I’m not much of a manipper, but the recent SMG photoshoot and one of the shots of JM from his recent convention appearances just happened to be perfect for making this Barbverse picture.
Thanks to Sky at Civilized James and angearia for the scans. :) Now I can finally go read everyone else’s contributions!
Originally posted at http://seasonal-spuffy.livejournal.com/378735.html
The Hero of the Piece, 2/2
Disclaimers: The usual. All belongs to Joss and Mutant Enemy, and naught to me.
Rating: R
Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Synopsis: Where the hell was he? Come to that, who the hell was he?
Author’s notes: This story was written for the Fall 2009 round of seasonal_spuffy. The story takes place in the same universe as “Raising In the Sun,” “Necessary Evils,” and “A Parliament of Monsters.” It’s set in the year 2017 in the Barbverse timeline, and has spoilers for previous works in the series. Enormous thanks to betas rainkatt, shipperx, deborahc, brutti_ma_buoni, typographer, slaymesoftly, and kehf, without whose invaluable help this would be a far poorer story, and to jen_nsync_landl, green_maia, Gwyn, and ladyofthelog for last minute once-overs. Any remaining deficiencies are my own. As always, thanks to enigmaticblues for getting the band back together! Continue Reading
I just, um, happened to come up with an extra story. :shuffles feet: So here it is.
Deja Voodoo
By Barb C
Disclaimers: The usual. All belongs to Joss and Mutant Enemy, and naught to me.
Rating: PG
Pairing: B/S
Distribution: Ask and you shall receive, I’d just like to know where it ends up.
Synopsis: Buffy’s pretty sure the vampire’s who’s captured her is crazy. Because if he’s not, she is.
Author’s notes: This story takes place in the same universe as “Raising In the Sun,” “Necessary Evils,” and “A Parliament of Monsters.” It’s set about a year after “Zombie Barbie Says You’re It.”
This is my second story for the day. Thanks as always to enigmaticblues for organizing this, and now I’m off to read all the stories I’ve missed! :D
In My Life
Barb C
Disclaimers: The usual. All belongs to Joss and Mutant Enemy, and naught to me.
Rating: NC-17-ish
Pairing: B/S
Synopsis: “You and Angel used to make out beneath the bleachers, yeh?” “Not so much,” Buffy assures him, but she doesn’t argue when he tugs her after him.
Author’s notes: This story takes place in the same universe as “Raising In the Sun,” “Necessary Evils,” and “A Parliament of Monsters.” It’s set in 2024, approximately six years before the story “Zombie Barbie Says You’re It,” and contains minor spoilers for POM. Thanks to rainkatt, kehf and slaymesoftly for betaing!
In A Yellow Wood
By Barb C.
Disclaimers: The usual. All belongs to Joss and Mutant Enemy, and naught to me.
Rating: PG-13 for the moment
Distribution: Ask and you shall receive, I’d just like to know where it ends up.
Synopsis: When Warren Meers traps Buffy in an alternate dimension on his first assignment for Wolfram & Hart, she’s faced with the consequences of dozens of choices she’s made. Even if she escapes, can she be certain that her life’s followed the right path?
Author’s notes: This story takes place in the same universe as “Raising In the Sun,” “Necessary Evils,” and “A Parliament of Monsters.” It takes place simultaneously with the story “The Lesser of Two Evils,” and contains spoilers for the series to date. Many thanks to betas deborahc, kehf & slaymesoftly. Additional thanks to harmonyfb and evil_little_dog for the loan of their Buffys, who appear respectively in Backward Glances and All Dishevelled Wandering Stars.
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The Devil and William Pratt
By Barb C
Disclaimers: The usual. All belongs to Joss and Mutant Enemy, and naught to me.
Rating: PG
Pairing: Buffy/Spike
Synopsis: There’s a whole sodding epic leading up to it, yeh? Chock full of blood, love, and death. But let’s skip that bit and go directly to the part where yours truly wakes up with a pulse.
Author’s notes: This story was written for the Fall 2008 round of seasonal_spuffy. The theme for this round was “Obstacles.” The story takes place in the same universe as “Raising In the Sun,” “Necessary Evils,” and “A Parliament of Monsters.” It’s set immediately after POM, and contains spoilers for POM. Many thanks to betas kehf, slaymesoftly, deborahc, and brutti_ma_buoni, and to enigmaticblues for getting the band back together!
