Apr. 30th, 2006

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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Repossession
Author: Lazuli
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Hurt/Comfort
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: There's something you should keep in mind when starting this story: It's 124 chapters. Think about how much angst and torture you'd put in an h/c fic of that length...and then double it. That's not a criticism, by the way; if it's not your thing, though, you should know that up front. This story's Xander has been away from Sunnydale for years, and grown up a lot. But he never completely moved on, as we see when a mute, injured, amnesiac Spike shows up practically at his door.
Link to the story: Repossession

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Throwing Shapes
Author: Anna S.
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Fandom Cliche
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: (Fandom Cliche: Amnesia) This story is...God, it's pretty. And even with amnesia, Spike and Xander are utterly, utterly themselves.Read More )
Link to the story: Throwing Shapes
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: A Free Man in Rome
Author: Tesla
Characters: Xander
Prompt: Character Study
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary: Xander, waiting at a coffee shop in Rome for an unspecified lady-love, sits and ponders. It's just a brief little introspection, but it rings true.
Link to the story: A Free Man in Rome

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: The History of Humor in the 20th Century
Author: Liz Marcs
Characters: Xander, Faith
Prompt: Humor
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Part of a series, but stands alone. A Faith POV story in which she and Xander bond over TV Land, post-Chosen. The voices are right and the whole thing's just...endearing.
Link to the story: The History of Humor in the 20th Century
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: About That Bomb
Author: Bastard Snow and Drake Tepes
Characters: Xander, Ensemble
Prompt: Crack!Fic
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: First in a trilogy. And wow, I cannot even tell you how very much crack this is. There're orgies, and mocking of just about everything from Marti Noxon to...well, every major storyline of BtVS and Angel, ever. Oh, and the authors? Do not like Connor. At all. But it's the funniest script-fic I've ever read.
Link to the story: Bastard Snow and Drake Tepes

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: A Part of This Complete Breakfast
Author: The Mad Poetess
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Established Relationship
Rating: NC-17
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Mostly a PWP (Xander and Spike have sex in the kitchen, with spanking), but there's ensemble stuff after the sex. The whole thing's just light-hearted and fun.
Link to the story: A Part of This Complete Breakfast
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Warmth
Author: Te
Characters: Xander/Willow
Prompt: Loss
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: This is an uncomfortable story. Just post-Grave, Xander tries to comfort Willow. It's good, and well-characterized, and you just keep thinking "nothing good can come from this".
Link to the story: Warmth

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Lilah and Xander v. the Zombie Gods of Redding
Author: Jennifer-Oksana
Characters: Xander/Lilah
Prompt: Teamwork
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Lilah and Xander team up to retrieve a Slayer. Of course things go wrong. But they've got a Plan.Excerpt )
Link to the story: Lilah and Xander v. the Zombie Gods of Redding
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Turning the Tables
Author: Kate Bolin
Characters: Xander/Cordelia
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: NC-17
Length: Medium
Brief summary: As the author says, "Cordelia does a little role-reversal on Xander at Pimp and Ho Night at the Bronze." Short, funny, and sexy.
Link to the story: Turning the Tables

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: The Shortest Xander Had Powers Story
Author: Eddie29456
Characters: Xander, Willow, Giles
Prompt: Oops
Rating: G
Length: Short
Brief summary: Incredibly tiny parody fic. Xander has a superpower!
Link to the story: The Shortest Xander Had Powers Story
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: It Started
Author: Kate Bolin
Characters: Xander/Jesse/Willow
Prompt: Seduction
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: A gorgeous little AU that leaves you wanting more. Excerpt )
Link to the story: It Started

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Nexus
Author: Raksha
Characters: Xander/Angel(us)
Prompt: Secrets
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Xander's kidnapping by Angelus, told in flashbacks. This story's like a romance novel, but more with the violence and BDSM and noncon. But there's True Love, like in a romance novel, and it requires that same suspension of disbelief to sell its premise; only instead of asking to believe that no, really, handsome Greek billionaires fall in love with secretaries all the time, this story asks you to believe that Angelus isn't completely lost to human emotions like love. I'm kind of a ridiculous sucker for this story, though, especially Chapter 15.
Link to the story: Nexus
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[personal profile] hermitsoul
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Claim: Original: Slash
Title: Dynasty of Ghosts
Author: [livejournal.com profile] plnunn
Characters: Illya/Ashe
Prompt: Hurt/Comfort
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: A blood feud between warring kingdoms places a young man with the unique ability to see ghosts in a precarious situation, where only he might be able to save the prince heir.
Link to the story: Dynasty of Ghosts

 

ETA: Taken off line by author.

