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OK, this is purely for my own sake, so I'm hoping there's at least someone out there who thinks this is a good idea. I don't know if anyone else has ever thought there should be a Buffy/Dostoevsky crossover, or that Faith/Raskolnikov is a logical pairing, but...

Anyway, Chapter 2 of Shelf Life, in which our heroes get sent into Giles' bookshelf, this time finding themselves in 1860s S:t Petersburg. Written for still_grrr's Classic Literature month.

Title: Shelf Life
Author: Beer Good (beer_good_foamy)
Prompt: 153: Crime And Punishment
Fandom: Buffy s5-ish, w/crossovers
Characters: Ensemble
Word Count: 1764
Summary: You take one Magic Box, one brand-new shelf of fiction, one spell gone slightly wonky, and suddenly our heroes find themselves fully booked. Geddit? Booked? Well, you will.

Book The First: In Which There Are No Giants

Book The Second: In Which Nobody Gets Murdered

( On an exceptionally hot evening early in July... )

Hey, this is nifty:


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And on that note, this month is Classic Literature month at still_grrr, so let's see if I can create a sort of multi-chapter multi-crossover fic type thingy. The first challenge is "Ancient Greece to Renaissance", so let's step back to 1605...

Title: Shelf Life
Author: Beer Good (beer_good_foamy)
Fandom: Buffy (s5-ish)/Don Quixote of La Mancha
Characters: Ensemble
Word Count: 1605 (of course)
Summary: You take one Magic Box, one brand-new shelf of fiction, one spell gone slightly wonky, and suddenly our heroes find themselves fully booked. Geddit? Booked? Well, you will.

Book The First: In Which There Are No Giants

( Unhand me, villain! )

I'm trying to come up with both prompts and fic for zombie_fest, but my muse is finding it difficult; the trouble is, almost all of my fandoms already have some sort of zombies in them, so it's hard to come up with a different take on them. But here's a darkish sort of scene that struck me.

Feel free to join in the zombie fun, everyone.

Title: Dealing With It
Author: Beer Good (beer_good_foamy)
Rating: PG13
Word Count: 400
Fandom: Buffy The Vampire Slayer, post-series
Warning: Character (un)death
Summary: For strina's prompt: Buffy, Xander, "How many freaking kinds of zombies ARE there?"

( The living dead now baby, lose their head now baby )

For open_on_sunday's challenge "Win/Winning":

Do The Hustle
Post-series

”Eureka!” Andrew ran into the room, waving a large book. When Buffy and Xander shot him a curious look, he sighed. ”You're supposed to reply 'You don't smell-a so good yourself.' Anyway, you said the Izzeemarc demons' power crystals make them invincible?”

”Yeah...?”

”Couldn't we trick them into giving us the crystals?” He showed them the book: 100 Cons And Scams.

”Like... winning the crystals at three-card monte?” Xander looked skeptical. ”I know they're not too smart, but would that work?”

Buffy shrugged. ”As long as they don't beware of geeks bearing grifts.”

Title: They Know What You Did Last Summer
Author: Beer Good (beer_good_foamy)
Rating: PG13 (non-specific hints about teenage sexuality)
Fandom/timeline: Buffy, mid-to-late s4
Word Count: ~800
Characters: Buffy, Willow, Xander
Disclaimer:: The characters belong to Joss, yada yada.
Summary: A reply/sequel to stormwreath's "How Willow Discovered Online Porn". Read that first. Then join me for a short scene from The Bronze featuring three friends, a certain amount of drinking, and tales of torture embarrassment.

( Frosty nectar nao plz )

It just occurred to me that I left something off my year in review post: Buffy Between the Lines, the fan audio drama! Over the year, I had one script (written in 2007) produced and broadcast for season 1 and wrote half of another episode for the ongoing season 2.

And since I haven't posted the script for the first ep I wrote here, I might as well. So this is episode 11 of Buffy Between The Lines, the penultimate episode of the season, in all its pre-produced glory. I'm pretty happy with most of it.

If you want to listen to the episode, it's here. And since it ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, the season finale is here.

