Highlander & Highlander: the Raven Fanfic

Highlander & Highlander the Raven Fanfic

Series | Stand-Alone | Co-Writing/Shared Universes | Crossovers

Series

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

Alexa Quartet a loosely-connected set of Alexa-themed fics

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 Triology

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 Trilogy; originally intended for a Lyric Wheel, but discarded in favor of something else I've long since forgotten. PG 12/12/00

Choices of the Raven Choices of the Raven stories are loosely related, but each (except where noted) can stand alone.

Who Will You Run To (Choices of the Raven #1) Now that Nick is gone, Amanda must figure out her next move. Will Methos help her? A Lyric Wheel Challenge story. PG 7/11/99
Amanda's Gift (Choices of the Raven #2) After leaving Paris, Nick struggles to come to terms with his Immortality, with help from Connor and a gift from Amanda. Sequel to Who Will You Run To. PG 8/8/99
Down Came a Blackbird (Choices of the Raven #3) Fate isn't always kind...This story features Connor, Nick, and Matthew McCormick, but no Amanda. :-) PG-13 3/2/01
Just Another New Year's (Choices of the Raven #4) A short Nick Wolfe introspection to mark the passing of the year. Takes place during Amanda's Gift. PG 1/1/00
Never Is A Long Time (AU for Choices of the Raven) Methos wants Mac, but doesn't think Mac wants him. Before you send me hate mail, read the sequel. :-) m/m NC-17 8/16/99
A Piece of Sky (AU for Choices of the Raven) The sequel to Never Is A Long Time and follow-up to Amanda's Gift. When Amanda asks Nick for his help with a certain problem, he never expected to play matchmaker for Duncan MacLeod or Methos.... NC-17 8/30/99

Stand-Alone Stories

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
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
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
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
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
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
For Want Of... A Lyric Wheel story featuring Amanda, Nick, and Methos. G 10/17/99
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
A New Man HL Lyric Wheel fic featuring Darius. PG 5/26/01
Ghost of a Chance. AU. What would life be like if Amanda had waltzed in when Richie was newly immortal? 1.4.04
The Offer Just how did Richie end up staying with Duncan anyway? Yet another Lyric Wheel Challenge fic. 10/4/04
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
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
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
I'd Give Anything The lost epilogue to "The French Connection." PG 3/15/99
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
If Only She'd Asked An epilogue to the episode "Dead on Arrival." PG 10/1/00
with a single gunshot A Nick Wolfe introspection. PG 2/25/99
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
Have Handbasket, Will Travel Also known as the "mad crossover with Touched by an Angel". A bit of late-night silliness with Dana Woods, with some extra madness just for good measure. 7/99
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
questions A conversation between an Immortal and his/her lover. Published in Highland Blades 5. Written 2/99/ PG 10/23/00
When the Lightning Fades Nick makes a dangerous choice.... PG 2/6/01
Knowing You Amanda helps Nick deal with a Quickening. Mostly plotless. ADULT 5/9/01
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
Last Request. Nick delivers one last piece of Connor's legacy to Duncan. Unfinished, and likely to stay that way. 3.15.06
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
Tangled Duncan shows up to ask Amanda a question, and Amanda finds herself making a choice. 4/9/07
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
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
Love Over Gold Back in Paris again, Amanda ponders the past and her future, with a little help from Methos. PG 6/7/99
Oceans Wide A Duncan/Methos snapshot. DM/M NC-17 4/22/00
Let Go Who's really running away, and who's letting go? You decide. DM/M NC-17 7/19/99
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
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
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
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
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 lover's lament Got to thinking about John, Rebecca's mortal husband, and this was the result. A Highlander poem. PG 2/23/99
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
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
Tahiti A Muse fic, or why I didn't write HL fic between December 1999 and this posting. G 3/6/00
questions A conversation between an Immortal and his/her lover. Published in Highland Blades 5. Written 2/99/ PG 10/23/00
The Bitter Pill Set after the episode "Courage". Duncan remembers Brian Cullen. NC-17 1/2/01
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.... (Highlander) 3/20/06
Rambling Richie tries to make sense of things. LJ Lyric Fic Challenge answer 2/7/07
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

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

The crossover madness begins! I'm writing crossovers for the crossovers_100 challenge. 100 word minimum, 100 challenge keywords.

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-by fic. 7/31/09

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