There is no way to stress the importance of reading. Read everything you can get your hands on. All novels, no matter what genre, biographies, assigned reading at school, newspapers, journals, scientific articles even if you think they're out of your league, encyclopedias . . . hell even read cereal boxes!!! Just read.

Title: The Last Most Beautiful Day In The World
Fandom: Good Omens
Pairing: Aziraphale/Crowley
Categories: Angst
Length: Medium (~4300 words)
Warnings: violence, death (not of a main character)

Author on LJ: bookshop
Website: Fandom Breakdown (http://bookshop.livejournal.com/985327.html) (fic is linked from pics)

Summary: Aziraphale and Crowley go to Manchester to see the most beautiful day in the world.
Review:
This is a very interesting concept, and I'm not gonna spoil it here, and I think bookshop expanded on it quite nicely. It delves into what being agents of Up There and Down There really means for Aziraphale and Crowley, and how it affects their relationship. The writing is incredibly evocative, and I loved every soul-rending minute of it.
The Last Most Beautiful Day in the World (http://community.livejournal.com/go_exchange/12949.html)

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Curse you Jane! You stole the fic I was gonna rec! Though I cannot fault you for your good taste ;)

*shakes fist*

Thank you again!

I checked the fandom tag, and I was really surprised that no one had recc'd this! Obviously, this needed to be rec-tified! (Somewhere, a thousand English teachers winced in pain at that pun)

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Title: Ordinary People
Fandom: Good Omens
Pairing: Ezra/Tony (human!Aziraphale/human!Crowley)
Categories: Romance, AU
Length: Medium (~9900 words)
Warnings: homophobia, references to DADT.

Author on LJ: daegaer

Review:
Once upon a time, a bookshop owner named Ezra Fell hired a painter named Tony Crowley...

This is such an incredibly charming AU. My heart goes out to Crowley in this fic, who isn't as wicked as in canon, but it's definitely him in so many ways. daegaer did an amazing job in taking characters who are in their very essence inhuman, and making them so wonderfully, ineffably mortal. This reads like original fiction, so the people who aren't familiar with canon still have no excuse not to go right now and read this!
Ordinary People (http://daegaer.livejournal.com/50924.html)
Plus snippets! :D
Ordinary Mornings (http://imperfectcircle.livejournal.com/13603.html)
Learning to Fly (http://daegaer.livejournal.com/93594.html)

ooh~ thanks for the link! I'm super excited about reading it :D

Title: Slipstream


Fandom: Stargate: SG-1, Dracula: The Series, Harry Potter, Highlander: The Series, Anita Blake, Lord of the Rings, Xena: Warrior Princess, Tokyo Babylon, Star Trek: TNG, Pride and Prejudice, Sailor Moon, Wicked, RENT, Neverwhere, Phantom of the Opera, Pirates of the Caribbean, Angel: The Series, Labyrinth, Stargate: Atlantis; Firefly; Iron Man; Lost; Saving Private Ryan; Thoughtcrimes


Pairing: Canon pairings; OFC / Various


Categories: Crossover; Action-Adventure; Angst; Drama


Length: Epic (+300,000 words)


Warnings: NC-17 for language and violent imagery and sexuality; sexual and emotional abuse with long term psychological effects on the character, and frank discussions of rape.


Author on LJ:


Website: Masterlist of Fic and Art (http://delicious.com/losyark/slipstream)or by Story:


Slipstream (http://losyark.livejournal.com/227741.html)


Slipstream II: Quick To Say Yes (http://losyark.livejournal.com/245991.html)


Slipstream III: Atlantian Interlude (http://losyark.livejournal.com/257540.html)


Slipstream: Deleted Scenes (coming soon)


Slipstream IV: Down Once More (WIP)


Other:


The History of Slipstream (http://losyark.livejournal.com/257114.html)


Navigating the Slipstream (http://sci-frey.livejournal.com/19200.html)




Author's Summary: If you could fall into your favourite fandom, would you really want to? Do you really want to be the protagonist of every story, the centre of every plot, loved by heroes and coveted by villains? Are you sure? Don't be so quick to say 'yes'...


Review:
Marie is just your average Canadian University student studying pop culture. Once upon a time, she would have jumped at an opportunity to meet her favourite characters and travel through her favourite fandoms….but that was when she was younger, more naïve…and still human. Things change.


