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Connie Faddis has graciously offered to allow us to post her fic online. For now, they will be available in PDF format download. If someone wants to convert them to html and post them on a fic archive, I'd be happy to put you in contact with her.

First up: The Place of Men-Made-Stone by Connie Faddis

Spock joins an anthropological landing party on a desert planet in hopes of a bit of R & R and ends up experiencing an episode from the planet’s past in which the indigenous Ummir drive the lizard-like Kivari to destruction for having enslaved them - creating the rock formations in the valley.

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Crossposts: https://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1578584.html

Connie Faddis has graciously offered to allow us to post her fic online. For now, they will be available in PDF format download. If someone wants to convert her Star Trek fic to html and post them on a fic archive, I'd be happy to put you in contact with her.

Second up: The Third Wheel published in the print fanzine Interphase.

Two reviews from Fanlore:

an excellent story, 'The Third Wheel' written from McCoy's point of view, which captures well the deep-down feeling between McCoy and Spock that we all expected was hidden there somewhere (1976)
It also follows Connie's pattern of both De Profundis and Mojave Crossing -- starting out good, and then somehow, magically, late in the story, something inside the story fuses and melts and transforms into something incredible and breathtaking and very different. And in the last conversation between Spock and McCoy it's no longer idfic but it's a pitch-perfect moment of connection, really sincere, meaningful, and just plain lovely. Like a plot twist, except it's not the plotline that gets twisted. An emotion growth-twist? A character-relationship-arc twist? I don't know, but the ending of The Third Wheel is the most heartwarming new thing I've read in some time (2014)

You can download the fic here.

Crossposts: https://morgandawn.livejournal.com/1578341.html

A few years back I did a charity zine for gekizetsu. The zine pulled together the stories in her Month of Open Doors series. I've uploaded a printable pdf to my website here (formatted for printing on letter sized paper). You can also find the series formatted for eReaders here. gekizetsu's website is here.

Current Mood: calm
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A grab bag of recs

1.

rivkat wrote an excellent coda to Sex & Violence that captures Dean's state of mind. Short and should be read before next week's episode.
Steadfast - Gen - Dean’s still bleeding.

2. And speaking of

rivkat, she took a favorite trope of mine - amnesia - and gave it a twist, a turn and then several good screws. OK, bad puns aside, go forth and read
Only Sweeter - Slash -Dean gets amnesia; Sam tries to use it to fix him.

3. I may have mentioned this writer before -

rogue_clasique - but her I'd Drive All Night series is compelling and character driven. I've been devouring the series these past few weeks. Gen. Start with the first story here. She has written two sequels - all are completed. AU. John's missing, and Dean is hurt. Sam is trying to hold it together.

4. The Doors Of Time by

felisblanco. People have commented that this RPS AU story is original fic. And it is. The concept is both creative and fresh and the writing deft- RPS AU
It’s not like he doesn’t try to fit in and make friends, he really does. It just seems like nothing he does is good enough for them. If he smiles they blink. If he speaks they stare. And whenever they see him coming they get this panicked look in their eyes like they want to run away and they don’t even know why. Jensen knows why. It’s the same thing that makes his dad worry and his mom cry. That makes Nana tell his parents he’s going to Hell, not even caring that he can hear her. It’s what makes him ‘weird’.

5. RPS AU - Jared and Jensen as spies? Someone You Might Have Been by

fleshflutter
Jared's a secret agent, Jensen's his handler, eventually there will be angst, porn and plot. Right now, Jared is just a bad ass and Jensen is stubbornly unimpressed.

6.

candle_beck is one of my new favorites. I'd love to meet her/him and chat about the story lines and characterizations.

Impossible to Tell By Candle Beck - Slash (read the warnings)
Tonight Dean almost kills his brother. They're in this church. It's being ripped apart from the inside out, great seams opening in the stone walls and shattering the stained glass into pieces as small as rain. Their dad left them, telling them they'd be safe here. He might have used the word 'sanctuary.'

candle_beck's other Supernatural fic can be found here. I also love Eight Things You Should Know - funny, short and sweet.
The first thing you should know: Dean annoys the living hell out of Sam.

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As always my gen recs are here and my het recs are here. Previous spn recs are also here

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Morgan Dawn's Supernatural Gen Fan Fiction Recs

Morgan Dawn's Supernatural Het Fan Fiction Recs

(NOTE: Some of these recs are for same sex stories with mature themes, among them there may be stories and/or discussions of consensual incest. You must be 18 or older to read these works. )

Too funny. Read here by

rogue_clasique

“Oh, oh my god,” Sam says behind him, makes a little retching noise. “I think I’m gonna be sick.”

