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: Please Discuss Only Approved Topics With Your AI
Author: jmtorres
Pairing: none, although not for lack of SARAH's trying ;-)
Spoilers: nothing past the second episode *that I know of* but I haven't watched the show in a while
Summary: When sentient houses turn matchmaker.
Link: Please Discuss Only Approved Topics With Your AI
Why: This is another one that does a great job of capturing the silliness inherent in Eureka's premise, especially where SARAH is concerned. *giggle* Oh, and probably not work safe. ;-)

Title: Five, er, Six Reports Nathan Stark Wishes Never Crossed His Desk
Author: Merlin Missy
Pairing: negligible mentions of Carter/Allison, Carter/Stark, Stark/Allison
Spoilers: um...I have no idea
Summary: See title.
Link: Five, er, Six Reports Nathan Stark Wishes Never Crossed His Desk
Why: I *loved* the madcap, black humor of Eureka's pilot. I stopped watching when it started trying to take itself too seriously (although I really should check and see if they ever got over that), but this story had everything I loved about the series in it, and nothing I didn't. Also a couple of the most *fantastic* crossovers. :-)

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: Tread But Lightly (In These Cruel Shoes)
Author: LilacFree
Pairing: none
Spoilers: "Castrovalva"
Summary: Every culture has their fairy tales...but not every fairy tale has a happy ending.
Link: Tread But Lightly (In These Cruel Shoes)
Why: A beautifully poignant, bittersweet look at the beginning of Tegan and Nyssa's friendship.

Title: First-Hand Knowledge
Author: AstroGirl
Pairing: none
Spoilers: "The Christmas Invasion"
Summary: The adventures of the Doctor's hand. Sortof.
Link: First-Hand Knowledge
Why: A loveably eccentric narrator, a fun plot, a nifty storytelling device, and mad science! ;-)

Title: Real Women Are Not a Committee
Author: Zorb
Pairing: none
Spoilers: nothing past "Trinity"
Summary: Not so long ago in a galaxy far, far away...Teyla learns something new about Earth culture.
Link: Real Women Are Not a Committee
Why: Because the characterization is pitch perfect, and the story continues a fine Stargate tradition of poking fun at itself by referencing what came before. *g*

Title: The Rules of the Game
Author: Sloane
Pairing: Cameron/Vala
Spoilers: season 9 through "Beachhead"
Summary: Vala gets under Mitchell's skin.
Link: The Rules of the Game
Why: I probably really should start watching Farscape, so I can see these two actors play characters in a *canon* relationship, but in the meantime I'll just have to enjoy nummy fic like this. *grin*

Title: Separate Salt from Sand
Author: Rachael Sabotini
Pairing: Beckett/Cadman
Spoilers: "Duet" but probably not in the way you think
Summary: Kate Heightmeyer has to conduct a rather distasteful interview after a horrific firefight leaves a friend crippled.
Link: Separate Salt from Sand
Why: Gives a couple of the background characters on Atlantis a chance to shine, including one of my favorites--Kate Heightmeyer--and I just love seeing the regulars through their eyes. Oh, and did I mention the plot is like a suckerpunch to the gut?

Title: Five Ways the World Won't End (And One Way It Could)
Author: CL Kamnikar
Pairing: mostly-ignorable hints of Buffy/Spike, Willow/Xander, Xander/Anya, Willow/Wesley, Giles/Anya, Angel/Cordelia, others
Spoilers: Buffy--up through "The Killer in Me" then just speculation; Fray--issue 6 (but you don't need to read Fray to understand it, I don't *g*)
Summary: See title.
Link: Five Ways the World Won't End (And One Way It Could)
Why: Bittersweet little alternate endings to "The Gift" and season 7, proving that the end of the world doesn't always have to mean the apocalypse, or even be something that everyone in the world would even notice.

Title: Ouroboros
Author: AC MacFru
Pairing: none, unless you take it in the context of her larger HL fic 'verse
Spoilers: "Archangel"
Summary: There is a reason for everything.
Link: Ouroboros
Why: Best "Archangel" fix ever, from the Queen of Denial and Empress of Historical Research. Don't let the first few chapters fool you into thinking I linked to the wrong fic--seriously, if *this* had been the end of the Ahriman arc? There would be no Clan Denial, and no need for it. *grin*

Link updated 6/23/07.

Title: To Say Her Name
Author: JennUkes
Pairing: she says a dash of Kate/Gibbs, but I see more Kate/Abby, so pick your poison ;-)
Spoilers: "Twilight"
Summary: Somebody had to break the silence.
Link: To Say Her Name
Why: Poignant and perfectly, painfully in character.

Title: Five Ways Marshall Sumner Died
Author: daughtershade
Pairing: a hint of Sheppard/McKay but not so much it can't be ignored
Spoilers: through "The Siege"
Summary: (See title. *g*)
Link: Five Ways Marshall Sumner Died
Why: Sumner fic! Good Sumner fic! I loved Sumner despite the brevity of his role, largely because Robert Patrick has a gift for infusing his roles with more depth than the script gives 'em, and that's the same reason why Shade wrote this. :-)

Title: Them Mean Ol' Low Down Lando Calrissian Blues
Author: Yahtzee
Pairing: slight hints of Clark/Lex
Spoilers: umm...nothing recent
Summary: Token black guys bond while their white co-stars are preoccupied.
Link: Them Mean Ol' Low Down Lando Calrissian Blues
Why: Because Yahtzee does satire as well as she does angst, which says a lot! Plus, oblivious!Clark and some decent "screentime" for Pete! ;-)

Title: The Lifeline Series
Author: Tate
Pairing: none
Spoilers: AU starting with the end of "Dead Drop"
Summary: Jim and Blair discover a dangerous but powerful new element of their roles as Sentinel and Guide.
Link:
Mind Over Matter
Fatal Flaw
Remembering the Silences
Severed
Set Adrift
Lifeline
Why: You know how I'm a telepathy junkie? Well, it doesn't just apply to romance fic. *grin*

Title: What the Future May Hold
Author: Madraf
Pairing: Jim/Megan, Blair/Megan
Spoilers: the whole series, to be on the safe side
Summary: One possible future for Jim Ellison.
Link: What the Future May Hold
Why: Because it's pretty much the only Jim/Megan fic out there not written by me, medie or dragonsinger, and because it's a believable combo of hurt and hope. WARNING: Deathfic.

Title: A Couple of Head Cases
Author: Anne Hedonia
Pairing: Doggett/Scully
Spoilers: S8
Summary: Why they were late for work.
Link: A Couple of Head Cases
Why: Short, extremely funny DSR AU PWP. (or alphabet soup, your call ;-))