...for your Friday night.

First, an original M/M story from the latest edition of bb-shousetsu: The City of a Thousand Days by jibrailis (NC-17). It's set centuries ago in Baghdad, a city and time that the author brings to vivid life. Zamir has returned after years of exile, but not everyone is ready to welcome him back, at least not in the way he's dreamed of. I love ( Read more... )

I'm trying to close a few tabs tonight (so if you see me commenting on an older post, that's why). Also posting my first recs in months, argh.

The Real War Will Never Get in the Books by calico_lupin (Remus/Sirius, R ( Read more... )

Have some Friday night recs in a panoply of fandoms and flavors. :-)

( HP Fic, Art, and Vid )

Ugh, I really hate when I start reading a long fic that seems pretty good and sucks me in, and then it starts to go downhill, but I'm too involved with the story to stop reading, even if I think I'm going to vomit if the author uses any more italics, and if the story line gets any more sickeningly saccharine. How many times can these (grown male) ( Read more... )

I just read a lovely, evocative original m/m fic: Bodies in Space by ladysisyphus (hard R). The narrator, Isaac, falls somewhere on the autism spectrum, and I loved seeing the world -- and Rick, the man he loves -- through his eyes. There were several passages that got me a little choked up. I liked the accompanying art too ( Read more... )

( Flist reading habits and other unrelated things )

Happy 4th to the Americans on my flist! I celebrated by sleeping in and then going to see "People Like Us" (the new Chris Pine/Elizabeth Banks movie), which I quite enjoyed. There were a few saccharine and/or contrived moments, but overall I really liked the acting and the characters ( Read more... )

Happy belated birthday to kaalee, woldy, and fitofpique!

I have failed at pointing to a couple of ficlets written for me, both for the HP fandom. auselysium wrote Back Then, a sweet little George/Lee drabble (rated G). And torino10154 wrote The First of Many for my prompt of "Kingsley/Charlie, the morning after" (rated PG-13). Check 'em out!

A few more recs under the cut:

( HP Fic and Vid )

Yesterday's Savage Love Letter of the Day made me cry -- the letter, Dan's response, and especially the outpouring of love in the comments. (Content warning: kids being kicked out of their homes for being gay.) I added my own little bit of love to the comments and hope you might too if you're so moved. (Read comment #307 for a response on behalf of ( Read more... )

Lots of upcoming birthdays on my flist over the next two days. Happy early birthday to paddies, eyesemerald, rickey_a, and mcstories (tomorrow) and gryffindorj, mclachlan, isabel_adler, and absynthedrinker (the 18th)!

Wow, it's been a while since I posted recs. Here's a little assortment for you.

( ST Fic )