Five of My Favorite Pre-2008 Fanged Four Fics

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

Vampires, start your engines...

1. Time is the Fire in Which We Burn by spuffyduds
http://spuffyduds.livejournal.com/6446.html
characters: Dru, Darla, Angelus, Spike
rating: R
length: ficlet
setting: pre-1880s; pre-BtVS
summary: Drusilla has a glimpse of someone in her future.

2. I'm Not Supposed To Be Like This by spuffyduds
http://spuffyduds.livejournal.com/24238.html
characters: Darla, Spike
rating: NC-17 for gore
length: ficlet
setting: Between AtS seasons 2 and 3, and BtVS seasons 5 and 6
summary: Darla really, really doesn't want to be pregnant, and wanders California desperately trying to find a way not to be.

3. Dru's Latest Fancy by spuffyduds
http://spuffyduds.livejournal.com/31894.html
characters: Dru, Spike
rating: PG-13
length: ficlet
setting: pre-BtVS
summary: Guess what Drusilla's brought home this time?

4. The Web by kidcyclone
http://kidcyclone.livejournal.com/9153.html
characters: Spike, Angelus
rating: PG-13
length: ficlet
setting: 1880s; pre-BtVS
summary: A just-turned William ficlet, with the new vampire's thoughts on his relationship with Darla, Angel, and Dru.

5. O, Little Breath of Oblivion by deadsoul820
http://deadsoul820.livejournal.com/41230.html
characters: Spike, Drusilla
rating: NC-17
length: ficlet
setting: 1920s Harlem, New York; pre-BtVS
summary: Spike and Dru enjoying the jazz world of Harlem in the Roaring '20s. Wonderful setting, with an evil Spike who still manages to feel sympathy and admiration for the black performers (which include Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith), and a perfect, startling ending.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

I'm pretty sure I read that last one before. I've always enjoyed historical fiction and it's great that we can get that in this verse!

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! I especially liked the way that the "real" people were worked into this story.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Good list! I'd also add frimfram's The Other Side of the Tracks (http://lubakmetyk.infinology.net/others/frimfram/tracks1.htm), which is sadly unfinished.

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

Oooooh, I love that fic, too! Fantastic voices and atmosphere. You can almost feel the fog.

[kidcyclone.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'd also add all of peasant_'s stuff, myself.

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

Neat! I'll be checking peasant_'s Fanged4 stories out ASAP!