Yuletide Madness opened, so you have the chance to read all seven of my stories. (To recap, I have six in the main Yuletide archive and one in the Yuletide Madness archive.) Four are in fandoms I've written at least one drabble in before and three are in new fandoms. (If you guess which one(s) I wrote here, I'll give you a prize. Probably more fic. And I should have said this earlier, but didn't, so from here out, if you were one of the people to whom I actually mentioned one [or more] of the fandoms, you are exempt from guessing the fic for that fandom. CHEATERS. :D)

Now I have two archives to work my way through and no idea how I am going to read everything I want to read. Today is family Christmas, but mostly I just want to read fic and relax. Oh well, it will be over soon. (I'm looking forward to it, but my family is large and loud and wonderful, but exhausting. And also, FIC.)

Fandom: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

or love me not (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: Title from The Taming of the Shrew, Act 4, Scene III: "Love me or love me not, I like the cap, / And I will have it, or I will have none." Pure sugary fluff.

This is adorable, sweet Kat/Patrick fluff. It made me smile and feel all warm and fuzzy.

Fandom: Fairytales

That Was Most Beautiful (Yuletide Madness)

A haunting little piece twisting the Snow White tale.

Fandom: Addams Family (1991)

Pasodobles (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: That's not pasodobles. This is pasodobles.

Short and sharp and absolutely perfect in character dancing and dangerous Morticia and Gomez.

Fandom: Futurama

Best. Mom. Ever (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: Turanga Leela is awesome at everything.

Leela totally is awesome at everything and this fic is awesome too. Leela and her daughter bonding was something I totally needed even though I didn't know it.

Fandom: Fringe

Not One Whit Explosive (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: Walter makes a wonderful discovery.

Walter and Peter here are perfect, their relationship, Peter's patience, Walter's joy in his discovery. Lovely little fic.

Fandom: Blue Crush

Thanks, Man (Yuletide Madness)

This is a sharp little piece about Eden and her love of challenges.

Fandom: Jurassic Park

Fractal Dimension Approaching Infinity (Yuletide Madness)
Summary: Alan visits Ian in the hospital the day after the events of the first movie.

Ian's voice is fantastic here and Alan wonderful. Strange attractors and haunting dinosaurs and lovely flirting.

I started this recs list yesterday, and it's slow enough at work today that I'm going to keep reading as much as I can. (We probably should have been closed today--I certainly wish we had been closed today, I'm exhausted.)

First, the story written for me.

A Knight's Tale

"5 Firsts", a gorgeous, heartbreaking, wonderful story about Kate the blacksmith and her relationship with her dead husband and her relationship with Christiana. The scenes between the women are absolutely breathtaking and wonderful, I can't believe how much so. The whole story is terrific, the tone wonderful, the bits of dialogue perfect for the source material. I am filled with so much glee because of this story, and reading it has made me happy.

Fandoms include: 10 Things I Hate About You, Bend It Like Beckham, 1602, 28 Days Later, The Addams Family (movie), The Baby-Sitters Club, California Diaries, The Village, Ugly Betty, Tamora Pierce - Tortall series, Stick It, Stephen King - It, Stephen King - Cell, The Simpsons, and Silent Hill.

( Recommendations Below )

Woo, nearly time to go home and read some more.