My Favorite Stories

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

• Mafia!, by Michelle. An AU with Spike and Xander as sons of rival gang bosses. Funny and touching.
• Oral Fixations, by Melissa. Really should be called "Familiar". A funny well-written Willow/Spike.
• Precious, by MJ Gage. Stories don't come much sweeter than this. Spike loses his memory and Xander nurses him back to health.
• Super, by Elka. Willow casts a spell to give Spike his dearest wish. Spike becomes a superhero. Hysterical.
• Sands of Times series by James Walkswithwind and Wolfling. What if Xander ran from his abusive father to Giles? A deep engaging story with a Spike/Xander relationship.
• The Elsewhere, by Morgan R. Willow and Angel are swept into a fantasy AU. The fantasy part is very satisfying. A good read. But then the story continues, gets really sad and then they get thrown into another AU -- science this time, and *not* happy -- whereupon the story ends, unfinished. I'm recommending it because the first part, the fantasy AU stuck in my head and haunted me for a good while.

Crossovers

• Changing of the Guard, by Ecolea. Stargate SG-1/Highlander. Methos takes a job with the SG-1 and gets in over his head. This is a link to a page about the author that has the best collection of links for finding all the parts of her many stories.
• China, by torch. Highlander/X-Files. Mulder investigates a case while Methos is in town. Oh, yeah. Yummy pairing *and* an actual X-File. Read for the sex and for the story.
• High Corn Drifter, by Te. Oz wanders into Smallville, rocks Lex's world, and wanders out again.
• Immortal Secrets, by Trinity Day. Buffy/Highlander. Buffy's mom visits an old friend in Seacouver. Buffy gets dragged along and ends up slaying vamps with the help of a certain ROG. A clever story. I wish there were more like this.
• Loyalties, by Brenda Antrim. Stargate SG-1/X-Files. Krycek rescues Daniel from the Consortium. Nicely steamy, with a good edge of hurt/comfort.
• Snow and Cinder by HiperBunny and MrsHamill. Highlander/Star Wars. Methos keeps Obi-Wan from throwing himself off a cliff. Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes.
• When Hellmouths Collide by Kimberly Rector and Martha Wilson. Buffy and crew are accidentally transported to mythological Greece. Sharp, funny, impossible to put down.

Highlander

• Episodic Sadie, by bbc. Oh my God. Funny, well-characterized, gripping plot -- what more could you ask for? Sadie comes to Duncan for help after her husband dies mysteriously. Things begin to happen.
• Friends in Low Places, by Suze. Hot sex. Very hot sex. Duncan pays Methos to show him a good time.
• Lay Your Hands On Me, by Zen and Nancy. Methos needs Duncan's help to settle a Quickening. Good sex and nice characterization.
• Save The Last Dance For Me, by Dayspring. Duncan makes the mistake of identifying Methos as his domestic partner. Methos sets out to make it a reality. Lots of humor and ROG sarcasm, without the usual overflowing serving of angst you find in a DM/M story.
• The Fully Interactive Sex Manual, by HollyIlex. Methos offers his service as a sexual aid to Richie. Holly has also written more Richie/Methos, including a Sentinel/Trek/Highlander crossover which is both sad and engrossing (Death and Destiny), and the Huji series, where Methos takes Richie on as a student. Both can be found on her page.

Red Dwarf

• 'Til Dwarf Do Us Part, by Irene Sabian. Rimmer/f. I know, I know, but it's still good.

SeaQuest

• Lucas, Darwin, and Friends, by Monolog

Sentinel

• Formula #7, by Scorpio. Jim gets dosed with something akin to Viagra. Hysterical.
• Partners, by Josephine Darcy. Rafe and Brown borrow Blair for the day. Jim gets very jealous. A laugh-out-loud story.

Smallville

• Blow Your Mind, by Jenn. Clark picks Lex up from a party. Jenn writes Clark and Lex like I want to have written them. Clever, funny, deep. When I was still in this fandom, I'd put out a story and then read Jenn's latest and know that she'd said everything I'd wanted to say, only better. A tremendous author.
• Chupa Chup, by Te. Clark drives a drunk Lex home. Lex tells limericks.
• Ice, by Merry. Lex runs his car off the road in a snowstorm and Clark saves him.
• Reasons Unknown, by Perri Smith. Lex and Chloe get stashed away by kidnappers. Lex takes care of Chloe. Awwww.
• Sticks and Stones are for the Verbally Inept, by Saone and Random. Lex and Chloe moon over Clark. Sharp and hysterically funny.

