fan fiction by p. q. laertes
Batman
Gotham's Child
Graffito seen in the Gotham subway.
Myth of the Bat
A Forever Knight crossover. The Joker makes a visit to
Toronto, and Batman meets LaCroix.
Alternative Lifestyle
Rated PG
Her Watcher captured, the Slayer finds herself in a
strange place where her parents are still alive, Drusilla's soul was never
restored, and Rupert Giles doesn't even wear leather. (Art by
Totally Bogus Press
Nominated for "Best Buffy," "Best Romance,"
and "Best Drama" in the Halo
Awards.
The Angel Line
Harmless merriment.
Bloodsucker
Giles must rely on his wits to defeat a Sunnydale horror that thrives on
blood.
I Get Breathless at the Buzzing of the Bike
A G&S Filk from the Ripperverse.
Lesson
A drabble. Giles and Willow have a little talk about Magick.
May 10, 1976
A Doctor Who / Hellblazer crossover written for my birthday. John
Constantine's birthday party.
Sleeping Beauty
Death and mercy.
Some Small Kindness
Rated R
Shattered in the aftermath of Becoming, Giles has a visit from Ethan
Rayne (slash)
Star Light . . .
Rated PG
A drabble. Buffy makes a wish.
Limericks
Buffy (and other fandom) limericks.
Ofermod I & II
Two poems. Even after His Way, Odo still can't quite trust
in his own good fortune.
Wet Dream
Rated R A silly drabble -- Odo, Kira, and a bathtub.
Acharnement
Due Credit 1999 Winner, Best
Fraser/Ray Vecchio
Due Credit 1999 2nd Place, Best Slash
NC17
Rated R
Fraser's
increasing loneliness leads him to an desperate encounter. Probably the
piece I put the most work into. (slash)
Across
Our Boys as vampires, in
response to Cat Dudka's Undead Benny/Forever Fraser Challenge.
Before
Rated R Our Boys,
pre-pilot, a drabble.
The Benny Horror Picture Show
A couple of silly, slashy filks.
Cats, Sigh.
Due Credit Nominee 1999
Kittens for everyone. Except Dief. Poor Dief.
Could I Revive Within Me
Due Credit Nominee 1999
Rated PG Fortitude Pass.
Facile Princeps
Due Credit 1999, 3rd Place
Fraser/Other Woman
What if Fraser and Francesca were married? My response to the run of
benny&meggy stories.
Getting Mucklucky
Rated
PG A drabble for James -- m/m h/c silly, with muckluks in the corner.
Just This
Rated PG F/F slash
and a death, my response to the run of meggie vs. frannie stories.
Lessons in Woodcraft
an acrostic
drabble poem -- Ray and Benny in the woods (slashy)
A Motion Not My Own
Due Credit 1999, 3rd Place Ray Vecchio/Other
Woman
Rated DM A companion
to CIRWM. Ray and Ange spend the last night of their marriage together.
Not Even Inuit Stories
Due Credit 1999, 2nd Place Ray Vecchio/Other
Woman
One of my best pieces. When one of Fraser's stories fails
to have the usual effect, Ray goes to Ange.
Pancakes
Due Credit Nominee 1999
Saturday morning at the Vecchio house
The Spelling Lesson
Benny tries to
help Ray with his spelling, but ends up learning something himself. (slashy)
Tom Sawyer's Island
Benny and Ray
discover a little Secret from the past at Disneyworld.
Totidem Verbis
Rated R
An intimate conversation between Ray and Ben. (slash)
Unlocked Room Mystery
Rated PG
A drabble on Fraser's apartment.
Wednesday Morning
Frannie and Pop
have a little talk.
Brief Encounters, Brief Lives
A
Sandman crossover vignette. Brief Lives was a
Sandman story arc, and Brief Encounters used to be a
vignette feature in DWM.
Crying Wolf
A followup to The Curse of Fenric written with lots of help from
Amy Steele. Appeared in Sonic Screwdriver.
It's Got Three Sides
Rated R
A drabble. What Tegan and Turlough were doing while the Doctor was away
during the events of Triangle.