This is honestly one of the best pieces of fanfiction – or even fiction, that I’ve ever read. Although Marie’s journey takes the reader through multiple fandoms, each one is an adventure unto itself and hugely entertaining as well. The author uses Marie to explore and challenge the very idea of what it means to be a Mary Sue, but does so in a way that’s funny, intelligent and in some cases, tragic. Her character is a juxtaposition of textbook Mary Sue, and fully realized flesh and blood character all at the same time.


The fandoms themselves range from anime, to various film and television series’ as well as numerous literary works. The author is careful never to lose the voice of any of her characters – regardless of fandom or storyline. At the same time, she is always aware of Marie’s presence as a Mary Sue, altering the way some characters might perceive or behave. It’s both entertaining and thought provoking at the same time.


The nature of the fandoms are wide and varied, so think there’s a universality to this fic as well. It’s emotional, but not overdone and angsty. You find yourself getting caught up in each fandom, and disappointed when Marie slips into the next one.


I would recommend this fic for anybody who appreciates good, honest storytelling and well done plot and character development.
(http://losyark.livejournal.com)

Title: Contemporary Magical Innovations, by H. Granger
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Categories: Humor, Romance, Crack
Length: Long (~27,000 words)
Warnings: many, many clichés, OOC (but it's really good! I swear!)

Author on LJ: kaiz
Website: The Zone (http://www.squidge.org/~kali/)

Summary: Years after Voldemort's downfall, Harry and Severus work together to take down the Merchants of Death, invent an entire new branch of magic, get detention, and have copious amounts of sex with each other. (with additional commentary by Hermione Granger)
Review:
I won't lie, a lot of the plot is held up by fandom clichés and OOC- but goddamnit, Kai takes those clichés and runs with it, creating an entertaining, clever post-series story (though it doesn't follow canon past Goblet of Fire, so Sirius and Dumbledore aren't dead! Yay!) that is a joy to read. It also has the additional joy of having a book-within-a-book format, so you get to have a future!outsider POV while you see how the story *actually* plays out. And c'mon, who can resist Hermione writing for 'Hogwarts: A History'?! [is a geek :) ]
Contemporary Magical Innovations, by H. Granger (http://www.walkingtheplank.org/archive/viewstory.php?sid=778)

Taniwha (http://norah.livejournal.com/131159.html) by makesmewannadie
Fandom: Moby Dick.
Pairing: Ishmael/Queequeg.
Length: 7,00o words.
Rated: R

A retelling of Queequeg's backstory and his first meeting with Ishmael. Somehow, the author manages to make it dovetail brilliantly with canon AND make Queequeg a three-dimensional character.

edited for formatting

Edited 2010-03-16 02:12 am (UTC)

Fandom: From Eroica With Love
Pairing: Klaus/Dorian

These are a couple of my favorites from this fandom, and they are my favorites because 1) the characterizations are very true to the manga and 2) the stories are well written.

Anne-Li's Not So Horrible (http://anne-li.slashcity.net/notsohorrible.html) series - lovely explanation of Klaus' sexuality in the first story, an interesting mystery in the second story, and a slow build that is probably going to drive me crazy before they actually "do it". Pre-slash (so far)

Sleeps with Coyotes writes wonderful stories, including several in Eroica fandom. My favorite is Hold (http://ciceqi.slashcity.com/Hold.htm) which contains a very in-character Klaus (hard to do and make it also slashy), and the kind of quirky humor Coyo is known for. Pre-slash

I love amnesia stories and The Iron Mask (http://belladonna.org/ironmask.html) by Kadorienne is a great one. Klaus' predicament and the way he deals with it is so typical of the man! PG Slash

There are a lot of good stories that have come out of the Yuletide Treasures fest. One of my favorites is Breaking and Entering (http://archiveofourown.org/works/34385). Eroica is particularly well-written, showing the talented thief who is braver than he thinks. Pre-slash

Another wonderful Fest story, with beautifully complicated and layered characterizations of both Dorian and Klaus is An Almost Perfect Alibi (http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/83/analmost.html). PG slash.

I could go on and on, but I'll conclude with one more, an unusual cross-over with another literature fandom, Harry Potter. The story is The Curse of the Eberbachs" (http://anne-li.slashcity.net/curse/index.html) by Heather Sparrows and Anne-Li, and it contains one of the most...unusual portrayals of Klaus that I've seen. And it's long, which I also love. PG slash.

