Supernatural: gen, or very mild Dean/Sam slash.
Maygra brings the creepy more than a lot of authors in the Supernatural fandom, and it never fails to make me happy. This is a little less on the creepy side than on the oh hey that’s cool side.
June 12, 2006
the only people for me are the mad ones by ignipes; 3.500 words
Supernatural: Gen.
The Winchester version of a happy ending after they get the demon. This is gen but it could just as easily be labeled non-explicit slash. Such a lovely story, good characterization, interesting, well detailed.
interesting times by trollprincess; 4.100 words
Supernatural: Gen.
So I don’t read a ton of gen in this fandom (or any other really) because I’m OTP enough to prefer to see Sam and Dean be SamandDean, but Trollprincess is one of those authors whose fic is guaranteed to be good no matter what. In this one Dean gets cursed with that ancient proverb: May you live in interesting times. This is almost a five Sam’s that didn’t exist type story and it’s really fucking awesome. The kind of story which would make for a damned interesting episode.
May 18, 2006
playing the game by baked goldfish; 3.200 words
The West Wing: gen, Toby and Leo centric.
This is cool. Toby and Leo on the campaign when Bartlett first runs. I like this because we see how Leo gets Josh on the campaign, and we see how Josh gets Sam and how Donna gets herself, and even how Toby gets CJ, but we never see Leo recruiting Toby so this is some good backstory. The voices are, if maybe not absolutely pitch perfect 100% of the time, pretty damned close. There are a lot of lines that I can just hear Leo saying and that is never a bad feeling.
in harm’s way by dark roast; 2.439 words
Supernatural/Veronica Mars: gen, Dean and Logan centric.
This is just a short vignette without much plot to speak of but it’s just to cool. Logan and Dean, while not the first combination of characters that come to mind when imagining Supernatural crossovers, play off each other in some really interesting ways. This whole story is just delightfully inventive. And it all takes place at the Fitzpatrick bar, The River Stix, which is so wonderfully Dean to have picked that bar when he goes to Neptune.
shape of the universe by descrime; 3.362 words
House MD: gen, Wilson centric.
Canon gives us hints of Wilson not being the good, nice guy he seems to be and this story expands on that in some really cool ways. Missing scenes from eight episodes in which Wilson is at his manipulative best. I couldn’t remember all of the details from each of the episodes Descrime wrote about, but I remembered enough.
May 14, 2006
the world so high by niz4; 4.364 words
Supernatural: gen.
Niz4 has a solid Dean voice and weaves the perfect amount of meta into her stories.
“I don’t know Sam…” And he can hear it in your voice – didn’t mean for it to sound so bleak – it makes him turn to watch your face. “Sometimes I feel like the fight is already lost, the rest of the employees got their pink slips, and we just never got the memo…”
crash by maygra; 8.528 words
Supernatural: gen.
A good post-Devil’s Trap story, note: this is, obviously, chock full of spoilers for the season 1 finale.
crossing the line by eighth horizon; 13.218 wods
Supernatural: gen.
I love that this is a fandom that gives good gen fic, This is exciting and well told, and Sam and Dean’s voices are spot on. There’s fantastic banter and a spooky bad guy and some really cool spell mythology.
April 30, 2006
under a haystack by emily brunson; 29.228 words
Supernatural: gen.
Dean gets cursed and turned into a seven year old kid. The author calls this crack!fic, and the premise totally is, but this is a surprisingly insightful and complex story for a premise as potentially one-dimensional as some writers may have made it. Emily Brunson is in no way shape or form that writer. We all wonder about exactly what Papa Winchester was teaching Dean when he was growing up and this story goes into that in some really interesting ways. Sam is amazing, sympathetic and perfect in the situation because this opens his eyes up to so many things about how Dean must have grown up (something he sure as hell never thought about from Dean’s perspective ever before.) Plus, Dean is pretty much the most adorable thing on the block no matter how old he is, and at seven I just want to pinch his cheeks and play flashlight tag with him until Sam comes to feed him dinner and glare at me like the over-protective brother he is.
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works in mysterious ways by lyra wing; 10.207 words
Supernatural: gen.
I love a good, solid gen fic and this is a great one. I especially love this because Lyra gives Dean superpowers and who the hell could resist pyro!Dean? note: I’ve linked to part 2 because there’s a link to part 1 from there.
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sever, mirror, and mend by lyra wing; 6.962 words
Supernatural: gen.
This isn’t a crossover per se but it takes some elements from Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy and puts them to very cool use. This is a really neat story.