 
May 10, 1976
A Hellblazer / Buffy crossover written for my birthday. John
Constantine's birthday party.
Opening
A Books of Magic crossover.
The Doctor rescues Tim Hunter from alien invaders, but when the
TARDIS is invaded, it will take both of them to save Tegan, Turlough and
themselves.
Popcorn
Ace and the Doctor
peruse the TARDIS video library. Amy Steele-inspired silliness.
The Splintering
A
Sandman/ Hellblazer/ Stranger crossover.
The Doctor and Ace try to avoid the fate the NAs hold for them.
Triangle
Rated R
The Seventh Doctor sends the Fifth Doctor to see Ace after Love and
War
And Ever After
A drabble -- what if Nick did become mortal?
And For Her
A Nigel's Birthday Drabble. What do you give The Ravenette for her
birthday?
The Crucible of Pillows
Nick finds true happiness through his dreams.
Echoes After Night
Rated R
Nick and Dr. Amanda Turner learn about themselves in the aftermath of
Night in Question
Elegies for My Daughter
A poem. LaCroix mourns for Divia.
LaCroix's Valentine
A pantoum for Be My Valentine. Also printed in Forever Net 5.
Many Happy Returns
A Nigel's Birthday Drabble. Uncle dreams up the perfect gift.
Myth of the Bat
A Batman Crossover. The Joker visits Toronto and Batman meets
Lacroix. Probably the most fun I've had writing.
No Child of His
Rated R.
A drabble set after Ashes to Ashes. (posted and
forgotten about in 1998.
Nightlong Pantoum -- Skyline
A poem. The women in Nick's life across time.
Outside the Window
Rated R
1997 Nominee FKFF award
1998 Winner FKFF award
Nick doesn't make love to Natalie.
The Raven Flown
Rated R
Nick missing Janette.
A Real Pleasure, Don
A Nigel's Birthday Drabble. To absent friends.
Solo for Three Voices
A drabble -- Vachon considers Family.
Stumbling Block
A meditation on Nick and Fic.
With Greatest Admiration
A Nigel's Birthday Drabble. Natalie gets a surprise.
Dressing Down
A drabble, Janine finally gets Egon to notice her.
Jeeves and the Forbidden Vice
Jeeves has been warned about this. (slash)
Cirith Ungol, A Fragment
Poem. What happens when you spend too long in the appendices.
Grist
Sam and Ted Sandyman have words. (slash)
Promises, Promises: a Cinquenta
The other side of the Sea.
Jareth in Feathers
A poem. After
13:00, Jareth pays the price for failure. Probably my favorite piece.
A Contrecoeur
Rated R Sam gives in.
Jack Loves Sam
An acrostic drabble. A love letter from Jack.
Kindness of Strangers
Sam is helped by a good Samaritan.
Bilingual
A drabble. Sam finally returns home,
to find that time is not always kind.
Oh, Boy
Between leaps, Sam remembers something essential.
Wittenberg
Hamlet slash in a convenient sonnet packaging.
Homebodies
Ian and Randi
move back to London and find the perfect new apartment. Except for the
ghost.
(Set after Mystical Pizza)
-- The longest story I've posted so far.
Letter to Charlie
Randi writes a last letter to Charlie Beaudine
(Before CKtK).
Sleeping Habits
One full moon night. (Set in LA)
Brief Encounters, Brief Lives
A Doctor Who / Sandman crossover set during Brief Lives.
May 10, 1976
A Doctor Who / Buffy / Hellblazer crossover written for my
birthday. John Constantine's birthday party.
Opening
A Doctor Who / Books of Magic crossover. The Doctor
rescues Tim Hunter from alien invaders, but when the TARDIS is
invaded, it will take both of them to save Tegan, Turlough and
themselves.
The Splintering
A Doctor Who / Stranger / Sandman /Hellblazer crossover
featuring Death and John Constantine.
The Angle of the Wrist
Rated
R Weeks after Memento Mori, the symptoms Mulder begins to see
drive him to make an offering of tenderness.