5 favorite great unfinished fics

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

There are WIPs and there are those likely to remain unfinshed. Of the latter, there are some just too good to pass up even though they may never be completed. Here's my list of my five favorites (and YES, I recommend you read them and other stories by their authors as the quality is just that good).

Not gonna count this one that is too obvious and also unavailable:

Dancing Lessons by the Redemptionista group (several writers collaberating on this mamouth undertaking. Sadly I can give no link as the site was removed when the website owner (and co-writer) left the fandom.......shed a tear as it was sooooo close to being concluded! If you are new to fandom....ask if anyone has a copy and beg!


1. Haunt of The House by Tracy (Jericho)
Buffy and Spike are terrorized in a house with a history of vampires, ghosts and tragedy. The original characters alone make this one a classic and the implications on vampire lore are compelling. Shades of grey issues abound in this wonderful, nearly completed story.
link at:
http://www.geocities.com/jericho_tgf/Tracysfiction.html

2. As The Romans Do by theohara (Helga Van Nutwimple) Post NFA epic that makes sense.
link:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/theohara/116803.html


3. Two Summers by theohara (Helga Von Nutwimple)
Spawn, wonderful, logical Spawn. A plan to defeat Glory in this alternate S5 leads to a bond between Dawn and Spike that is much more than either wanted or expected. Now that Dawn is grown, what are the real feelings and what are the residual effects of this bond.

Link:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/theohara/138372.html


4. Castaway by Ripe Wicked Plum Buffy is given a graduation present of a cruise with daddy and his latest girlfriend. On board, unbeknownst to Buffy is Spike and his dark princess. The ship sinks, Buffy and Spike are the sole survivors. They form a symbiotic relationship for survival that leads to love and a new life that is interrupted by a rescue by the Scoobies. Can the real relationship they forged survive? Was life better on that island? Can anyone tell a tale quite like Plummie?

link:
http://www.ripewickedplum.com/sa/castaway1.htm

5. Pandoras Boxer by Speakr2customrs Now in fairness, this will likely be completed one day and it can be looked on as "complete in one sense already (hence its place as number 5). This starts in the cave as Spike wins his challenges at the end of season 6 and then catapults back in time to season 4. ALl of this alternate season 4 is complete with plans for season5 and season6 in this alternate time line. Yummy goodness as Spike seeks to have a happier unlife for one and all.

link:
http://www.speaker-to-customers.me.uk/buffyverse/pbindex.htm



All of these writers are top drawer and none of their stories (even the WIPs and unfinished beauties) are to be missed. Publish worthy one and all...you won't be disappointed.

Kathleen

Comments

[kumi.livejournal.com]

Dancing Lessons can be found here, dl_archive.

[yourlibrarian]

Nice to see that's been preserved. That was a huge undertaking.

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! SO many talented people put massive amount of time into it and it showed! I literally grieved to think it was gone!

Kathleen

[jans-intentions.livejournal.com]

Ha, I also reced Two Summers. What a delightful story. I'm so sad its unfinished.

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

I keep hoping Megan gets in a Buffyverse groove again and revisits! She has several that I'd love to see finished (can't remember her Spara story title but remember being pulled into it as well).

Kathleen

[yourlibrarian]

I was thinking just this past week that there should be some term for the abandoned WIP (as opposed to one that's just in progress or taking a bit of a hiatus). Plus, authors don't often announce when they've just packed it in on a story so it's often hard to know as a reader when to move things from one category to another.

But I completely agree that there are stories well worth reading despite the fact that they have no official conclusion. The very fact that we keep hoping for one is proof of their success.

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

Just as the "unfinished symphony" deserves to be performed, great unfinished works should be read.

Kathleen

[madam-rptr.livejournal.com]

How hard do you think one would have to beg in order to have a copy of "Dancing Lessons" emailed to cacsr(at)yahoo(dot)com? I'm not too proud, to be sure!

[madam-rptr.livejournal.com]

Please disregard and/or forgive my impatience. It helps if I read the other posts, doesn't it? [/sarcasm]

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

I never saved it to my computer but did print it off and put it in a notebook. If no one comes forward to send it electronically I could see about some way of getting a hardcopy to you if you're patient (trees must be harvested for the paper *G*).

Kathleen

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

Should read replies first....there is an archieve YEAH!!!! ...:::kisses to the people responsible:::...

