The Gift and Observations

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See? They're going to be popping up fairly regularly now (I'm organized for once *gasp*)

You can find my table HERE

If you enjoy the stories, please drop these authors a note of encouragement. You'll make their days, I promise.

Claim: X-Men Comicsverse: Logan/Remy (Wolverine/Gambit)
Title: The Gift
Author: Xantissa
Characters: Remy/Logan
Prompt: Seduction
Rating: NC-17
Length: Medium-ish
Brief summary: I put this story here because Logan shows his love by setting up an encounter with Remy in a beautiful, heartfelt way. The story contains D/s themes but in a poignant way (which I never really thought could be done before reading this story). Logan seduces Remy out of his preconceived limitations. Warning: This story has Logan as a sub.

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Link to the story: The Gift


Claim: X-Men Comicsverse: Logan/Remy (Wolverine/Gambit)
Title: Observations
Author: Rick
Characters: Remy (UST Remy/Logan)
Prompt: UST
Rating: G
Length: short
Brief summary:This story really makes your heart break for Remy. Told in the First Person POV, this has quite a bit of UST/unrequited love. It's short and to the point and leaves your heart aching even more due to its harsh simplicity.

Link to the story:Observations

This is New York

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Claim: "Without a Trace," Jack/Samantha
Title: This is New York
Author: Kate Anderson
Characters: Samantha Spade, Jack Malone, and an unnamed eccentric subway guy.
Prompt: 27. Original Character.
Rating: PG.
Length: Medium.

Brief summary: This fic introduces the wonderful idea of New York as a character through one of its many citizens. Samantha's unnamed subway eccentric just embodies the big, beautiful strangeness of the city. The character follows Samantha from the subway up through the streets, with the story capturing the flavor of each location. There's an almost poetic rhythm to the fic, with a light, appealing look at Samantha on her way to see Jack, and all that she encounters in her city travels.

Link to the story: This is New York

We Give Thanks and Nocturne

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Yet more from the X-Men Comicsverse.

Please drop these authors a note of appreciation. They really are wonderful writers.



Claim: X-Men Comicsverse: Logan/Remy or Wolverine/Gambit
Title: We Give Thanks
Author: Jukebox
Characters: Logan/Remy
Prompt: Holiday
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary:Set at the time of Thanksgiving, this story breaks your heart and mends it back again. It's wonderfully poignant and conveys emotions quite clearly without being overly verbose. Hope is a powerful tool when it comes to love and this story really shows that.
Link to the story: You can find it here.



Claim: X-Men Comicsverse: Logan/Remy or Wolverine/Gambit
Title: Nocturne
Author: Xanax
Characters: Logan and Remy
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: G
Length: Two short parts (one from each POV)
Brief summary: This story is told from both Remy and Logan's POV (one chapter each). They each watch the other sleep and reflect on their relationship. Short and to the point, the reader can feel the emotions shine through throughout the sparse details.
Link to the story: You can find it here

"Getting It" and "Tethered"

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My prompt table/list.

Claim: Nsync: Lance Bass
Title: Getting It
Author: Mercutio, at Mercutio's Stories and bard_mercutio
Characters: Lance, Chris, JC, Joey, Kelly
Prompt: 11 Character Study
Rating: Adult
Length: long
Brief summary: At first glance this story seems to fit the prompt Kink perfectly, but you soon realize this story isn't about kinky sex at all (even if there is slightly kinky sex in it) but about who Lance really is and what he needs. Can Chris give it to him and does he want to? Is Lance capable of letting Chris give it? A masterful character study of a person who isn't at all what he appear to be on the surface.
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Link to the story: Getting It or start here if you want to read it in the original installments with comments.


Claim: Nsync: Lance Bass
Title: Tethered
Author: Velma, at Alone So Far
Characters: Lance, Chris, Nick Carter
Prompt: 21 Epiphany
Rating: -
Length: short
Brief summary: Lance and Nick connect, Lance begins to see. A quiet character piece that leaves you with a feeling of hope.
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Link to the story: Tethered or here.