Star Trek

• Dance of Chameleon and Mirror The reason for Q and Guinan's animosity is revealed. If you like "Only Human" and haven't read this, you're missing out.
• EsQPade More of a Bashir story than anything else, but as emotional angst and sex goes, this is pretty dang good.
• From Me to Q The first story by Julia Houston, and in my opinion, an untoppable original Picard/Q tale. Powerful and twisty, this story is an engaging must-read.
• Happy Bday from Q An entertainingly done 20th century crossover story.
• His Beloved Pet Run, do not walk, to read this story. An emotionally heartwrenching story of Q and Picard involved in B&D.
• InterQ Smutty good fun -- the surprises and twists in this tale had me off-balance to the end.
• Lifewish Another heartwrenching tale. Q toys with Paris to find the true nature of love.
• Mithrais Takes a Q The best of Joanne Soper-Cook's romances involving Q. Read this one to catch the addiction.
• Only Human. The ultimate must-read from the alt.fan.q archive. Q loses his powers and becomes a very unhappy man.
• Picard/Q Backrub Fantasy This one is only a vignette, but just reading it makes for a better backrub than some I've gotten in the past.
• Smart Trek 2 -- The Wrath of Q Maxwell Smart meets The Next Generation. Avoid at your own peril. Yet another funny story.
• The Best of All Possible Worlds A dark, absorbing story in which Picard tries to redeem the Picard of "Dark Mirror"'s alternate universe. Winner of 1996 Alt.Startrek.Creative award for Best General Romance.
• The Louder the Song Oh my, oh my. Ruth Gifford, move over. Varoneeka creates a universe in which Q and Picard must fall in love or else, and the way Q goes about it is more than memorable.
• Three's a Crowd Q forces a woman to choose between sex with him and sex with Picard. The very first story I encountered on alt.startrek.creative.

Star Wars

• Bonds of Choice 4: Allocating Resources, by HiperBunny and Rauhnee Ranshanka
• Carnival of Light, by WindRose. My absolute favorite Q/O first time story.
• Every Saga Has Its Beginning (Jedi of Naboo), by Anne Higgins. Also read her 'Bonding Through The Years' series.
• Life Lessons at the Sith Academy, part XIII, by Siubhan. Check out the rest of the Sith Academy while you're there.
• The Anger Exercises, by WriteStuff.
• The Apprentice Master, by Lilith, Lorelei, Cori Lannam and Kate Evans. The best BDSM Q/O story.

Stargate SG-1

• Impulse, and its sequel, Beyond Impulse, by Jennifer Lyon. Heh. Alien mind control hijinks at their best. I can just see Jack and Daniel doing this.

X-Files

• 24/7, by Xanthe
• All The Mulders, by Alloway
• The Bath, by KMS
• A Cluster of Dates, by Anne Elliott
• Crossing The Line, by Sharon Nuttycombe
• Dragons in A Mirror, by Sheryl Martin
• Houseboat: Courage to Forget Skinner/Krycek, the best of the houseboat series, by JiM.
• The Magician cycle (Magician, The Runaway and Dark Queen), by Jennifer Lyon and Suzanne Bickerstaffe
• The Paradox Club, by Cody Nelson
• Plans, the first story in the "I Still Have Plans To Go To Mexico series. Read all of it. By JiM and MJ.
• Ethan Nelson, a man who deserves his own category:
  • The Denny's Cycle
  • Rogaine, Rats and Baseball Bats and its sequel, Rainy Day G-Men
  • Cyanide and Astroglide
  • The Threat of Other Chicks

X-Men

• Always Relied on de Kindness o' Strange Femmes, by Diamonde
  [Part One] [Part Two] [Part Three] [Part Four]
• The Forest's Heart, by Ascian
• Generation Cat, by Dyce
• Just a Day in the Life and Repercussions, by Surisa
• Kai and Logan: The Great Loogah, by Kaylee
• Needing More Than the Status Quo, by Lady Phoenix
• Neon Hearts, by Susan Crites
• One Enchanted Evening, by Jo Grant
• Past Imperfect and Present Imperfect, by Cassandra Fraser
• The Tannenbaum One Thousand, by Indigo
• To The Gallows Foot And After, by Melissa Nolen
• Professor X and the X-Babes, by Lori McDonald
• The Oracle of Delphi series, by Dyce and Mel:
  • I Don't Wear Spandex, by Dyce
  • Spandex Is Not My Color , by Mel. [I] and [II]
  • What Do You Mean There's No Tim Tams?, by Dyce & Mel
  • Twenty-eight and One-third Hours... Roughly, by Dyce and Mel

Xena/Hercules

• Is This Deal Negotiable?, and its sequels, Rude Much? and What the Hell... ?, by Rabid. Cupid/Strife/f. Wow oh wow. Sarcastic, funny, witty *and* sex -- everything a good story should be and rarely is. Read now.
• Cupid's Challenge, by Scorpio. Cupid and Strife make a bet, with hysterical consequences.