Recent Stories List
Here you will find a list of all UFO stories written during the past 6 months, including a short summary or a mini review, whether it is written within the UFO canon (CANON) or an alternate universe (AU), out of character (OOC) as compared to the original series, an original character (o.c. - a character invented by the author), warning tags are given where needed and a link to our library of story reviews, where an in-depth review exists. Also mentioned are straight self-insertions (SI) and the various Mary Sue/Marty Stu deviations.
The list will be regularly updated. Please feel free to link to it, if you want to keep your own readers abreast of what UFO authors come up with.
For my list of The Best of the Best (BoB), stay tuned!
Vincent V. Stackman
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| April 2011 | ||
| Watched by Dragon - 650 words Tags: Virginia Lake, Alec Freeman -- Het, Horror Warnings: allusions to death and sex Virginia Lake meets Alec Freeman. |
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| Why: From the Diary of Virginia Lake by Matthew White - 1,000 words, author homepage Tags: Virginia Lake (OOC, Possession Sue/Fixit Sue) -- Het, FixIt!Fic, Canon/Character Derailment Virginia Lake writes a diary. |
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| All's Fair by Denise Felt - 8,300 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker, Alec Freeman, Ms. Ealand, Xen (o.c.), various original characters -- Challenge, Interspecies Sex Warnings: sexual situations Ed Straker is the target of assassination attempts, and gets visited by a monster believing he has killed her mate. |
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| Seduced by Dragon - 800 words Tags: Virginia Lake, an unnamed vampire (o.c.) -- Het, Horror Warnings: sexual situations, allusions to death Virginia Lake has been seduced and will seduce. Mini-review: Even though this story is taking place in an alternate universe which has Virginia Lake meeting with a vampire, it is refreshing to see her for once written in character, as the coldly logical, yet sexually freed and active woman she was portrayed as in the series. |
AU ADULT |
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| A Matter of Responsibility by Matthew White - 3,500 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker (OOC, Canon Stu), Virginia Lake (OOC), Craig Collins (OOC), Jo Fraser (OOC), Paul Foster (OOC) -- Het, FixIt!Fic, Canon Derailment Ed Straker tells his fiancée about how gentlemanlike he treated Jo Fraser, while Virginia tells him how she wasn't sexually involved with Paul. |
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| Beaver James by Matthew White - 1,100 words, author homepage Tags: Beaver James, Ed Straker, Paul Foster, Virginia Lake -- Gen Beaver James' last hour. |
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| Fallen Heroes by Denise Felt - 16,800 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker (OOC), Virginia Lake (OOC), Craig Collins (OOC), various original characters -- Het, Romance Warnings: sexual situations Famous actor Ed Straker is visited by a ghost, who wants him to take care of someone in danger. In the course of this quest he and Colonel Lake become lovers. |
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| Dire Situation by Amelia S. Rodgers - 2,500 words, SHADO Tags: Ed Straker (OOC), John Straker (OOC), Mary Rutland (OOC), Philipp Rutland (OOC) -- Gen Warnings: atypical POV for a child Straker and his son play a game Mary Rutland has forbidden, causing Ed to snap at his ex-wife. |
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| March 2011 | ||
| 5. The View from the Stream - Inter-Views by Denise Felt - 2,900 words, AO3 Tags: Ed Straker (OOC), Denise Felt (SI) -- Het, Conversation Piece Warnings: sexual situations, divorce Straker meets the author, woos her, sleeps with her and talks with her about her recent divorce and husband. |
AU ADULT |
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| Farsight 1: Resignation by Lightcudder - 18,800 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker, Alec Freeman, Helen Peters (o.c.) -- Gen, Hurt/Comfort, Angst Warnings: nervous/physical breakdown, resignation Straker faces an enemy within his organisation and then has to deal with life outside SHADO. |
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| Farsight 2: Resistance by Lightcudder - 16,500 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker, Alec Freeman, Helen Peters (o.c.) -- Gen, Hurt/Comfort, Angst Warnings: violence, torture, decompression Straker and Col. Helen Peters are held in FarSight while on Earth, sinister forces plot the downfall of SHADO |