Facets

Apr. 30th, 2006 03:14 pm
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[personal profile] hermitsoul
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Claim: Original: Slash
Title: Facets
Author: [livejournal.com profile] blueraccoon
Characters: Joshua/Stephen
Prompt: Kink
Rating: NC-17
Length: Short
Brief summary: Character sketch, BDSM: What I have to watch for are the times he doesn't blow up. The times he pulls in, when he doesn't like me to touch him, when he doesn't tell me what's going on. That's when I know something is truly wrong, something deeper. It might just be stress, or it might be something he can't find an outlet for.
cheating a bit )
Link to the story: Facets
 
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: SEAL Team 13, Book 1
Author: Tenhawk
Characters: Xander, AJ Chegwidden
Prompt: Crossover
Rating: R
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Starts out a crossover with JAG. Now (speaking, of course, as a girl who's read every scrap of the sequel thus far), I have no idea how many fandoms are involved. JAG, Invisible Man, Supernatural, Stargate SG-1, Jake 2.0...And, this being Tenhawk, there are more sure to come. The Navy has a sea monster problem. They need help...and Xander's the only Scooby to pass the security check. Instead of going on a roadtrip after graduation, he consults with the Navy to form a team to fight the monsters. I love this story. I love the potential, and I love the execution, and I was incredibly pleased to see there's going to be more written in this universe.
Link to the story: SEAL Team 13
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[personal profile] hermitsoul
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Claim: Original: Slash
Title: Darshian Tales
Author: [livejournal.com profile] logophilos
Characters: various
Prompt: Family
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic Series
Brief summary: When the worlds of a young, idealistic healer and an embittered, duty-bound general collide, their lives are changed forever. An epic series that follows Kei and his loved ones throughout their adventures.
Link to the story: Darshian Tales

And that's it for me - 20 Original Slash recs. I hoped you enjoyed them and maybe found a few you hadn't read before. If you are interested in more original slash you might want to check out the weekly newsletter [livejournal.com profile] origslash_news.
 
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Keeper of the Book
Author: Nwhepcat
Characters: Xander, Wesley, Anne
Prompt: Dark
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Xander falls in love with the wrong woman. Again. And this time, it goes bad for everyone. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Keeper of the Book

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Eclipse
Author: Livia and Julad
Characters: Xander/Larry
Prompt: Fight
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Xander, forty-five minutes before the apocalypse, sending his schoomates off to die and then having sex in a broom closet. It's just a tiny little interlude, but it's awesome, start to finish. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Eclipse
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Rituals and Traditions
Author: Amanuensis
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Prompt: Hurt/Comfort.
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: Harry rescues Draco from Voldemort - with sex magic. And it rocks. It's hot and it's funny and the end...I have no idea if you were supposed to see that coming or not. It surprised the crap out of me and it was awesome.
Link to the story: Rituals and Traditions

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Lustre
Author: Calico and Julad
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Prompt: Fandom Cliche.
Rating: R
Length: Epic
Brief summary: (Fandom Cliche: Psychic Bond.) Draco's father sends him a snake for his birthday. But when you're a Malfoy, it's never that simple. The story's gorgeous, of course, well-characterized and better-written. But what I'm kind of madly in love with is the plot. It's clever even as it exploits the cliches. Also, there's Parseltongue. Basically? Yay all around.
Link to the story: Lustre
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Cliche #5
Author: Pru
Characters: Remus Lupin/Sirius Black
Prompt: Humor.
Rating: R
Length: Long
Brief summary: Snape decides to revenge himself on the Marauders. And it's the best thing ever. So funny I choked myself laughing and then it's romantic, too. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Cliche #5

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Sunday Morning
Author: corvidae9
Characters: Harry Potter/Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley
Prompt: Established Relationship.
Rating: PG
Length: Long
Brief summary: The trio's relationship is discovered. By Rita Skeeter. Oh, this will end well. I love this story. Funny and sweet and altogether wonderful.
Link to the story: Sunday Morning
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[personal profile] turlough
My prompt table/list.