“’S pretty big,” Dean whispers unnecessarily. They’re crouched behind a big forsythia bush in suburban Massachusetts, peering through the dining room windows as an eight-foot tall garbage heap on dinosaur claws serves cupcakes to two of the cutest damn kids Dean’s ever seen in his goddamn life. And they’re identical, down to their light-up My Little Pony Nikes and curly brown ponytails.

This fall I helped

big_pink pull together some of her online Supernatural fan fiction to benefit Sweet Charity. Now that the bidders have received their copies,

big_pink has put up the formatted 3 volume set as a downloadable PDF for everyone to enjoy.

Single White, Double Yellow: The Red Series. Re-edited and reformatted (by me), with scans of

big_pink's handwritten notes and maps, photos, a brand spanking-new foreword, and an amazing set of covers designed by

smilla02. Note: the PDFs are formatted for easy-printing on standard letter (8.5 x 11).

From my private collection of recs from 2008. They range from humor to horror, slash to gen. (NOTE: Some of these recs are for same sex stories with mature themes, among them there may be stories and/or discussions of consensual incest. You must be 18 or older to read these works.)

1. Schmoop vid alert. "The epic love story of Sam and Dean."

2. Funny short J2 snippet.

3. Common Fate. (Sam/Dean), 10,000 words. Dean Winchester works in insurance: brought up in foster care, he’s never hunted, never fired a gun, and never owned a car. Then, one day, he meets a guy called Sam.

4. Misunderestimate (Sam/Dean), 3000 words. Maybe, just sometimes, violence is the answer. Or not.

5. Apocrypha (slash) ( Dean/*coff*Lucifer*coff*, R) In hell, Dean screams for his brother, and Sam comes to see him.
Dark with a twist.

6. Jumping-Off Point. (Sam/Dean), 7,500 words). Writer's take on Sam getting Dean out of the deal.
I liked the descriptions and the sense of place in this story.

7. Into His Hand. (J2 AU, RPS) 50,000 words. JR Ackles is a professional bullrider at the top of his game. He's got one thing on his mind: winning the championship belt buckle and the right to call himself the best in the world. His unwavering dedication and focus is finally put to the test in the form of JT Padalecki, an up-and-coming rider new to the professional ranks, who has his sights set on winning the PBR finals - and Jensen. Cowboys ride and get by on grit and tough determination - the question facing Jensen is if they have to do it alone.
As good - if not better - than most original fic.

8. Do I Seem Bulletproof To You? (J2 AU, RPS), 96,000 words. When he can't find any acting work, Jared takes a job as driver and bodyguard to Jensen, who is an extremely expensive prostitute with a bad habit of attracting crazy people.
One of the more interesting hookerfics I've read. A story about adults with adult reactions. One character stumble at the end, but satisfying.

9. Golden Lights Go Dark Tonight (Gen), 5000 words. In the beginning, Sam only wanted to save Dean. By the end, everything and nothing had changed.
I liked the pacing.

10. And All But He Departed, (Gen) 5,000 words. Sam’s first coherent thought was nguhhhh.
As a Terri Pratchett fan, I adored this story

11. thought I could let you go in grace. (Sam/Dean) short, Episode coda for Long Distance Call.

12. This Is The Sun Gone Down (Sam/Dean) The blood of a demon made Sam, but it can also save him. A story of one out of many, and the slow slide into love. AU.
New take on how demonic blood could lead to mental illness. as an fyi...a happy ending.

13. 13 Bound Avenue, Hamistagan ( NC-17, Dean/Jo, Dean/Jo/Sam, Dean/Sam.) Dean has a wife, a house, a steady job, a brand new ride and a charmed life. And he realizes he's not in control of any of it.
I don't want to spoil the premise but this story offers an innovative take on hell. The writing is a bit raw, but I liked the twists

14. SPN Pic spam. The many faces of Dean. The many faces of Sam.

Gen
Skimming Clouds & Breathing Fire - FIC: Tiger Boy 1/1 by

pdragon76
Dean’s favoring his left side. John sees when his son’s cutting back through the front bar from the bathroom. Probably wouldn’t have noticed if he wasn’t looking for it. But when Dean sits again, he’s canted slightly to the left, and John knows he’s copped it harder than he let on back at the room. And it serves him right. It really does. That’s what you get when you’re a cocky little shit who veers off track at the speed of light to circle round on a black dog. Like the sonuvabitch knew where it was gonna break cover before the goddamn mutt did.

Winsister
vaingirlfic: Fic: Fire Took My Baby Away (Dean/Girl!Sam) (possible WIP??)
Decades after his mother and baby sister died in a fire of demonic origin Dean Winchester picks up a hitchhiker off the interstate.

