• Wednesday January 27, 2010

    In the area of you never know...have you heard how visitors to Machu Picchu have been stranded for 3 days due to flooding and mud slides and have to be airlifted out of the area? What a difference a month makes!! What we do know is that we will bring you the updates for your reading pleasure.

     

  • The Chosen Path Redux by by Adam Allison on Merwolf's Academy of Bards [alt, original]
    Added Part 2

     

  • A Queen's Tale by Melissa Good on her site [alt] Added Part 29

     

    Tuesday January 26, 2010

     

  • A Winter's Tale by Barbara Davies on Merwolf's Academy of Bards [Uber/Alt/Complete]
    Sequel to 'The Flight of the Gryphon' and 'A Hero of Arcadia'. Mavra's plans to fetch Gwen from Cheltain are hampered by the severest Winter for fifty years.

     

  • The Chosen Path Redux by Adam Allison on Merwolf's Academy of Bards [Classic/Alt/Incomplete]
    Added Part 1. (see Here for prologue)

     

  • The First Stone by IseQween on Mary D's site [Classic/Alt/Complete]
    Long after Xena's first steps on her path towards atonement, she and Gabrielle discover the dust has settled on someone who reminds them old history can feel like yesterday.

     

    Wednesday January 20, 2010

    I'd love to do some chit chat, but I can barely keep my eyes open. I'm suffering from jet lag a week AFTER I get back from the trip?

     

  • A State of Grace by SyrenSoul_Red on The Athenaeum [alt]
    Set a year-and-a-half post-FIN. Gabrielle, the warrior, has made her way back from Egypt to see Sappho perform in Thebes. Xena's ghost is at her heels. But this will not be a ghost story...

     

  • I Dream by Sienna Rain on The Athenaeum [alt, original]
    Poetic story

     

  • IMPOTENT or maybe not by Grecelan Chase on The Athenaeum [alt, original]
    Jolie is having a hard time these days her life is in a shambles. Michelle left without explanation and all Jolie wants is to understand why and for Michelle to come back. See if this shaggy blond gets her raven haired love back. I believe in happy endings, don't you?

     

  • Gaian by L.M. Townsend-Crow on The Athenaeum [alt, original]
    Science fiction story of a post global warmed universe

     

  • The Roles We Play by Lexx23 on The Athenaeum [alt, Janice/Melinda)
    A romantic evening at a local haven. A short narrative exploring the sexual dynamics of the lesbian community in the 1940s.

     

  • Repetition by Lexx23 on The Athenaeum [alt]
    Xena and Garbielle's first kiss. Set at the end of season 1

     

  • Patchwork by Lexx23 on The Athenaeum [alt]
    Xena and Gabrielle healing after the events in A Good Day.

     

  • Fulcrum by Lexx23 on The Athenaeum [alt]
    Xena and Gabrielle healing after the battle in One Against An Army and the Rift in season 3

     

  • Eudaimonia by Lexx23 on The Athenaeum [alt]
    The relationship of Xena and Gabrielle as seen through Herodotus (Gabrielle's father). A brief exploration of social politics in ancient Greece.

     

  • Darkening Rays of Light by Hillsys Stalker on The Athenaeum [alt]
    Added Part 11

     

  • Just a Breath Away by Colleen on The Athenaeum [alt, original]
    Added chapter 6

     

  • Rayne Comes to Town by Alwayzdreamin on The Athenaeum [alt, original]
    Summary pending

     

  • Where the Road Leads by Alwayzdreamin on The Athenaeum [al, original]
    Revised version

     

    Tuesday January 19, 2010

     

  • Guardian by The Guardian on Merwolf's Academy of Bards [Classic/Alt/Complete]
    On their way to the Amazon village, Xena and Gabrielle meet danger and a young warrior called Exl. She is more than just a warrior, and that's what Gabrielle and Xena will soon see for themselves. This a story filled with surprises and a confession of love.