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untitled by boonies; 2.677 words
Supernatural: gen.
OMG Dean and Sam and an orphaned kid and the metallicar and omg. Dean is so, so awesome when he’s all protective and grudging.
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bargains by rusalka; 15.656 words
Supernatural: gen.
This is such a fantastic story. Dean and Sam go up against a colony of faeries and it’s just, so, so good. Also the last line? Cracked my shit up so much. The dialogue in this is especially good.
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April 23, 2006
the things you’ll never say by khohen; 1.245 words
The West Wing: gen, Leo-centric
Spoilers for Season 6, Episode 2: The Birnam Woods This episode killed me a little bit. Leo has always been at the heart of the West Wing, whether we saw it or not, and well, I guess I feel like this is how the episode should have been shot. (Or maybe I just think that this is what happened and we didn’t get to see it.) It’s hard for me to explain this story actually. It’s brilliant, and absolutely heartbreaking. Seriously, it gave me shivers.
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time and the fates of man by marguerite; 9.967 words
The West Wing: gen
This series is really good. Spoilers for the first two episodes of Season 2 In the Shadow of the Gunmen 1 &2 it’s a gen story, no pairing but the characterization is good and she’s added a lot of interesting depth to the events post-shooting.
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exigencies by rivier; 9.557 words
Stargate Atlantis: gen with hints of Sheppard/McKay.
There’s something really hot about John Sheppard’s brutal competence. This story goes into what we saw of Sheppard during The Storm/The Eye in terms of exactly how far he will go to save his people, how ruthless he can be, and how good he is at doing it.
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April 22, 2006
C8H10N4O2 by megolas; 584 words
Stargate Atlantis: gen, Rodney-centric
Rodney’s an addict in the best way:
his urge to eat their heads mellowed slightly if they sacrificed two cups of freshly brewed Blue Mountain to him before they pleaded their cases.
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Ni A Sabios Ni A Ricos by summerfling; 1.119 words
Stargate Atlantis: gen, Heightmeyer
A fascinating take on Heightmeyer’s experiences in Atlantis, and her diagnoses of the main cast. Make sure to read the comments for some interesting meta.
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Cosecant by Domenika Marzione; 6.000 words
Stargate Atlantis: Jack O’Neill, John Sheppard.
This is one of those stories that really helps solidify the characters in your mind. Basically, it’s Jack’s take on John after their post-Seige III return.
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small world by tiges; 2.500 words
Stargate Atlantis: gen Sheppard, McKay, Zelenka.
I’m a total sucker for they-met-before-Atlantis stories, this one was written for the sga_flashfic school challenge.
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superpowers by punk and pares; 2.300 words
Stargate Atlantis: Rodney/Lesbians.
Rodney turns women into lesbians. Totally hilarious and perfectly Rodney.
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the illustrated rodneysaur by moonloon; 4.379 words
Stargate Atlantis: gen
John and Rodney. Omg. SGA fandom produces the best crack. And they illustrate it too! Seriously. This is the awesomest. Rodney gets turned into a very small grumpy dinosaur and it’s hilariously cute.
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little bear by kellifer; 2.773 words
Stargate Atlantis: John and Rodney.
Oh man. Even more _____ gets turned into an animal fic! Totally cracktastic and painfully cute, this time it’s John getting turned into a polar bear and Rodney having to deal with it. I love that so many SGA authors are embracing their potential for shoving the boys into insane and humorous situations.
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April 21, 2006
heartless by jaxmari; 5.830 words
Star Wars fps: Darth Vader, Obi-Wan gen
This is a really interesting story, sort of a glimpse into what’s going on for Vader behind the mask. Very cool.
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undertow by cori lanham; 369 words
Master and Commander: Aubrey Maturin centric gen
Another Yultide story, this one is even shorter than Nesting Place, but it’s such a cute glimpse of Jack and Stephen at their most relaxed.
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misguided bullets by faye dartmouth; 1.119 words
Master and Commander: Aubrey Maturin centric gen
A nice look at what was going on in Jack’s head when Stephen is shot, well written.
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the albatross by sun queen; 909 words
Master and Commander: Aubrey Maturin slashy-gen
This is another story that tries to fill in the blanks surrounding Jack’s fight with Stephen and his subsequent shooting in the movie. She also wrote a follow-up story, Blood on the Moon.
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April 20, 2006
Afterimage by Ivy, 1.647 words
Constantine: gen
A really nice take on what happened to John after he leaves the hospital. I really like this one, I think she’s got a good handle on John’s head.