Slash
People Livin' In Competition by

ladyjaida
In Oasis Plains, Oklahoma, it’s not exactly the first time Dean’s slapped Sam’s ass. Hell, it’s not even the second. Dean thinks the first time mighta been on Sam’s first day of high school; anyway, Sam wasn’t able to get a date until they moved halfway through Sam’s junior year.

The Gay That It Is (Or: The Gayest Gen Story Ever) by

gekizetsu
Inappropriate crack. Dean gets another ‘idea’, and the cliches run rampant. Flamingly rampant. PG-13 for boykissing.

I’ll Have What He’s Having by

gekizetsu
The Harry Met Sally riff. Dean messes with Sam until Sam can’t take any more. Dean shouldn’t do that. Or maybe he should.

elise_509: Like a Rolling Thunder Chasing the Wind (Sam/Castiel)
The sound of the door slamming is a violent crash, shaking the ground underneath his feet. It makes him wince, makes him shudder.

4x01 Coda: Traded Your Worth for These Scars (Sam/Dean, NC-17) by

thenyxie
Dean wonders how he can be Chosen when he feels like this. When he feels like this about Sam. Burning up, bodies sweat slicked, sliding skin to skin, whispered words and moans, fingers twined tight into fists made of both their hands. God may have pulled him out of Hell, but Dean knows he wouldn’t last the day without Sam.

As always my gen recs are here and my het recs are here. Previous spn recs are also here

A while back I made a cover for

killabeez's online Supernatural fan fiction. With her permission, I've formatted all of her Supernatural fic so it can be printed on letter sized paper. The file is in pdf form and is zipped - around 4MB total. You can print stories individually or as a whole.

The file can be found here (please right click and save to your hard drive): http://morgandawn.googlepages.com/killaformatted.zip

All of the fic can be found online at Killa's fan fic website

I was chatting about long plotty case stories in Supernatural fandom with cofax7 this weekend. So once again here are two such case stories that I have mentioned here before:

*Joshua Tree by cofax7 (The Winchesters take a break from demon-hunting to help solve the mysterious death of a rock-climber in Joshua Tree National Park.)

*Beach Blanket Poltergeist by hansbekhart (Obviously, Dean and Sam have never made their way to Santa Cruz, California to put down rabid ghosts and stop up a hell mouth. We have a lot of ghost stories in the area, but as for actual ghosts? That depends on what you believe in.) *And then if you like both het and slash but are not into Wincest try this story that deals with Deans' life after Sam leaves for Staford. I think of this more as a character study with the sex supporting Dean's personal journey.

1300 Days by stele3 (GEN, includes both het/slash sex, but that isn't the story's focus. PG-13 to R for violence, sex, language, and drug use. Mentions of suicidal behavior) It hadn’t been four years, actually. Somewhere in the darkness of an Arizona back road, Sam piped up with a revelation: between that April day when he’d left them in the baking heat of the South Dakota Badlands, and the Halloween night when Dean had shown up unannounced at his door (through his door, actually), there had been exactly 1300 turns of the Earth. Dean grunted, and thanked every benevolent spirit he knew that the darkness of night hid his face. *If you want kickass original female characters,

stele3 has concluded her Amazing Incredible Adventures of Freakboy and Dykegirl (GEN - includes het/slash/femslash. PG-13 to NC-17 for language, sex, violence, drug use, bodyswap, genderswap, femslash, and dinosaurs.) This is not a 'het' or a slash story - although there is a lot of love between Dean and the OFC Kim. I really cannot classify it but it is one of the more original pieces of SPN fic.

*Speaking of original fic, I am enjoying

traveller's In That Bright Land (Jensen, Jared, AU, Texas panhandle, summer 1936.) Like cofax7's Joshua Tree it has a wonderful sense of time and place that feels very fresh and unique. It is a WIP. *And last, if you're into het, take a moment to peruse vinylroad's Supernatural fic - her het is complex with a tilt towards the sad. Like most het in this fandom it sometimes weaves in and out of Wincest, but it pulls off a difficult balance between porny and character building. Catch her writing here most of this fic is now locked. As always my gen recs are here and my het recs are here. Previous spn recs are also here

stele3 has written the summary conclusion to her Supernatural epic Freakboy and Dykegirl. Story is here. Summary is here

and no I would have never seen this end coming. Not even if it had been hurtling towards me at 75 mph.

(NOTE: Some of these recs are for same sex stories with mature themes, among them there may be stories and/or discussions of consensual incest. You must be 18 or older to read these works.

Coming up with these themes is hard and frankly there are a number of writers who would fit this particular theme - the sweet (funny and tender) and the sour (dark and angsty). But here goes.

sevenfists fic has a lot of humor woven among the sweet. Great examples are
Art of Manly Hugging (Sometimes, you know, Dean just needs a goddamn hug.)
Green and Gamboge (Sam's halfway through his Crichton novel when Dean comes banging in, smeared with grease. "We've got gremlins," he says)

She writes slash, gen and het - an all rounder. She has also written one of the hottest Jared/Jensen/Sandy RPF stories (Geography For Beginners) - so she is what I call an "EOFW" (Equal Opportunity Fan Writer).