Claim: Nsync: Chris/Lance
Title: Chronicles of Lancyn and Ser Chrisfer
Author: Pen, at Pen's Nest and [livejournal.com profile] pensnest
Characters: Just about anyone who is/or was part of the sparkly world will probably show up in due time
Prompt: 02 AU
Rating: -
Length: long/epic (10 episodes so far, WIP)
Brief summary: In this series we get to follow Ser Chrisfer and his somewhat irregularly aqcuired squire Lancyn on their mission to make life a little bit safer for everyone, find inns with good food and drink, and continually worry about each other. The stories are mostly independent "adventures" and while some of them are mainly lighthearted fun, others have a much darker feel. A very good series that promises to become even better in the future.
Excerpt )
Link to the story: Chronicles of Lancyn and Ser Chrisfer


Claim: Nsync: Chris/Lance
Title: Prize
Author: Pen, at Pen's Nest and [livejournal.com profile] pensnest
Characters: Chris, Lance, Tony (or possibly Toby), Nick Carter
Prompt: 40 Confession
Rating: -
Length: medium
Brief summary: This is a wonderful story! Snarky and funny and hot with a tiny dose of pissed-off angst. Definitely one of my favourite stories in SeSa 2005.
Excerpt )
Link to the story: Prize or here
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: The things we did and didn't do
Author: Kyra Cullinan
Characters: Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley
Prompt: UST.
Rating: PG
Length: Medium
Brief summary: After the war, Hermione takes Ron home with her. Melancholy and wistful and full of potential that may or may not ever be realized.
Link to the story: The things we did and didn't do

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Four Funerals and a Wedding
Author: Isis
Characters: Hermione Granger
Prompt: Death.
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Five newspaper articles about Hermione Granger Weasley Krum Malfoy Creevey Longbottom. I...really don't want to spoil this story. It's ridiculously funny and absolutely cracked.
Link to the story: Four Funerals and a Wedding
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[personal profile] turlough
My prompt table/list.

Claim: Nsync: Chris/Lance
Title: A Girl and His Dog
Author: Jessi Albano, at Sulatkamay and [livejournal.com profile] lisan
Characters: Nsync, Busta, Kelly, Bev, Ron, Lily, Sita
Prompt: 26 Death
Rating: -
Length: medium/long
Brief summary: An on-tour story (Celebrity) and a ghost story. This is a great story, full of tension and sadness and love, and with a wonderful, stubborn Lance. And Busta has a very important role to play and isn't just a cute accessory, something I don't think I've come across before.
Excerpt )
Link to the story: A Girl and His Dog


Claim: Nsync: Chris/Lance
Title: Magical Realism
Author: Author: Arsenic Jade, at every rose has a thorn and [livejournal.com profile] arsenicjade
Characters: Nsync, BSB, sundry Hogwarts characters
Prompt: 32 Secrets
Rating: PG-13
Length: long
Brief summary: This is a long and serious story about Chris and Lance's secret relationship during some of the most difficult years of the wizarding world. It is one of the best popslash/Harry Potter AUs written. The sparkly boys fits seamlessly into the Potter universe, being simultaneously themselves and perfectly "ordinary" Hogwarts' students.
Excerpt )
Link to the story: Magical Realism
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Something's Wrong
Author: i_smile
Characters: Harry Potter/Ron Weasley...ish
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Parody of all those first time stories where the sex is practically professionally good. The twist is amazing.
Link to the story: Something's Wrong

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: 25 stories Penknife never wrote about the Marauders
Author: Penknife
Characters: Marauders
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: 25 stories that could have been, written to prompts from [livejournal.com profile] fanfic100. I think they're absolutely wonderful just as they are.
Link to the story: 25 stories Penknife never wrote about the Marauders
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Dancing
Author: Teague
Characters: Percy Weasley/Oliver Wood
Prompt: Break-up.
Rating: R
Length: Long
Brief summary: After Percy and Penelope break up, Bill and Charlie get him drunk and find out they don't know their little brother as well as they think they do. First in a trilogy, but complete in itself.
Link to the story: Dancing

