Five long Spuffy stories

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

There already is a post by snickfic dedicated to long Spuffy fics. She has collected five magnificent stories there, and I regard this post as a continuation of her work.

Where Pies Go When They Die by ghostyouknow27
http://ghostyouknow27.livejournal.com/tag/where%20pies%20go%20when%20they%20die
R. Completed. ~ 17,500 words. Post-series. Spike has landed in a special Hell, courtesy of Wolfram & Hart. Buffy's rescue mission leads her... into a diner from Hell. Deliciously cracktastic tale in Lewis Carroll style with shadows of Tim Burton and Chris Nolan lurking at the corners. Inventive plot, powerful, well-crafted concept, great timing and sense of details - each of them works for a bigger plan. HeavenHell is very unusual - funny and creepy at the same time; Buffy's speech patterns ("What the pie?") as well as her reaction to SPN-skewed reality are priceless.

Normal Is Just a Word by slaymesoftly
http://slaymesoftly.livejournal.com/tag/normal%20is%20just%20a%20word
http://www.bloodshedverse.com/stories.php?go=chapters&no=11829
http://www.spuffystuff.org/normal.htm
R. ~56,000 words. Post-Gift. Buffy throws herself off Glory's tower and wakes up in a mental hospital - where she has been the whole time she was "living" as the Slayer. She has to let go her imaginary world and to relearn to be a normal girl. Buffy-centric story with a touch of Spuffy. Author builds the mystery slowly and gradually, as Buffy's glimpses of the "other" reality become more and more concrete and palpable.

The Trouble with Harriet by missmurchison
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/410058.html
Completed, PG. ~13,000 words. Buffy and Spike are to investigate a disappearance of a corpse from the Sunnydale morgue. Echoing famous thriller "The Trouble with Harry" by Alfred Hitchcock, author weaves a complex plot, putting our intrepid heroes right in the middle of a twisted intrigue. The story is funny, fast-moving, it features a lot of great lines and it highlights the idea that Buffy is a smart girl who doesn't realize it.

Defenseless by rebcake
http://community.livejournal.com/seasonal_spuffy/2010/06/10/
PG-13. ~10,000 words. Post-The Initiative. Spike finds a sanctuary chez Joyce. Clever, twisty rewrite of season 4 situations with quite unexpected finale. I don't want to say more because I don't want to spoil it - but, really, the final twist is inspired.

Epitaph Again by ghostofsnickerdoodle
http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=35877
R. ~23,000 words. One hundred years after Chosen, Buffy lives in a world destroyed by the Dollhouse's technology, looking for something she can't let herself remember. Her life changes when she gets a box containing a certain incorporeal someone. Rich fantasy tale with clever, twisted plot and dark, unsettling ending.

Comments

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Hee! Listed all three, just in case, I see. They all seem to work. Thanks for including me in such good company. :)

[moscow-watcher.livejournal.com]

Yes, I listed all links, just in case. Because, who knows, maybe in 10 years only one of them will be working, and somebody will be grateful for that last remaining link.

[yourlibrarian]

Very smart idea. I love that first one from the title alone.