Title: Roadside Service
Author: penknife
Rating: G
Characters: John, Rodney (and one other character - but telling would spoil the story)
Summary: John faces an everyday problem.


Why rec’d?: This is an ingeniously entertaining short fic (~500 words). The author tells a completes story with spot-on characterizations and delightful humor.

Title: Long ago (and Far Away)
Authors: kristen999 and everybetty
Rating: PG-15
Characters: Team
Summary: WWII-based AU. The Team as we know it has been transplanted to the South Pacific. Major John Sheppard, his navigator, Lt Rodney McKay, and his gunner, Sgt Ronon Dex, are stationed on the island of New Guinea on the eve of the island nation’s greatest battle. Native friend and sometime spy, Teyla Emmagan, aids the efforts against the Evil Axis powers.

why rec'd? because it's awesome, well researched, well written and our team fits perfectly in this WW2 tale. The action is the kind that really will have you on the edge of your seat. There are great team moments, friendship moments, and everyone gets their moment in the sun. Even if you're not a big fan of AUs, I still highly recommend that you give this story a chance, because it is definitely worth reading.

Title: Blind Justice
Author: Sholio/friendshipper
Rating: T
Spoilers: Season 3 through Common Ground.
Characters: Elizabeth, Rodney, John
Summary: He touched something he shouldn't have, and it killed him. But that's not the end, not when you have friends willing to drag you back. (~16,000)

Why rec'd? This fic is in Elizabeth's POV and it would be worth reading for her portrayal alone... her character is really done justice - she is smart, not hesitant to do what needs to be done, and one sees how deeply she cares. I also really like how Rodney and John's characters are explored here.

And the ending just made me grin. You'll see why when you read it.

Title: Many Hands
Author: frith_in_thorns (blue shadowdancer)
Rating: PG
Characters: Teyla, Sheppard, Ronon, McKay, Team
Summary: Somehow, no one remembered that this was supposed to be a trade negotiation. But no one cared.

Why Rec'd: A wonderful and sweet look at the team from Teyla's POV, with flashes of humour here and there. A feel-good story and team-fic.

Title: Walls Instead of Bridges
Author: live_brave
Characters: Teyla, team
Summary: Teyla can feel the rest of the team drifting away from her.

Why rec'd? This is a sweet, early-season-five-era teamfic in which Teyla struggles with her feelings of isolation regarding her changing role on the team, and the boys figure out a few things about teamship.

Hi all! It's that time of year again -- time for the Halloween gen roundup!

2006 Halloween recs

2007 Halloween recs

2008 Halloween recs

My list this year is very, very short. If you know of any other fics that aren't on this list, please leave a comment and I'll edit it into the list! This is one of those cases where self-reccing is just fine, if you have a creepy, spooky or goofy story that you want to share. It's all right if stories aren't directly related to Halloween as long as they are thematically related somehow -- ghosts, zombies, etc. Vids and art are also perfectly fine to rec.

Halloween stories 2009

Fear of the Dark by astridv and rheanna27
The scariest dark places are the ones inside your head. Fan comic; may take awhile to load.

Hell, Rising From a Thousand Thrones by mad_maudlin
Cthulu-SGA fusion. Dark and creepy. Character death.

They Wish They Were Dreaming by dashadowpanther
Zombies really shouldn't be doing that.

*ADDED* The Way That's Paved With Good Intentions [SGA, Gen, PG-13] by purple_cube
Apocafic. Zombies. deathfic. If the repercussions hadn't been so catastrophic, he would have found it amusing. It was the Pegasus Galaxy's very own version of Karma, reaping what you sow, Threefold Law, what goes around comes around. And many other religious and philosophical terms that he could think of.

*ADDED* Spirit (1,560) by x_varda_x
Rodney, in a Puddle Jumper, on a dark, stormy night...

*ADDED* Ghost Ship (6,400) by x_varda_x
Oneshot Rodney-centric (with team) horror fic to celebrate Hallowe’en. Includes: Wraith, Zombies, scary noises, darkness and the like…

*ADDED* Avatar by kriadydragon and drufan
She’s mad as a hornet and isn’t going to take it anymore. Atlantis encounters a resident just waiting for Daddy to come home.

*ADDED* The Northwest Tower by ellex42
It was a whim that brought him to the lonely tower. What he - and others - will find there is nothing they could ever have imagined...