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Price of Wisdom
Author: The Mad Poetess and James Walkswithwind
Characters: Percy Weasley
Prompt: Original Character.
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Percy risks everything to save his family from Lucius Malfoy's machinations. God, this Percy is such a Gryffindor; I love him. Oh, there's BDSM and some incestuous overtones.
Link to the story: Price of Wisdom
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Sundress
Author: Rhoddlet
Characters: Ginny Weasley/Hermione Granger
Prompt: Seduction.
Rating: PG-13
Length: Long
Brief summary: This is a story all about wanting what you can't have and getting not quite what you want. I adore Ginny in this story.
Excerpt
At this point, Ginny realizes that she's doomed to fall in love with the people her brothers bring home.
Link to the story: Sundress

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: A Sleep Like Unto Death
Author: Kick Flaw/Kicks
Characters: Remus Lupin/Sirius Black
Prompt: Kiss.
Rating: PG-13
Length: Long
Brief summary: Another tale of unrequited love. Sirius accidentally drinks a Fairy Tale Potion and can only be saved by true love's kiss. But Sirius (who's a Muggleborn in this story, written before we knew differently) doesn't love anyone. I admit it, I'm a sucker for steadfast, unrewarded devotion. But this devotion isn't precisely unrewarded.
Link to the story: A Sleep Like Unto Death
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: The One with the Horns
Author: Sara
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Prompt: Oops.
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: A potions accident reveals an interesting little kink. Cute and funny as hell.
Link to the story: The One with the Horns

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: The Best Defense (sometimes "Harry Potter and the Best Defense")
Author: JoIsBishMyoga
Characters: Ensemble
Prompt: Crossover.
Rating: PG-13
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Crossover with Yu Yu Hakusho. As the author puts it, "Voldemort's return has caught the attention of more than the Order of the Phoenix. The Spirit World's best are on the case...". Story contains both het and slash pairings, and has a sequel in progress. I love this fic. It's got magic and intrigue, and action and romance; practically everything you could ask for.
Link to the story: The Best Defense
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Harry Potter and the Inconvenient Condition
Author: Mirabella
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Prompt: Vacation.
Rating: R
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Harry goes on vacation and, of course, gets into trouble. He then wakes up tied to a bed in St. Mungo's, a vampire. With Malfoy there, taunting him. And then it gets worse. Well, worse for Harry; so much better for us. This is seriously the best vampire!Harry story I've ever read. It's funny, and almost ridiculously hot. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Harry Potter and the Inconvenient Condition
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Seven Things That Didn't Happen On Valentine's Day At Hogwarts, Or Maybe They Did.
Author: Pru
Characters: Remus Lupin/Sirius Black
Prompt: Holiday.
Rating: R
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Follows the Marauders through the seven Valentine's Days they spent at Hogwarts. Focuses on Remus, but doesn't ignore anyone. Funny and heart-breaking and gorgeous, sometimes all three at the same time.
Link to the story: Seven Things That Didn't Happen On Valentine's Day At Hogwarts, Or Maybe They Did
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Double Dare
Author: Silvia Kundera
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: PG
Length: Long
Brief summary: Draco really doesn't like being told what to do. And he's just been told to avoid Harry Potter. Of course he does exactly the opposite. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Double Dare

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Dancing Queen
Author: Maya
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Prompt: Denial.
Rating: PG-13
Length: Long
Brief summary: I love this story like little girls love tiny furry mammals: with a wholehearted glee that leads my voice to lift itself to previously unimaginably lofty registers, the better to burst the eardrums of insufficiently excited bystanders. It...Dudley! In leather pants! Forcing Harry to go to a gay club with him! Where they meet Blaise Zabini and Draco Malfoy! And then, impossibly, it gets better! And if you think those exclamation marks are excessive, you have clearly not read this story. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Dancing Queen
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Patroness
Author: Kate Bolin
Characters: Xander/Anya, Cordelia
Prompt: Jealousy
Rating: R
Length: Short
Brief summary: Xander has Anya...and dreams of Anyanka. Mesmerising, for all its lack of length.
Link to the story: Patroness

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Not a Day of Rue
Author: k
Characters: Xander, Buffy
Prompt: Light
Rating: PG
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Post-Chosen, Xander and Buffy in Rome. A short, sweet, little friendship fic.
Link to the story: Not a Day of Rue
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Zoo
Author: Te
Characters: Xander/Oz
Prompt: Make-up
Rating:
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Xander's in Oxnard. Oz shows up. Dude, I'd love this story just for stripper!Xander. Thankfully, it's Te, so there's a whole lot more to love, too.
Link to the story: Zoo

