Yours truly is having a foul day! I have far too much work and no time. While a small part of me is delighted that so many people think I'm great at what I do, the rest of me is now completely and utterly narked that I have just had five, yes, five sodding new instructions in the last 24 hours!
Argh!
This of course means I may well be a bit quiet on the fandom front. So without further ado some quick recs to keep you all smiling.
First up is some new offerings from the delightfully different Jay Tryfanstone an author who I am incredibly conflicted about. On the one hand I absolutely adore her lush, velvety prose and her ability to conjure images in your mind. On the other, I find the notes she tends to add to her stories unnecessary and massively detracting from her stories. *shrugs*
In any event, Jay has two new fics up on her website. True North/Out Of Kilter is a delightfully arch and sparkly bit of writing. The incident at the toilets in particular is extremely well observed and had me laughing out loud. Those of you who have a kink for Methos' hands will *definitely* enjoy this fic!
The other fic is called Stuck In The Moment and was written for the Lyric Wheel Challenge. This is an author described meta-fic and I will be honest and say that I'm not normally keen on this style of fic at all. I was however, completely won over by the shining genius of the following lines: "I want you naked." Duncan says, and watches Methos' eyes darken. "I want to be so far inside you it feels like I'm fucking your throat through your arse. I want you to scream my name when you come."
I would be very very interested in seeing what Jay could come up with for a kink fic. She would appear to have all the necessary reference points at her fingertips to write something that would sear your eyeballs! *grins and waggles eyebrows*
Next is a rec for the delightful and tantalizing Tessa Rae who's recent entries into the HLCrossroads challenge have been now been placed on the web for everyone to enjoy. The Constancy Of Weeds caught me at a weak moment when I first read it and the resulting sniffle attack meant I had to see my next client with smudged eyeliner. Its also, given the fact that I'm English, lead to some rather unfortunate mental imagery involving Methos dressed as a flower and the following very poor joke:
Methos: "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed"
Duncan: [muffled]"Flobb-dobb, Ickle Weed"
Methos: [breathlessly} If you loved me, you'd swallow.
*facepalms* If Bill and Ben The Flowerpot Men mean nothing to you, neither will that joke okay!
Tessa's other entry for the same Challenge is White Paper in which Duncan has my job. Well kind of. The story itself has all the hallmarks of a perfect Tessa story, great dialogue, great characterisation and great plot. Fave line:"
If you comment about the size of my nose from that angle, I'm hanging up.."
Then of course there is the magnificence and shiny wonderfulness that is my sextalicious![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lastrega's entry for the same HLCrossroads Challenge. Its called Caritas and it made even I, with my morbid fear of wedding rings go *Awww!*. As usual the prose is elegant and restrained, Methos' paranoia is sketched in delicate pencil strokes and the entire fic is a glinting silver sparkle of a thing.
...I may also be developing a kink for Flustered!Methos.
That's the Highlander recs. I'd also like to draw your attention to some particularly fabulous Queen Of Swords slash fic. Queen of Swords is a now defunct TV series which featured the drooltastic Mr Peter Wingfield and the equally edible Mr Valentine Pelka. For those of you haven't been paying attention, that's Methos and Kronos from Highlander.
It also featured a black clad, thigh boot and corset wearing, whip wielding, masked and extremely lickable heroine. *gurgle*
Mr Wingfield's character was called Dr Helm and Mr Pelka's character was called Colonel Montoya, needless to say they were *so* doing it! Go here if you wish to learn a bit more about the series and drool over some lovely pics. If you want to read some *quality* codpiece ripping QOS fanfic then look no further then the brilliantbeccaabbott's epic Ravished and the equally dramatic follow up Shanghaied. These fics are long, *full* of Dr Helm abuse and just utterly fabulous. Word on the LJ is that she is writing a third part to this series and that it's to be called Mourningwood. I heartily recommend that everyone go and pester her to finish this as soon as possible! *grins*
If you've not read any ofbeccaabbott's fic before then you are missing a serious kink treat. Her HL fics The Weekend Series, The Helot Series and Forsaken are so good I have them printed out at home in case I require a kink!fic fix and can't get to a computer. *grins*
Other QOS fics of particular genius are Lisa Weston andcupcakemlpota's Acquired Taste Series which is so witty and so clever I wanted to marry it.
These two authors are the definite *stars* of this small fandom. I would also reccupcakemlpota's short dark and devastating HL/QOS crossover which starts with Out Of The Frying Pan and concludes with Into The Fire, as well as Lisa Weston's gloriously funny QOS/Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (yes you read that correctly) crossover It Takes A Village, People which is just pure *class* with a capital C!
My final recs are all by the grovel-at-her-feet-she's-amazing3jane. The first is a crossover. Its Harry Potter/Hellblazer, its called Break His Fall and its quite simply one of the best fics I have read for a while. Jane has a knack of creating atmospheres full of erotic tension and such darkness that I can't decide whether I'm terrified or turned on. This idea behind this fic is brilliant, so brilliant infact that you are left wondering why on earth *you* hadn't thought of it. It does however require a certain familiarity with the Hellblazer comics.
The other two recs are Witchcraft When Your Eyes which is BtVS and so darkly nasty that it nearly *squicked* me, plus the gloriously dirty Border Men which was co-written withthete1 and is a BtVS/Hellblazer crossover.
Anyways, enjoy and don't forget to feedback the authors
Argh!
This of course means I may well be a bit quiet on the fandom front. So without further ado some quick recs to keep you all smiling.
