March 25, 2002

Contra Mundum - a Smallville story with a "case" plot - wow, they make those? Sarah_T did. It's interesting, fast-paced, and gives me an almost-dark Lex I can actually believe in. The romance is low-key but believably real. Visit her site just because it's called Alien Corn, but once you get there, also read Cover Me and With Mercy Round and Round - sweet, deep, good.

Usually I'm not one to hang out on the dark side, but Antigen, by debchan, makes me feel good and bad at the same time. On a lighter note, while you're at deb's Smallville site, don't miss Circling, Let it Snow, and my personal silly-warm-funny favorite, Cake and Pie.

It doesn't seem possible that I would have forgotten to recommend Te's Smallville fiction, but since I don't see it, let me just hit it for kicks. Start with The Project, and then be sure you hit Champagne Wishes. And for something completely different, I got a very weird yet good thrill from Whosoever Loveth and Maketh a Lie - a direct sequel to Basingstoke's "Viceroy" snippet and part of "Five Things That Aren't True", both of which are definitely worth your time.

From shalott, read Waiting for Yes first, because it's cool and chilling and weird and good. Then, read this to make it Better. She does it right. First the hurt, then the comfort. :)

Just a few quick ones today:First, by Jainie, which is short and sweet and adorable;

and Twenty-one, by Livia, which is fun and warm and sexy and brilliant.

February 1, 2002

(Smallville, Slash)

I just like Jenn's style. I like the way she writes Lex, I like the way she writes Clark, and I love the way she puts those things together. My basic theory? If Jenn wrote it, you should read it. Here are some of my favorites: Relativity, Shift, and Closer to Breathing.

Check out the Smallville Slash Archive while you're there. A few other names to look up: Nix, Spike, Te, Livia, and shalott.

(Smallville/Lord of the Rings, Slash)

Untitled - Lady of Shalott.

Best. Crossover. Ever. It's like ten lines long, guys, and she was forced to write it by circumstances entirely beyond her control. Trust me!

(Smallville, Slash)

Skinned, by Thamiris. Oh, this was lovely. Mutant pups and cops and robbers and romance and sex and complexity -- all in one neat, pretty package. I loved Lex's struggle with himself, I loved how it turned out, there was just, seriously, nothing about this story I didn't love. How she manages to go so deep and still make it such fun is just beyond me.

addendum: Also check out Boxed, by Thamiris, which I was sure I had rec'd but somehow seem to have not. Probably I just told so many of my friends to read it that I thought I'd hit it here, too.