I'm not really reading dS fic anymore, but always make an exception for certain writers. Moo sent me Dusty and His Dads and it took me a while to get to it (SORRY!), but the wait made the surprise all the much sweeter ( Read more... )

I have come to a time in my life where I am ready to cut my final active tie to the dueSouth fandom. I haven't recced in a long time and doubt I will again. This LJ will stay up for a while longer but will eventually be deleted. Thank you to all those who followed my rec links to the lesser known corners of this fandom.

Raven

...And Winter Disappeared by Mary Grace Macy is proof that a 'Mary Sue' story can be so much more. Mary captures the voices of all her characters in a way that few authors do. The story has many POVs--Fraser's, Vecchio's, Dief's, Elaine's, and her main character and I can immediately tell who's speaking. Add to that an incredibly sweet and hopeful ( Read more... )

Words in the Wind by Sylvie is a lyrical poem written from Kowalski's heart, a story about the end of a marriage and the beginning of a new life. It's eloquent, poignant, hopeful, and just plain lovely. The final stanza is my favourite.

I just finished Morgan Dawn and Justine Bennett's The Long Way HomeThe tag line on their novel covers reads "Sometimes the only way to survive is to surrender." The novel explores this theme, and proves its veracity, in a manner that is grim and hopeless. What is left at the end is not hope but determination and will when there is little, if ( Read more... )

This little unnamed ficlet by the Moo is one of those rare funny stories that you have to quote in its entirety because each line is funnier than the line that preceded it. Ray and Fraser are dead on; the Ottawa setting rings true (I should know *g*); and the dialogue, sprinkled with random useless facts about Canada, sparkles.

Wow, no recs in over three months ( Read more... )

The Search for Kowalski's Ass is one of the best dueSouth stories I've read in a long, long time. A post-Call of the Wild love story, it captures the delicate balance in the relationships between the various characters. Kowalski and Vecchio bicker, but it's only to save face. Fraser and Kowalski are in love, but they're not sappy. Vecchio adores ( Read more... )

Bast's Fraser and Ray Buy a House redefines the term 'ficpic', bringing the genre to a whole other level of sophistication. It left me with the warm, fuzzy feeling that I suddenly 'know' the characters.

Speranza's About a Dog is simply hysterical. I laughed like a hyena. The visual imagery in this story was hysterical and I think she got Dief's thought processes and speech patterns downpat. This is a delightful tour de force that'll keep you grinning everytime you think of it.