As for the sour (or more serious) try:
Swing Low (What's dead should stay dead)
Birds of America (After a certain point, you can't turn back) and
The Vagaries of Disbelief (Wishing for something didn't mean it was going to happen, though. There were a lot of things Dean wasn't sure about in life, but he knew that for dead certain.)

sevenfists uses cut tags and offers clear and detailed warnings and ratings on all her fic.

Next there is

sanyin.
Her funny edges towards crack (OK let's be honest - her funny walks deep into crack and then starts splashing about with abandon).
The Pleasures of Exile (The one with beauty, beast and the Empire State Building.) offers one of the most original RPS takes on the show. And did I mention it was funny?

and for the sour try
Tied You With Her Flaxen Hair (There are stories that wind around arms...) and
Easy Descent (Dark corridors and men that hang from trees. Sam wonders if he'll see his father here.)

for a blend of sweet and sour try Be Good (The gift of obedience is double edged.)

sanyin is another writer who touches on many themes and covers a lot of ground: slash, het, RPF and RPS. She uses uses cut tags and offers clear and detailed warnings and ratings on all her fic.

(NOTE: Some of these recs are for same sex stories with mature themes, among them there may be stories and/or discussions of consensual incest. You must be 18 or older to read these works.

There has been way too little Supernatural content in this journal lately. But I am beta-ing a very intense SPN vid (oh Dean!) and it has fired me up again.

I thought I'd showcase a few of my favorite writers today. There are so many, so I am grabbing a few randomly. Today, two writers who challenge themselves, the readers, and their characters by asking: What if....? If you're looking for simple case stories or comfortable "Sam and Dean and the Impala and their epic love" tales, then these may not be writers for you (more on those later).

kroki_refur
Writes mainly gen with some slash tossed in for leavening. Her writing is solid, she takes time building both the world and the characters (very important when you deviate from canonical characterization or even conventionally accepted views of the characters). She also has written a few thoughtful AUs: among them: What if Sam grew up in a universe where Dean never existed? And then they meet? (There But For The Grace) What if Sam lives in two universes simultaneously? one in which Jess dies and one in which Jess lives? (Crow on the Cradle)

If you're not in the mood for something long, then try some of her shorter works: they are tight and well paced:
Lost and Found (Sam saves Dean -- but sometimes, things just aren't that simple.)
Blood and Wine Are Red (Eventually, one of those boys is going to get caught.)
Messing Around With Slim (You don't mess around Slim. It's really a bad idea.)

kroki_refur uses cut tags and offers clear and detailed warnings and ratings on all her fic.

BUT..... if there is on thing in her LJ to read, it is her Supernatural Ten Expressions. Every episode she picks the best expressions from the show and serves them up to us with hilarious captions. Go forth and laugh.

fleshflutter
Her fic tends towards more darker themes but is also well thought out and well written. I'll start, however, with a story that is not dark to illustrate her wide range:
The Firefly That Loved Metallica (Dean's soul tastes like candyfloss. It's like a little, warm cloud of spun sugar in Sam's mouth. ) it is sweet and poignant without sacrificing masculine characterization

In Nomine Patris Her Bobby/Dean story is not a pairing I'd necessarily read or believe: but the psychological exploration of Dean's character and his unresolved issues with self-worth and family roles really sells the story to me.

One of the best horror SPN stories I've ever read was written by

fleshflutter. It is The Old Gods Return (she has written a small coda to this story but I cannot seem to find it)

and last, if you thought you could never to read an 'end of the world story' and like it - I challenge you to read Starting From Home

fleshflutter also uses cut tags and offers clear and detailed warnings and ratings on all her fic.

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Title: One Father's Sons by

stele3 (120,000 words, complete)
Summary: AU for season two. After the car crash, Sam and Dean struggle to deal with their father's death, and make a startling discovery: they have a younger brother, Reese, who's got his own demonic issues.

The summary doesn't do this story justice. The OCs are strong and well written and the interplay between Sam and Dean is very much on the mark. If stories about learning to love and loyalty and family are your thing, this story is for you.

Excerpt:

'06

It took four times.

When Dean's eyes opened the fourth time, Sam saw it happen. Saw realization sink in without any spoken words (between the breathing tube and Sam's unwillingness to disturb the shards of his brother's body with even the faintest whisper). So it all happened underneath the ordered disruption of monitors, in the silences between beeps and hisses and the blink of Dean's bruised lids.

