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updated May 29, 2007
Nativity, by Milkshake Butterfly
(gen)
7,863 words
added June 15, 2005
Author's summary
Eight and a half months after the end of Dogma, and there's no room at the Inn
Why you should read this
This was brilliant and snarky and fun -- the sequel to Dogma that should have happened, meshed perfectly with Brimstone. Not only does it have Satan and the Metatron snarking away in the corners again (one of my new favorite things ever), it has the Three Wise Nuns. How can you resist a story like that?
(gen)
5,916 words
added June 15, 2005
Author's summary
When Zeke Stone tracks a demon to a strip club in the middle of nowhere, he finds more than he could imagine.
Why you should read this
I wouldn't have thought these two universes could cross, but I was wrong. This works very nicely, including some lovely snarking that I read three times just for the joy of it. Really, you have to read it just to see Satan and the Metatron snarking it out.
Hello Major Tom, by themonkeycabal
(gen)
11,076 words
added November 22, 2006
Author's summary
It's seldom a good idea to meet your heroes. A Doctor Who/Farscape crossover.
Why you should read this
This isn't a crossover I would ever have considered, or believed possible, but I really like the way she handled it. She captured both Jack and Crichton for me, giving me a backstory on Jack I could buy and a glimpse into Crichton mid-Farscape, and I was happy to susped my disbelief to go along with her premise. I hesitate to say more for fear of spoiling the story, but if you like Jack Harkness and John Crichton, give this one a shot.
The link goes to the story on the Whofic archive. If you'd rather read it on the author's LJ, go here.
In the Sewers He Lies Dreaming, by spuffyduds
Due South/Lovecraft
(gen)
2,100 words
added May 29, 2007
Author's summary
It's a Due South/Lovecraft crossover. I don't know what's WRONG with me. Help!
Why you should read this
Dude. It's a Due South/Lovecraft crossover. How can you not read this?
Seriously, it's beyond fabulous. It's total crack, but it works perfectly, mostly because of Fraser and Ray's bang-on reactions to what's happening. Reading this story will make your day. Go, shoo, read!
Good Omens/Arthurian legend
(slash - Crowley/Lancelot)
359 words
added May 29, 2007
Author's summary
none
Why you should read this
So, one day when torch had a cold, she said, "comment with any two characters I write, and I'll tell you about their first kiss." Fans being what they are, some of the selections were a bit... unusual. Like, say, Crowley/Lancelot.
But, torch being torch, she wrote a breathtaking little piece that made me believe. This is just beautiful.
(pre-slash, Methos/Aziraphale)
1,474 words
added September 10, 2005
Author's summary
An eye for an eye, a book for a book, and a deal with the devil's in the details.
Why you should read this
Great voices, great characterization, great snark, a blushing angel, and footnotes. There is nothing here that I don't love. This is wonderful.
Actualize This, by Helena Handbasket
(gen)
36,304 words
added June 15, 2005
Author's summary
A crossover with Stargate SG-1 and The Sentinel. Darien and Bobby are forced to endure a weekend teamwork-building retreat.
Why you should read this
This is brilliant. The premise is a bit of a stretch, but just go with it, because the story itself is a freaking blast. Heeee.
Satisfaction Brought Her Back, by Seanan
(gen)
9,156 words
added June 15, 2005
Author's summary
A Josie and the Pussycats (movie)/Veronica Mars crossover. When a video shoot brings the Pussycats the Neptune, things get a little.odd.
Why you should read this
No, really, this is worth reading. The crossover sounds completely bizarre, but it works. The author did a fabulous job of switching back and forth between the two canons, and while the plot itself is a bit thin if you look too hard at it, it doesn't matter while you're reading it. It's delightful. Give it a shot, you'll be surprised.
(caveat: I never saw the Josie movie, only the cartoon many, many, many years ago, so my reaction to canon in this story is purely to Veronica Mars. But she nailed that, and the Josie sections are well-written and consistently characterized, so my guess is that she's as strong there. And I'm walking proof that you don't need to know both canons to enjoy this one a whole lot.)
