Highlander & Highlander the Raven Fanfic
Series | Stand-Alone | Co-Writing/Shared Universes | Crossovers
Series
| Alexa Quartet | a loosely-connected set of Alexa-themed fics, mostly written for Lyric Wheels. Also at AO3 Just Maybe A look at Alexa before she met Methos. Fits in before the Journal stories. PG 4/17/99 The Journal Methos finds something Alexa left behind. PG 10/9/98 Remembering You Sequel to The Journal. Revised version of the one posted to HLFIC-L. PG 12/29/98 The Feeling Remains Methos is driving down the road when a song comes on the radio... Written for the Lyric Wheel Challenge. My favorite out of my Alexa-themed stories. PG 3/5/99 |
| Dream Duet | Duncan's Dream (Dreams #1) Originally posted as M. Tabor Duncan dreams of sleeping with Methos. m/m NC-17 3/28/99 The Dreams I've Had Lately (Dreams #2) Originally posted as M. Tabor Sequel to Duncan's Dream. m/m NC-17 4/6/99 |
| Code of Silence | A Kind of Madness (Code of Silence Trilogy #1) Set in the universe of A Piece of Sky. Nick engages in a battle of wits with Fraser and Ray as he tries to prevent them from learning about Immortals, and clear his name. dueSouth/HL:TR crossover PG-13 9/27/99 A Shot of Reason (Code of Silence Trilogy #2) Sequel to A Kind of Madness Ray's new girlfriend has a secret... NC-17 11/25/99 A Code of Silence (Code of Silence Trilogy #3) Sequel to A Shot of Reason. An Immortal thief causes trouble for Ray and Fraser...and then Amanda shows up.... ADULT 6/16/00 Only Human An outtake from the Code of Silence set, originally intended for a Lyric Wheel, but discarded in favor of something else I've long since forgotten. PG 12/12/00 |
| Heart Series | Find A Way To My Heart (Heart Series #1) Dr. Anne Lindsey falls in love for the first time since Duncan. There's only one problem: Her new lover has a secret.... Featuring Amanda and Joe. ADULT This was the first long story I ever posted. 10/7/98 Heart Without a Past (Heart Series #2) Duncan falls in love with a very unique woman named Kelly Pyron. Featuring appearances by the ROG and Joe. (m/f sex, strong language, violence) This takes place after "Find A Way to My Heart". ADULT 11/14/98 Methos's Dream (Heart Series #3) Strictly PWP. Explicit m/f sex. Takes place during Heart without a Past. NC-17 11/8/98 One Faithful Heart (Heart Series #4) The mini-sequel to Heart Without a Past, written for y'all who wrote and asked me for more Kelly. Some strong language. PG-13 12/21/98 What the Heart Wants (Heart Series #5) Josh's past comes back to haunt him, and with unexpected results for his friends Mac and Kelly. Explicit sex, strong language, and violence. NC-17 5/9/99 Chances A moment out of time in the Heart Series. PG 3/2/99 Forever in My Heart (Heart Series #6) The final chapter in the Heart Series. Letting go isn't easy.... ADULT 12/28/99 and a bonus: The Heart Series Soundtrack |
| Choices of the Raven | Choices of the Raven stories are loosely related, but each (except where noted) can stand alone.
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| Love and Conviction | Never the Same - Duncan finds out Richie's not dead, but does Richie want Duncan around? (Yes, Clan Denial is alive and well, more than a decade after the show was on the air.) HL/HLTR, Gen, 4/9/12 Part 1 of Love and Convinction. Show Me This Life - He didn't know his right arm had been missing. HL/HLTR, slash. Parallel story to Never the Same; 20-year-timestamp for Convinction. Nick Wolfe/Rich Ryan PG-13 5/17/12 Also at AO3. Part 2 of Love and Conviction. Shadow Days - What happens when everything in your life is going right, but you haven't dealt with all that happened before? HL/HLTR, slash.Nick Wolfe/Rich Ryan, Explicit ADULT, 6/16/12 Part 3 of Love and Conviction. |
Stand-Alone Stories
Note: many of the crossovers are also stand-alones unless otherwise noted.