He looked up at Sam who sat beside him, then past him to where their father did not. Sam closed his hands into fists in the sheets and made himself watch: there would be no running away after this, no Stanford, and he was only a little surprised to realize how little that mattered to him right now. His dream had been a dotted line, beyond which lay an endless country. Dean's dream had been family, trinity, a triangle enclosed.

Dean broke in absolute silence, his powerful, deadly body lying still. There was nothing to mark the occurrence but a flutter of eyelashes.

To Sam that seemed more wrong than the empty air at his side. Because this was only the beginning, just a step. If Dean broke now, when he thought their father was lying dead in a freezer somewhere, what would he do when he learned that the truth was so, so much worse?

Sam made himself watch his brother's dream die and knew that he would gladly trade his own to open Dean's eyes a fifth time. His own grief burned in a hard line between his throat and gut, and he heard his father's voice saying Use it. Make your weaknesses into strengths.

He meant to transform grief into rage. Sam had smoked through anger already and felt all of it vanish in the space between his brother's heartbeats.

stele3 has a lovely new website set up that allows you to format and print this story with no wasted space (or just read without having to navigate through 30 LJ chunks). She has also set up a link to a charity (RAINN) to help raise funds for rape and incest abuse survivors.

go

Groundhog Day is one of my favorite movies. (nb: it is also one of the Dalai Lama's favorites. Or so I 've been told). So if you're in the mood for a bit of snark, a smidgen of angst and the tale of Groundhog named Phil, then check it out.

Punxsutawney Sucks by big_pink

Summary: Six weeks after Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, people are mysteriously bursting into flame.
Rated: Gen-o-riffic. Fun, funny, moderate amounts of angst, but mostly a romp.

Excerpt:
They approached town from the north, saw the signs when they were still a fair distance out. Shit, how could you miss them? I am so going to have a field day with this, Dean thought, glancing at Sam in the passenger seat. “You’re only 10 miles from Punxsutawney, home of Phil!” he read softly, like he had children’s stories when Sam was little. And in the middle of the billboard, a painted image of a big bulky rodent on his hind legs, little forelegs held out almost zombie-like. Dean bit the inside of his mouth, hard. Poor Sammy. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel.

“Don’t,” Sam warned, as though Dean had subtitles. A little unnerving, that habit, actually.

Very lengthy, twisty (and sometimes complicated story) about the lengths Sam would go to protect Dean and to win peace for his family. Even if the first chapters confuse you, stick with it. Excellent secondary characters and well plotted.

Six of One by

vee_fic
(63,000 words)

Tagline: "I'm looking for somebody," said Sam. "Somebody named Sam Winchester?"

I love this story. It felt like a dream.

Dust In The Wind by

lyra_wing

It was like a sixth sense. Knowing when a change in the weather would come, knowing which way the dice would fall. As time passed, the sense grew stronger. Sam could tell immediately when someone was lying to him, Dean always got dealt the best hand in the deck, and sometimes, if they both wanted something enough... it'd just happen.

SPN Recs needed for my friend GF - she likes sensual, well written, with plot and drama. Humor not as much the main ingredient as a side dish. She has only seen season 1. I'd like to start her out with a few het recs (although she is not adverse to slash, she may not yet be on board with the Wincest)..

So far my thoughts are straying to
(stories have been moved here)
1300 Days by

stele3
In The Company Of Demons by

stele3

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There is way too much to love in this story. Need a pick-me-up? Hard day at work? Squirrels gnawing at your underwear?

Join Sam and Dean in their epic tale of the "Muscle of Love"
http://researchgrrrl.livejournal.com/66584.html

"Don't hit on the valkyries," Sam whispered furiously. "I'm serious, Dean. Just...don't."

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I am having another "what? I have a brain? Where'd those cats drag it?" kind of day. But that never has stopped me from appreciating a fine story.

Three Supernatural gen stories .

1. A WIP by

big_pink Dazzleland
Summary: “Someone goes over Niagara in a barrel. You gonna jump in and try to save them?” – Dean Winchester, Crossroad Blues. Sam’s making plans, and they don’t include his father or hunting. They might not even include Dean. High school in two time periods.

2. Two shorts by

eloise_bright. Painful scenes of the family dynamics between teenage Sam, Dean and John.

Opened
Closed

3.PillowTalk by

eighth_horizon
(and yes dears, it really is gen. Trust me.)

Dean looked at the bed.

Sam looked at the bed.

“This is like...we’re cursed, or something,” Dean said.

“C’mon, Dean,” Sam said, throwing his backpack on the floor and shrugging out of his tweed hoodie. “It’s not that big of a deal.”

“When you can’t find anything but single king-size beds in every motel for 200 miles, it says something,” Dean said. “I’m not sure what, but...something.”

Sam sighed. “Well, I’m tired, so what side do you want?”