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| Farsight 3: Recovery by Lightcudder - 20,500 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker, Alec Freeman, Helen Peters (o.c.) -- Gen, Hurt/Comfort, Angst Warnings: violence, torture, decompression, deathwish, execution Straker and Col. Peters race to save Earth from the impending alien invasion. |
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| Mayland Room 101 by Lightcudder - 1,400 words Tags: Col. Lake, man, nurse, Ed Straker -- Het, Parody Warnings: explicit sex, laughter: contains nuts! A hospital romance satire. Col Lake has an intimate meeting whilst in hospital, with interesting consequences. |
AU ADULT |
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| Another Place and Time by Denise Felt - 11,000 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker (OOC), Mila Stronghurst (o.c.) -- Romance Ed Straker meets an enigmatic photographer at a studio event who not only has seemingly magical powers, she also knows more about him than he does himself. She offers to take him to her home planet, where he was born. |
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| The Maelstrom by Amelia S. Rodgers - 73,000 words, SHADO Tags: Ed Straker (OOC, Canon Sue), Alec Freeman (OOC), various own characters -- Het, Hurt/Hurt, Therapy!Fic Warnings: major character deaths, sexist/racist/misogynic content and language, profane language, religious references, rape, explicit sex, violence A 70 y/o immortal, sick, feeble Ed Straker eventually turns out to be infested/infected with (non-UFO) aliens, in love with and about to marry a fiancée who is similarly infected and entirely alien. From A to B he dies multiple times, only to be resurrected for more grisly torture, once being charred to crisp roast - conscious and screaming. |
AU ADULT
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| February 2011 | ||
| UFO: A Fairy Tale by Denise Felt - 10,000 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker, Alec Freeman, Dr. Jackson, Nyt (o.c.) -- Gen, Fantasy A winged fairy warns Straker that the world is under threat. With her help he works to discover the traitors in SHADO's midst, before it is too late. |
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| Gar Barusch by Denise Felt - 14,000 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker (OOC), Alec Freeman, Dr. Terven (o.c., Mary Sue) -- Romance Warnings: major character deaths An amnesiac survivor on a strange world tries to find his way home. In his search for Earth he falls in love with the woman who has been charged with helping him to recover his memories. |
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| Absence by Matthew White - 26,000 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker (OOC, Canon Stu), Virginia Lake (OOC) -- Het, Romance Warnings: religious references/preaching As Straker and Lake undergo psychological assessment to determine their future together, the past is recalled and brings with it memories of how they found true love with each other. |
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| Traitor by Aquaboi - 4,000 words Tags: Greg, Gay Ellis, Ed Straker, Paul Foster -- Gen Warnings: some violence A mission to save the world, by killing one man. But will the mission succeed or will Ed Straker survive? |
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| The Green Man Pasture (PG) by Dragon - 2,000 words Tags: Ed Straker, Titania, Queen Mab -- Het, Fantasy A fairy satire: a field is flooded. Ed Straker has a visitation from a desperate being who insists that he fulfil his obligations. And two women demand that he makes a choice. |
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| The Green Man Pasture (R) by Dragon - 3,000 words Tags: Ed Straker, Titania, Queen Mab -- Het, Fantasy Warnings: explicit sex A fairy satire: a field is flooded. Ed Straker has a visitation from a desperate being who insists that he fulfil his obligations. And two women demand that he makes a choice. |
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| Rules (The Rachel Chronicles: 15) by Lightcudder - 1,000 words Tags: Ed Straker, Rachel Philips (o.c.) -- Het, Angst Ed Straker contemplates his future as he cleans his gun. |
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| Regulations (The Rachel Chronicles: 16) by Lightcudder - 1,000 words Tags: Ed Straker, Rachel Philips (o.c.) -- Het, Angst Rachel Philips wakens to bad news. |
CANON | |
