Fan Fiction
RL
Lunacy's reviews. Now, she is retiring, disillusioned by the ways of the
fourth season, (what is it with 4th season that makes the old fans so
unhappy? - where I live it is not being aired yet). Anyway, I feel kinda
orphan - How am I gonna find those terrific stories?
So, I decided to delurk and ask around: if you do read fanfic, what stories
would make to your top ten list?
Here is mine:
A Story of Magic - CL Bactad
Lao Ma's Kiss - Elaine Sutherland
Lilla's Little Adventure - Charmer
Lucifer Rising - Sharon Bowers
Sandor - Palomine
Seven Days in Pompeii - DJWP
The Child - Word Warrior
The Huns - Eimajj
The Storyteller - Katrina
The White Trash Trilogy - Vivian Darkbloom
Tropical Storm - Melissa Good
Wedding Night - Catherine M Wilson
When Xena Came to Town - Word Warrior
Woman in Prison - Elaine Sutherland
Oh, well, I know my top 10 is a top 14, but I like these all very very much
RL
rock_doctor
How am I gonna find those terrific stories?
>So, I decided to delurk and ask around: if you do read fanfic, what stories
>would make to your top ten list?
Unfortunately I have read thousands of stories and cannot really suggest
and particular one, but if you look at the writers I have listed below you
cannot go wrong. There are many other good writers that are not listed
mostly because I am into Janice and Mel and ALT stories. I have taken Xena
fanfic all over the US, Canada and into South America, they are very
enjoyable in any setting. Trust me I was on a ship that was sinking 100
miles off the coast of Panama and the story still held my attention (The
Further Adventures of Janice & Mel:The Gabrielle Stele & The Further
Adventures of Janice and Mel: The Xena Kore - both By Wishes). Anyway, I
have listed below all of the writers that I can think of off hand. Grab any
Janice and Mel or a story from any writer listed below you can't go wrong.
Some listed below do not do J & M but do very excellent alt pieces that are
in short story form and long novel form. There are many more that I have
not listed but only because I have not worked my way around to them yet....
Hope this helps some and my thanks to Artemis for turning me onto J & M you
hold my gratitude. :-)
All:
Melissa Good
L.N. James (loved Chicago at 5 a.m.!)
Rachel Staples (Rachel2)
Della Street
Elaine Sutherland
Wishes
Themiscrya
Zealander1
Cousin Liz
Jamie Boughen
Domenica
Mark m. {cross posted to xena, creative and subtext-misc. as was the
original post}
SherrieB
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>So, I decided to delurk and ask around: if you do read fanfic, what stories
>would make to your top ten list?
1. "A Queen's Sacrifice" by BL Miller
2. "Raising Melosa Series" by T. Novan
3. "About Artemis" by BL Miller
4. "Choices in Life" by Jamie Boughen
5. "Aftermath: The Tree of Life" by XWP Fanatic
6. "Negotiations" (and the sequels) by Gin
7. "Mothers" by BL Miller
8. "The Silent Bard" by BL Miller
9. "We Never Say Goodbye" by T. Novan
10. "Resistance" by Della Street
SherrieB (GGGHD Recruit)
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> if you do read fanfic, what stories
>would make to your top ten list?
My absolute favorite is "Surfacing" by Paul Seely and Jennifer Garza.
The quality of writing in this story far surpasses anything else I
have come across in Xena-fanfictionland. "Surfacing" was so powerful
and emotionally-exhausting that I can't bring myself to read the
sequel - yet. The portrayal of Xena's uber-self as being so very dark
and yet vulnerable and pure nearly broke my heart. This story was
quite the trip.
I haven't read enough fanfiction that I ~really~ liked to fill a
top-ten list but I do have a few more:
Chicago 5AM - LN James
Aftermath-The Tree of Life - XWP Fanatic
Just Another Dead Warlord - WordWarrior
My leanings are generally toward uber-alternative fiction.
>Here is mine:
>
>A Story of Magic - CL Bactad
>Lao Ma's Kiss - Elaine Sutherland
>Lilla's Little Adventure - Charmer
>Lucifer Rising - Sharon Bowers
>Sandor - Palomine
>Seven Days in Pompeii - DJWP
>The Child - Word Warrior
>The Huns - Eimajj
>The Storyteller - Katrina
>The White Trash Trilogy - Vivian Darkbloom
>Tropical Storm - Melissa Good
>Wedding Night - Catherine M Wilson
>When Xena Came to Town - Word Warrior
>Woman in Prison - Elaine Sutherland
>
>Oh, well, I know my top 10 is a top 14, but I like these all very very much
>
>RL
>
>
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The Black Wolf
all are alternative/subtext, well, more like WAY alternative/maintext.
heh....
Tropical Storm - Melissa Good (uber, set in Miami! <g>)
http://www.merwolf.com/ffiction.html
The Gala - LN James (gotta read this one!)
http://xenite.simplenet.com/fanfiction/l/gala.html
The Tavernkeeper's Sister - Ella Quince
Silent Night (not a Christmas story) - Ella Quince
http://www.user.shentel.net/ccarter/quince/index.html#anchor990716
The Show - BL Miller
http://blmiller.simplenet.com/where.html
Is There A Doctor In the Dig? - Bat Morda (uber, Mel/Janice)
The Party - Bat Morda (uber, Mel/Janice - inspired by 'The Show')
http://www.obsession14.com/XenaRotica/BatMorda/bat.htm
The Tavern - Cousin Liz (warlord/slave story)
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/3905/tavern.htm
Beyond Melosa's Shadow - My Osage
http://members.aol.com/GabTBard/myosage.html
Of Amazons, Warriors and Revenge - baermer
http://www.telepath.com/baermer/otherindex.html
Her Xena - Word Warrior (expands on "Remember Nothing)
http://xenite.simplenet.com/fanfic/herxena.html
Jungle Reign - Word Warrior (interesting points drawn about S4 India ep's)
http://xenite.simplenet.com/fanfiction/j/junglereign.html
... and anything at The Amazon Ice Company <eg>
http://blmiller.simplenet.com/iceawards.html
The Black Wolf
The Party - Bat Morda (uber, Mel/Janice - inspired by 'The Gala' by LN
James, not 'The Show' by BL Miller) though all are entertaining
stories...