It is rare when a fic and a vid come out the same day that perfectly compliment each other. But tonight both

wistful_fever vidded and

stele3 wrote and they each asked (and answered in their own way) this question:

"Even after death, would Dean come back for Sam? Would they willing to pay the price? And would that price break them?"

or to quote

wistful_fever 's vid:

Dragging the waters til the depths give up their dead
What did you expect to find?
Was it something you left behind?

stele3's Untitled story here

wistful_fever 's vid "Hemorrhage" here

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Two short recs today: read both to get to the punchline. Very tongue in cheek and just what you need you get through the rest of the day

The Give and TakeOut
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3089394/1/

and its sequel

One Two Three
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3090165/1/

"sssnick.

Sam’s knees bounced in a crazy rhythm, shaking the bed across from his brother’s.

sssnick.

“No way. I’m not doin’ it.” Dean slid the knife across the whet stone again without looking up.

sssnick.

“You promised.”

“I never promised.”

The knife made another journey across the stone’s smooth surface: sssnick."

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A somewhat vague thematic grouping of stories. All are gen.

1. Title: The Paradox of Living
Author:

lyra_wing
Pairing: none, it's gen
Rating: PG-13 (language)
Summary: A bout of unusual child abductions brings the Winchesters up to Alaska in the dead of winter. Takes place post-season-one.

Sam looks over at his brother. "Dean—"
"Not now, Sam," says Dean softly, cutting him off.
"Then when?" Sam demands. 'When will you ever tell me what's going on in your head?'
"Just. Not now," says Dean, still looking up at the Lights. His eyes are distant, a million miles away.
They sit on the inn's front stoop for a long time. The wind carries the laughter and music from the Creek Street bars, ghostly sounds floating on the air.

2. Title: Morgantown
Author:

ignipes
Written for:

gekizetsu
Rating: This chapter, PG-13. Overall, R for violence.
Summary: The boys learn that they have been making quite a name for themselves in the hunting world, and what looks like an ordinary job
turns out to be anything but routine when they encounter old friends, old enemies, and unfinished business from the past.

"Jim find out anything about the house we're going to check out?"
"Yeah, funny thing. It looks like the new owner is the same person who used to own it a long time ago. An old woman with a haunted sink."
Sam blinked. "Well, I guess it's better than a haunted toilet."
"You would know."
"Please," Sam groaned. "Don't remind me."
"Three weeks," Dean said cheerfully. "That's how long you were scared to use the toilet after that."
"It bit me! You would have been scared, too."

3. Title: The Murder Of Crow
Author:

lithium_doll
Written for:

ignipes
Rating: PG-13ish
Summary: Voodoo, a rescue and car troubles oh my.

"Time'll come", says Isham the Crow, "you boys in over you' heads."

The Crow is a big man; even with the three inches he's gained this summer, Sam still has to cant his head to look up at him, and then further up because the Crow's hat just draws the eye. It's the rainbow edged, oil-slick coloured feathers tucked in the band; they move a little even when there's no breeze - like now.

Dean doesn't look around from hauling the kerosene into the trunk of the car, but a shrug as he drops it next to its twin makes his new leather jacket creak. Somehow it sounds even louder than the dull clang of metal on metal. "We're always in over our heads." Now he turns and his eyes look too white in the thin moonlight. "It's kind've our job description".

4. Title: Never Summer
Author:

ignipes
Rating: Overall, R for violence
Notes: ~1700 words.
Summary: A call from one of Sam's college friends brings the boys to a remote Colorado hotel in the midst of a blizzard to investigate a death and a haunting.

"Hey," Sam said as he came up behind Dean. "That was a friend of mine from...Dean?"
Dean didn't respond. He was standing perfectly still, his posture uncharacteristically stiff and upright, staring ahead, unblinking.
"Dean?" Sam put his hand to his pocket, worry surging through him as he realized that he wasn't armed, not even with a pocket knife.
Further along the path, there were a few more people, young couples and more kids, but Dean wasn't looking at them. He was, Sam could see, deliberately not looking at them, his gaze fixed instead on the empty desert to the side.

"Dean?" Sam reached out and touched Dean's arm. "Hey."
Dean jumped and whipped his head around to glare at Sam. "Jesus. Don't sneak up on me like that."
"I said your name."

Jerking his arm away, Dean scowled. "Well, next time say it louder." He glanced over his shoulder at the people down the path, then looked down quickly.
"Okay. Are you--" You? Sam bit his tongue. "Are you okay?"

5. Title: Stigmata
Author: [Bad username or unknown identity:  ]
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Dean never used to believe in faith healers, so the irony is not lost on him, but he just tells Sam he's not getting a fucking tent or a ticket booth, so Sam'd better damn well not ask.

"The first time it happens, Dean is holding him and begging him not to die.