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Xander Wishes
Author: Kay Tee
Characters: Xander/Anya, Angel
Prompt: UST
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: I don't usually dig UST stories, but this one's gorgeous. I love the way Xander thinks in this, and I love Anya here, too. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Xander Wishes
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Comfortador
Author: Victoria P.
Characters: Xander, Willow, Dawn
Prompt: Epiphany
Rating: G
Length: Short
Brief summary: After Grave, they grieve for Tara. This story's short, and simple, and so very Xander.
Link to the story: Comfortador

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Indomitable
Author: M. Scott Eiland
Characters: Xander, Buffy, Willow
Prompt: Mask
Rating: PG-13
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Takes place just after Xander loses his eye. It starts out just a Xander lovefest - which I don't have a problem reading, but I wouldn't rec it. But the end stuck with me.
Link to the story: Indomitable

Joli Coeur

Apr. 30th, 2006 10:16 pm
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Joli Coeur
Author: Carmel Covered Carioca
Characters: Xander, John Burke
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Crossover with Anita Blake. This is one of my all-time favorite crossovers; Dawn tries to do a prosperity spell and Xander ends up hijacked by the loa to solve a problem in Anita's world. There are a ton of great lines (sadly, all my favorites are spoilery), and the plot is genuinely interesting. There's a lot of slash in this one, if that matters to you.
Link to the story: Joli Coeur
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Here's the Thing
Author: The Mad Poetess
Characters: Xander/Illyria
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: PG-13
Length: Short
Brief summary: This is, without a doubt, one of the most bizarre pairings I've ever read. But the way it's written, this makes sense. Which sounds crazy, I know, but seriously, just try it.
Link to the story: Here's the Thing

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Esperanza
Author: Silvia Kundera
Characters: Xander/Buffy
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating:
Length: Medium
Brief summary: This is a Buffy story that feels (deliberately) like The House on Mango Street. It shouldn't work, but it does, with more grace than you would ever expect. It's Xander, in glimpses and so very much in love. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Esperanza
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: The Bright Blessed Day, The Dark Sacred Night
Author: NWHepcat
Characters: Xander/Buffy
Prompt: Kiss
Rating: R
Length: Long
Brief summary: Xander and Buffy, roadtripping across America. It's a quiet story, and a lovely one. Excerpt )
Link to the story: The Bright Blessed Day, The Dark Sacred Night
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[personal profile] strina
Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: There's Girls and There's Women and There's Ladies
Author: Silvertedy
Characters: Xander
Prompt: Break-up
Rating: PG-13
Length: Long
Brief summary: Xander thinks of all the women he's loved, and lost, and left, and never had to begin with. This story feels oddly right to me, Xander's life as defined by the women who've passed through it.
Link to the story: There's Girls and There's Women and There's Ladies
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: A Long Time
Author: The Mad Poetess
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Death
Rating: R
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Xander and Spike have Issues: some are mystical, some are just plain pigheadedness. I love this story, beginning to middle to end. I love Xander's immortality, and I love the end, and oh, Willow, how much do I love Willow in this story?
Link to the story: A Long Time

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Dictaphonic Rambling
Author: Littleflame
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Confession
Rating: G
Length: Long
Brief summary: Xander's time in Africa, as told to a dictaphone. Love the alt-take on Spike's resurrection, and I really love the Xander-voice here.
Link to the story: Dictaphonic Rambling
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: I Am What I Am
Author: M. McGregor
Characters: Xander/Buffy/Faith
Prompt: Time
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: This is, hands-down, my favorite time-travel fic in any fandom, ever. I love the story, and I love the Interludes, where we get to see Xander's life in the future/past, and I love the explanation of time-travel, even if it makes my brain feel like it's gonna explode, and I love how Xander-from-the-future is still recognizably Xander. Basically, this story = pure love. Also? Xander/Buffy/Faith = OT3 like you wouldn't believe, all because of this author, and at least half because of this specific story. Oh, and the author's currently posting a commentary track of this story over at his livejournal.
Link to the story: I Am What I Am
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Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: Lilac City
Author: NWHepcat
Characters: Xander/Faith, OCs
Prompt: Future Fic
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Xander left the supernatural behind years ago and got sober. Unfortunately, the past doesn't always let you go. This is a future-Xander that I could buy. He's battered, but he's not broken, and he cares more than he lets himself think. I love all three parts (this is technically a trilogy, but it reads to me more like a chaptered story), but the end of part three kills me every time.
Link to the story: Lilac City

