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As I updated this page, I started noticing a pattern. A pattern of Spike, Spike, and more Spike.   Well, why not?   He's pretty, and there seems to be no end to the themes writers can build into stories about him.  

I started writing Spuffy and was lured to other pairings by friends.  I seem to be easily led:) 

There are, however, a few stories listed below that don't feature William the Bloody. 

Most of these are completed fics.  I've noted the stories that are Works in Progress.


 


RDA awards


 

Jump to a pairing:

Spike/Buffy   Spike/Harmony Spike/Joyce  

Spike/Lilah  Spike/Tara  

No Pairing, non-Whedonverse, and just plain silly 

Slash and Threesomes (Even my threesomes wind up being mushy and almost wholesome, but you know the drill.  If the idea offends you, just don't click on the link.



Spike/Buffy stories:


The Chiaroscuro Series  My first fic, which I started while Season 6 was still airing.  It begins sometime after “As You Were” and “Hell’s Bells.” Buffy and Spike's relationship is apparently over.  But the Slayer has been having strange dreams, and I'm a romantic, so things go AU immediately.  The story is complete, with 23 chapters posted.   I've also added a few epilogues.  (Overall rating: NC-17, about 293,000 words, awards listed on the chapter page)


 

Pillow Talk  This fic begins as Buffy tries to cope in early Season 6, and begins to deviate from canon after a few chapters. A slight change in circumstances, a different decision or two, and you wind up with very different results. Part I is finished, with 30 chapters posted. Three parts are planned. (NC-17, about 50,000 words)

There is a page of chapter links for this fic.

Nominated for Best WIP, Comedy/Fluff, Buffy Characterization, and Original Character (Nancy) at 17th round of the Love’s Last Glimpse Awards.



The following four stories are all set in a fluffy, and consequently AU, Season Six. All can be read as standalones. Assume Buffy didn't die at the end of Season 5, or, if she did, she was glad to get back. Don't go looking for any huge problems. They're not there, although all is not sweetness and light. Which is good, because we all know how bad light is for Spike.

Cubed  To solve a mysterious string of deaths, Buffy and Spike must go where they have never gone before—undercover at a large company, where they must hunt down a murderer amid the cubicles while coping with PowerPoint Presentations and the Coffee Fund Rules.  Silly.  Complete.  (R, about 20,000 words)

WInner at the Love's Last Glimpse Awards for Best Long Story and Best Comedy/Fluff in Round 15, and Runner-Up for Best Comedy Fluff in the 2006 Year's Best there. Harry from Cubed won as Most Original Demon at the Fang Fetish Awards. (I can't tell you how tickled I am to get this on Harry's behalf. But I know I'm not half as pleased as he would be!)



What's in a Name? (6,000 words, complete) What happens to Spike and Buffy when a certain witch is unable to learn from experience--again. Rated R.

In this world there are two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. The last is much the worst.    – Oscar Wilde 



If it's Tuesday, this must be Sunnydale Anya comes up with a cunning plan to solve everyone's money problems. The story is complete at around 23,000 words. Rated R.  

If it's Tuesday, this must be Sunnydale was runner-up in Round Two of the Spark and Burn Awards for Best Comedy/Fluff and Best Buffy Characterization, and later won as Best of the Best for Comedy/Fluff. Won at the Fang Fetish Awards for Most Original Element (Demon School) and Best Unrecognized, Completed fic. 

 
 

Giftless is my take on the theme of Spike searching for a suitable gift for Buffy. It's Valentine's Day, and Spike isn't just giftless, he's clueless. Rated PG. About 7,000 words.

 


Secret as the Grave Buffy/Spike again.  This story begins in Season 7 shortly after “Showtime” and also goes AU--very AU.  The story is complete, with 17 chapters posted. (Overall rating: R)

Chapter 11, Paradise can be read as a standalone, but, of course, there are spoilers for the preceding chapters.  This chapter is lighter in tone than the fic as a whole.

Secret as the Grave won Best Saga and was the runner-up for Best Buffy Characterization at Round 20 of the Love’s Last Glimpse Awards.



Beast   A fairy tale.  Spike/Buffy, post-Chosen.  Written for a ficathon.  The request was for an encounter between the two, in which Spike was not human.  (G)

 



Sweet Lethe Spoilers for everything ever on Buffy as well as Season 5 casting on Angel.  This fic takes place a few months after “Chosen.”  (PG-13)

Nominated for Best Buffy Characterization, Crossover, and Future Fic at the 10th round of the Love’s Last Glimpse Awards.  Runner-up for Best Crossover.

Forget and Smile is a sequel to Sweet Lethe. The story picks up years after the original fic.

 


 

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Conversations set during “Dirty Girls,” after Faith talks to Spike in the basement, but before Buffy decides to go searching for Caleb. Written for a ficathon. (G)




Spike/Harmony:


Two-Part Harmony  Spike/Harmony.  Zyrya won me in the Writercon auction. She wanted a pairing that I would never have considered writing otherwise, and I'm very glad she did.  This 'ship deserves to be explored, if for no other reason than the two vamps most involved don't seem to have given it a hell of a lot of thought themselves. 

The first part describes their meeting prior to "Harsh Light of Day" in Season 4 BtVS.  The second is a series of scenes during Season 5 AtS. (Hard R, with warnings for sex, snarking, and cutsie pink things)

 Winner of Best Spike/Harmony at the Harem of Spike Awards. Winner of Best Het in the Wanton Folly Awards.  Nominated in Best of Rare Pairings, Best Short Completed Fic, and Best M/F Fic at the Fang Fetish Awards.