| Faith | Shortly after becoming Immortal, Richie ponders the meaning of faith. The second fic I'd ever posted. PG 11/6/98 |
| November Rain | Rachel Ellenstein remembers one special night with Connor. Explicit m/f sex. NC-17 11/28/98 |
| Four in the Morning | Nick reflects upon the changes in his life. Takes place between "Crime and Punishment" and "The Unknown Soldier." PG 11/14/98 |
| Waiting for Amanda | The title says it all. Inspired by a scene in "Immunity." PG 11/29/98 |
| The Wind's Child | In the wake of Mac's attempt on Richie's life, Richie tries to cope while Methos fights his attraction to a beautiful young singer. Revised version of the one posted to HLFIC-L. PG-13 1/1/99 |
| The Package | Based on a dream posted on the Rysher Raven Forum, and written when Once A Thief was giving me a headache just thinking about it. PG 1/6/99 |
| Sometimes at Night | A post-Archangel story, told from Methos's point of view. Or, Methos's consolation prize for being temporarily kicked out of my Raven fanfic. :-) This version is different from the ones posted to HLBETA and HLFIC. PG-13 2/4/99 |
| Once A Thief | Amanda's old student Michelle Webster is in town, and trouble's not far behind. Inspired by a challenge on the Seventh Dimension challenges page. Some strong language and violence. Takes place between "Passion Play" and "The Devil You Know." PG-13 2/6/99 |
| One Perfect Moment | A PWP set immediately after "A Matter of Time" and before "The French Connection." Explicit m/f sex. NC-17 2/14/99 |
| The Kiss | Did a certain ancient Immortal know a certain light-fingered one before Duncan MacLeod introduced them? Set during "Finale II." PG-13 2/14/99 |
| lover's lament | Got to thinking about John, Rebecca's mortal husband, and this was the result. A Highlander poem. PG 2/23/99 |
| with a single gunshot | A Nick Wolfe introspection. PG 2/25/99 |
| Until Then | Amanda's loved Duncan for years now, said goodbye a million times...but this time, it's a bit different. My attempt at a transitional piece between HLTS and HLTR, complete with timeline. Oh, and you might want to grab some Kleenex. One of my personal favorites. PG 3/5/99 |
| Uninvited | Written as part of a lyric challenge (which inspired the now infamous Lyric Wheel) from Amand-r. Amanda's in Joe's Bar, sulking, when a stranger tries to pick her up...will she accept? PG 2/27/99 |
| I'd Give Anything | The lost epilogue to "The French Connection." PG 3/15/99 |
| if leaving me is easy | Set thirty years into the future, Amanda tries to let go of Nick...and discovers a hard truth about their relationship. Featuring Methos. Written before I saw the series finale. PG 3/22/99 |
| A Favor for a Friend | It's the second anniversary of Alexa's death, and Amanda knows just what Methos needs ... Written for the Second Lyric Wheel Challenge. PG 3/22/99 | Whatever You Say | The Lyric Wheel continues to spin, and once again, I'm involved. :-) This time, the song is Savage Garden's "A Thousand Words". Featuring Joe Dawson and his daughter, Amy Brennan-Thomas. PG 4/10/99 |
| Blue Denim | Set after the end of the series, and inspired by the Stevie Nicks song of the same name. Very angsty but short, and one of my favorites among my fic. PG 5/19/99 |
| All I Needed | A Lyric Wheel story based on Sting's "Moon Over Bourbon Street" and featuring a k'immie (Nicholas Ward, from the HL:TS ep "The Vampire) as the main character. PG 5/22/99 |
| Love Over Gold | Back in Paris again, Amanda ponders the past and her future, with a little help from Methos. PG 6/7/99 |
| Let Go | Who's really running away, and who's letting go? You decide. DM/M NC-17 7/19/99 |
| Have Handbasket, Will Travel | Also known as the "mad crossover with Touched by an Angel". A bit of late-night silliness with idyll, with some extra madness just for good measure. 7/99 |
