Title: As Time Goes By
Author: Yahtzee
Pairing: Buffy/Angel, Angel/Cordelia, Wes/Fred
Spoilers: early S3
Summary: The world has gone to hell, and a disillusioned Cordelia may just hold the key to saving it, but whose side is she on?
Link: As Time Goes By
Why: You know those fics where someone takes the plot of a classic movie and rewrites it using characters and settings from another fandom? Yeah. This is one of those. Quite possibly the best one ever written--a post-demon-apocalyptic version of Casablanca with Cordy in Rick's shoes.

Title: The Last Virtue
Author: Yahtzee
Pairing: Fred/Gunn
Spoilers: nothing past the middle of S3, I think
Summary: Gunn struggles to come to grips with a world spiraling out of control during the holiday season.
Link: The Last Virtue
Why: Because Yahtzee writes amazing Gunn, and because it's the only Kwanzaa fic I've ever read and that just makes it doubly cool. :-)

Title: Destination Unknown
Author: Yahtzee
Pairing: Buffy/Giles, Angel/Cordelia
Spoilers: S6, possibly 7
Summary: When Buffy comes to England, ostensibly to get Giles' input on a mysterious crystal, the two are forced to confront some difficult truths about their relationship.
Link: Destination Unknown
Why: Because this is quite literally the ONLY Buffy/Giles fic I've ever read that made the pairing work for me, and considering how much I generally don't like them as a couple, that says a lot about the fic.

Title: Gilead
Author: Yahtzee
Pairing: Mulder/Scully
Spoilers: the show's over--does it matter anymore? ;-)
Summary: Two people find each other again in a broken world, but can they save each other too?
Link: Gilead
Why: Because while I would never have thought of this crossover, it works so well it's scary and the result is one of the best apocalyptic XF fics ever not to include aliens. *g*

Title: Wild Honey
Author: Sanj
Pairing: Idgie/Ruth
Spoilers: movieverse
Summary: Even a bee-charmer can be charmed by someone she loves.
Link: Wild Honey
Why: Because every character's voice was so pitch-perfect it took my breath away, and because it brought back the love story that the movie left out.

Title: Companion
Author: Bangles
Pairing: Sidonie/Imriel, Sidonie/Maslin, Imriel/other
Spoilers: Kushiel's Scion
Summary: Since the day Sidonie was born, Imriel has always been part of her life.
Link: Companion
Why: Kushiel's Legacy is one of the most sweeping, most elaborate and elegant alternate history (*extremely* alternate) series of novels ever written, and it's a rare fanfic author who can capture the archaic language and undercurrent of sensuality of the series as well as Bangles did here.

Title: Five Things They Don't Teach Fairy Godmothers
Author: akamarykate
Pairing: none
Spoilers: well, for the book, obviously ;-)
Summary: Who was Shirl, and where did she go after she left Colorado?
Link: Five Things They Don't Teach Fairy Godmothers
Why: Someone wrote fanfic for one of my favorite books ever, one I've never seen fanfic for before! And better yet, it was *good*! I did miss Sandra and Ben a bit, but *loved* the backstory we got on Shirl (and a cameo by Flip!).

Title: The Last of the Winnebagos
Author: trinityofone
Pairing: McKay/Sheppard
Spoilers: nothing specific that I noticed
Summary: Atlantis is not for the elderly, but that doesn't make leaving any easier.
Link: The Last of the Winnebagos
Why: I don't read a lot of McShep, but when someone steals the title from one of my favorite authors ever? I had to make an exception, and I'm glad I did. The relationship is very low-key, so that it feels like a given. And the story is beautifully bittersweet and melancholy.

Title: The Right Thing to Do
Author: Miera
Pairing: none
Spoilers: "Critical Mass"
Summary: Elizabeth reevaluates the choices she made to save her city.
Link: The Right Thing to Do
Why: Miera is one of my favorite Elizabeth Weir writers for a reason--fic like this. This is *exactly* the scene I needed to read after "Critical Mass," when I was so angry with the character she almost lost her status as my favorite. This scene--and others like it, if not as too the point, in later episodes--are what saved her for me.

