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[wisdomeagle]

Bullet Point One:
From trkkr47:
So this is how it goes (pasted from the original post): I'll rec three writers, pointing out two of their stories that I love. These three writers will copy/paste the list to their journal and add three more. Kinda like a pay-it-forward thing. Recs cannot be repeated so each new person must read the list and make sure they don't rec a writer that's on it. Making sense so far? By the end of this there should be like a million billion recs! Or something. Just thought it'd be fun ::smile::

1. reremouse Mainly for the newspaper!verse. I re-read every single story last weekend. A lot of the stories made me laugh, a couple made me cry, and a whoooole bunch made me need a cold shower! Also love the psychic!verse. The set up is wonderful and Xander's voice is very compelling.

2. tabaqui. If you're not reading Changes then you're missing out on a hell of a great story! The simplest thing I can say about it is that it feels real. Like the series could actually have gone that way. The characters are beautifully portrayed, their voices are true and look! Derio! ::grin:: Second rec, I'm torn between Credence and Hero. I'll go for Hero. Cause it made me cry. It's a human AU in which Spike takes care of a kinda delusional Xander (that'd be putting it mildly). It's wonderful and like I said, it made me cry.

3. crazydiamondsue. Sunday Morning Coming Down. Read it. No really, read it. Set post-Glory. The scoobs are dealing with Buffy's death. Spike and Xander get close and I don't know what happens next cause she hasn't posted it! ::pouts:: And also Rodeo. She wrote that for me ::proud grin:: It's a cowboy AU, set in a gay rodeo (did you know they had those? Cause I didn't!) Xander's the new guy and Angel's the old champion guy. It's hot and lovely and I'm still hoping for a sequel. ::optimistic smile::

4. darkhavens I love her Grungefic, which was just updated yesterday. Powerful Season One Spander with Spike taking care of Xander who's grieving for Jesse. And she has oodles of drabbles which are lovely to read based on the open_on_Sunday challenges. Great stuff.

5. sukibluefiction. My dear friend has the wonderful From Out of Nowhere series which has romance and adventure and angst. Fun to read Spander. I got a sneak peek at her next one and boy is it good!! And her Facing Fear series about to finish up? Is freaking hilarious!! With a sick Xander and a Spike that's afraid of spiders it's a classic in the making!

6. kyrieane If you haven't drooled over the Giovanni Series you are missing out on a lot of steamy Spander smut!! And her Ride a Cowboy series started the trend for Spike and Xander in leather chaps.

7. cleeaz You just have to read Working Man, it's just fantastic. A wonderful portrayal of an independent and confident Xander. (The eye patch is incredibly sexy!) And I just love her WIP, Future Hope, i'm on the edge of my seat with that one. (Am also on my knees praying for a X/S/A threesome!)

8. amejisuto Just two many bloody good stories to mention. Ame really has something for everyone. My favs. WIP Blood Ties, this is one of the best Mpregs ever written. It's funny, angsty and just makes you wanna rescue the boys and kick some ass! And the second one, Cats and Dogs. Spike and Xan get turned into domestic pets. Spike is a cat and Xan is a dog. Very funny, and Xan as a dog? Spot on. If he was a dog, he'd be just like this!!!

9. flufshepherd I am just loving Fluffy's beatles playlist. H/C with Spike helping out a depressed Xander. And also love Sour Revenge, which is where Xander casts that naughty little love spell, but with a bloody good twist!!! ~gets on knees and begs for more of both~

10. ficbitcabear. I started reading Bear’s Universally Speaking on bloodclaim and friended her. It’s a Season 3 -- 4 Spander that is a sequel to her "Superheroes" story. (You don't have to read "Superheroes" to get "Universally Speaking", but you won't regret it if you do.) It’s amazing -- great interaction between S/X and wonderful dialogue. Then she answered spikeswilngslav’s request for brother!kink on fall_for_sx and started Catamite. It’s Human AU, and Spike and Xander are brothers. This story has nothing to do with kink -- it’s all about the emotion.

11. adis723. Everybody’s entitled one wanky rec, right? Yes, she’s my beta and one of my best LJ friends. She’s also a fantastic writer and she’s working on an amazing post "Not Fade Away" WIP: Pay No Mind to the Rabble Spike/Xander/Other. Fantastic Dru voice, fantastic Illyria voice. Dru and Illyria in the same fic? Oh, hell yeah. And if you missed her Beatles Song Titles ficlet call, it’s here: Beatles Ficlets. My favorites are "Maxwell’s Silver Hammer" and "Why Don't We Do It In the Road?"

13. margarks She's writing a lovely S/X Human AU called 'Tumbleweeds' and yes - cowboys!!! Pretty and angsty, not too many chapters just yet, but there's Sheriff Angel and his boyfriend/brother of Will Wes!! Whoot! You'll be glad you read it.

14. kimberly_fan is writing part two of 'It's Just a Jump to the Left', entitled 'Late Night Double Feature'. Look in her memories or mine. Absolutely lovely, slightly dark, angsty, sexy Spander with all kinds of kinks and twists.

15. tesla321 is writing an Xover with the X-files in which MULDER is a vamp. 'Vamp!Mulder' or - 'There is no Seven' is fun, funny, sexy, has Spikey goodness and snarky Lindsey and... Go! Read!

