Title: Two Dollars and Nineteen Cents Worth (http://yourperiphery.livejournal.com/12200.html)
Author: yourperiphery
Fandom: Gilmore Girls
Author's Summary: In which Rory comes back and Dean hasn't been waiting.


I have more, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share them now, or if I have to wait until this topic comes round again.

The Exchange by zelda_zee
Fandom: Lost
Summary: A year after their return. Jack. Sawyer. Sayid. Vegas.
Relationships: Jack/Sawyer/Sayid
Rating: NC-17
Length: 100,000+ words

...Am I right in thinking that f-locked fics are not allowable?

Thank-you! Here it is:

Title: Not according to the Disciplines
Author: theficklepickle
Fandom: Henry V, 1989 movieverse
Word count: 10,400
http://henry-herald.livejournal.com/1848.html
Summary: Injured and trapped after the collapse of a cave, Henry and Montjoy have only one another to rely on. It's a time for the exchange of truths between them, if ever there was one!
WARNING: Mediaeval bone-setting without anaesthetic; brief mention of past sexual cruelty.

Review: This film of Shakespeare's play has a fandom that is almost the definition of 'small', with maybe twenty stories to its name. Fortunately it has an excellent writer in the shape of theficklepickle, and this fic is one of her best; an intense take on the 'cave-in' trope that we all know so well. Henry, King of England and the French Herald are trapped together below ground, and here at last they have the time and privacy to examine their feelings for each other, and to come to an understanding. The characters are fully and sympathetically drawn, even the minor ones; the fic is worth reading for old Sir Thomas Erpingham's devastating assessment of the four royal brothers alone!

F-locked, but there's no drama about friending the com, and it has several other stories of similar calibre that are available nowhere else.

I've been drowning in amazing Inception fic these days! Seriously, GUH. Here, have several ...

Call and Answer (http://airgiodslv.livejournal.com/539083.html) by airgiodslv
Arthur/Eames. 26,570 words.
Arthur starts showing up in Eamses's dreams—his real dreams. Supernatural AU.

Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer (http://archiveofourown.org/works/135303) by eleveninches
Arthur/Eames. 19,796 words.
How Eames stole Cobb's point man.

I've Got Nothing To Do Today But Smile (The Only Living Boy in New York) (http://gyzym.livejournal.com/47843.html) by gyzym
Arthur/Eames, Ariadne/Yusuf. 19,745 words.
AU. Arthur's a corporate lawyer; Eames owns the coffee shop across the street.

j'veux ton amour, et je m'en fous d'après (http://hackthis.livejournal.com/567188.html) by hackthis
Arthur/Eames. ~14,700 words.
Everyone in Eames's life seems to know Eames's feelings for Arthur better than he does himself.

Incipit (http://thehoyden.livejournal.com/277635.html) by thehoyden
Arthur/Eames. 8,565 words.
AU. Eames is a writer; Arthur is his editor.

On Your Every Body (Though Your Skin Will Come Unmarked) (http://isagel.livejournal.com/215996.html) by isagel
Arthur/Eames. ~6,700 words.
Genderfuck. Arthur loves fucking Eames in any body Eames wears.

Sleight of Hand series (http://archiveofourown.org/series/5586) by imperfectcircle
Arthur/Eames, Ariadne/Saito. 22,320 words total. (It says not complete, but it reads as finished.)
After the inception heist, Saito adopts the team—but there's fallout from the job.

we should be whispering all the time (http://tequilideas.livejournal.com/16449.html) by tequilideas
Arthur/Eames, Yusuf/Ariadne. ~9K words, plus ~2K of not-to-be-missed footnotes (http://tequilideas.livejournal.com/16070.html)
Yusuf wants Eames's help courting Ariadne. Eames is still smarting from Arthur's break-up.

The calibre of writers is amazing! I've been fans of works by four of these writers (plus rageprufrock, who's already been recced in the comm) in other fandoms, and following them down the rabbit hole has opened up a bunch more. Many of these writers also have recs in their journals, so it's a treasure trove!

I am a bit late, but haven't had a chance to get on-line until today.

The Vorkosigan fandom has been rocketing in size the last few months at AO3 (www.archiveofourown.org) and there have been several excellent long and stories have appeared along with many, many shorter ones. One of my favourites is the Petya Vorkosigan AU. The summary goes "An AU in which Aral and his first wife (named Therese for my purposes) had a son: Piotr Richars Vorkosigan, who is nicknamed Petya." In addition there is "also an AU of that AU, in which Wrong Things Happened at Escobar and Serg didn't die."

Petya is so well well drawn and Lanna Michaels writes him into canon so well, that I have just been completely drawn in. He is a richly complex character and with every story Lanna adds to this series, we learn more about him and his relationships with those we have come to know from the books. Strongly recommended and already nearing 100,000 words.

Link is: http://archiveofourown.org/series/4657

Always glad to welcome a new reader to the Vorkosigan universe - my absolute favourite series of books and one that I have re-read many times. The audio books are very good too, read by Grover Gardner.

This, happily, is one of those fandoms that attracts good writers and encourages intelligent and thoughtful stories. A few years ago, the number of stories in the Vorkosigan fandom numbered in the dozens. Over the last year or so, and especially in the last few months, the number of fics at AO3 alone has sped up, growing to over 300 there now, and shows no sign of slowing down so far. I am in heaven.

Another very long story in the Vorkosigan fandom, recently completed, is Guerrilla by Glishara. Summary is "When a new Cetagandan invasion strikes at the heart of Barrayar, leaving much of the government dead and Barrayar itself cut off from the greater galactic community, it falls on Ivan Vorpatril and the team he can assemble to keep hope alive and form the new Resistance. AU for Diplomatic Immunity. COMPLETE."
I love Ivan Vorpatril fics and this one is excellent. This is the Ivan he has always had the potential to be, but who held himself back. Warning for major character death and some parts are desperately sad, but this is a story of triumph in adversity.
Link is: http://archiveofourown.org/works/107750/chapters/149049

The 3 part mini series called "Warrior's Apprentice: Scenes From the Other Side" also on AO3 is good adding to the backstory of that initial installment of the Vor saga.

http://archiveofourown.org/series/5834

Title: On Some Idle Tuesday
Author: calleigh_j
Fandom: West Wing/Criminal Minds Crossover
Rating: R
Pairing: Emily Prentiss/Kate Harper
Length: ~20,000 words

Summary: Emily Prentiss and Kate Harper meet in a bar; therein follows the progression of an accidental friendship to something neither of them ever expected to have

It's hard to find good quality femslash that does it *right*. Fic that focuses on female characters in-and-of itself is rare, so fic that focuses on two strong, independent women who also happen to like each other? Practically impossible.

That's why I was so excited when I found On Some Idle Tuesday. It takes two characters that I like (Kate Harper, Emily Prentiss) and asks the question "what if..." and things spin out from there. Kate Harper works for the White House/Department of Defense making sure the world is safe. Emily Prentiss helps catch serial killers with the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI. Both are devoted to their work and they don't make excuses about it. They're smart and competent and the fic takes that to a whole 'nother level.

You don't need to be familiar with either fandom to enjoy this story. It's slow paced, a love story, and it guides you through both worlds fairly well. It makes you fall in love with the characters and when it's over you go looking for more quality femslash, because reading about strong women can be pretty addicting.

On Some Idle Tuesday (http://calleigh-j.livejournal.com/158889.html)