> The Gala - LN James (gotta read this one!)
> http://xenite.simplenet.com/fanfiction/l/gala.html
>
> The Show - BL Miller
> http://blmiller.simplenet.com/where.html
>
> The Party - Bat Morda (uber, Mel/Janice - inspired by 'The Show')
> http://www.obsession14.com/XenaRotica/BatMorda/bat.htm
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remembering the names of individual stories. but, here are some sites i've
bookmarked and check frequently, and also some series i love. btw, lunacy is
only ending her daily reviews. she'll still have periodic updates. and, her
site is still one of the best. so, you will still be able to find great ff
there. =)
some sites:
BL Miller's (who, unfortunately, is also disillusioned and has stopped
writing xena fanfics) http://blmiller.simplenet.com/
LN James' http://www.squonk.net/users/lnjames/webdoc2.htm
8th's http://xwp-altfic.simplenet.com/list-al.htm
the ultimate xena ff directory http://www.xenafanfiction.com/
TZ's alt ff
http://www.fortunecity.com/village/villageplace/334/xwp-ff-main.html
XeanCrazed's GENERAL (yes! there are good non-alt stuff out there, folks) ff
site http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/3290/general.html
Xena-Vu's http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/6263/fanfic2.html
T Novan's Warlord's Lair http://www.timwellman.ramlink.net/kim/
Sapphic Voices: ff http://www.sff.net/people/SapphicVoices/SVfanfic.html
Shadowfen's index http://lonestar.texas.net/~scottd/xwpffi/fanficst.htm
Joan Leib's ff http://www.channel1.com/users/pisces/writings/xena/
WrshpXena's alt ff page http://tiggsxenapage.simplenet.com/Fanfic.html
The Amazon Ice Company (have mercy!)
http://blmiller.simplenet.com/iceawards.html
de Bonheur's http://members.aol.com/DeBonheur/index.html
Katrina's (whew!) http://bearblue.simplenet.com/xenafic.html
Cotho's Corner http://members.xoom.com/LZClotho/index.htm
Merwolf (aaarrroooooooo!) http://members.xoom.com/LZClotho/index.htm
Rhiannon Silverflame's http://silverflame.simplenet.com/
The Stronghold (wow!) http://www2.crosswinds.net/athens/~xwpfanatic/
The D.C. series (<vbeg>) http://members.aol.com/Radigund/DCP.html
Caer Llachlan (oh when will she finish Tender Is The Night ?! i'm dying
here.) http://www.merwolf.com/llachlan/
Silk's (hubba hubba) http://users.ethergate.com/silk/fanfic.html
Katelin B (the queen of smut also wrote the first xena ff story that made me
cry...actually, the first 3 times i read it, i bawled)
http://members.tripod.com/~Katelin_B/myfic.html
LynKa's http://www.lynka.simplenet.com/index.htm
Sherrie's educational reading =)
http://xenarulz.simplenet.com/fanfiction.htm
Xena ff (Tom's Xena Page. Check out The Eddies)
http://www.xenafan.com/fiction/
MaryD's The Bard's Corner (one of the best!)
http://xenite.simplenet.com/fanfic.html
The Athenaeum (improved and updated)
http://www.xenafiction.simplenet.com/index.html
Lunacy's (simply the best. ::sniff::) http://lunacy.simplenet.com/index.html
there are many more sites, of course. =) but these should be a good start.
as for authors, anything by BL Miller, Ogami, Vivian Darkbloom, LZ Clotho,
Melissa Good (Merwolf), Pink Rabbit Productions, SL Bowers, T. Novan, Silk,
Mil Toro, Catherine M. Wilson, TZ, XWP Fanatic... there are so many
wonderful bards out there sharing their talents it's absoultely wonderful!!!
Paul Hilling
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>RL <ri...@openlink.com.br> wrote...
>I like to read fanfiction and up to now my main source of what to read
>was Lunacy's reviews. Now, she is retiring, disillusioned by the ways of
>the fourth season, (what is it with 4th season that makes the old fans so
>unhappy?
India, Gab's 'Way Of Love', The 'visions' and actually killing Xena and
Gabrielle.
> Lilla's Little Adventure - Charmer
I heartily recommend her other stories. You can find more of her stories @
http://freespace.virgin.net/purple.logic/
There is a picture of Charmer on my website. :)
::plug, plug:: http://www.bigfoot.com/~p.hilling/xena.htm
knight-2000
Newer version of them
http://members.tripod.com/~k2000c/xena/page2.htm
and Main opening page at:
http://members.tripod.com/~k2000c/xena/st-xena.htm
for others that tried downloading the zipped EXE files its been fixed
I'm not certin as
to why they weren't unpacking themselfs but now they are as of
yesterday.