*ADDED* Halloween Art Recs by lenkti (contains mostly gen/no-pairing art but also some art with pairings; not labeled; view at your own discretion)

*ADDED* Not With a Bang but a Whimper by linziday
The coping mechanisms were denial, avoidance, repression, substitution and fantasy.

Comment with anything you want to add - and check back to this post for new fic! :)

Title: Blue Bird of Friendliness
Author: julietink
Rating: PG
Characters: Team
Summary: Teyla didn't quite roll her eyes, but it was a near thing. "You must sing something, John."

Why rec'd: Hilarious tale of a team mission that involves Pegasus karaoke and a lot of fruit wine. Drinking a beverage while reading is not recommended.

Title: The Long Star Mile
Author: Blue Shadowdancer / frith_in_thorns
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Set sometime mid season 3
Characters: Mostly Rodney and John, some team.
Summary: There is a lot of space between the stars, and it's a lot of space to be alone in. Injured, McKay and Sheppard are just trying to get home, but the galaxy isn't a kindly place... (~26,000)

Why rec'd:
This is a really enjoyable friendship fic with suspense and action; well-written and with great character voices.

Title: Displacement
Author: smilebackwards
Rating: PG13
Characters: Sheppard, Beckett, O'Neill, Mitchell, Jackson, Carter, Teal'c, McKay, Teyla
Summary: John isn't really sure how to feel about the fact that he seems to have been unofficially adopted by SG-1. Tag to The Return

Why Rec'd: A really good look at how Sheppard feels about being back on Earth, with good interaction with SG1, plus a perfect Rodney outburst at one point!

Title: Never Bet Against
Author: michelel72
Rating: Everybody
Characters: John, Ronon, Teyla, Rodney (team)
Summary: John really should have known better than to bet against Ronon.

Why rec'd: Made me laugh. A lot. Slightly cracked, but totally hilarious! Ah, poor John!! *evil snicker* you should have known better...!

Title: First Thaw
Author: hth_the_first
Characters: John, Rodney
Summary: "Quarantine" tag. Rodney dissects his failed relationship with Katie; John is along for the ride, a lot more than he wants to be.
Note: Deals with the after-effects of Rodney's relationship with Katie and John's with Nancy.

Why rec'd? I dithered over just exactly how gen this story was, but *I* think it's gen; it's about the here-and-now, not the past, defunct relationships. And it's a really incredible look at John and Rodney's friendship, much more sharp-edged and realistic than the warmer and fuzzier version that fanfic normally gives us, but still with a palpable undercurrent of affection (because who else would put up with them when they're like this?). They're both so flawed and messed up, and know just where to hit to hurt each other, but that's only because they know each other better than anyone else does.

Title: Truth in Action
Author: tridget
Rating: PG
Spoilers: “Trinity”
Characters: Rodney, John, Ronon, Teyla, Lorne
Summary: The Doranda disaster was just the beginning of trouble for Rodney. (~13,600)

Why rec'd:
This story deals with the aftermath of the Doranda debacle in a way I really like. I find Rodney's and John's reactions believable. Rodney ending up working himself into the ground in his desire to make things right... I can see that happen. The whump is really well written.

What I like a lot is that Tridget doesn't gloss over what else happened in the episode - Ronon abused Teyla's trust too, after all, and must be dealing with similar feelings as Rodney. I really enjoyed reading the moments between the two teammates - my favorite part. All in all, this story rounds off the episode well.

Title: A is for Atlantis
Author: penknife
Rating: PG (by reccer)
Characters: John Sheppard, Rodney McKay, Ronon Dex
Summary: an alphabet book, by John Sheppard (with the unasked-for assistance of Rodney McKay and Ronon Dex)

Why rec'd:
The three guys make a gift for Torren... Atlantis from A to Z. This ficlet is funny and heartwarming, and there's a whole lot expressed in these few lines.

Title: Uphill
Author: penknife
Rating: PG
Characters: Jennifer Keller, John Sheppard
Summary: It's bad enough being trapped in a cave. Jennifer's pretty sure that in the Pegasus galaxy, things can always get worse. (~1300)

Why rec'd:
Penknife's voices are spot on and I love the interaction between these two characters who didn't get much screentime together.

"We're going up," Jennifer says. "That's good, right?" She thinks she read that in some kind of book on wilderness survival, which she read on an airplane while drinking coffee and eating pretzels. She wishes she had some pretzels.

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Thanks!

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