I love From Eroica With Love :)

Title: Please Sit with Me
Author: Estel Baggins
fandom: Lord the Rings
Paring: Aragorn / Glorfindel
Summary: Glorfindel and Aragorn have been lovers for sixty years, and
they have always planned to marry once Aragorn becomes king of
Gondor. But what happens when Arwen falls in love with Aragorn and
begins to fade because he will not return her love? Where does Aragorn’s
allegiance lie?
*why i love it..Uh its not your typical paring and I like that. Its a sweet story full of danger,angst and fluff. its based this pic
Ai na vedui... by Haranye Hanya ( Aragorn / Glorfindel)
http://www.libraryofmoria.com/a/viewstory.php?sid=1404&chapter=1
link to fic
http://www.libraryofmoria.com/aragornglorfindel/index.html

Title: Song of Twilight
Author: Lego Land
fandom: Lord the Rings
Paring: Aragorn /Legolas, Implied Arwen/Aragorn
Summary:What if everything was not as it seemed? How would events have changed if Aragorn had stumbled upon the cold, hard truth?
Why I loved it : well It was sweet and totally au, but well done I remember wishing she had written more.
link one
http://www.libraryofmoria.com/legolasaragorn/songoftwilight.txt
link two
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/543517/1/Song_of_Twilight

Title: The What's meant to be series
Author:by ak-stinger
fandom: Lord the Rings
Paring: Aragorn /Legolas
What Is Meant to Be by ak-stinger
Warnings: MPREG (if this shocks and/or disgusts you in any way, please scroll up and read that first paragraph). SLASH (of the Aragorn/Legolas variety). AU (Aragorn and Legolas are happily married and Arwen never existed).
Why I love it : It was a good long story and I enjoyed the progression--I also like that both Estel and Legolas were both innocent and grew together in their love. I also love Estel loving legolas all of his life..that was totally sweet.
first story - What is Expected of Stars (a prequel)
Summary: A supplement to What is Meant to Be, What Love Brought Into Being, and What Dreams Can Tell Us. This is about Legolas' childhood, how he came to be known as the Sun Star, and how he and his father dealt with it (a crappy summary, I know, but to the point).
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2427029/1/What_is_Expected_of_Stars
second story - What is Meant to Be
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1926189/1/What_Is_Meant_to_Be
Actually and interlude What Dreams Can Tell Us
Summary: Set (for the most part) after Chapter 4 in What is Meant to Be. A compelling and intriguing dream about Estel (Aragorn) and Legolas inspires Mithrandir to journey to Rivendell. His visit couldn't have come at a better time for Estel, whose heart is broken after Legolas departs for Mirkwood.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2182476/1/What_Dreams_Can_Tell_Us
What Love Brought Into Being - third story in series
Summary: Sequel to What Is Meant To Be, although it's probably not vital to read that to understand this (but you can if you want!) Four years have passed since Aragorn and Legolas wed, and what four blissful years they were! But now, as representatives from the different lands gather in Gondor, the couple must deal with the growing political pressure to provide the kingdom with an heir at all costs – and what happens when that becomes a possibility in a rather unexpected way.
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2062313/1/What_Love_Brought_Into_Being
What the Future May Hold- last story
Summary: Almost thirteen years have passed since the end of What Love Brought Into Being and Aragorn and Legolas' family has grown. Now their eldest child, son Eldarion, stands between his childhood and the responsibilities of adulthood that loom ahead as his thirteenth birthday draws near. When a threat from the past threatens the future, how will he respond? Will Legolas, Aragorn, and their family and friends be able to sort through the confusion and clues before it's too late?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2468774/1/What_the_Future_May_Hold

Title:A FRIEND IN NEED
Author:pandarus(FayJay)
fandom: Good Omens/spn
Pairing: none really
Summary:in which the angel Aziraphale encounters an old acquaintance
Why I love : Uh its a go crossover..need i say more?
http://archiveofourown.org/works/4799

Title: Faltering Rain
Author:Tomo Trillions
Fandom: Good Omens
Paring:A/C
Why I love it: I enjoyed the read :)
http://web.archive.org/web/20021115083156/www.hanashika.com/tomo/fanfic/faltrain.html