Claim: BtVS: Xander Harris
Title: What a Wicked Thing to Do
Author: Elena
Characters: Xander/Spike
Prompt: Dream
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Season Five, Spike and Xander get drunk. I love this story; it's short, sharp, and utterly perfect. Excerpt )
Link to the story: What a Wicked Thing to Do
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Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Butter and Pigtails
Author: Silvia Kundera
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Prompt: Epiphany.
Rating: PG
Length: Long
Brief summary: Draco and Harry figure out where the irrational hostility's been coming from. I have a weakness for clueless!schoolboy stories, and this has two schoolboys for the price of one! Also, it's funny and cute and wonderful, but mostly, clueless schoolboys!
Link to the story: Butter and Pigtails

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Without Rhyme or Reason
Author: Kindli
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Prompt: Kink.
Rating: NC-17
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Draco blackmails Harry into sex. Kinky sex. Kinky-in-an-unexpected-way sex. But these things never stop at just sex. Which is why I love them. And I love use of Hermione as a deus ex machina; of course she has a book about it.
Link to the story: Without Rhyme or Reason
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Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: A Matter of Convenience
Author: debchan
Characters: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Prompt: Discovery.
Rating: PG-13
Length: Short
Brief summary: One of my favorite parodies. Harry and Snape are found having sex and everyone tries to figure out what, exactly, made them do it.
Link to the story: A Matter of Convenience

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Take It and Like It
Author: Sara
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Prompt: Dream.
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: Harry can't stop dreaming about Malfoy. And it is awesome. Excerpt )
Link to the story: Take It and Like It
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Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Fidelius
Author: Constant Vigilance
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Prompt: Secrets.
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: Draco is Harry's Secret Keeper, and refuses to betray him, no matter what. This story is ridiculously romantic. It also has the most horrifying rape scene I've ever read. It's the only story I've ever consistently rec'd with a warning, but it's so good I can't help but recommend it.
Link to the story: Fidelius

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: The Malfoy Guide to Productive Extortion
Author: Mirabella
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy/Ron Weasley
Prompt: Threesome.
Rating: NC-17
Length: Long
Brief summary: This is the best drunken threesome ever. It's funny and it's hot and Draco sleeping with Harry to blackmail him later is absolutely perfect.
Link to the story: The Malfoy Guide to Productive Extortion
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Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Black and White
Author: V
Characters: Percy Weasley/Oliver Wood
Prompt: Drabble.
Rating: G
Length: Short
Brief summary: Percy and Oliver, end to beginning. I love the look back. This feels longer than it is; V fits a lot into a drabble.
Link to the story: Black and White

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: No
Author: V
Characters: Remus Lupin/Sirius Black
Prompt: Mask.
Rating: PG
Length: Short
Brief summary: Remus's slow slide into isolation. This feels horrifyingly, heartbreakingly plausible, and it makes you ache for Remus.
Link to the story: No
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Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Eclipse
Author: Mijan
Characters: Harry Potter/Draco Malfoy
Prompt: Confession.
Rating: PG-13
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Harry's captured by Voldemort; Draco's left to guard him. I love that Draco's decision to rescue Harry is gradual; it makes the whole thing feel more plausible than most fics bother making it. And I love the ending.
Link to the story: Eclipse

Claim: Harry Potter (General Series)
Title: Hogwarts Apprentices I: Gentry Green (WiP)
Author: Lisa Roquin
Characters: Harry Potter/Seamus Finnegan
Prompt: Reccer's Choice
Rating: R
Length: Epic
Brief summary: Part of this story's premise is a cliche: one of Harry's parents (in this case, Lily) was more than met the eye! He therefore inherits awesome power. But this is done really well; for one thing, the power really screws him over, several times. And Harry's reaction to the manipulation in this story is both understandable and really, really fun. And I like that everybody here has flaws, even as they all have virtues. Okay, all of them but Fudge, Voldemort, and most of the Death Eaters have virtues. This story's rough in places, but overall, it's one of my favorites.
Link to the story: Hogwarts Apprentices I: Gentry Green (WiP)
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Thanks to everyone who participated in Round III! I know that I've personally enjoyed trolling the great posts made and finding some new fic. Round IV begins immediately, so let's get started!

If you still want to participate in Round IV, you have until May 14th to make a claim.