 

Spike/Joyce:

A Glorious Morning Have I Seen A Spike/Joyce fic.  (Yes, in that way. It's NC-17 too.)  I started writing this because a friend wanted Spike to have sex with someone who was always nice to him.  It turned out to be lots of fun.  Really.  I've written a sequel, Present Tense, which has an actual plot and lots of old movie references, and added a snippet of their further adventures.


In October 2007, I started posting some more short fics in this series. Who's the Green-Eyed Monster? is a response to varina8's wish to see Buffy coping with the knowledge that her mother was sleeping with Spike. About 940 words.

Mother Knows Best (But she's not foolish enough to come out and say so.) sammywol wanted to know how Joyce would keep her resolution to break up Buffy and Riley if the affair got too serious. It took 910 words.

In Dead Man and Taxes, Spike wants to do Joyce, but Joyce wants to do her 1040. Written for tax day (April 15, 2005.)

Present Tense was the winner of Best Spike/Joyce and Judge's Choice at the Harem of Spike Awards.  It has been nominated for the Best of Rare Pairings in the Fang Fetish Awards.



Spike/Tara:

Quick and Bitter, Slow and Sweet   Complete, with four chapters and an epilogue.  Multiple Personality Disorder!Spike, Spike/Tara, with Spike and Dawn, and Tara and Dawn friendship and bit of Spike/Buffy and Spike/Willow angst.  Not as goofy as it sounds! I hope this comes across as a sweet romance with a touch of humor.  (R) 

I've started a sequel, Nothing, or The Thrall of Victory, the Agony of Healthy Eats. It can be read as a standalone for now. 

Runner-up for best het at the Fang Fetish Awards. "Quick and Bitter" is the winner of three Shadows and Dust awards for Romance and Best Unconconventional Ship. Winner of Best Spike/Tara at the Harem of Spike Awards. Nominated in the romance category for unconventional 'ships at the Shades of Grey Awards. Also nominated in the Sunnydale Memorial Fanfic Awards. Nominated in the Raison D'Être awards for Best Characterization, Long, Romance, and Redemption.

 


 

Spike/Lilah:

Pleasure before Pain Spike and Lilah have a brief encounter during Season One of AtS.  I've added a sequel, Second Date.(NC-17)

Nominated in the Raison D'Être awards for Best Characterization, Short, Romance, and Wicked.  Winner of Best Wicked Spike.




No Pairing, non-Whedonverse, and Just Plain Silly:

A Bug on the Cosmic Windscreen  "A Spike Oddity" is the first chapter of a story that drops Spike into the universe of the new "Battlestar Galactica."  The second chapter is "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galactica." The third chapter is "Last in Space." Get the idea? Not entirely serious. Written to thank contributors to funds for Hurricane Katrina survivors.  Now complete at just under 40,000 words, without ever getting above PG-13. There's also a brief guide to Battlestar for those who haven't seen the show.


Broken Record Set after the series finales of BtVS and Angel, this story was written for a friendship ficathon.  Buffy, Faith, Giles and Lorne find themselves in Paris.  PG, about 3000 words.


Written on the Wind   This was inspired by a list Barb C made of things she dislikes in fanfic.  She very kindly gave me permission to post this tale, which crams every single one of her "hates" into less than 2,000 words.  Definitely in the "Just Plain Silly" category, although it's set as a threesome just to fit in all those "hates."


Angelus at Noon  A short fic set a few weeks after Dru turned William and before Darla rejoined the fanged family. This story grew out of a random comment I made on my Live Journal and the reactions to it.  There's a link to the post at the end of the story.


Kill Spike  Just what it says on the box.  Written in response to a challenge for drabbles in which Spike dies.  PG, very short, no spoilers.


 

Once upon a time, I wrote three short fics for Devil Piglet's challenge.  She wanted Spike and Xander roommate stories--no slash allowed.  (PG to PG-13)

What to Watch

Job Quest

Home Improvement

 


 

Three Evils   I wrote this for Beamer, who wanted to see the first two evils meet up for coffee.  Set in late AtS Season 4 and BtVS Season 7. (G)

 


 

This Girl is a Stencil  (Doctor Who, Ninth Doctor)  Rose is fascinated by the "missing person" posters Jackie had printed.   (355 words, G)

 


The Tale of the Fairytale Spirit  I'm just a minor contributor on this one, which was a collaborative effort that grew on an off-topic thread of the Band of Buggered forum .   It turned into something a bit too disorganized to be a Round Robin.  Not exactly a fanfic, it's a fantasy about pixies and other supernatural creatures, and what would have happened if they'd intruded on the real lives of some of the people on the board.


 

A haiku written in Spike's voice, but not by me.  This was a present from my significant other, and I love it too much not to post it here .

 


 

Slash and threesome stories   Follow the link . . .

 


 

This site was nominated in the Painted Karma Awards awards.


Please send feedback to: missmurchison@mchsi.com



Disclaimer:  These stories are the product of my diseased imagination and are not meant to offend anyone or to infringe on the copyrights of the creators of these characters.  This is just my way of commenting on some of the ideas raised by the series. If I were slightly saner, I would be writing literary articles about this stuff.  Unfortunately, my brain processes its notions in fictional format.

 

Ratings:  I’m not good at figuring out what people will find offensive, but these stories are probably mostly R and PG.  However, some content may be considered NC-17. To be on the safe side, please assume NC-17 unless I specifically note otherwise.  If you’re under 18 years old or easily offended, please don’t access anything not specifically rated R or PG-something.  (Have I mentioned that I hate ratings?)

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