Fics under 1K - big list!

[doranwen]

I wouldn't remember most fics under 1k if I were asked off the top of my head, and the few I would, I rec'd the other week in the "works I re-read" post. However, this is exactly why I built a fanfic database in the first place. A little fiddling with the SQL to build the right query and some formatting to create a report, and I have a list of all my favorite fics (that were entered in the database so far - I didn't quite get to 1000 total fics before the Yahoo Groups project took over my life last fall, only a handful of smaller fandoms) which are under 1K words. Since that list includes any favorites of the works I wrote, which would violate the self-rec rules, I'll paste the recs here and filter those out.

The one thing that this list doesn't have are the ships, though I'll try to note those if I remember them. (I can run queries and generate reports that limit by ships - or any number of themes, for that matter - that's easy enough, but to include the list of ships in the query results or report would be prohibitively difficult and the results would be terrible to try to wade through, formatting-wise.) So you're getting author - title, with rating and words below that. I'll group fandoms under cuts to make it easier to expand just the ones you know, since this is mainly tiny/rare fandoms. (I'd started with the small ones, adding those to my database, and I hadn't finished the Matrix ones, even, plus I know I'm behind on the FBI ones since that's been an active fandom.)

With short fics it takes more time to describe them than it does to read them, so I'm probably not going to say anything about most of them, and recommend just trying them. I'll try to warn if there's any serious triggers that I remember, but mostly just look at the tags.

One note about ratings: My database includes fics from both Fanfiction.net and AO3, so I adopted a standard MPAA-style rating system, where G to R corresponds to ff.n's K to M, and PG to X (which was shorter to use than NC-17) corresponds to AO3's General Audiences to Explicit, but I may occasionally mark a General as G if it's particularly suitable for children to read. It's a bit of a compromise but so would be any other option. Fics that chose not to use a rating (on AO3 or a blog post) are Unrated.

Crossovers

Smallville / X-Men (Original Movieverse)
Maiel Alcinoe - Hot Chocolate
R, 651 words
Chloe/Scott, I think.

Stick It (2006) / Heroes
scurvyknavery - The Judges Totally Deduct Points for Superpowers
PG-13, 866 words
No ships, just Haley-focused. You don't need to know much about Heroes to read this.


Alphas

akire_yta - thought i was done
G, 239 words

Broken Kindle - The Hardest Part
G, 312 words

ceasarette - You're not scared
PG, 716 words
There's shades of Nina/Rachel in this one.

Dark Ice Dragon - Senses
PG-13, 487 words

dilapidatedream - Just for a Moment
PG-13, 798 words

gnbrules - Before The Fade
PG-13, 592 words
Contains canonical character death.

HopefulNebula - All the Night Ashine
G, 500 words

HopefulNebula - Eternal Present
G, 500 words

kaceyinspacey - They're Just Jealous
G, 909 words

Kayim - End of the World
PG, 223 words
I believe this one's a Cameron/Rachel fic.

Kayim - Let Me In
PG-13, 656 words
Also Cameron/Rachel.

msninatheroux - Down the Rabbit Hole
PG, 598 words
Nina/Rachel, I believe.

msninatheroux - Regrets
PG, 527 words
Also Nina/Rachel.

paynesgrey - Rachel in Costume
PG, 843 words

rivkat - Kaddish
PG, 350 words
References canonical character death, if not obvious from the title.


FBI (TV)

This is the recent CBS show starring Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisko, and Ebonee Noel (among others).

helsinkibaby - celebration
PG, 593 words

StudioCapsicum - No More Apologies
PG, 559 words


Flood (2007)

thedevilchicken - Comfort
PG-13, 949 words
References major character death.

thedevilchicken - Essential as Sunlight
PG-13, 595 words
References major character death.


Fried Green Tomatoes

I combined both movie and book fics in my database for this, because they're similar enough in terms of the fic written for them that it doesn't matter to me.

jaina47 (Jaina Solo2) - A Moment's Peace
G, 629 words

thegeneral - Parallels
PG, 253 words

toujours_nigel - Bee Charmer
PG, 100 words


Push (2009)

Fair warning that most of these are probably Cassie/Nick (I'm not even going to try to remember which right now), and a few have underage allusions/content. Can't remember which fics those are - but I'm pretty sure they're marked as such on AO3, so look at the tags and you should be fine.

anenko - life, death (present, future)
PG-13, 479 words

Burningchaos - Stillness is on the Move
PG-13, 658 words

Eustacia Vye (eustaciavye) - Same As The Day Before
PG, 775 words

Feather (lalaietha) - Wake Up Call
PG-13, 164 words

mercurybard - a stitch away from making it
PG, 781 words

mercurybard - Coffin Bed
PG, 305 words

mercurybard - i had a nightmare here
PG, 100 words

mercurybard - It's Not Enough to Drown Me
PG, 325 words

plingo_kat - Everything is Not
Unrated, 617 words

RaeRaeC - For Granted
PG, 494 words

RaeRaeC - Tradition
PG, 404 words

rejeneration - Challenge #09 – Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
R, 500 words
This one's friends-locked on their LJ, but I recommend requesting access, it's a really lovely Cassie/Nick fic, (with allusions to underage, if that concerns you). I suggested that they post on AO3, but they didn't take me up on that yet. :/

river_soul - The Sky Was Dark (But You Were Clear)
PG-13, 949 words

schweinsty - Home Sweet Home
Unrated, 993 words

Screech Owl - Velle
PG-13, 942 words

SerpentsAttire - Move
R, 786 words

Ex-Genesis (MilkyBabyBunny) - CCCLX. We get closer, and closer again
PG, 444 words

shallowness - O Tannenbaum
PG, 415 words

victoria_p (musesfool) - Denouement
PG, 328 words

victoria_p (musesfool) - Leaving Normal
PG, 375 words

yoruichiyoshi12 - Drabbles
PG-13, 820 words

_touched - She Lets Go
PG, 362 words


The Matrix

Any of these could refer to canonical character deaths given the number that occur over the trilogy. Most are probably Neo/Trinity.

Aimee5 - Still Here
PG, 706 words

boosette - Unparalleled
PG, 624 words
Unfortunately, it looks like the author decided to add their work to a collection that's permanently unrevealed - and I can't find their nick anymore - orphaned after adding to the collection? So I guess this is here just to say it was a good fic and I liked it. (I saved it before, at least, so I can re-read.)

Emma-G - Still Breathing
PG, 620 words

girlfromsouth - Seeing Eye to Eye
PG, 423 words

Jennifer Jolie - Crescent
PG-13, 877 words

Madolan - Waiting
PG-13, 721 words

matrixrefugee - Protection
PG-13, 274 words

nanda (nandamai) - Antiphon
PG-13, 806 words

Sarah Brandt (Snickfic) - Wireless
PG, 101 words

Scottishlass - Serenity
G, 460 words

Silver-Ashes - Evolution
PG-13, 798 words

trinchardin - Losing You
G, 584 words


I hope someone finds something enjoyable on this list. :)