First up is some new offerings from the delightfully different Jay Tryfanstone an author who I am incredibly conflicted about. On the one hand I absolutely adore her lush, velvety prose and her ability to conjure images in your mind. On the other, I find the notes she tends to add to her stories unnecessary and massively detracting from her stories. *shrugs*
In any event, Jay has two new fics up on her website. True North/Out Of Kilter is a delightfully arch and sparkly bit of writing. The incident at the toilets in particular is extremely well observed and had me laughing out loud. Those of you who have a kink for Methos' hands will *definitely* enjoy this fic!
The other fic is called Stuck In The Moment and was written for the Lyric Wheel Challenge. This is an author described meta-fic and I will be honest and say that I'm not normally keen on this style of fic at all. I was however, completely won over by the shining genius of the following lines: "I want you naked." Duncan says, and watches Methos' eyes darken. "I want to be so far inside you it feels like I'm fucking your throat through your arse. I want you to scream my name when you come."
I would be very very interested in seeing what Jay could come up with for a kink fic. She would appear to have all the necessary reference points at her fingertips to write something that would sear your eyeballs! *grins and waggles eyebrows*
Next is a rec for the delightful and tantalizing Tessa Rae who's recent entries into the HLCrossroads challenge have been now been placed on the web for everyone to enjoy. The Constancy Of Weeds caught me at a weak moment when I first read it and the resulting sniffle attack meant I had to see my next client with smudged eyeliner. Its also, given the fact that I'm English, lead to some rather unfortunate mental imagery involving Methos dressed as a flower and the following very poor joke:
Methos: "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed"
Duncan: [muffled]"Flobb-dobb, Ickle Weed"
Methos: [breathlessly} If you loved me, you'd swallow.
*facepalms* If Bill and Ben The Flowerpot Men mean nothing to you, neither will that joke okay!
Tessa's other entry for the same Challenge is White Paper in which Duncan has my job. Well kind of. The story itself has all the hallmarks of a perfect Tessa story, great dialogue, great characterisation and great plot. Fave line:"
If you comment about the size of my nose from that angle, I'm hanging up.."
Then of course there is the magnificence and shiny wonderfulness that is my sextalicious
lastrega's entry for the same HLCrossroads Challenge. Its called Caritas and it made even I, with my morbid fear of wedding rings go *Awww!*. As usual the prose is elegant and restrained, Methos' paranoia is sketched in delicate pencil strokes and the entire fic is a glinting silver sparkle of a thing. ...I may also be developing a kink for Flustered!Methos.
That's the Highlander recs. I'd also like to draw your attention to some particularly fabulous Queen Of Swords slash fic. Queen of Swords is a now defunct TV series which featured the drooltastic Mr Peter Wingfield and the equally edible Mr Valentine Pelka. For those of you haven't been paying attention, that's Methos and Kronos from Highlander.
It also featured a black clad, thigh boot and corset wearing, whip wielding, masked and extremely lickable heroine. *gurgle*
Mr Wingfield's character was called Dr Helm and Mr Pelka's character was called Colonel Montoya, needless to say they were *so* doing it! Go here if you wish to learn a bit more about the series and drool over some lovely pics. If you want to read some *quality* codpiece ripping QOS fanfic then look no further then the brilliant
beccaabbott's epic Ravished and the equally dramatic follow up Shanghaied. These fics are long, *full* of Dr Helm abuse and just utterly fabulous. Word on the LJ is that she is writing a third part to this series and that it's to be called Mourningwood. I heartily recommend that everyone go and pester her to finish this as soon as possible! *grins* If you've not read any of
beccaabbott's fic before then you are missing a serious kink treat. Her HL fics The Weekend Series, The Helot Series and Forsaken are so good I have them printed out at home in case I require a kink!fic fix and can't get to a computer. *grins*Other QOS fics of particular genius are Lisa Weston and
cupcakemlpota's Acquired Taste Series which is so witty and so clever I wanted to marry it. These two authors are the definite *stars* of this small fandom. I would also rec
cupcakemlpota's short dark and devastating HL/QOS crossover which starts with Out Of The Frying Pan and concludes with Into The Fire, as well as Lisa Weston's gloriously funny QOS/Queer Eye For The Straight Guy (yes you read that correctly) crossover It Takes A Village, People which is just pure *class* with a capital C!My final recs are all by the grovel-at-her-feet-she's-amazing
3jane. The first is a crossover. Its Harry Potter/Hellblazer, its called Break His Fall and its quite simply one of the best fics I have read for a while. Jane has a knack of creating atmospheres full of erotic tension and such darkness that I can't decide whether I'm terrified or turned on. This idea behind this fic is brilliant, so brilliant infact that you are left wondering why on earth *you* hadn't thought of it. It does however require a certain familiarity with the Hellblazer comics. The other two recs are Witchcraft When Your Eyes which is BtVS and so darkly nasty that it nearly *squicked* me, plus the gloriously dirty Border Men which was co-written with
thete1 and is a BtVS/Hellblazer crossover.Anyways, enjoy and don't forget to feedback the authors
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When you've finished "It takes a Village, People" do yourself a favour and click on the link back to the Archive Index. I have all of her QoS stuff up there. How can you want to miss stories that start with lines like this:
The problem with reading pornography in a foreign language, Marcus Grisham sighed to himself, was the way the body's response had to wait upon the mind's translation.
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Lisa *ROCKS*
But then so do you darling. When are you gonna be finished tinkering with your QOS/HL crossover cos I'd like to read the revised versions :)