Title: Too Good
Author: Tielan
Pairing: Simon/Elizabeth
Spoilers: "Intruder" at the latest
Summary: It's never easy loving someone who's meant for greater things.
Link: Too Good
Why: Because most SGA fic makes Simon Wallace out to be an irredeemable bastard, and IMO that's an unfair characterization--obviously Elizabeth saw *something* in him, and besides, she left him first. Tielan and I don't agree on many things...but if I'd ever gotten around to writing the Simon/Elizabeth pre-series epic I wanted to do, it would've felt a lot like this. :-)

Title: Momentary
Author: poisontaster
Pairing: none
Spoilers: none really
Summary: Five moments from Elizabeth Weir's life in Atlantis.
Link: Momentary
Why: What poisontaster gives us here is five small but perfect gems of Weir characterization. I especially love 4 and 5. :-)

Title: Seachange
Author: alyse
Pairing: Sheppard/Weir/McKay UST
Spoilers: through "Hot Zone"
Summary: Elizabeth thought they'd be home by Christmas.
Link: Seachange
Why: This lovely piece meanders its way from the day of departure to the first Christmas on Atlantis, slowing down around "The Storm" and "The Eye" to give us a beautiful little bit of post-ep bonding between S/W/M. It doesn't really have a plot, but as slice-of-life fic goes, this is one of the best I've ever read even without the delicious OT3 bits. :-)

Title: The First Cut
Author: Philote
Pairing: none
Spoilers: nothing past the pilot, really
Summary: The first time was an accident.
Link: The First Cut
Why: A chillingly realistic look at how Claire might have discovered her abilities, and how that discovery would change her.

Title: Here and There
Author: angelqueen04
Pairing: hints of Sheppard/Weir and Daniel/Vala
Spoilers: "The Return" part I
Summary: It's one thing to spend time with the members of SG-1 separately...it's quite another to hang out with the team.
Link: Here and There
Why: A wonderful little collection of missing scenes from "The Return," not to mention a great example of why your writing teacher always told you to show not tell--because it turns out stuff like this.

Title: On the Trail
Author: Comeon_Eileen
Pairing: none
Spoilers: nothing past the pilot, I don't think
Summary: Nathan lives the only way he knows how.
Link: On the Trail
Why: I have this weird love-hate relationship with Nathan Petrelli, and sometimes the oddest things will make me like him more. This, IMO, perfectly captures what I see in him that keeps me coming back.

New fandom, new fic! *grin*

Title: It's Time We Saw a Miracle
Author: Kathy
Pairing: none unless you want there to be...then a dash of Peter/Claire
Spoilers: nothing past episode 3...I forget titles
Summary: Peter and Claire in the aftermath of the future.
Link: It's Time We Saw a Miracle
Why: Because it makes sense, considering her abilities and his, and because there's a quiet loneliness to it that just makes your heart ache.

Title: Fish and Fowl
Author: Tielan
Pairing: nothing significant
Spoilers: if you've seen up through "Runner," you're probably good
Summary: She doesn't belong anymore...if she ever did.
Link: Fish and Fowl
Why: Because stories like this are why Tielan is my favorite Teyla writer, in spite of the fact that we have totally incompatible 'ships. *grin*

Title: Five Ways Jack Harkness Died and One He Didn't
Author: Dune
Pairing: none
Spoilers: "Everything Changes"
Summary: See title.
Link: Five Ways Jack Harkness Died and One He Didn't
Why: Because you just know Jack's journey from the Game Station to Torchwood had to have happened very much like this.

Title: Didn't Do Nothing
Author: fififolle
Pairing: none
Spoilers: 1x01 - "Everything Changes" and 1x03 - "Ghost Machine"
Summary: Toshiko finds out just why Owen was so affected by his experience.
Link: Didn't Do Nothing
Why: Because if this scene had been in the episode, it would have totally redeemed Owen for me.

Title: Stuck in Traffic at the Magic Roundabout
Author: xwingace
Pairing: Jack/various, of course *g*
Spoilers: Torchwood: "Everything Changes", Doctor Who: through "The Parting of the Ways"
Summary: Immortality's a bitch...especially when you used to be a time traveler.
Link: Stuck in Traffic at the Magic Roundabout
Why: Best explanation ever for Jack's missing two years. *g*