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Fanfiction in various fandoms; contains het (male/female romance), slash (male/male, female/female, or it/it romance), and gen (non-romance). Some stories may contain violence and/or disturbing themes. All stories are clearly labelled and warned, so I am not responsible if you read something you find offensive. If you are underage, please be mature and stick to the stories rated PG-13 and lower.
Last updated 18 Nov. 2005

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LiveJournal icons in various fandoms, including Pirates of the Caribbean, The Phantom of the Opera, Crossing Jordan, Lawrence of Arabia, Die Another Day, and others.
Last updated 19 Sept. 2003

Autobiography

A little bit about me.
Last updated 18 Nov. 2005

LiveJournal

My fannish livejournal, in which I babble a lot and post fic, and things like that. Fairly self-explanatory.
Updated sporadically.


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Introduction

The recommendations on these pages may be for slash, het, or gen (meaning they contain m/m, f/f, m/f, or no romance, and sometimes odd genderbending hetslashish stuff), and may contain adult content in the form of language, violence, or sexuality. Ratings range from G to NC-17 and are usually rated on the author or archive page. Please use your discretion in choosing what to read.

Most of my recs are in rare to non-existent fandoms, although I do read a few of the larger fandoms (Buffy, Highlander, Star Trek: Voyager, Smallville, X-Men, Star Wars, and Lord of the Rings, for example). But there are many recs pages for these fandoms and few devoted specifically to small fandoms, thus my focus.

Recs are mainly for me, as a way of keeping track of stories I particularly liked. They're drawn from what I've read (obviously not everything) and are naturally chosen according to my personal taste. What you find here may not appeal to you, and I can make no guarantees about subjective quality. I don't recommend fic that's not spell-checked and that doesn't exhibit good grammar, and the characterization has to ring true to me. I do have plans to organize this in a more user-friendly manner, and to flesh out some of the more cursory recs at a later date.

Fandoms currently consist of A Knight's Tale, Andromeda, Arthurian Legends/The Mists of Avalon, The Askewniverse (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back), Beauty and the Beast, the Bible, Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel: The Series, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Count of Monte Cristo, Daria, Firefly, Gladiator, Good Omens, Guy Gavriel Kay, H*rry P*tter, Highlander, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, James Bond, Lawrence of Arabia/A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia, The Lord of the Rings, a certain series of books with dragons that starts with a P, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Revolutionary Girl Utena (Shoujo Kakumei Utena), The Sandman, Scrubs, The Secret Garden, Smallville, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Wars, Tamora Pierce, X-Men, and various crossovers.

Last updated: 9/26/03, with 26 Good Omens recs.

Fanfiction

Author Recommendations
(The authors whose work I'll read regardless of fandom, who make me squee madly when they write in my fandoms, and who are just really amazing.)

Children's Literature
The Chronicles of Narnia, H*rry P*tter, a certain series of books with dragons that starts with a P, and The Secret Garden.

Tamora Pierce
(With a certain preference for slash, both m/m and f/f.)

Adult Literature
Arthurian Legends/The Mists of Avalon, the Bible, Guy Gavriel Kay novels, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Good Omens

Movies
A Knight's Tale, Beauty and the Beast, Gladiator, James Bond, and Lawrence of Arabia/A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia.

The Askewniverse
Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Star Wars

TV Shows
Andromeda, Daria, Firefly, Highlander, Scrubs, and Star Trek: Voyager.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel: The Series

Smallville

Graphic novels, manga, anime, and musicals
Revolutionary Girl Utena (Shoujo Kakumei Utena), The Sandman, and The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Multimedia
(For stories based on multiple media; The Lord of the Rings book and movie, for example. Not always easy to figure out, and some things from other categories probably belong here, but I try.)
The Count of Monte Cristo.

The Lord of the Rings

X-Men

Crossovers
Buffy/The Lord of the Rings, Buffy/Star Wars, Buffy/Earthsea, Buffy/Beowulf, and Good Omens/Les Misérables.

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