some creative applications of Weasley-manufactured candies.  This fic's not just about the romance, though - the beauty of the story rests in how Harry pulls himself together and starts taking control of his life: work and romance and everything else. 

May Contain Nuts   Part 2   Part 3   Part 4