And he doesn't, but Dean almost does.

The slashes appear as though they were stigmata; they open on their own like splitting seams and start dripping blood, while Sam's wounds stop bleeding altogether and quickly close. They mirror each other perfectly for one moment, then it's one injured brother for another, and Dean wouldn't have stopped if he could."

6. Title: The Only People for Me Are the Mad Ones
Artist:

ignipes
Rating: PG-13
Note: ~3500 words.
Summary: The demon is gone. The job is finished. And life goes on. It sure as hell ain't happily ever after, but it's close enough.

"You're a lunatic," Sam says, his chin on Dean's shoulder, his arms around Dean's back. "A goddamned fucking--" laughing, breathing, living "--lunatic."

Dean's laughter fades and he wraps his arms around Sam. "It worked, didn't it?"

"Yeah. Guess it did."

And just like that, it's over.

7. Title: In Twilight's Garden
Author: [Bad username or unknown identity:  ]Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance/Angst
Word Count: 1977
Summary: Sam/Jess and Dean. A meditation on loss, grieving, and the healing power of a brother's love... sort of.

Love believes in possibilities and Jess is everything Sammy has ever dared to dream. Even when his dreams turn dark and threatening beneath the rhythm of her soft breathing, he ignores his nightly auguries. Jess is everything, and he and Jess are the only two people in the world. What lies between them when they lie together is stronger than any trick of sleep.

The first moment Dean sees her, he knows who and what she really is. Tucked beneath his heart, bound in leather, and trapped inside a faded photograph, she is a memory-made-flesh. The resemblance is more than a coincidence. Realization knocks the wind out of him before he can speak.

When he finally does, all he can think to say is, "You are so out of my brother's league."

They share a laugh at his expense, but that's not the end of it.

Dean knows he should say something, but time has put too much distance between them and some things even a brother wouldn't believe.

My previous Supernatural recs are here

I am way behind on my recs, so i'll toss a few out and then try to edit this post to add a few more more.

I Gave Away What Wasn't Mine - by acidquill
Summary: John POV, insights into how John and Dean coped with Sam's leaving for college. great dialogue and turn of phrase.

Crossroads by eighth_horizon (one of my favorite writers)
Post-Scarecrow.Warnings: Dark, sad, mean piece of mental flotsam. Not a deathfic. More like character...destruction.
Losing Sam would kill Dean; but losing Dean would make Sam kill.
Summary: Sam tries hard not to think about how easy murder is, now. And then he reloads.

Where You Land by sevenfists
PG. Sam and Dean in California, after Jess.

A Crisis of Faith by geminigrl11
Post-Faith, Summary: The brothers face one of their darkest moments.

Go back, Jack (and do it again) by sxeraven
Post-Faith, Sam POV. "And I'd do it again, Dean"

The Sound of Silence by dodger_winslow
Post-Devil’s Trap. Summary: The silence is what you hear, and that’s what you’ll remember later.

So Tired I Can't Sleep by whereupon
Summary: From Palo Alto to a cabin so far out, nobody should be able to find it. Dean, Sam, and the road, all through S1. R.

In Want and Sympathy by iamstealthyone
First Person POV, Somewhat Smoopy Flu Story, Post-Bloody Mary
Summary: Sam, still grieving over Jess' death, gets unexpected insight into Dean's fears.

Never Not Once by estrella30
Summary: Pre-series, Sam at Stanford.

Don't Look Back by eloise_bright
Dean & John Winchester. Gen. Season 1 through Devil's Trap
(Personal Note: I adore the twist at the end)

Pinion by greensilver
Dean-centric; AU that splits off of Devil's Trap. Warning: includes heavy angst and (guest) character death
http://greensilver.livejournal.com/317397.html

A little left of center (and you'd have a whole other story) by lyra_wing
Post-Nightmware. Summary: Sam has a vision of a kid falling off a bridge. And wonders if he'll be next.

I am deep into vidding, muttering about neighbors who are being dicks over downed fences and getting ready for

xlorp's outpatient procedure this week. But during a call to

murielperun this afternoon, I realized that I wanted to recommend the following Supernatural story.

Story: "Of Bastard Saints" - Gen
By:

nilchance and

beanside

Summary: Set after the season finale. A lengthy (189 page), satisfying study of memory and identity, loss and redemption.

First start off by admiring the cover art created by

phantomas

Then head off to read the story.

I've been waiting for this series to end and it has. The concept is simple - snapshots of what happened to Dean during the 4 years (or 1300 days) he and Sam were apart. But that is like saying Hamlet is this play about some Danish prince.

This story takes the characters through emotional arcs and journeys, offers up some of the best original characters I've ever seen. It horrifies you, breaks your heart and leaves you swimming against an undertow of joy.