Go-Cart Charlie, by Red Soprano
(gen)
25,713 words
added June 15, 2005
Author's summary
A deadly vision enables the Eppes family to confront a deadly foe.
Why you should read this
I would never have thought of crossing these two shows, but this works surprisingly well. The characterization for both shows is solid, with voices I could hear and attitudes I could see. She also captured the different individual family dynamics, and merged them in a way that pretty much delighted me.
NCIS/Stargate SG-1
(UST - Tony/Daniel)
45,975 words
added November 22, 2006
Author's summary
A man with no memory holds the key to three bizarre deaths.
Why you should read this
A friend recced this to me, and I was very doubtful about the crossover, but I gave it a shot anyway, and I'm glad I did.
This is handled pretty much perfectly. The base fandom is NCIS, but here, NCIS just happens to exist in the SG1 universe. There are no awkward expository lumps, but she still fills in all the details you need, working with characters' reactions to show what's going on. The amnesia plot is a cliched standard, but as with all cliches -- they're cliches because they're fun to read. Done right, any cliche is delightful, and this was done right. Also, it's really fun watching Jack and Gibbs be all team-leader-y at each other. *g*
Note: I'm an SG1 fan who's seen one or two NCIS eps, and I had absolutely no problem following the plot or relationships. I don't know if a non-SG1 fan would pick up on the SG1 stuff as easily, but I think the way it's set up, it's completely understandable even if you miss the finer points of the fandom.
(gen, hints of femslash - Karen/Melodye)
6,385 words
added January 1, 2006
Author's summary
Karen learned a lot from her year Outside. Crossover with implied Karen/Melodye.
Why you should read this
I would never, ever, have believed that Zenna Henderson's People books could have been crossed with Doctor Who -- but this pulls it off and makes me believe it.
On the People side, the language and attitude matches Henderson's, making this feel like a People story. On the Dr. Who side -- well, you should read it to see, but I will say that she manages to get in more than one incarnation of the Doctor, and will surprise you where she goes with it.
Professionals/Dangermouse crossover series, by Debra Hicks
(slash - Bodie/Doyle )
multiple stories
added November 22, 2006
Author's summary
none
Why you should read this
Seriously, do you need anything more than the fact that this is a series of Pros/Dangermouse stories? I mean. Dangermouse! If that's not enough, there's also the fact that these are well-written, funny, and in-character, and some of my favorite Pros crossovers ever. And they're case stories.
The link above goes to Debra's story listing on The Hatstand, to make it easier to read them in order. Each one on the Hatstand has a link to the next in the series at the bottom, as well. There are eight total:
Mouseketeers (3,988 words)
Short Tails (2,298 words)
Of Mice and Monsters (5,165 words)
Werehamster of London (3,546 words)
Darts to You (3,943 words)
Lions and Tigers and Mice, Oh My! (3,347 words)
Kingdom of the Frog (3,851 words)
Humerus (2,700 words)
I'm not going to relink each of them again, but if the Hatstand is down or you prefer a different format, here's Debra's author listing on The Circuit Archive.
(slash - Jim/Blair, RayV/Benny)
8,309 words
added June 15, 2005
Author's summary
none
Why you should read this
To the best of my knowledge, this is the first DS/TS crossover ever written, which would make it worth reading just for that. Happily, there are more reasons as well.
Katrina has a deft touch with all of the characters here, including the secondary characters from Due South that appear (the story takes place in Chicago), and has both a plausible reason for Jim and Blair to be in Chicago, and a suitably wacky (yet genuine) case for the four of them to be caught up in. It's just fun, watching Jim be grouchily agreeable, Fraser be politely manipulative, Ray be snarkily abrasive and yet totally supportive, and Blair be focused and enthused. She really pulled off having these characters meet and be a bit taken aback by each other, but mesh into a solid working group.
Stargate Atlantis/Dr. Who
(slash - Sheppard/Ten)
8,167 words
added November 22, 2006
Author's summary
A visitor to Atlantis takes John out and shows him a good time.
