If I was being tortured by Angelus to reveal my favorite S/X fic, I would have to name "Reconstruction", "Restoration" and "Reunification" by wordsmithslash(http://www.angelfire.com/darkside/wordsmith) as they make up one long post-"The Gift" story. The first story begins soon after ( Read more... )

I just adore Shadow's Twilight Time. It's a beautifully well-written story which is to be expected as she's a professionally published author of fantasy.
It's the tale of 2 damaged people helping each other. Set in an AU S4, Spike comes across Xander who's been hurt by his father. He takes Xander to his place and slowly Xander heals under his care ( Read more... )

One of the best writers working in the BtVS fandom today is tabaqui . She has a knack for writing what I call "Variations on a Theme of Spander". It' s astonishing how many times she can make Spike meets Xander and slash happens come across as new and different. For some reason my favorite is Credence which goes AU in S4. In Seattle, a feral (the best ( Read more... )

Now comes a pair of favorite fics both by lit_gal. The first is "Second Verse" (http://www.litgal.org/ficbuffy.htm). I first read it at Moist & Delicious on February 16 the day after it was posted. I immediately fell in love with it. Like Athena popping out of Zeus, it appeared fully grown ( Read more... )

OK here goes *takes deep breath*. I'm listing these recs in no particular order. First up at bat is Lazuli's "Repossession" (http://lazuli.kat.users.btopenworld.com/repossession.htm). I think it's an incredible piece of writing. It's over 120 chapters long which ( Read more... )