| For Want Of... | A Lyric Wheel story featuring Amanda, Nick, and Methos. G 10/17/99 | questions | A conversation between an Immortal and his/her lover. Published in Highland Blades 5. Written 2/99 PG posted on the 'net 10/23/00 |
| A Winter's Night | Nick and Amanda's first Christmas together. PG 12/13/99 |
| Nothing Sacred | Amanda remembers Darius, with a little help from Nick. G 12/20/99 |
| Conviction | Set during Archangel. Richie contemplates his reasons for believing in Mac. Written 9/3/99 and revised for posting 12/20/99 This was meant to be a follow-up to "Faith", but it didn't quite work out that way. PG 12/20/99 Also check out the Love and Conviction series, which spins off from this story. |
| Unexpected | Originally published in Revelations #2 under Alice Hill. A mostly plotless Amanda/Joe story with explicit sex. Written 4/3/99 and revised for the 'net NC-17 7/4/00 |
| Games and Conversations | Five Watchers play poker, and discuss the rules of being a Watcher in Seacouver. A Lyric Wheel Challenge story. PG 8/13/00 |
| If Only She'd Asked | An epilogue to the episode "Dead on Arrival." PG 10/1/00 |
| Lost Hope | Another twist on the Halloween Lyric Wheel Challenge. Call this...a missing scene from HL:Endgame. G 10/25/00 |
| Ghosts | Halloween Lyric Wheel Challenge story. Some love is never forgotten.... PG 10/25/00 |
| Blame It on the White Rabbit | A double challenge fic: Millennium Lyric Wheel Challenge fic with a secondary challenge issued to me by Amand-r: write a horror fic, since I've never written one. When Amanda invites a magician to perform on Holy Ground... 50th Highlander fanfic PG-13 1/18/00 |
| Tahiti | A Muse fic, or why I didn't write HL fic between December 1999 and this posting. G 3/6/00 |
| Oceans Wide | A Duncan/Methos snapshot. DM/M NC-17 4/22/00 |
| The Bitter Pill | Set after the episode "Courage". Duncan remembers Brian Cullen. Duncan/Brian slash NC-17 1/2/01 |
| When the Lightning Fades | Nick makes a dangerous choice.... PG 2/6/01 |
| ABC Challenge | written for Rhiannon's List, rediscovered 3/31/10. HLTR poem written 5/6/01. |
| Knowing You | Amanda helps Nick deal with a Quickening. Mostly plotless. ADULT 5/9/01 |
| A New Man | HL Lyric Wheel fic featuring Darius. PG 5/26/01 |
| Just Another Night | One Halloween night, Methos learns something new.... 11/4/01 |
| The Witch's Call | A house-hunting trip for Joe and Methos turns into something else. A Lyric Wheel challenge response. Not one of my favorite works. 5/3/02 |
| Ghost of a Chance | AU. What would life be like if Amanda had waltzed in when Richie was newly immortal? 1/4/04 |
| Another Sunny Day in New York | Duncan meets Nick Wolfe. Posted for the 2004 WIP Amnesty Day. Unfinished, and likely to stay that way. 2/6/04 |
| The Offer | Just how did Richie end up staying with Duncan anyway? Yet another Lyric Wheel Challenge fic. 10/4/04 |
| Haiku Highlander | episode summaries 9/15/05 |
| Pavlov's Bell | Ceirdwyn, 24 hours, and what happens when she walks into a bar in Paris, looking for Amanda....Cerdwyn/Nick Wolfe m/f 3/20/06 |
| Last Request. | Nick delivers one last piece of Connor's legacy to Duncan. Unfinished, and likely to stay that way. 3/15/06 |
| Spinning Nick's Wheels. | Nick needs some help finding answers, but will meeting Adam Pierson help? 7/6/06 |
| Respite. | Methos, a cabin, and a forgotten photograph. 10/3/06 |
| Falling to Pieces | What happens when Watching an Immortal becomes more than an assignment? What happens when someone Nick hadn't expected to see shows up back in his life? Featured as the Story of the Month at HL Fiction, November 2006. 11/02/06 |
| Rambling | Richie tries to make sense of things. LJ Lyric Fic Challenge answer 2/7/07 |