Title: High Treason by hanashika
Author:Tomo Trillions
Fandom: Good Omens
Paring:A/C
Why I love : Nice and long :)
http://web.archive.org/web/20021230200143/www.hanashika.com/tomo/fanfic/treason/treason1.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20021115082613/www.hanashika.com/tomo/fanfic/treason/treason2.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20021115082200/www.hanashika.com/tomo/fanfic/treason/treason3.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20021115082420/www.hanashika.com/tomo/fanfic/treason/treason4.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20021115082942/www.hanashika.com/tomo/fanfic/treason/treason5.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20021115082950/www.hanashika.com/tomo/fanfic/treason/treason6.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20021115083150/www.hanashika.com/tomo/fanfic/treason/treason7.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20021115083430/www.hanashika.com/tomo/fanfic/treason/treason8.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20021115083909/www.hanashika.com/tomo/fanfic/treason/treason9.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20021115082643/www.hanashika.com/tomo/fanfic/treason/treason10.html

Title: The Revenge of the Houseplants (or well and she does is great)
Author:by H.J. Bender
Fandom: Good Omens
Paring:A/C
Why I love it: I really enjoy her writing
http://ok.bent-halo.net/
http://www.fanfiction.net/u/237238/H_J_Bender

Hah! I just found something fitting.


THE LITTLE MERMAID

Fandom: H. C. Andersen's Little Mermaid
Character: The Little Mermaid, duh
Summary: Five new endings for an old story
Length: 5x200 words
Rating: PG
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http://having-written.livejournal.com/10889.html

Some are creepy, some tragic and all so very beautiful.
Warnings: ... general fairy-tale creepiness?, character death


-Indigo

Child of Hope by caras_galadhon
Lord of the Rings
Gen. A lovely little portrait of Boromir as a child, with a surprise resonance with the Quest in his future.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/caras_galadhon/225989.html

Modern Love by penknife
Discworld
Various OC/OC. A really outstanding series of snapshots exploring sex and gender from the perspective of Ankh-Morpork's dwarf population.
http://community.livejournal.com/lgbtfest/52579.html

An Excellent Long-Term Solution by bethbethbeth
Good Omens
Crowley/Aziraphale. A Good Omens take on the old "have to pretend to be lovers" trope. :D
http://community.livejournal.com/go_exchange/17741.html

Deus Ex by innocentsmith
Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves/Wooster pre-slash. A really wonderful imagining of Wooster, the man who can put everything to rights, within a larger cosmology.
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/74/deusex.html

Jeeves and the Accidental Engagement by Propaganda
Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves/Wooster. A Wodehousian romp, with the twist that this time it's Jeeves who becomes accidentally engaged, and Bertie who goes off to his rescue.
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/29/jeevesand.html

El Búho de Engranajes by gloss
Love and Rockets
Various canon relationships. Life in the barrio was loca, and then everyone grew up ... or maybe things didn't change so much.
http://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2009/works/36822

Pairing: Harry Dresden/John Marcone (aka the mafia boss who should have been in the tv series goddamnit!)

Do Not Think It Means
http://thehoyden.livejournal.com/231726.html
(10,000 words) Completely diverges from canon from the middle of the last chapter of Book 5. Yay happy ending! "Look, I'm with you on this one -- he's dumber than he looks. But we were on a mission of mercy, I swear!"


A Rather Nasty Curse
http://jade-dragoness.livejournal.com/40939.html?style=mine
(10,000 words) Good narrative voice for Harry. "Marcone has been hit with a ‘fuck or die’ curse. Only it has a nasty twist."

Please Hang Up And Try Again
http://bookshop.livejournal.com/896393.html
(7,800 words) Wacky, rom-com Harry/Marcone.
"I'm going to need at least a dozen more roses before the chastity belt comes off."


Frenemy
http://thehoyden.livejournal.com/230624.html
(7,000 words) "A few instances of mutual life-saving does not a relationship make."


The Affairs of Wizards by Gehayi
http://theninemuses.net/archive/viewstory.php?sid=212
(27,000 words) "Post-Small Favor. A desperate John Marcone has a case that only Harry Dresden can solve, and Harry can't, in good conscience, refuse."


Kissing The Tiger
http://icarus-chained.livejournal.com/1076.html
(6,300 words) "Just your average day in the life of Harry Dresden. Pretend to be gay in front of half of CPD. Rescue your average mob-boss-in-distress from a face eating demon who just slaughtered his men. Get snogged."

