Another excellent story from s2b2, The Lemon Priest by Wasureta Yume - although he's a salesman rather than a scientist, Malcolm is sent to oversee the glassworks in Miyai after the sudden death of his predecessor, only to find he's more than a little out of his depth. Nothing, it would appear, is quite what it seems and that includes Malcolm's new ( Read more... )

'the long game' series by dirtybinary - three stories so far, an AU which starts with Steve attempting to trade himself to the Russians in 1945 in exchange for Bucky, only for them to decide to keep both supersoldiers. Steve/Bucky, Steve/Bucky/Sam

'The Silver Age' series by copperbadge - an AU take on the events of various Marvel movies ( Read more... )

'Quarter Days' by Iona Sharma, originally published on Giganotosaurus.

Grace and her colleagues deal with magic and an unexpected train crash, in a post-World War 1 setting where law and magic are very closely aligned.

'Wooden Feathers' by Ursula Vernon, originally published in Uncanny Magazine.

Sarah makes a meagre living carving duck decoys which even she admits are not all that good, so why exactly is the old man buying the cheapest she has on sale every week?

The 'Reciprocity' series by osprey_archer - I feel as though I've been a bit remiss in not reccing this series before now, but it kind of got away from me. Anyway, in short, Bucky has been found and the decision is made that he should join SHIELD. He is decidedly not 'fixed' in any way and things get worse before they get better. Not a series ( Read more... )

'Stumble in the Debris' by wintergrey - The light catches Sam full in the face but just before it leaves him seeing dancing spots against the dark, he sees the man in the corner. The silver arm and red star-no one else out of seven billion people has that arm. The Winter Soldier is slumped in a chair in Sam’s living room, too-long hair trailing ( Read more... )

'Sinners, Saints, Dragons, and Haints, in the City Beneath the Still Waters' by N.K. Jemisin, published in Uncanny Magazine. Gen.

In the run-up to Hurricane Katrina, after Tookie has decided to stay put, he has an encounter with 'the nosiest damn lizard' and that's the least of what happens to him.

'We travel without seatbelts on' by victoria_p - instead of joining the FBI, Veronica Mars is recruited by SHIELD and ends up going back to Neptune after the truth is revealed about HYDRA. She's not the only one who ends up there. Gen.

'A Year and a Day in Old Theradane' by Scott Lynch, first published in Rogues, edited by George RR Martin and Gardner Duzois. Gen ( Read more... )