Shameless Self Promotion

[prillalar]

Ah, the "Recommend Two Stories Of Yours That You Feel Are Worth Reading" meme. I can do that. These aren't my best work ever, but two stories that I enjoy re-reading from time to time.

Testosterone and Silky Hair
An X-Files parody piece from 2000. You don't have to be very familiar with the show to enjoy this. It's a cycle of AU snippets and it is, IMO, the funniest thing I've ever written. YMMV.

The Rain, It Raineth All Around
Another XF piece, this time from 1999. I wrote a number of short pieces about Jeffrey Spender for Spenderfic list challenges. This is one of them. It's Spender/Krycek. While I don't think this is the best thing I've written, it's actually my favourite (out of, at last count, 242 stories and drabbles), though I'd be hard pressed to say why.

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Yesterday's discussion of Fannish Spaces spawned some interesting threads, so you might want to go back and check them out.

Comments

[zarahemla.livejournal.com]

I remember dying of laughter when I read the epigraph to "The rain, it raineth all around." But yum! I love Spender/Krycek so much. Says the girl who wrote nine stories about them.

Of course my recommendation of Hal's is White Tower, Silver Tree (http://prillalar.com/fic/stories/000207.php). Because I love it!

[prillalar]

Spender and Krycek fit together so well. Like beer and potato skins. :) And thanks for the rec!

[semielliptical]

A nice trip down memory lane. I think my favorite Skinner is the pirate, and this is one of best sentences ever:

When the letter came with news of his wife's death, he merely folded it, saying, "She is in God's hands," and resumed beating the cook.

For a moment I was puzzled by the feedback on your site for "Testosterone and Silky Hair," but I think perhaps it was just attached to the wrong story. *Spender* has frizzy hair, Mulder has silky hair. But seriously, Spender's hair is a great physical detail that makes the rainy weather feel very real.

[prillalar]

Hee! I think the farm story is my fave, mostly because I liked the names.

I thought I'd deleted that comment spam long ago! I think I just forgot to rebuild the page. I've had that happen more than once -- people post that stuff to bring up their Google PageRank, I think.

And I always liked Spender's curly hair. I miss him.