     

    Sunday January 17, 2010

    Announcement From FemslashRadio: Femslash4Fans Radio Upcoming Show: 1/21/2010 Double Your Pleasure - Two Hours of "Xena" Authors Melissa Good, KG MacGregor, and Linda Crist Femslash4Fans Radio Upcoming Show On a special two-hour episode of Femslash4Fans Radio, I'll be talking about quite possibly the oldest, biggest femslash fandom to still rule the Internet today, the one fandom you CAN'T leave out of the discussion. "Xena: Warrior Princess" was more than just a hit spinoff from "Hercules: the Legendary Journeys", one of the highest-rated shows in syndication during its six-year run. It also spawned an enormous fan base in the lesbian community with its two female leads, Xena and Gabrielle; their extremely close relationship; and the "are-they-or-aren't-they" vibe that writers teased audiences with throughout. Did I say vibe? By the later seasons it was practically a NEON SIGN. The writers were clearly aware of what the fans were saying, and rather than freak out and slap them down, the staff clearly played to a point just short of their expectations. Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor have made contributions to the fandom beyond their acting as well. There's also the impact the fandom had on the fanfic genre in general. Terms like "altfic", "uberfic" and "femslash" were basically a direct result of Xena/Gabrielle fans. For that reason, I've expanded the show by a full sixty minutes. Well, that and the fact that my guests are three of the longest, most successful, most prolific writers in the fandom, all of whom went on to become published authors in their own right. Tonight's show will feature Melissa Good, author of the "Journey of Soulmates" series and the "Tropical Storm" fics deaturing Dar/Kerry; KG MacGregor, creator of uberfic pairings like Anna/Lily from the "Shaken" stories and Spencer/Ruth from "Malicious Pursuit"; and Linda Crist, aka Texbard, who wrote "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" featuring Kennedy/Carson, as well as the "Between the Lines" vignettes and "Galveston 1900: Swept Away".

     

  • The Chosen Path by Adam Allison on Merwolf's academy of Bards [Classic/Alt/Incomplete]
    I was just a little disappointed with one aspect of XWP season 6. That being that in "Parenthood" Xena split Gabrielle's skull open and seemingly killed her. This over the top action (I mean Xena could have knocked her out, how many times have we seen her do that with the chakrum?) should have been a VERY painful and powerful plot point. Instead it gets glossed over with an apology that takes all of 10 seconds in a scene. I decided to run with the idea that Gabrielle does not accept Xena's actions and it causes their relationship to implode. Characters and events from that last season are altered. None for the better. This prologue will be the first "episode" so to speak. And while it features neither Xena nor Gabrielle, it will profoundly effect them and others. I hope you enjoy it.

     

    Tuesday January 11, 2010

     

  • KC And Grumps 5 by Mickey Minner on Merwolf's Academy of Bards [Original/Alt/Complete]
    Latest in the Sweetwater Saga

     

    Thursday January 07, 2010

    Hello all and happy new year! Yes, I am back after having survived the climbs at Machu Picchu and at other Inca and pre-Inca sights in the Sacred Valley. It's actually not the climbing that gets to you, but the elevations of as much as 13,000 feet above sea level. The trip was absolutely fantastic, it was the flying there and back that were a pain. For now, I'll just say no one bothered to tell us that there were new regulations for flying into the US….until it was time to stay in our seats, lose our pillows and blankets, and have to have flight attendants put our purses etc. in the overhead bins because we could no longer get out of our seats!!!!!

     

  • Details To Follow by DarkMoroseXena on Merwolf's Academy of Bards [alt, original]
    Gabrielle & Aphrodite inadvertently get to know each other better during "Looking Death In The Eye"

     

  • Just A Breath Away by Coleen on Merwolf's Academy of Bards [alt, original]
    Added Part 6

     

    Tuesday January 05, 2010

    Tomorrow is Epiphany. And as it's Twelfth Night (the last of the twelve days of Christmas) it's time for the decorations and the tree to come down. And it's time for me to say Bye. Ilene's back with you tomorrow. Have a good week folks.

     

  • A Place to Belong by Twila on Merwolf's Academy of Bards [Original/Alt/Incomplete]
    Kylker Rashley was a warrior, plain and simple. She knew no other life. So when she suddenly found herself free, she didn't know what to make of it. Suddenly she had a new home and women who wanted to be her friend. What could she possibly give them in return? The answer came in a horrifying fashion. Her Master wanted her back and he would do anything and kill anyone who got in his way, including the woman that Kylker found herself coming to care for.

     

    Sunday January 03, 2010

    HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS. Still me here. Ilene's back this week though. She'll have lots of adventures to tell you about I'm sure. She's already sent me a couple of pics. Impressive. Made me even more envious. *g*

     

  • A Queen's Tale by Melissa Good on her website [classic/alt/unfinished]
    Added part 28

     

  • Witch Way To Paradise by IseQween on Merwolf's Academy of Bards [classic/alt/complete]
    As Solstice approaches in Season Four, Xena considers unsettling parallels between the fairy tale she contributed to, in If the Shoe Fits, and Alti's vision of Gabrielle's death, which continues to haunt them in the subsequent Paradise Found and India arc, culminating in Ides of March