Title: Oldies Night
Author: Beer Good
Rating: PG13
Word Count: Over 9000
Summary: Buffy Between the Lines takes place between seasons 5 and 6, tracking what happened with the Scoobies during the Buffy-less summer - Willow's descent into black magic, everyone dealing with their grief, deciding to raise Buffy, etc. At the same time, they have to deal with a new Big Bad - Javert, a vampire Spike once sired during a very drunken night in Paris, who's decided to rid the world of California once and for all and employed a few Sunnydale lowlives to help him out.

In the last episode, Javert kidnapped Dawn, who's been less than happy with the situation and feeling generally abandoned by everyone and a bit rebellious. Javert's plan for destroying California is nearly ready for execution, and the Scoobies have their hands full...

( The play's the thing )

Well, it was a pretty good issue, and I got some ideas, and before I knew it I had a whole slew of them. So here's a bunch of icons for the latest comic issue - some silly, some serious, all spoilery.

Teasers:


( 17 under the cut )

Regular deal: want, take, credit, have.

A couple of wins from still_grrr. Yay, and thanks a lot! The community was a bit slow in December, but it's starting to come alive again, and I love it.
( Pretties )

Also, I haven't done any open_on_sunday drabbles in a while. This week's prompt was "fat."

Obedience Training

Xander cocked his head. "Is it me, or is he putting on weight?"

"Yeah. He's all chubby."

"You think we should... I dunno, stop feeding him for a while?"

"Nawww." Willow pouted. "Feeding him is fun. Plus I kinda feel bad about him... if I hadn't done that to his knee, maybe he wouldn't just sit there all the time?"

"He was a lot more active a year ago, yeah. Maybe he just needs more exercise."

"My thoughts exactly." Willow grinned and licked her lips as she stepped inside Angel's cage. "Oh, Puppy? Time to burn off that baby fat..."

About time for some holiday fic, don’t you think? This is for snowpuppies, who wanted funny Xander/Anya. I hope this fits. It's pretty light-hearted, but there’ll hopefully be a somewhat more serious one in a few weeks.

Title: On Gurnenthar
Author: Beer Good (beer_good_foamy)
Rating: PG13
Word Count: ~850
Characters/Pairing: Xander/Anya
Fandom: Buffy, s5 (circa "Into The Woods")
Disclaimer: Joss is on strike. I’m not.
Summary: Who was Gurnenthar, how did he ascend, and what does it have to do with Christmas?

( Gonna find out who's naughty and nice )
Also, here’s a few holiday fics from days gone by:

• Have Yourself A Fluffy Cluffy Buffy Christmas
  
• It’s A Wonderful Unlife
  
• Traditional Christmas Carol
  
• Five Xmas Gifts That May Have Seemed Like Good Ideas At The Time But, As It Turned Out, Really Weren't
  
• Five Holidays Faith Won’t Forget
  
• Angel On Top
  
• Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight Tonight)

open_on_sunday prompt "Hate" inspired both Fuffy silliness and Angel/Cordy/Xander angst.

Be Brief In It

He stays by the fresh grave until darkness falls, until the other arrives.

"I used to hate her, you know. We had a club and everything." There's wonder in his voice at the years gone by. "Not the way I hate you, obviously, but... The shoe obsession, the way she opened her mouth without thinking first..."

Angel nods. "The always getting her way, the sarcasm..."

"God, I hated her." Xander adjusts his eyepatch.

"Did you ever tell her that?"

"Oh yeah. All the time."

Angel's voice wavers slightly. "I never did."

They could say more, but sometimes hate is easier.

---

UST
Late season 7, eeeever so slightly AU.

"Because, miss Holier-Than-Thou, you're gonna get everyone killed!"

"Look who's talking! Murdered anyone lately?"

"Get your hands off me, B."

"Or what?"

"Push me again and you'll find out."

"You mean... like this?"

"OK, that's it."

Downstairs, Rona listened in disbelief. "Our leaders hate each other. Great."

Willow grimaced. "Well, it's... complicated."

"Hey, they've stopped yelling, that's..." Vi blushed. The sound of bedsprings and occasional moans from upstairs was unmistakable. "...oh."

"So, it took them 4 years and 188 days. Pay up, Will." Xander held out his hand.

Willow grumbled. "Double or nothing they start fighting about who's on top."