Why you should read this
Okay, yes, it's completely implausible, but Janne comes up with a very Dr. Who-ish reason for Ten to show up on Atlantis, one that makes perfect sense canonically if you're willing to just go with it, and I was right there with her.
The whole thing is a happy romp, warm and sweet and fun, with wooing, yet, and with just enough bittersweetness to balance things out - because nothing involving the Doctor is ever pure sweetness and light, given all his centuries of baggage. I was really taken with the way she wrote him, both lonely and charmingly manic, and with the way John reacted to both (and the wooing).
(There's also a very fun, short, stream-of-consciousness SGA-only sequel to this: what happened next.)
Stargate Atlantis/Smallville
(slash - Rodney/Lex)
290 words
added May 29, 2007
Author's summary
none
Why you should read this
Lex holding Rodney captive to make him do his nefarious bidding. How can anyone not love that? (Or, "what happens when torch gets a cold and asks people to give her prompts to write commentfic for.")
SGA: The Rising novelization, by Domenika Marzione
Stargate SG-1/Stargate Atlantis
(gen)
11,965 words
added November 22, 2006
Author's summary
Jack O'Neill showed up in Antarctica expecting to be talked to death. He didn't count on the keys to the lost city of Atlantis showing up with him.
Why you should read this
This is exactly what the title says it is, but it's not a novelization in the sense of transcribing the ep and putting scenery details in. Domenika does something really cool here: she tells the story we didn't see on screen, from Jack's POV - with a damn good Jack voice. There's almost no overlap with the aired episode other than a few lines here and there, as she fills in gaps and spaces all over the place, starting with Jack's arrival at McMurdo before he ever gets on the chopper with Sheppard and ending with the gate closing on the Earth side of things after the expedition leaves. The whole thing is really well done, and it was deeply satisfying to me.
The link goes to the story on Domenika's site. If you'd rather read it on an archive, go here to read it on Wraithbait.
Retrograde series, by Martha Wilson and Victoria Custer
Stargate SG-1/Stargate Atlantis
(gen and adult)
multiple stories
added November 22, 2006
updated to include new stories
Author's summary
A Stargate Atlantis/Stargate SG1 crossover series, set in an alternate universe.
Why you should read this
I recced the first story in the series, Retrograde, and then Martha and Victoria kept writing in it, and I kept adding stories in the series to my list of things to rec, until eventually I realized I should just do a full series rec.
I absolutely adore this universe -- it's scarily, wonderfully plausible, if things had gone just a little differently on Earth during seasons 8 and 9 of Stargate SG-1. The character voices are dead-on, across the board, and this Jack O'Neill in particular is a joy for me, all froth and frivolity on the surface but deeply smart tactician who truly cares about all of these people underneath. The Retrograde universe also does one of the best jobs I've ever seen of merging the two canons into one universe -- not just SGA characters in SG1, or SG1 characters in SGA, but Stargate, where everyone is equally a part of the mesh. The world-building is subtle and seamless -- this is a universe that exists somewhere.
I'm not even sure how to do justice to this rec -- the series is currently at eight primary, connected stories, four standalones set firmly in the universe, one set of standalone 'Five Things' that makes me want to hug everyone really hard just because, and two 'extras' that are just perfect. The emotional tone changes throughout - this isn't the same story told over and over, it's the story of their lives in this universe, from omg fucking tense to exhaustion to hope to warmth to joy to lust to family, with bits of all of that woven in throughout each story.
The core of it all is trust: how deeply the Atlanteans trust each other, how much their trust in Earth was shattered, how determined SG-1 and the SGC are to show that they're trustworthy, how that trust is rebuilt one small step at a time by people in both camps strong enough to take the risk. Which is the secondary core: this is all about strong, competent people willing to do whatever it takes, but who know there's more to life than survival.
It's just...fabulous. Go read, if you haven't. Seriously.
The series index is clearly laid out so it's easy to read the series in order, starting from the core continuity stories and then after that reading the standalones and extras. It also lists any potential spoilers and warnings, and where the standalones fit in the core continuity.
