SO. It is Halloween, and my favorite fannish time of year has kicked off with a real bang. I love what I managed to write for old favorite Trick or Treat and new Shipoween, though it wasn't nearly enough due to other obligations taking up far too much of my writing time, but even more than that, I love my gifts!

Trick or Treat collection | Shipoween collection

You should go read the fic, because I think there are going to be a lot of fun stories, but you should definitely start with my gifts!

First, I received two wonderful Trick or Treat stories, one for Criminal Minds (Garcia/Alvez) and one for the Nasty at Bellua!

( Criminal Minds )

( Nasty at Bellua )

And Shipoween was just as good to me with an Agent Carter Peggy/Daniel/Jack fix-it!

( Agent Carter )

One of my unofficial goals for this year is to go through some of the stories I've marked to read later and, you know, finally read later. Here are a handful while I take a quick break from packing.

Narnia

Queen of Narnia (1399 words) by kaydeefalls
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Susan Pevensie, Lucy Pevensie
Additional Tags: Coming of Age, Drabble Sequence
Summary:

Once a queen of Narnia, always a queen of Narnia. A series of Susan drabbles.

Firefly/Beauty and the Beast fusion

East of Earth (That Was) and West of the Universe (The Cyborg & the Engineer Schematic) (1617 words) by stars
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Beauty and the Beast (Fairy Tale), Firefly
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jayne Cobb/Kaylee Frye
Characters: Jayne Cobb, Kaylee Frye
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fusion, Remix
Summary:

Maybe she can fix him up; she's got the tech know-how...

Stark Trek (2009)

While Ever To Her (The Apotheosis Remix) (931 words) by Medie
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek (2009)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Gaila/James T. Kirk
Characters: Gaila (Star Trek), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Remix
Summary:

The gods of the Orions are not gods as the aliens understand them.

Criminal Minds

Speak, Friend, and Enter (The Vested Interest Iteration) (3260 words) by bessemerprocess
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Criminal Minds
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Emily Prentiss & Spencer Reid
Characters: Spencer Reid, Emily Prentiss
Additional Tags: Remix, geekdom, Friendship, Grief, One of My Favorites, Reid's purple scarf, Clothes, Movie and Television Watching, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Hospitals, Recovery, Wakes & Funerals, Major Character Injury, Reading Silently Together, Haircuts, Pallbearer
Summary:

Emily Prentiss, Spencer Reid, and a purple scarf.

I've been meaning to post this for awhile, just adding to it and adding to it.

Glee

bana05 has been writing an amazing series of Mercedes/Sam stories that are just absolutely delightful. I already loved them as a couple, but this series is how I wish canon would go. (My heart.) And her Mercedes/Sam isn't the only good part. I love the ensemble pieces and Mike and Sam's friendship and the way the girls are friends, OH GOD, later, Mercedes and Santana, I will mark that one special. This series has really been the highlight of my summer; I don't comment enough, but every time I see a new one, I use it as a reward and a treat for me getting through some really rough times. AMAZING STUFF RIGHT HERE.

Then Came You

1. Beautiful Glow
2. Secret Makes It Better
3. Expert Advice
4. Already Gone
5. Dancing Royalty (Glee club dance party!)
6. Seasonal Considerations (Mercedes and Quinn friendship, MY HEART!)
7. Sugar for Lemonade
8. Before Bedtime (Sexy phone times!)
9. Starlight
10. Prescient Matters
11. To Burst the Bubble (Glee club friendships, MY HEART.)
12. Tabloid Fodder (Mercedes is BADASS, the Glee girls are amazing, and my heart grew three sizes with the awesome of this one.)
13. Tune Ups (Sexy, sexy times.)
14. Full Circle (FRIENDSHIPS and flirting and awesome.)
15. On the Hot Seat (Mercedes' family is fabulous.)
16. Mythical Fences (Friendships! Homecoming! Brittany being amazing! I am filled with joy!)
17. Altar Call (My heart, my heart.)
18. Thinking Before Leaping (Mercedes has some tough things to say to Sam, and this story really hit home for me.)
19. Before It's Too Late
20. Refreshing Fat (More friendships and flirtation and sexy times. bana05 really nails the friendships and the dynamic of glee club here.)
21. Study Sessions (SEXY TIMES.)
22. Sticks and Stones and Short Cuts (This is the Santana and Mercedes story for me, but god, friendships and love and Mercedes and Santana have amazing women in their lives. TW: racist slurs, fat slurs.)
23. Family Ties (God, the ways family can hurt us too.)

Do yourself a favor and go read every bit of this series. It has all the things I want most in Glee fics: amazing friendships between the Glee girls, Mercedes getting love, Lauren/Puck and their awesome badassery, the glee club learning how to be an actual team, families being important, Mike getting solid friendships -- I love this so, so much.

Harry Potter

Cho Chang and the Jasmine Code by xenokattz
Summary: (Set between Half-Blood Prince & Deathly Hallows) Before returning to help her former schoolmates in the Battle of Hogwarts, Cho Chang fought against Voldemort & his follows in a more covert manner.

This is amazing, beautiful. Cho is such a fleshed out character here, and the cover way she fights is perfect. I love this story.

Criminal Minds

The C in the Capwell Hotel (JJ/Garcia)
Summary: They had known each other almost exactly six months. JJ thought about an anniversary gift but wondered if it would be inappropriate.

callmesandy wrote this for me for Femslash 11, and it is delightful, charming and sweet and funny.

I apparently have thirteen codes for DW, if you're interested. Just leave me a comment.

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I spent today raging at my brain for betraying me. (Well, rage is too strong a word.) Then I got home and realized oh right, that's what I was supposed to do today, refill my crazy brain meds. Tomorrow is going to be fabulous, I can already tell.

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Have some fic recs.

Criminal Minds

Not that Kind of Girl by medie, Morgan/Garcia

My heart, my heart. This is lovely and hurty and beautiful.

shorty know what she want (1445 words) by Lexie
Fandom: Glee
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Santana Lopez/Brittany S. Pierce, Artie Abrams/Brittany S. Pierce, Sam Evans/Santana Lopez, Mike Chang/Tina Cohen-Chang, Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel
Characters: Santana Lopez, Brittany Pierce, Blaine Anderson, Rachel Berry, Kurt Hummel, Mike Chang, Tina Cohen-Chang, Mercedes Jones, Lauren Zizes, Noah Puckerman, Quinn Fabray, Artie Abrams, Sam Evans, Finn Hudson
Summary:

Never let it be said that Santana doesn't do anything for anybody. She's a damn humanitarian. A gayitarian.

Also, she's pretty sure this is going to traumatize at least one individual, and she enjoys that.

So much ridiculous, ridiculous drunken fun. As always, Lexie's writing is fab.

Santana Hates Zoos by starbuckriver, Santana/Brittany

Adorable.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by lynnearlington, Santana/Brittany
Summary: A piece of cheap silver on her wrist doesn’t change anything.

Oh my god, people, heartbreaking and gorgeous.

Speechless in the Lady Gaga Sense by letscall, Santana&Brittany (Brittany/Artie)(spoilers for upcoming episodes)

Heartbreaking and yet still kind of sweet.