1300 Days by stele3

Start here: http://stele3.livejournal.com/14466.html

The conclusions are here:
http://stele3.livejournal.com/14839.html
http://stele3.livejournal.com/15042.html
http://stele3.livejournal.com/15119.html

"He had said nothing to Sam, because anything that needed saying, they already knew.

And the rest he could bear alone."

( You're about to view content that the journal owner has marked as possibly inappropriate for anyone under the age of 18. )

OK, trying to beat my exhaustion into submission, this may be the first of two Supernatural fic recs this week.

Works in Progress are risky (what if the author never finishes them?)- but if they are done well, and incorporate plot and action along with character development, they are so much more satisfying. So I give you several long and substantial works in progress. Let's encourage the authors to finish them. Use the links or tags entries to keep track of the stories as they are updated.

In Reverse by Sodakey (gen)
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2787883/1/
This story is technically complete but the author is posting it in parts and cleaning it up
Summary: After Dean's near-death experience in Faith, all Sam wants to do is keep his brother safe. Dean demands that Sam give him some room. When Dean and Sam run into Sam's friends from college during an investigation, Sam's friends misunderstand what is going on and the nature of the brother's relationship - with possibly deadly consequences.

Brothers and Strangers by janissa11 (gen?)
I recommended this one in an earlier post.
http://janissa11.livejournal.com/tag/brothers+and+strangers Also: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2870484/1/Brothers-and-Strangers
Summary: What defines a family? What if what everything you know about your place in your family is based on a lie?

Cup of Silence by janissa11 (gen, amnesia)?
Summary: How much of your identity is made of memories and experiences? And how much is inherent to you?
http://janissa11.livejournal.com/tag/the+cup+of+silence

When Our Minds Betray Us by Sweet as the Punch (gen, amnesia)?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2837218/1/
Summary: Eight months after Jessica's death, Sam finds himself back at Stanford. His friends say he suffered a nervous breakdown. Trouble is, he cannot remember.

It Does Not Mean You Can Explain The Ocean by rageprufrock (gen - I think)
http://rageprufrock.livejournal.com/tag/explain+the+ocean
Summary: They don't have names anymore, these gods who speak. “"There are noises in the cosmic grapevine about three women in Savannah, about prophesy and oracle and older gods than even they know the words for, and Dean hears about it from a waitress at the counter of a diner off the side of a North Carolina freeway."

Second Sight Series by maygra (mostly gen/some slash)
First story at: http://wordsmiths.net/Maygra/allthatisgood.html
Rest here (scroll down): http://wordsmiths.net/Maygra/
Summary: Those who are blind can sometimes see further. But what if all you see is death? And what if the only choice you can make keeps leading you towards it?

A few gen recs this time:

Somatic by stillane(gen)
Summary: Sam, on a bad day and from the outside.
http://stillane.livejournal.com/12361.html
I love stories with twists.

Rules of the Road (gen) by ignipes
Summary: Dean teaches Sam how to drive.
http://ignipes.livejournal.com/55421.html

"Stupid car."
"Don't talk to her like that. She doesn't like it."
"Oh, my god, stop stroking the dashboard, you freak."

Deo Volente by gekizetsu (gen)
Summary: Why did Sam feel he needed to remind Dean about the name of God during Phantom Traveler?
http://community.livejournal.com/spn_gen/19054.html

"Dean can't remember the name of God because he can't remember God."

There are so many more I want to (and will rec) but today this one grabbed me:

The Language of This Foreign Country (gen) (post "Something Wicked")
http://ignipes.livejournal.com/72387.html
Summary: Just because you are family doesn't mean you speak the same language.

I'd also suggest checking out some of ignipes other stories.
http://ignipes.livejournal.com/64708.html

My previous Supernatural recs are here

I don't normally rec works in progress, but this story has been working for me on so many levels that I will happily follow it to however it ends.

"Brothers and Strangers" by janissa11
A story about identity and family.

http://janissa11.livejournal.com/tag/brothers+and+strangers

Stay by fryadvocate (G???)
http://fryadvocate.livejournal.com/17056.html
"This is not a war story. It's a story about the road and how after a while the road begins to feel comfortable, reliable, there." (post-Skin)

Cracked by whereupon (R)
http://whereupon.livejournal.com/14048.html
"And he will never say no, and he will never say please. This is how it goes."
(post Asylum)

This is the first of a few good writers I'll be mentioning. There will be no rhyme or reason or method to these recs.

Push Me Over the Side - gen, teen angst with a good ear for dialogue.
http://onelittlesleep.livejournal.com/40494.html

I've Been Everywhere Man - gen, Sam and Dean on a cross-country trip, full of atmosphere and wit.
http://onelittlesleep.livejournal.com/34143.html

Punxsutawney Sucks by big_pink

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