| January 2011 | ||
| Zugzwang by Denise Felt - 20,000 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker (OOC), Lt. Patricia Collier (Mary Sue, o.c.), Paul Foster (OOC) -- Het, Romance Warnings: violent death, explicit sex Before his marriage to Mary, Straker has a relationship with a colleague who suddenly vanishes. When she reappears over a decade later, he has to deal with the consequences of his actions, and also has to reconcile his love for the woman with his duty to SHADO. |
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| The Priority of Questions Ed Straker by AnDelendir & Lightcudder - 3000 words The Priority of Questions Alec Freeman by Lightcudder & AnDelenDir - 4000 words Tags: Ed Straker, Alec Freeman -- Gen Warnings: talk about death, reproach How can friendship survive causing the death of a child? Ed Straker and Alec Freeman deal with the aftermath of John Straker's death. |
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| The Shepherd 1: Lamb to Slaughter by Lightcudder - 21,000 words Tags: Ed Straker, Rebecca Steel (o.c.), Alec Freeman, Sara Harper (c.o.), Mason Rimmer (o.c.), various original characters -- Het, Angst, Hurt/Comfort Warnings: violence, death, loss of memory, homelessness Ed Straker is found dead in suspicious circumstances while a familiar looking stranger without memory seeks help. |
CANON ADULT |
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| December 2010 | ||
| One Night Stand by Denise Felt - 13,000 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker (OOC), Rayna Dalco (o.c., Mary Sue), Alec Freeman -- Het, Romance Warnings: explicit sex Famous actor Ed Straker wants a relationship with his co-star. She doesn’t want anything serious. His solution? A raunchy One Night Stand. |
AU ADULT |
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| One for the Road by Denise Felt - 21,000 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker (OOC), Rayna Dalco (o.c., Mary Sue), various original characters -- Het, Romance, Fantasy Warnings: explicit sex, violence, deaths Famous actor Ed Straker searches for his lover and gets more than he had bargained for when he finds her in Romania, home of legendary Dracula. |
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| The Fishmonger’s Daughter by AnDelenDir - 3,000 words Tags: Ed Straker, Ms. Ealand, young woman (o.c.) -- Gen, Angst Warnings: talk about divorce and loss of child custody Ed Straker has turned into a bitter, ruthless workaholic, driving his staff relentlessly even before SHADO is fully up and running. Or so his secretary thinks. |
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| Stopping By Woods by Lightcudder - 4,000 words Tags: Ed Straker, Alec Freeman, Nina Barry -- Gen, Angst A winter’s night, a journey home. But the weather conspires to isolate Ed Straker even more. |
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| Happy Christmas by Lightcudder - 1,000 words Tags: Col. Lake, Ed Straker -- Parody Colonel Virginia Mary Sue Lake writes to her friends at Christmas-time |
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| November 2010 | ||
| Heartbreak on the Moskva by Matthew White - 24,000 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker (OOC), Mary Rutland (OOC), Col. Lake (OOC, Canon Sue), various original characters -- Het, Romance, Espionage A UFO has been retrieved and a SHADO team travel to Russia to track down a man who has stolen the ‘handbook’ for the craft. Enemy forces are trying to prevent the success of the operation while Virginia finds true love, as well as solving the riddle of the alien language. The while Ed Straker marries Mary again. |
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| Love Never Fails by Matthew White - 33,000 words, author homepage Tags: Ed Straker (OOC), Jen Straker (o.c.), Virginia Hewett (OOC), Matt Hewett (o.c., Marty Stu-SI), Alec Freeman, various original characters -- Het, Romance Warnings: religious references, major character death, time travel , violence A story set in two different times, the past as well as the distant future. Continuing the story of Virginia and Matt Hewett, and also with Ed Straker and his wife Jen. Matt and Ginny lose a friend. |
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| First Assignment by Lightcudder - 3,000 words Tags: Ed Straker, Lt. Col. Lightcudder (SI) -- parody A SHADO Lt Col is assigned by Ed Straker to monitor a group who have information regarding SHADO. The security of the organisation is at risk, and extreme measures may have to be taken. |
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