bethbethbeth's fic-and-recs journal

Written in September 2002 because I had nothing particularly sensible to add to an on-going 'writing men as men' blog/lj discussion (although I was following it - in all its twists and turns - with great interest), and I thought the following, um, something or other might amuse somebody.

Title: Sensitivity Training Session Number 147
Author: Beth H (bethbethbeth)
Written in: September 2002
Fandom(s): Sentinel, Due South, Batman, Hard Core Logo, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, A Clockwork Orange, Starsky and Hutch, The Professionals, Smallville, Highlander, X-Files
Pairings/Characters: Oh so many.
Possible warnings - highlight to view (may contain story spoilers): Parodic mentions of partner betrayal, infidelity, amputations...you know: canon. Please leave a comment if you believe anything should be added here.
Words: 1414
Summary: Even fictional characters sometimes need a bit of therapy.

( Sensitivity Training Session Number 147 )

(See Part 1 for content information / possible warnings)

( Like a House on Fire - part 2 )

Click here for part 3

Originally posted in August 2002.

Possible warnings - highlight to view (may contain story spoilers): hostage situation with gunshots/injuries; elements of emotional child abuse

I started writing "Freak" in the summer of 2000 soon after I became interested in dueSouth, but after three months of opening and closing the story file, all I had was a small collection of loosely related scenes. I was given some good comments on those scenes from some of the members of a list I was on at the time. I have a distant memory of Gearbox and Mia, in particular, offering useful feedback (I just hope I took it!), but I'm sure there were others whose input I've since forgotten, and for that, I apologize.

In any case, long before the random scenes I'd written could coalesce into a finished work, an image of Fraser and Kowalski sharing a kiss in the doorway to Ray's kitchen popped into my head, and I started working on "Touch and Go." In the end, that was the story that became my first ever piece of completed fanfiction.

However, even though I put "Freak" aside, I never forgot about it entirely (mostly because CLFinn kept chastising me for abandoning it). Finally - after almost two years - I dragged the story out of mothballs for one last look and decided to finish it.

I want to thank Rowan, Kellie, Sihaya, and Starfish for their insight and thoughtful comments at various stages in the life of this story. Any remaining peculiarities are entirely a result of my own stubbornness.

Needless to say, any recognizable characters remain the property of Alliance and the Pauls.

Christine - for refusing to let me forget about this story, this is for you.

Freak
by Beth H.
(c) August 2002

( Freak )

Originally posted December 2001

Many thanks and much love to my wonderful beta quartet: C.L. Finn, Sihaya Black, Kellie Matthews, and AuKestrel. Additional thanks to Rowan, who's had to listen to me yap about this story for months now.

(Potential spoilers for anything before "Hunting Season")

If It Walks Like A Duck . . .
by Beth H.
(c) December 2001

( If It Walks Like A Duck . . .  )

Originally posted March 2002.

Disclaimer: You still need to ask? They belong to Alliance and the Pauls. Unfortunately.

Many thanks to Kellie Matthews and AuKestrel for the speedy beta. This story is for Valerie K., who put the 'magic cabin' idea in my head in the first place (...oh, and the title means 'miraculous' - or so I've been led to believe)

Kamanartok
by Beth H.
(c) March 2002.

( Kamanartok )

Originally posted April 2001. An unfinished companion piece to this story is in cold storage. Maybe some day...

Disclaimer: Oh, please. They aren't mine. They belong to Alliance/Atlantis and the Pauls.

Many, many thanks and much love to a quartet of wonderful beta readers: AuKestrel (for encouragement and insights above and beyond the call of duty), Kit Mason and Sihaya Black (for always asking the right questions and always having the right answers), and, as always, C.L. Finn - with whom I evidently share a single overworked Muse (...okay, C, you can have the Muse back now).

Internal Affairs
by Beth H.
(c) April 2001

( Internal Affairs )

A teeny-weeny, written-at-the-speed-of-light Ray/Ray ficlet in honor of axiom_of_stripe's birthday. A Due South/Survivor Crossover *g*

If You Were The Last Man on Earth
by Beth H.
6 December, 2003

( If You Were The Last Man on Earth )