B7 from the inaugural round of the BlakeFest, and old-to-ancient BtVS...

( 4 recs in B7, BtVS )

Resurrection, zombies, Frankenstein's monsters & more than one flavour of anthropomorphised Death... seven very different takes on death not necessarily being the end. Another couple of my favourites (*)

( 7 recs in Calvin & Hobbes, Discworld, Frankenstein, Peter Pan, Romeo and Juliet, Songs )

Magical, charming stories, including three of my favourites (*)

( 5 recs in Discworld, Irish mythology, Omar Rayyan, Puss in Boots, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio )

Getting back to my interrupted set of Yuletide 2013 recs, here are sequels or AUs that fix problems in canon. Only a short set, but each of these works is long & satisfying.

( 4 recs in Moby Dick, Much Ado About Nothing, The Stand, Twin Peaks )

I wrote The Emerald Band for Zaganthi, 'The Speckled Band' in the 'A Study in Emerald' universe. (SiE is Neil Gaiman's crossover of Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos with Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, and if you haven't read it you should do so.)
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After an excellent November with picowrimo, I've had a slow start to December & my Yuletide story still languishes unfinished. In a procrastinatory moment, I signed up for round 5 of
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Little slices of lost canon, for when one's in the mood for more of, rather than more from, the source...

( 5 recs in Discworld, History Boys, Das Leben der Anderen, Much Ado About Nothing, Study in Emerald )

Female friendships, family bonds, women growing & redefining themselves, women being awesome in all the ways available to them...

**Top ten selections

( 5 recs in Diana Wynne Jones, Earthsea, Goblin Market, Mary Renault, Singin' in the Rain )

Clever & inventive dark stories, with a dash of creeping horror...

**Top ten selections

( 6 recs in Coriolanus, Historical RPF, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Interview with the Vampire, Lovecraft, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead )

Satisfying case stories are surprisingly rare in fanfiction. Here are four...

( 4 recs in Asimov, Chrestomanci, fairy tales, Rivers of London, Thursday Next )