Rather than recreate that, I've linked them here in the order they were written, instead, in case people prefer that -- but that means jumping around a bit in the continuity, so if you want to read the story in the order the events happen, go to the series index linked above and read from there.
Retrograde, by Martha Wilson (28,384 words)
Recovery, by Martha Wilson (31,686 words)
Movie Night, by Martha Wilson (1,900 words)
Vegas, by Martha Wilson (6,972 words)
Expatriate, by Victoria Custer (link goes to a warning page) (3,505 words)
Sojourn, by Victoria Custer (link goes to a warning page) (2,686 words)
Five Joint Missions, Post-Retrograde, by Martha Wilson (1,503 words)
Tropic of Cancer, by Martha Wilson (2,926 words)
Colorado Springs, by Martha Wilson (7,363 words)
Least Resistance, by Martha Wilson (23,926 words)
First Impressions, by Martha Wilson (891 words)
Exile, by Victoria Custer (3,514 words)
Trading Day, by Martha Wilson (2,438 words)
And two 'extras':
On Holiday, by Rose Wilde-Irish
Stargate SG-1/Stargate Atlantis
(slash - McKay/Zelenka)
10,790 words
added November 22, 2006
Author's summary
"A search for what?" he asked, disgruntled tone telling Rodney he'd only bought a reprieve from the hunt for the perfect projectile.
"For our destination," Rodney said, humming softly. "Haven't you been listening? We're going on vacation."
Why you should read this
Every time I read this, it makes me happy. It has everything: the moment of realization, some yearning, some miscommunication/misunderstanding (without making me want to hit anyone upside the head and tell him to just talk, already), Rodney and Radek finishing each other's sentences and enjoying the hell out of that, a plot that makes use of Rodney's background, and a connection to the SGC. Plus, Rodney and Radek go to Vegas, and how could anyone not love that?
Note: While the SGC and SG1 are definitely a factor in this, the base story is strongly McKay/Zelenka.
Retrograde, by Martha Wilson (LtLJ)
Stargate SG-1/Stargate Atlantis
(gen)
28,384 words
added March 15, 2006
Author's summary
AU. The Atlantis expedition has been lost for three years. SG-1 goes to find them, and arrives just a little too late.
Why you should read this
This is a fabulous, well-constructed crossover with a totally plausible (if totally AU) plot -- it gives me the shivers, it's so plausible. I freak out a little every time I read it, because, eep, what if it had happened like this?? And on top of that scary plausibility is the structure of it, as she fills in what's going on bit by bit, slowly building an ever more complete picture.
Martha nails the voices across the board here, both SG1 and SGA, with interactions within each group and between the two that ring absolutely true. It's all just wonderful, and you should read it.
update November 22, 2006: This is the first story in an ever-growing series, all of it wonderful. My more extensive rec for the full series to date is here. Seriously, you need to check the entire series out.
(vid recs)
Five Doctors Greg House Didn't Drive Away From PPTH, by LastScorpion
House, others
(gen)
added November 22, 2006
Author's summary
none
Why you should read this
This is fun! The "Five Things" thing doesn't always work for me, but I enjoyed this one immensely -- five connected scenes, each one of them a work of fannish art that had me grinning or laughing out loud. It will work best for people who know all the other fandoms here, but give it a shot anyway and see what happens.
Note: I read it without seeing the fandoms involved, which added a bit more enjoyment for me, which is why I didn't list them here. The link above will take you directly to the story itself, skipping the notes, so you can read it cold.
If you want to know exactly what you're getting into, either scroll up the page, or go directly to the full post including notes.
The Witness, by Michele Martin
Forever Knight / Highlander / Quantum Leap / Starman / X-Files
(gen)
69,271 words
added June 15, 2005
Author's summary
none
Why you should read this
It's brilliantly funny, crossing shows and universes that should never have been crossed and pulling it off with wonderful flair. Keep an eye on the trenchcoats, in particular!
She also manages to work in more fandoms than the main five listed. It's a wild, fun romp, and even though she could have used a beta to help with some technical stuff, the story is a must-read for anyone who likes any of those main fandoms.
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