Left My Heart, Surrender the Grey

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Claim: Harry Potter, General Series (not to be mistaken for genfic)
Title: Left My Heart
Author: emmagrant01
Characters: Harry/Draco
Prompt: #22 UST
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic (multi-chaptered, each chapter would fit under long)
Brief summary: Think Queer As Folk meets Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy in San Francisco. Now, make Harry totally clueless, hunting Draco to return him to England, finding Draco and then being strangely attracted to him all the while declaring LOUDLY that he's not gay! Denial much? Anyway, the unresolved sexual tension abounds in this story and it stands beautifully on its own.
Link to the story: Left My Heart can be found in final form on Emma's own website.

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Claim: Harry Potter, General Series (not to be mistaken for genfic)
Title: Surrender the Grey
Author: emmagrant01
Characters: Harry/Draco, Hermione/OMC (introduced in LMH)
Prompt: #27 Original Character
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic (multi-chaptered, each chapter would fit under long)
Brief summary: STG picks up where LMH (see above) leaves off. And explains everything that came before. I know this sounds odd, but you'll catch on quick. Much more and I'll give the plot away. I will say this, though, I had no idea what I was going to do for this prompt when I took on the challenge. I tend to stay far, far away from OC's. Emma fleshed Manny more fully out in this story than she dd with LMH and I found my heart going out to him more than once. That's the sign of a talented author, folks, one who can make you love that which you despise.
Link to the story: Surrender the Grey has just been completed on Emma's LJ and will be going into revisions after the holidays, at which point you will probably be able to also find it on Emma's own website, near LMH (see above).

Table of Harry Potter fanfic recs

Enjoy the fics!

-Draconis Leona-

Like Prayers, My Life With Dean, Or How Disney Nearly Ruined My Relationship

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Claim: Harry Potter, General Series (not to be mistaken for genfic)
Title: Like Prayers
Author: sheafrotherdon
Characters: Remus/Sirius
Prompt: #2 AU
Rating: PG
Length: medium (1900 words, just shy of long)
Brief summary: If you're not reading sheafrotherdon's stories, you're not reading some of the best Remus/Sirius Marauders Era fic out there. This particular piece is based on the concept of what would've happened had Remus and Sirius trusted each other enough to hunt Wormtail together. It is heartbreaking and the perfect AU in that it only changes one thing and leaves you with such a strong belief that this is the way that things could've, should've, almost happened.
Link to the story: Like Prayers can be found on Cate's LJ account.

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Claim: Harry Potter, General Series (not to be mistaken for genfic)
Title: My Life With Dean, Or How Disney Nearly Ruined My Relationship
Author: kaalee
Characters: Seamus/Dean
Prompt: #07, Love
Rating: PG
Length: Long (2300)
Brief summary: The author has Seamus's voice so perfect here that you can almost hear his lilt outloud, speaking right into your ear telling the tale in Seamus's unmistakable style. This story is told in little bits and pieces, almost stream-of-consciousness style. It's all from Seamus's point of view and from his memories. You can almost picture him sitting as an old man with a child on his knee on a rocking chair, telling this story. It's lovely. If you can, take the time to click on the link that'll take you to the other three stories in the 'verse. They're equally warm and fuzzy.
Link to the story: My Life With Dean, Or How Disney Nearly Ruined My Relationship can be located at LJ's deamus community.

My Table of Harry Potter fanfic recs

Enjoy the fics!

-Draconis Leona-

Welcome Home, Harry, Lap Dancing

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Claim: Harry Potter, General Series (not to be mistaken for genfic)
Title: Welcome Home, Harry
Author: magdalena1969
Characters: Harry/Severus
Prompt: #13 Established Relationship
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long (5500)
Brief summary: (Written Pre-HBP) Albus hires Harry Potter to return to teach at Hogwarts. Harry and Severus's personalities clash all over the place and to the point where other teachers are starting to worry about the good of the students. Minerva makes a bet with some of the other teachers, but in the end the joke's on all of them as revealed during the Sorting!
Link to the story: Welcome Home, Harry is hosted on LJ's snape_potter community.

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Claim: Harry Potter, General Series (not to be mistaken for genfic)
Title: Lap Dancing
Author: the5thmarauder
Characters: Harry/Draco
Prompt: #25 Kink
Rating: NC-17
Length: Medium (1600)
Brief summary: Only in the fantasy or sci-fi fantasies fandoms do you end up with kinks like this. (Wow did this one knock me off my feet when I figured it out!) I won't blow the ending for you, but this is one hot piece of fic combining exhibitionism, lap dances and other goodies, too. Homina, homina, homina!
Link to the story: Lap Dancing can be found on the5thmarauder's fanfiction journal ladyoffayth.