16. abundantlyqueer has written so MANY good things, but for a change of pace try 'Mardi Gras', a LOTRips set in New Orleans. VoodooPriest Viggo! Hustler!Elijah! Dom the Gambler and Orlando the movie star with a COMPLETE 'other' cast of a 'MardiGras!Verse' LOTR that never happened. It's dark and skeery and hot and angsty and weird and GOOD, so good.

17. wesleysgirl doesn't often write Spander, but when she does I'm in heaven. I love love love Hold Me Down and Seeing Distant Things As If They Were Close.

18. saussy writes great Spander, but you probably already know that. I'm trying to come up with names that not everyone knows, but everyone knows saussy, right? I writhe with joy every time she writes even a snippet of new fic. I keep hoping that she and witling will write more Basement of Debasement one of these days. Oh, and you must read Pantomime, saussy's contribution to The Spander Inquisition.

19. ackson_rayne doesn't post fic often, but when she does it's worth celebrating. Her Sweet Revenge is one of my favorite S/X fics ever, and she's been continuing her wonderful Divided/Two's Company/Male Bonding series with snippets in her journal. Yeah, it's been months since she posted anything, but I still think she's worth a look.

20. camisha - just recently came across her lovely fic Survival Instincts. It's angsty, and funny, and wonderful. Absolutely wonderful dialogue. Spike and Xander are beautiful together, vulnerable and hurting and sweet. Even though I normally stay away from anything with the slightest bit of Xander/other, I had to read this one. I'd love to rec a second fic, but since I just discovered her the other day I haven't read any others. But if they're anywhere near the level of talent as Survival Instincts, I say, read them all!

21. lostgirlslair writes some of the best wes/giles fic ever! She's got their voices down pat and his very interesting plotty fic. Warmth and its sequel Heat are a great mix of h/c and tentative first time. Her Wesley insecurities and Giles steadfastness are so adorable. I love them both. She's also got a G/W series called Second Glances that is amazingly hot and achingly angsty all at once. Yummmm.

22. spikedluv - course if we're reccing people, I had to rec one of my all time fav authors, one of the people who actually got me into the slash fandom. Let's see, which fics to rec? Hmmm - how about Reaping the Reward is a look at xander and spike(william) after S7. It's an interesting take, and still full of tons of mystery (since it's still a WIP). Xander/William are extremely hot in there innocence of m/m fun coupled with their wild passionate need for each other! Woot! She's got tons of other fics were mentioning but if you want some hard, hot, spander fucking then read her Three R's trilogy (Revenge,Retribution, Reconciliation) - oh, yeah, there's also spanking! :)

23. janedavitt. She writes wonderful fic and I highly recommend anything by her, but I'd have to say that my favorites are Behind Closed Doors (Giles/Spike, D/s and so very yummy, strangely sweet, and moving!) and Act of Nature (Giles/Xander, just . . . wonderful. It's like a painting with words instead of brushstrokes. It's gorgeous and just . . .yeah. Love Act of Nature. Cowritten with wesleysgirl)

24. trkkr47. Giles/Ethan (among others) that knocks my socks off! Very hot, very interesting and always with some bit of insight into the characters. My favorites would have to be Rhythm, which a short piece, but . . . amazing, hot, and envy inducing! :-D And In Another Life. Scenes from Giles and Ethan's life had their relationship not fallen apart. Just, perfect. The Ethan voice is fantastic and it's wonderfully done!

25. beadtific. New to slash, though you'd never know it. A wonderful writer, great with all the characters and so. very. funny. I recommend most (*gasp*) her Giles/Buffy epic The Bond: Reconstruction and its sequel, The Bond: Recommital. Plotty, sweet, warm and did I mention funny? It's worth saying twice!

26. sadbhyl: You all know by now that I love Responsible Adults by her and [info]mydiera (who is also incredibly rec-worthy, herself), but I also love her story, Impossibly Delightful Flesh, which is how I found her. Much gender-swapping amongst the Scoobies. Very funny. And she wrote a cute Giles/Jenny fic, Second Date.

27. loneraven: I love her Giles/Ethan, especially her young Giles/Ethan, such as those in Like Dead Flowers and Safe, who I find to be very human and believable. Also, she's a relatively new author, so she is to be particularly cuddled and coddled and enticed to write more. ;)

28. wisdomeagle: She writes wonderful Giles/Willow fic, among other pairings. Definitely check out For Hometown Girls, (This is Not) The Ballad of John and Yoko and A Teeny Tiny Temporal Fold.


29. sage_theory: Evvverything she ever wrote especially, if I must name just a couple, "Absolution, a post-"Absolute Power" Daniel character study, and "Siege" Jack/Maybourne UST that is... wait, it's Jack/Harry. I don't need to say more, do I?

30. tempe: Lots of angst and darkness in the Gateverse. We started with "The Cost of Doing Business" and honestly, just anything on her site is amazing. I just read "Method Acting" for the first time and it's entirely reccable. Some gen, some Jack/Daniel.

31. prillalar: Writes in just about everything, but I'm reccing her 'Gate humor first: "Happily Ever After" is the sweetest Jack/Thor fic ever, and "My First Stargate Story" is indescribably wonderful badfic.

The masterlist

Bullet Point Two:
All my other bullet points ran away, and this post is sekritly my soc test in disguise. Which I was going to start working on half an hour ago. I blame Trkkr entirely. (But like, thank her for reccing me. It pleases me immoderately)

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[tripoli8.livejournal.com]

You're very kind :-D