| Tangled | Duncan shows up to ask Amanda a question, and Amanda finds herself making a choice. 4/9/07 |
| A Tasteful Memory | Love, remembered. Gen, PG for language. Written for the 2008 Highlander Holiday challenge. Rebecca/John Posted to the comm 12/14/08, posted here 12/22/08. |
| Innocent | keerawa asked for a fic in which Amanda's innocent for once; this is the result. 4/8/09 |
| The Art Lesson | Richie visits Tessa in her studio. Written for elistaire at her request. (gen) 11/17/11 |
| Well Meant | Duncan has a new student, but is this a good thing? PG-13 7/27/12 |
| Leaves of September | Amanda, one lonely day, and the friend who takes her home. Warning for major character death; future fic. Nick/Amanda, ADULT HL/HLTR 7/29/12 Also at AO3. |
| Connections | A look at Amanda and Nick, twenty years after they first met. Written for the Free-for-All Friday for the 20 Years of Highlander challenge. Amanda/Nick, gen 8/17/12 Also at AO3. |
| Nothing Like This | Nick Wolfe didn't know what day it was; he just knew he was in trouble. Featuring appearances by Rich Ryan, Cory Raines, Matthew McCormick, and Duncan Macleod. Warning for graphic torture and recovery, slash themes, and religion-as-magic. 9/3/12 Also at AO3. |
| A Loaded Smile | Sequel to Nothing Like This. What's a once-burned, twice-shy man to do when a charming thief wants his heart? Tread carefully, and watch out for that loaded smile, of course... Part 2 of Nick's Troubles. Rated Adult 10/10/12 |
| If Ever I Could Love - | Richie found someone he calls gorgeous, and the man fell in love with him. Oops? Slash, HL/HLTR. Part 3 of Nick's Troubles. 4/18/13 Also at AO3. |
Stories with other authors or in other authors' universes
- One Clear Morning (co-written with Rhiannon Shaw) This is our take on some of what happened to Connor and Duncan in the period between the real (AKA the first) movie and the series premiere. Concept developed and written before either of us saw Endgame.... ADULT 12/29/00
- Second Rate Thief Based on an event in Rhiannon Shaw's Line War. PG 8/11/00
- In the Aftermath A post-Line War snippet featuring Rich Ryan. PG-13 11/21/00
- Never Swear on the Lady's Honor Set in Rhiannon Shaw's universe. If Amanda's Duncan's bad habit, who's Connor's, and why are the two Greeks smirking? NC-17 2/14/01
- Kiss Me Hello Sequel to Never Swear on the Lady's Honor. Nina's back and in love.... NC-17 6/11/01
- Something in Her Smile Amanda and Nina. Need I say more? f/f NC-17 10/27/01
- Blood Goddess (AKA The Blood Between Us) I first read Dana's Death and Deviance back in December 1998, when she was still calling it "Blood Goddess", and hadn't yet released it to anyone, much less polished it. This poem was written back then as a tribute to the power of the story. Unfortunately, Dana took down all of her HL fic sometime around 2006 and is now writing in other fandoms as idyll. Her site is here. PG 4/8/99
- Sher Odes I strongly recommend you read Amand-r's Masters at Deception Arc (which starts with Discovering Lolita, full list is at Seventh Dimension; these will make more sense then. :-) PG 8/19/99
- Stranger Things Have Happened A round robin novella written by Amand-r, Dana Woods (aka idyll), and me (a.k.a. the Beta Triumvirate). At party for Joe, Mac gets kidnapped, and it's up to his friends to save him. But what's supposed to be a simple rescue attempt turns into something more when the gang discovers just how Richie managed to show up for the party.... ADULT 5/1/00
- Kelly Pyron snippet A missing piece from Stranger Things Have Happened Just what happened to cause Kelly to get involved in a bar brawl? PG-13 11/8/99
- Stormy & Damien ficlet Set in Rhiannon Shaw's universe PG 2/20/02
Crossovers
Unless noted, these all stand alone.