My Table of Harry Potter fanfic recs

Enjoy the fics!

-Draconis Leona-

"Von kleinen und von großen Jungs"

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Link zu meiner Rec-Tabelle/Link for the Rec-Table

Hi,

here's another rec for a German story. It's for the Epiphany prompt.

Before you start to read maybe I should explain what this story has to do with Epiphany. Well Epiphany is the holiday of the three Magi (January 6th) and those three Magi play a great role in the history of Cologne because here at Cologne you can visit their shrine at the dome. So the Magi are kind of city saints of Cologne, their crowns are even part of the city arms of Cologne. So I chose a story set in Cologne written for the German tv series SK Kölsch.

Diese Empfehlung ist für den Epiphany-prompt. (Das heißt auf deutsch entweder Erleuchtung oder Epiphanias. *g*)

Bevor Ihr jetzt gleich mit dem Lesen anfangt, sollte ich vielleicht noch erklären, was diese Story mit Epiphanias zu tun hat. Epiphanias ist das Fest der Heiligen drei Könige (6.Januar) und eben diese drei Könige spielen in der Stadtgeschichte von Köln eine große Rolle, steht doch ihr Schrein im Kölner Dom. Sie sind also sozusagen die Stadtheiligen und Ihr könnt auch ihre drei Kronen im Stadtwappen von Köln wiederfinden. Daher ist das Setting dieser Story Köln zu der Serie SK Kölsch.

Have fun.

Claim: Fanfiction in German
Title/Titel: Von kleinen und von großen Jungs
Author/Autor: magnifica7 (Birgitt)
Fandom: SK Kölsch
Characters: Taube/Schatz
Prompt: 21. Epiphany
Rating: G (Pre-Slash)
Length/Länge: short/kurz

Brief Summary:
Taube is shopping for Christmas.

Kurze Zusammenfassung:
Taube bei den Weihnachtseinkäufen

Why this story must be read:
First of all SK Kölsch-Fanfiction itself is really rare and so something special. This story really gives you a warm, christmassy feeling and just leaves you smiling. I should mention that the setting of this story really is very German because it includes soccer (Fußball). *g* Oh, btw. what a coincidence it's not only Cologne Taube also has kind of epiphany.

Warum man diese Story unbedingt lesen sollte:
SK Kölsch-Fanfiction an sich ist ja schon eine echte Rarität. Und dann gibt einem diese Story noch so ein warmes, weihnachtliches Gefühl und zaubert ein Lächeln aufs Gesicht. Vielleicht sollte ich noch erwähnen, daß diese Story allein schon wegen der Fußballanspielungen sehr deutsch ist. *g* Ach ja, die Story spielt nicht nur in Köln, es kommt übrigens auch eine Art Erleuchtung drin vor.

So: go, read!!
Los, lesen!!

Link: Von kleinen und von großen Jungs (Veröffentlichung im Fanfiction Paradies)

'Practice Makes Perfect' and 'Hand Made'

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My table is here.

Claim: Harry Potter, James/Sirius
Title: Practice Makes Perfect
Author: anise_anise
Characters: James, Sirius, Remus
Prompt: 01. First Time.
Rating: NC-17
Length: long
Brief summary: The boys have a circle jerk in the dorm that leads to some lovely James/Sirius touching and licking.  Good, good porn.
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Link to the story: Practice Makes Perfect

Claim: Harry Potter, James/Sirius
Title: Hand Made
Author: moshes[Unknown site tag]
Characters: James, Sirius, Harry
Prompt: 13. Established Relationship.
Rating: NC-17
Length: long
Brief summary: Sirius gives James a very special chair as a birthday present.  Hot sex ensues.
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Link to the story: Hand Made

"Heightened Awareness", "Typical Day"

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Big Damn Table.

Claim: Stargate Atlantis: Teyla
Title: Heightened Awareness
Author: miera (miera_c)
Characters: Teyla, Sheppard
Prompt: 22- UST
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Beautiful meld of setting and characterization. Sheppard's team takes refuge inside a cave while a Tornado is building around them, and the author uses the physical sensations associated with that as a background and metaphor for the relationship building between Sheppard and Teyla. Nothing is explicitly stated, but it builds just the same.