This pairing SO works for me. I hope you enoy!

P.S. If you like those... I have a couple more links for longer Harry/Marcone fics that I haven't read yet, so I didn't rec:

Besieging Omelas
http://archiveofourown.org/works/73017?view_full_work=true
Focus: Hellblazer (comics)/The Dresden Files books
Harry Dresden/John Marcone; a bit of Harry Dresden/John Constantine
(59,000 words) "When cynical wizard John Constantine is flung from his universe to Harry Dresden's in an attempt to prevent his interfering with Titania's plans, it's up to both of them to foil her and her allies in both universes., save an assortment of innocents from Hell and rescue a certain crime lord who's caught in the middle...while Harry deals with revelations about his family that he'd never even imagined.


The Dresden Omens by shiplizard
Dresden Files/Good Omens crossover; slight Harry/Marone
http://theninemuses.net/archive/viewstory.php?sid=234
(17,000 words) Spoilers through Book 10. "In which a demon (who did not fall from grace so much as saunter vaguely downward) is sent to tempt a hero (who's reluctant at best) and has some trouble with the job."

Sorry about that. Here's an alternate link for "Dresden Omens":
http://community.livejournal.com/dresdenfic/158771.html

Good Omens
All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues by randomeliza
Focus: Good Omens/Alias Crossover - Adam Young/Julian Sark slash
http://archiveofourown.org/series/605
(5,900 words) "Curiosity is a valuable and dangerous thing, young Mr. Sark," Morningstar says with a smile. In which Sark from 'Alias' finds Lower Tadfield. I loved this SO MUCH.


A Precise and Accurate History of Monday, Eleven Years Later
Focus: Aziraphale/Crowley slash
http://www.anyroad.org/geekdom/monday.html
(16,200 words) Oh, I love them! And Adam is great as well. "In eleven years, everything will have changed. Well, ok, not everything everything. Some things are eternal. Ducks, for example."


Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Kiss a Boy in Tokyo Town by veritasrecords
Focus: Percy/Nico slash (primary pairing); some Percy/Annabeth
http://community.livejournal.com/veritasrecords/88203.html
(59,000 words) Post-Series. Olympus shifts from America and Percy shifts into a new life, balancing old traditions tucked inside a new land and a new love against the shadow of his childhood sweetheart. The writing is excellent, and this idea is something I was eager to see (as the series conceit of Olympus being located at the powerful-country-of-the-moment was just begging for it) . The P/N is appealing and the characters ring true. Percy is just as much as a clueless dick as he was with the Rachel thing. And Nico is awesome.
"Hi," says Nico di Angelo, glaring up at him around the hands he has clamped to his nose. "You have a crap apartment. Seriously. Like, I thought you couldn't get any worse than some of the places in New York, but pfffff. Also," he admits somewhat grudgingly, pulling his hands away to inspect them; blood glints redly on his fingertips. "You have a mean right hook."


The Last Cry in Hades (Not Guilty)
Focus: Percy/Nico slash
http://community.livejournal.com/veritasrecords/87133.html
(7,350 words) I have an insane amount of love for this story. This is an inspired pairing, and the fic makes it work perfectly. Great coda for the series.
"And then, Percy's arms snatching him around the chest, yanking him back out of the way of something that would have dissolved him into dust, and the warmth of the contact made Nico draw in one great, shuddering gasp, his heart lurching like it had just remembered how to beat. He will always remember that, he thinks. How the world felt like it was tipping and sliding sideways, the fragile china shattering, the flowers tipping, and then Percy caught him. Percy caught him."


Fairytales
Memories of You Being Beautiful
Focus: Grimm's Fairy Tales - Briar Rose/Snow White
http://comeonbabyfunky.livejournal.com/4814.html
(15,300 words) This is so CRAZY BAD ASS. Surreal, dreamy, despondent genius. Briar Rose has already been there, cursed, for three thousand days when Snow White appears. "The girl's name is Snow White, and if Briar Rose hadn't been given contentedness from the seventh wise woman, she might understand the jealousy that drove Snow White's step-mother to such lengths. Briar Rose has never seen such beauty (not even her mother who'd had suitors tourney a glass hill for her hand when she was a girl) and she reaches out to brush back Snow White's hair. It's soft and shiny, as black as the night sky in their dream world, and frames such a pale, pale face. "