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Crushed Spaiku, Prologue: Dress (1/12)

mere_ubu
This entry is part 6 of 33 in the series Spaiku

It’s my turn to cater the all-you-can eat Spuffy buffet (Spuffet?) that has been this wonderful round, and I brought word salad. Kudos to enigmaticblues for being such a gracious hostess and big thank yous as well to Mister Beta for haiku-wrangling and to philips for amoral support.

ETA: The last haiku in Part 8 must have fallen off when I first posted. It’s back now. Also, I now have a spiffy new banner courtesy of the awesome alwaysjbj. Thank you, ma’am!

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A Day In The Life – Ficlet

just_sue

Hi, folks. It’s my posting day on seasonal_spuffy as well as shapinglight – just checked the email to be sure! LOL

Many thanks to enigmaticblues for all her work for this wonderful community. And for the theme of obstacles, which I’ve kinda turned on its head by removing as many of them as possible from a slice from an alternate Season 5. Hope you enjoy.

Title: A Day in the Life
Author: Just Sue
Rating: PG13
Summary: Some time in an alternate, nicer S5 – where the key is a key, Riley is gone, and Glory is somewhat misplaced in LA – a glimpse at a day in the life of Spike and Buffy.
Warning: Ad nauseum references to tea
Betas: Many thanks to slaymesoftly and alwaysjbj. Any and all errors are mine – feel free to point out.
Disclaimer: Not mine in reality, just caressed briefly in an attempt to entertain, then returned intact…mostly.

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It’s a Maybe

avoidingnemo

Author: Avoidingnemo
Rating: PG-13
Beta: Thanks again to the awesome brandywine421 for looking this over for me.
Setting: AU for The Gift
Word Count: 644

Disclaimer: I don’t own anything related to Buffy. The characters belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. I’m just playing with them for my own entertainment. No money is being made off of this and no copyright infringement is intended.

A/N 1: Again a special thanks to enigmaticblues for all her work on this community. This place is a lot of fun.

A/N 2: Some of the dialog from The Gift has been paraphrased or might even be close to word for word. I did it from memory. Those parts certainly belong to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. I just needed to borrow them for a moment to set up the beginning of my fic. :)

A/N 3: I originally intended for this to be the beginning of a much longer fic, but real life has a nasty way of getting in the way and then if that wasn’t enough I got one of those calls that we all hope never comes. It has left me a little scatterbrained and my muse running and hiding. Anyway, hopefully I will continue with this one day. For now, this is a stand alone piece though.  Continue Reading →

Ficlet: Those Who Wait ~PG (1/1)

enigmaticblues

I’m first up, and I’ve got three ficlets that I’ll be posting throughout the course of the day. Please remember to put your stories and artwork, etc. behind a cut tag.

Those Who Wait
Author: enigmaticblues
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Yeah, I don’t own these characters. I would think that would be obvious.
Summary: Set during Into the Woods. The confrontation between Riley and Buffy goes a little differently, and Buffy finds herself contemplating a relationship that isn’t exactly normal.
A/N: This has probably been done before, but I wanted to try my hand at a little early-ish S5 Spuffy. Believe it or not, I liked Riley, but he’s kind of a bad guy in this one.

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FIC: Never annoy a Pharee

calove

As we all know, Seasonal Spuffy ended yesterday, but because I missed my posting date (note to self: you really do need to wear your glasses while reading emails), the wonderful enigmaticblues, Queen of Seasonal Spuffy universe, has kindly suggested that I post today instead, for which much thanks (and still I only just made it). And for the community. Which remains wonderful.

So:

Title: Never annoy a Pharee
Set: Season 5 – pre “Crush”
Rating: PG, but only because Spike will swear
Comments: Fluffy fluff of the fluffiest order I’m afraid. Life wouldn’t allow anything more challenging.
Apologies: for the unpolishedness. You all deserve better.

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Fic: Mother’s Day

rahirah

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!

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Fic: And the Dream Will Set You Free (7b/?)

randi2204
This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series And the Dream Will Set You Free

The second half of Chapter 7. I am hoping to finish off the next chapter and have that posted today, too, so there may very well be more coming after this.
ETA: Unfortunately, though, I’m asleep as I type. Further chapters will be posted on my journal. Sorry to get anyone’s hopes up. :(

If luck runs out, I’d like to thank our lovely mod enigmaticblues  for hosting another round. *bows* You’ve done a fabulous job, as always.

Disclaimer: All Joss, not me.

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Fic: And the Dream Will Set You Free (7a/?)

randi2204
This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series And the Dream Will Set You Free

Yay! It’s my day today!

So, here’s some more of the fic I started posting in the last round. Hope that’s all right?

Title: And the Dream Will Set You Free
Author: randi (randi2204)
Rating: PG-13
Notes: This chapter is long, and will therefore be posted in 2 parts. Some lines in this chapter have been snagged and altered or outright filched from the episode Into the Woods.
Summary: What if, at the end of Out of My Mind, it was Buffy who woke up from a dream?

Previous chapters: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six.

Disclaimer: Not mine, all Joss.

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