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Link to the story: Heightened Awareness

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Claim: Stargate Atlantis: Teyla
Title: Typical Day
Author: Martha Wilson (ltlj)
Characters: Teyla, Sheppard, Ford, McKay, Beckett
Prompt: 23 - Time
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Time, in this case, means 'A Day in the Life' of Sheppard's team. It's fun and slightly absurd, yet still remains strongly rooted in the characters.

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Link to the story: Typical Day

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"Seventy-Five Miles an Hour (in the slow lane)" and "A Humble Amen"

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My Table Here


Claim: Nsync, JC/Lance
Title:Seventy-Five Miles and Hour (in the slow lane)
Author:Synecdochic
Characters:JC, Lance mainly
Prompt:Redemption
Rating:PG
Length: shortish? 
Brief summary: This story combines some of my favorites - the realities of a relationship, road tripping, and an exploration of how people change through time.  It's filed under redemption because it fits in two ways.  One definition of redemption is "the payment of an obligation".  In that sense, JC and Lance's yearly roadtrip is an obligation, something that they do out of deference to tradition and their personal history.  Another definition is to restore the worth of something, make it what it once was - make it whole.  That something could be a relationship, be it romantic or friendly.  The trip becomes something more than just driving, but a chance to heal.
Link to the story:  Seventy-Five Miles an Hour (in the slow lane)



Claim: Nsync, JC/Lance
Title:A Humble Amen
Author:Lilysaid
Characters:all five, some OC
Prompt:Family
Rating:PG
Length: Medium
Brief summary: My favorite Amish AU.  (Yes, this fandom has more than one!  Popslash is all encompassing.)  I almost put this under First Time, or Epiphany, or a couple of others.  But I think one of the strongest themes here is the different families we have, and how we relate.  There's the blood family, parents and siblings.  The family formed by a close-knit community like the Amish.  The family we create for ourselves as we grow older and select our companions.  Each family brings its own particular joys and sorrows - and decisions.  I love this story almost more than I can say.
Link to the story:  A Humble Amen

"when the room is quiet" and "Vicarious"

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my rec table

Claim:*NSYNC, JC Chasez
Title: when the room is quiet

Author: halo (jchalo and at Idol Hands)
Characters: JC Chasez, OC
Prompt: 27. Original character
Rating: PG-13
Length: short (833 words)
Summary: How does one get one's start in the music business? To say anything more would spoil it.
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Link to the story: when the room is quiet

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Claim:*NSYNC, JC Chasez
Title: Vicarious

Author: tenebrio (tenebrio and her writing in her public fic journal, blue_moon_fic)
Characters:JC Chasez, Chris Kirkpatrick, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, Justin Timberlake
Prompt: 10. Fandom cliché
Rating: PG
Length: short (432 words)
Summary: There are a ton of fandom clichés about JC – he's a kitten, he's soft and sweet, he's spacey, he's easily taken advantage of, he puts everyone ahead of himself, he's a lover, not a fighter, etc. etc. etc. This ficlet looks at those clichés through the eyes of the other *NSYNC guys and turns each of them on their heads with the last line. It's short and sharp and perfect, and makes you think twice about JC. Because what if that is what he's been thinking all along?
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Link to the story: Vicarious

Sometimes It's Almost Enough, Matthia

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Smallville Table

Claim: Smallville (all pairings)
Title:Sometimes It's Almost Enough
Author:khohen1
Characters:Lex Luthor
Prompt:Charater study
Rating:PG-13
Length: short
Brief summary: Kho has one of the best Lex voices in the fandom. She knows this character inside and out. She can writea Lex that will crack you up or break your heart. This is the latter, Lex's POV on the inevitable.
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Link to the story:Sometimes It's Almost Enough


Claim: Smallville (all pairings)
Title:Matthia
Author:Jayne Leitch
Characters:Lex/Faith(Buffyverse)
Prompt:Crossover
Rating:NC-17
Length: short/medium
Brief summary: I normally don't read crossovers, but this one is very well done. Ms.Leitch gets it exactly right. This fic is dark, moody and a little dirty, just like Lex and Faith.
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Link to the story:Matthia