- Lipstick Traces Some people are unforgettable, and sometimes, coincedence isn't a good thing.... PG-13 2/2/02 (dueSouth/HL crossover)
- Thieves and Other Rogues co-written with Rhiannon Shaw Amanda meets Alex Krycek for the first time, and trouble's not far behind.... Now complete. PG-13 5/18/01
- Conjunction and Conjecture Someone's killing Watchers in New York, and the Witchblade has something to show Sara... (HL/WB crossover) PG-13 4/02
- Just What I Do (The Extended Remix) (Buffy/Highlander, gen) Oz comes to Seacouver. Short scene. 6.10.05
- Stays in Mexico. a HL Lyric Wheel fic. Once a year, they meet to talk and tell tall tales. Crossover with X-Files. 9.15.05
- The Appointment. Harry has a rendezvous with a beautiful informant. Dresden Files/Highlander crossover. (LJ Lyric Fic Challenge and my first Dresden Files fic!) 2/7/07
- Four Ways Amanda and Face Met (And One They Didn't). It's a small world, and Face has always had a talent for finding a beautiful woman, trouble, and danger. Amanda's all three, so when could their lives crossed paths? Highlander/A-Team 2/08/08
- A Fine Mess - H50/HL. Getting out of trouble is a lot harder when you're on one side of the badge. Featuring Matthew McCormick and Cory Raines! Also on AO3 or on DW. 11/14/10
- These Precious Things - Danny never asked if Fate had plans for him. Maybe he should have. (HLTR/H50/Witchblade crossover, Danny/Rachel, Nick/Sara, warning for graphic violence.) Also at AO3 (complete, 10/23/11)
- Changing the Status Quo - written for the 10th Anniversary Canadian Shack challenge. When a friend invited Sara to spend some time in a Canadian shack, Sara decided to take a chance on something new. Matthew McCormick/Sara Pezzini WB/HL Rated adult. 1/6/12
The crossover madness ran for a while: I wrote crossovers for the crossovers_100 challenge.
- Prompt #34: "not enough". Not Close Enough. Semi-sequel to Conjunction and Conjecture. Sara walks into a bar, looking for answers... Witchblade/HLTR crossover. 10.30.05
- Prompt #48: "diamond". Acquisitions. Gabriel has business with Amanda. Witchblade/HLTR crossover. 10.30.05
- Prompt #58: "dinner". Lovers in a Dangerous Time. Sara meets with an old friend. Witchblade/HLTR crossover. 11.04.05
- Prompt #87: "choice". A Turning of Hands. The Witchblade's journey to find a wielder continues with some help from Rebecca. Witchblade/HL crossover. 11.05.05
- Prompt #2: "middles": The Parisian Job. When Amanda is hired to retrieve a package, she discovers a piece of jewelry that will bite back. Witchblade/HLTR crossover. 11.22.05
- Prompt # 60: "drink": Somewhere in Between. Long-posted as just an opening snippet, I finally managed to finish it. A year before Nick meets Amanda, he runs into Ray Vecchio. 7/3/06 HLTR/dS
- Prompt #88: "he": Arms Against the Darkness. Late one night, Sara decides not to be alone. Featuring Matthew McCormick. Witchblade/HL crossover 6/24/07
- Strangers and Other Friends -- When an old girlfriend of Jim's asks for a favor, things get complicated.... PG-13 gentle slash. TS/HLTR crossover, doing triple duty as meeting the prompts #22-25 of the crossovers100 LJ challenge: enemies, lovers, family, and strangers, which only goes to show that I have a hard time limiting myself to 100 words. Incorporates a previously posted untitled fifteen-minute drive-through fic. 7/31/09
Highlander Family Trees
The Line of Methos in Rhiannon
Shaw's universe
The Integrated Highlander/Highlander: the Raven timeline