5 Mostly Unromantic Short Fics

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

I loved these stories, but I’m having trouble finding a unifying theme. Some are funny, though not always. They are gen-ish, but not entirely. They kinda, sorta explore art, poetry, and literature, but that’s not the main thrust behind them. What they all are is worth reading!

Four People Who Failed Their Watcher Training (And One Who Didn’t) by beer_good_foamy (Ensemble) R for bad, bad words
Five double-drabbles of awesome. Crossover with Farscape/Top Gear/Scrubs/HIMYM/Dexter.


C'tea for Cthulhu by lostboy_lj (Spike and Buffy) PG13
A slaying mission takes an unexpected turn into horror/comedy. Must be Tuesday.

English Lessons by puddinhead (S5 Spike and Buffy) PG13
Buffy really doesn’t get Shakespeare.

Heartless by Foxinator foxstarreh (S2 Spike and Buffy) PG13
Valentines Day means shopping is fraught for a newly single Slayer. Fortunately, there's evil lurking around the food court to take her mind off things.

Additional Works by this Artist by snickfic (Dawn and Ethan) PG
Dawn reminisces about her adventure during the “Halloween” spell from S2.

Comments

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

A nice selection by some great authors, thanks for posting.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

You know, any of the authors I've listed on my lists this year, can be trusted to do excellent work. Some are new, some have been at it a long time, but all are doing something interesting. I can't just say, "Read absolutely everything by this writer, stat!" But hopefully newbies will discover the extensive catalogs of seasoned veterans, and we dinosaurs will take a chance on the sparkling new whippersnappers. Thanks for running a comm that makes it easy to get the word out about both!

[shapinglight]

Ooh, I've only read one of these. Thanks for the recs so much.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

¡Yay! My work here is done.

[bartmat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs so much.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Have fun!

[snickfic]

Thank you for the rec! :)

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

Thanks for giving us another look at your trademark Dawn. *misses*

[snickfic]

Honestly, if anything were going to lure me back to writing more Buffy fic, it'd be either Dawn or Faith. They're the two characters about whom I still feel like I have things to say.

Don't hold your breath, though. :)

[yourlibrarian]

Heh to Spike being Buffy's Shakespeare tutor. I liked!

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

I like to think she'll come around, eventually. ;-)

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot for the rec!

Some here I haven't read, so I'll have to check those out too. Spuffy Shakespeare sounds brilliant.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome. That piece stuck with me, particularly The Janitor and Deb. \o/ I hope you enjoy the others.

[foxstarreh.livejournal.com]

Ooh, those all sound interesting. I'll get right on that.

Thanks for the rec, too.


You might want to link to FF on mine instead, though. The SR version has some typos that I've been very lazy about.

[rebcake.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

Which reminds me that I was planning to go in and put in alternate links for all the things I recc'ed, should they exist. I don't like things disappearing...