Rec the Thing

As always, yuletide  has many, many good fics in both the main collection and in Yuletide Madness.

I received a gorgeous Dirty Computer fic:

many traces (3808 words) by Anonymous
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Dirty Computer - Janelle Monáe (Music Video)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Ché/Jane/Zen (Dirty Computer)
Characters: Zen (Dirty Computer), Jane (Dirty Computer), Ché (Dirty Computer)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Worldbuilding, Fugitives, Polyamory, Angst with a Happy Ending, Three Turtle Doves, Chromatic Yuletide
Summary:

In a world they struggle to remember, Zen, Jane, and Ché hunt for a safe place.

Here are some other fics I particularly enjoyed:

( Angel of the Crows, Aubrey/Maturin, Barrett's Privateers, Batman, Bible, Blackadder, Bletchley Circle, Calvin and Hobbes, Dark City, Dune, Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Fandom for Robots, FAQ: the Snake Fight portion of your thesis defense, Goblin Emperor, the Godfather, History RPF, Into the Woods, Jeeves & Wooster, JS&MN, A Little Princess, Mansfield Park, The Martian, Mesopotamian Mythology, Miss Marple, Murder She Wrote, Nimona, Persuasion, Peter Wimsey, Pygmalion, Rivers of London, The Secret Garden, Shazaam, Superman, Temeraire, Terminator )

I didn't participate in the space_swap fanwork exchange, but I did read through the collection. Here are some of the ones I liked:

Lit Only By Stars (7129 words)
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Keiko O'Brien/Miles O'Brien, Kira Nerys/Keiko O'Brien/Miles O'Brien, Keiko O'Brien & Molly O'Brien, Kira Nerys/Keiko O'Brien
Additional Tags: Worldbuilding: Life on the station compared to a starship, Bajoran Culture (Star Trek), Character Study, Episode: s04e25 Body Parts, (and more episodes as well through both series), the ot3 is mostly pre-ship but it's there i promise!
Summary:

It’s a temporary assignment—for Miles, because the cabinet of ministers turns over every week, and one of these governments will rescind Starfleet’s invitation; for Keiko, because she isn’t really a teacher.

Every day, the stars are the same, but the people are different. Most of the population of Deep Space Nine is passing through.

Celestial Messenger (3476 words)
Fandom: The Martian (2015), The Martian - Andy Weir
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ares III Crew
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Post-Canon
Summary:

E-mails from the Hermes during the return trip.

Today's Specials (1223 words)
Fandom: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Additional Tags: Restaurants, The Promenade (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Summary:

By the sword of Kahless, Kaga hated Restaurant Week.

The Care-Based Interactions of Living Organisms (3215 words)
Fandom: Venom (Marvel Movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Eddie Brock, Venom Symbiote (Marvel), Rosie Collins, Scream Symbiote (Marvel)
Additional Tags: Conference, Life Foundation (Marvel), Mystery, Medical Technology
Summary:

A day in the life of an investigative reporter.

Skin to Bone (1865 words)
Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: John Sheppard/Elizabeth Weir
Characters: John Sheppard, Elizabeth Weir, Oberoth (Stargate)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Elizabeth Weir Lives, Episode: s04e02 Lifeline, Episode: s04e18-19 The Kindred, 5+1 Times, Fix-It
Summary:

One-two-three and pause.

(aka, Five times Elizabeth doesn't escape, and one time she does.)

The Goa'uld - Playing with the Big Boys Now - Stargate Music Video (0 words)
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Characters: Goa'uld Character(s), Apophis (Stargate), Amaunet (Stargate), Klorel (Stargate), Osiris (Stargate), Hathor (Stargate), Ba'al (Stargate), Jack O'Neill, Daniel Jackson (Stargate), Teal'c (Stargate), Sam Carter (Stargate)
Additional Tags: Fanvids, Villains, Campy, Song: Playing With The Big Boys (Jonathan Young), Whump, Goa'uld (Stargate)
Summary:

An immensely fun-to-make video of the campiest villains, the falsest of gods, the Goa'uld! And SG-1 are there getting their asses handed to them.