Strangely Literal

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Host: Faith (the Vampire Slayer)
Editor: Scott Williamson

Title: Sharing Strength
Author: xfirefly9x
Fandom: Firefly
Characters: Mal, Inara
Prompt: #001 Silence
Word Count: 725
Rating: PG
Reader: Valina Cutler

 

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Title: For The Girl Who Has Everything…
Author: ladytalon1
Read by Heidi
Edited by Tabz
Fandom: Firefly
Pairing: Jayne/Inara
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, not making any $$
A/N: For [info]fireflyholidays, [info]cheshire_monkey, and mistletoe lovers everywhere.
Word Count: 1,178

 

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Links:
QMx
Things from Another World

Story
On Bended Wing
by homespunfic
Read by Jancis
Edited by Scott S.
Mal and Book, post-Christmas,discuss the heavenly host.

 

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Title: Twelve days of Christmas
Author: Bookaddict
Reader: Brian Brown
Characters: Jayne/Kaylee
Rating: PG13
Author notes: Needless to say this was written for Christmas, it’s taken me this long to figure out how to post here. Technical wonder I am not. Hope you enjoy it. 1st part of twelve.

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Title: Oh, Fairest of Maidens
Author: thatserious
Read by: dulce_serenidad
Character(s): River, Mal
Pairing(s): None
Prompt: Damsel in Distress for 2by2fics
Rating: PG

 

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Eaten smooth, and polished
By elanurel
Read by: Jen – Dariclone
Fandom: Supernatural / Firefly
Word Count: 962
Pairing: Sam/River, Sam/Ruby
Rating: R
Disclaimer: The Winchester boys aren’t mine but I’d make Dean wear his boots all of the time if they were. River doesn’t belong to me, either.
Spoilers/Warnings: Everything up to 4.21 is fair game. Adult themes. Click here for an additional, though spoilery, warning.

 

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Story:

Darth Vader
Writteb by Summersfan
Read by Heidi
Summary: Spike has an unlikely role model.
Note: I checked and double-checked the dates of all the releases to try to make sure I had it right. And I did. And it worked together better than I thought it would.
Rating: Teen

 

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Title: Is This an Audience?
by J. Lee Moffatt (cptmalreynolds on LiveJournal)
Character: Malcolm Reynolds
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Rating: PG
Word Count: 400
Prompt: So is this an audience or a mosaic? .
Read by: Heidi (Castle Podcast, BtLStudios and Future Traditions)

 

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Links:

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• Red Shirts
• Geek by Night

Story:

Title: My Bodyguard
Author: Romanceguru
Disclaimer: Joss is the boss of me. 
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Firefly/Buffy
Characters: Andrew Wells & Jayne Cobb centered fic with Zoe, Mal, Inara, River & OC slayer. 
Pairings: Jayne/Andrew (implied). 
Prompt: “Hero-worship” 
Timeline: Post-BDM for Firefly and Season 8 of Buffy.
Setup: Andrew comes to the future in order to track down the last remaining slayers and to ensure that the lineage remains strong. Something goes wrong when Jayne goes to pick the boy up at the train station on Athens.
Notes: Once upon a time I fell in love with a beautiful nerdy boy on Buffy. *g* 
Betaed by the ever wonderful, elsibet34

 

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In this episode Tabz discusses why she doesn’t feel like a Browncoat (and why it makes her sad) and asks for your feedback. Does being a Whedon fan make you less of a Browncoat?

Tabz also reads an iTunes review jubliee (thanks!). And she explains why iTunes reviews are awesome.
Title: Just Watching
Author: caffeinified
Read by Melissa
Fandom: Firefly/Serenity
Characters/Pairing: Mal/Inara
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I don’t own Firefly. It’s just for fun.
Summary: Just a oneshot scene.

 

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