author profile: sprat

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Author: sprat
Website/link to fic: sprat's fanfiction
Fanlore page: sprat's fanlore entry
First DS fic posted: 2004
Full disclosure: I'm just admiring.
Pairings: Mainly Fraser/Kowalski, also Ray/Ray and two Frannie/Elaine fics. She wrote in other fandoms, too, most notably American Idol and SGA.
Style and strengths: Her writing is natural, vivid and effortlessly funny. Funny in that I remember stupidly grinning all the way through a couple of her stories. Her characters are true to the show with all their strengths, flaws and insecurities. Also, she is a master of strong openings which makes it hard to stop reading. Usually, one is thrown right into a certain scenario that subsequently enfolds.
There is a lot of yearning in her fics, often Kowalski POV and happy endings. The stories are often heartwarming and charming without being cheesy or over the top. She writes excellent banter and, yes, very hot porn. And as a bonus, sex scenes may include laughing or weirdness.
Many of her stories are comparably short but some feel longer. She wrote a lot of challengefic and as such many different genres or forms, f.e. first time, established relationship porn, casefic, commentfic, or bad!fic. And yep, I totally link them here to sneak in some more of my favorites.
Other DS/C6D activity: One short Wilby Wonderful story (Duck and Dan) and one Men with Brooms (gen). She was co-founder of ds_workshop, has provided hosting for dS Seekrit Santa (ds_ssdiscussion) and is one of the coordinators. She also posts screencaps and recs on her site, and meta, recs and icons in her lj.

Some favourites:

Ray Is Not Actually Graphing His Relationship To Fraser... (Fraser/Kowalski, ~6200 words, explicit)
Probably her hallmark story, and rightfully so. You might think that the two of them are happy, once they did the nasty, but you'd be wrong. What follows are lots of misunderstandings and hilarious back and forth. If you like the pairing and you don't know the story, go read. There are pretty graphs.
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April After All (Ray/Ray, ~2800 words)
A love-sick Kowalski goes cruising - with some unexpected consequences. I'd love a sequel for this, but I often do.
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Cuffs (Fraser/Kowalski, ~2000 words, explicit)
Kinky and exactly how I'd imagine the two of them to experiment with handcuffs. It's a game, it includes lovely weird thoughts and it's really hot.
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Housesitting (Ray/Ray, ~2800 words, explicit)
Wonderful Ray/Ray banter followed by porn.
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Untitled (Fraser/Kowalski, ~2300 words, explicit)
This time Fraser is longing for Kowalski and it shows that she writes excellent Fraser POV also.
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Author profile: exeterlinden

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Author: exeterlinden
Website/link to fic: Exeterlinden's fic on the Archive Of Our Own.
Exeterlinden's fic on LJ
Fanlore page: Exeterlinden
First DS fic posted: 2005
Full disclosure: Linden and I are mutual friends, and I have beta-ed a couple of her stories.
Pairings: Fraser/Kowalski, Fraser/Vecchio, Stella/Vecchio, Stella/Kowalski, Stella/Fraser
Style and strengths: Linden writes character-driven stories that suck you in. They're sometimes sweet and funny, sometimes creepy, always thoughtful; you always feel like you know the characters and their thoughts and emotions better by the end.
Other DS/C6D activity: Linden has written stories for Hard Core Logo and Wilby Wonderful.
Some favourites:
Dinner Date F/V. Ray takes Fraser to dinner. Fraser thinks it's a date. I thought this was adorable when Linden first sent it to me, and I still think it's adorable.
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Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, F/K. After the Quest, it takes them a little while to figure out what they want.

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Rock 'n' Roll Suicide, a Rolling Stone article on Hard Core Logo. This is an awesome story in both concept and execution, and a "must read" for the HCL fandom! The article is actually posted as scans, so no quotes. Just read it.