My second story for today is… well, I’m not sure what it is. *g*
Attack of the Cookie Monsters
by Barb C Bill Summers-Pratt
Disclaimers: I didn’t make any money writing this.
Rating: G. Or maybe PG for cookie death.
Setting: My house
Pairing: Mom and Dad
Synopsis: Attack of the cookie monsters. Duh.
Author’s notes: This story is totally true, no matter what Mom says. Continue Reading
Hello, everybody, and thanks to enigmaticblues for sponsoring this fine event! I have two stories to post today, one of which is funny and silly, and the other of which, um, isn’t. They both take place in the Raising/NE/POM ‘verse, and if it’s any consolation, the funny one takes place after the angsty one. *g* Angst first:
Mother’s Day
By Barb C
Disclaimers: The usual. All belongs to Joss and Mutant Enemy, and naught to me.
Rating: PG-13.
Setting: Post-Gift AU
Pairing: B/S
Distribution: Ask and you shall receive, I’d just like to know where it ends up.
Synopsis: When a demon sends them traveling randomly through Sunnydale’s past, Spike and Buffy must find a spell to return them home, and resist the temptation to meddle too deeply in their own pasts.
Author’s notes: Major angst. This story takes place in the same universe as “A Raising in the Sun” et. al. It’s part of the same series of stories as “A Stitch In Time.” Many thanks to typographer, brutti_ma_buoni, wildrider, slaymesoftly, rainkatt, kehf, and deborahc for beta reading!
Chapter 2
In A Yellow Wood
By Barb C.
Disclaimers: The usual. All belongs to Joss and Mutant Enemy, and naught to me.
Rating: PG-13 for the moment
Author’s notes: This story takes place in the same universe as “Raising In the Sun,” “Necessary Evils,” and “A Parliament of Monsters.” It takes place simultaneously with the story “The Lesser of Two Evils,” and contains spoilers for the series to date. Many thanks to betas kehf, rainkatt, deborahc, hobgoblinn, & brutti_ma_buoni. Additional thanks to evil_little_dog and harmonyfb for the loan of their Buffys, who appear respectively in Backward Glances and All Dishevelled Wandering Stars. This is still a WIP; I’ll be posting the first couple of installments here, and later chapters will be linked on my LJ.
Hey, guys, I’m cutting it close on this one (as in I’m still working on part three). I’m going to try my best to post it by midnight, but in case I don’t make the deadline, it’ll go up on my journal tomorrow. And then I’ll go catch up on everyone else’s stuff. *g*
Millions of thanks to itmustbetuesday for organizing this!
ETA: Here’s the link to part 3: http://www.livejournal.com/users/rahirah/173353.html
All Slayers have a little bit of demon in them. Since last winter, I have a little bit more than most. It’s funny—if Giles had never tried to get me a salary, he never would have discovered all that stuff Quentin Travers was hiding about Slayer heritage. If I hadn’t already known that Slayers were part demon, I’d have totally freaked out when I went all grr in Pylea. If I hadn’t had the Pylean first-hand skinny on inner demon-ness, I would never have thought to Kobiyashi Maru the Shadow Men. None of the steps on the road from A to Kumquat look weird when you’re taking them. It’s only when you look back that you realize how very, very far you are from where you started. Continue Reading
Viva Las Vegas
By Barb C
Disclaimers: The usual. All belongs to Joss and Mutant Enemy, and naught to me.
Rating: R-ish to NC-17
Pairing: B/S
Distribution: Ask and you shall receive, I’d just like to know where it ends up.
Synopsis: When Spike and Buffy decide to tie the knot, complications arise in the form of a thirty-year-old murder.
Author’s notes: This story takes place in the same universe as “Raising In the Sun,” “Necessary Evils,” and “A Parliament of Monsters.” It’s set in the summer after POM, and contains spoilers for POM. Thanks to Sandy, Vero_72, Eldithia, Fangfaceandrea, and Shiveta for help with the Spanish; any errors in that department are entorely my own!