Ahhhhhh I am a happy human now!

Kathleen

[madam-rptr.livejournal.com]

I know. Me too. The community is now my friend! ;)

[basilio-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Have you read Mary's Journeys series? It has two completed "books" and the third is about 4 chapters/rough drafts.
It's a masterpiece in my opinion, but unfortunately will not be finished. It's been so for about a year already.

[basilio-the-cat.livejournal.com]

If anyone wants to read it, It should be found at www.allaboutspike.com

[jamalov29.livejournal.com]

"It's a masterpiece in my opinion". Words.

I keep on hoping..Last March when I sent Mary an email asking is she planned to post the following chapters ( draft version) she said that she wouldn't let her work unfinished.
But , a long time had passed now. :(

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Yes, I second everyone reading that one. It's a huge and magnificent enterprise but worth waiting for a conclusion.

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I had to choose to list it or Pandora's Boxer for number 5 and opted for Pandora...Journeys really should be finished. I devoured the first two books and the "notes" for the third that were so very promising. I'd even settle for the third book to be just in note form!

Whenever I get too lazy with my WIPs I think of these and how happy I would be to see them completed and plug on.

Excellent addition!

Kathleen

[kumi.livejournal.com]

Mary told me her RL has been really busy, and her daughter got married, etc. However, she plans to work on Journeys again.

Fear not, though - sometime we WILL find out exactly where Journeys is going! :)

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

Oh this pleases me! The notes for book three were wonderful.

Kathleen
Yup RL can suck when you're trying to write as well! Been there done that!

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Good choices; though I still have hope for "Pandora's Boxer". S2C promised it'd be finished eventually!

My addition to the great unfinished stories would be "Half gifts" by automatedalice. That's one I'd love to concluded. I'm not at home so I don't have an address or I'd link it....

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

I haven't read that one but certainly will! Link when you get home....please *G*G*G*G*G ...:::bats eyelashes:::...

Kathleen

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

I'll try when I get home (always assuming the roads in Eastern Oregon thaw out enough to let me actually *get* home!) I know I have the link book-marked. I did look for the site, and I haven't been able to locate it. If I can't find it I'm pretty sure I saved it as a word file, and I could always send you that. It really is well worth a read; gorgeous writing!

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

{{{{hugs}}}} hope you made it home just fine!

Yes a link is best but a word file would be great if not. Thank you.

KAthleen

[zanthinegirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I made it home! Looong drive; both passes were a mess. Why do I always think it's a good idea to drive out of state in the winter? And now I have to go to work in a couple of hours. Yeah, my own fault but I'd much rather crawl into my nice warm bed!

I just checked, and I get a 404 message on the site I have bookmarked. Sorry! I do have it saved as a Word file, and would be happy to send it if you give me an email address. You can email it to me if you'd like. I'm zanthinegirl at yahoo.com, and I'll be home for another couple of hours. If not I can do it in the morning after work; let me know!

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

Great list, Kathleen! :) Some are new to me, and some I'm in total agreement with.
I agree with zanthinegirl that "Half-Gifts" is also a wonderful WIP. Something that I've started and stopped a dozen times, always to get lost in the beautiful language. And I've also spent about the last 30 minutes trying to find it. Heh.
I was sure it was nominated at the RDAs, which by the way desoto_hia873 posted the link to the LJ community rda_awards the other day. But no. Ah well, come back to me if you still need.

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

I've been looking through google and every link to this story leads to a "page cannot be found"! Anyone with a copy of this or a new link might want to speak up because the more I read ABOUT it the more I want to read it.

Kathleen
making a pact that if I EVER stop writing the fic or leave the fandom, I'll leave the fic for anyone who may want to read it later!

[lillianmorgan.livejournal.com]

http://www.tar-xvf.net/automatedalice/fic/half-gifts/index.html
You can thank femmenerd. She recced it about two months ago.

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

YEAH!!!!!! I'm excited. Thanks for the link.

Kathleen

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

I miss 147 Days by sin_of_pride. The chance for her finishing that one off, is very, very small... But it is one of the best writing I have ever read. If you haven't read it, do so. It deserves it. :-)

[pfeifferpack.livejournal.com]

No I haven't read it but will hop on over to check it out!

Thanks
Kathleen

[kseenaa.livejournal.com]

I hope you like it. :-) It is very angsty... But I like that. :-)