su_herald | Friday May 4th, 2012

GILES: You don't have to do that Dawn. Just relax.
ANYA: Yes, sit down. We have some very amusing chicken feet you can play with. Don't you watch television? I thought all children despise effort and enjoy cartoons.
DAWN: I like being useful. Keep my minds off things.
GILES: Then useful you shall be. We can always use a hand.
ANYA: But you have a hand. A paid hand. A hand that isn't the hand of illegal child labor.
GILES: Anya!
ANYA: But of course it's wonderful that you find doing *my* job so distracting. I am unthreatened. Proceed.

~~Forever~~

[Short Fiction]

Cinders by bone_dry1013. Spike/Buffy. PG-13.
Prodigal Son Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 by naughtynyx88. Spike/Angel, Spike/Buffy, Spike/Darla. NC-17.
The One-Eyed Man by brutti_ma_buoni. Spike/Buffy. PG-13.
While There's Life, There's Hope by brutti_ma_buoni. Spike/Buffy. PG-13.
Not Quite the Fireworks I Was Expecting by confusedkayt. Spike/Buffy. PG-13.
Clean-Up by velvetwhip. Spike/Angel. R.
Bound By Love by okdeanna. Spike/Buffy. PG-13.
Losing Everything by forsaken2003. Spike/Xander. R.
The Dead Need Warmth Too by killedkelly. Spike/Angel, Spike/Angel/Illyria. NC-17.
No One Wants to be Alone by skargasm. Spike/Xander. PG.
Lost Love: A Story Told Backwards by spike-1790. Spike/Xander. PG. HAU.
Jealous Red by evil-little-dog. Darla/Drusilla. Teen.
Two Birds… by snowpuppies. Joyce/Darla. PG-13.
Tomorrows… by snowpuppies. Joyce, Buffy, Dawn. PG.
Fading the Bruises by JaneDavitt. Giles/Wesley. Explicit.
Lasting Impression by JaneDavitt. Angel/Wesley. Teen.
Overlooking the Obvious by JaneDavitt. Angel/Wesley. Mature.
More Than This by Minim Calibre (minim_calibre). Jenny/Lilah. Mature.
Hell is Empty by gogollescent. Faith/Buffy. Teen.
Till the End of the World by someryn. Spike/Buffy. Mature.

[Chaptered Fiction Updates]

Origin and Season One Chapter 29 by bone-dry1013. Buffy. PG-13.
A Kick From the Inside Chapter 2, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4 by lusciousxander. Xander. PG-13.
A Very Strange Vampire Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 by slaymesoftly. Buffy/Spike. NC-17.
Chutes & Ladders Chapter 16 by aliceinwondrbra. Buffy/Faith. R.
Blue Amber Chapter 15 by amandam830. Buffy/Dean. NC-17. Crossover with Supernatural

[Community Announcements]

Winners announced for Round 2 of the Gotta Have Faith Awards.
Nominations still needed for Round 26 of the Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards. Nominations close May 31st.
Challenge #220 at btvs-hush is up
kinda-gay's Light/Dark Drabble Table is up
Challenge #318 at femslash100 prompt is city
Challenge #320 at btvsats-guys is up
Challenge #319 at btvsats-guys is now voting

[Fandom Discussion]

perpetual reviews Prophecy Girl

[Articles, Interviews & Other News]

Mark Watches Buffy the Vampire Slayer S5 E6: Family and Angel S2 E6: Guise Will Be Guise. Please observe Mark's strict no spoilers in comments policy.
CNN considers Joss as Master of the Whedonverse.
Reverse Parthenogenesis, a short film starring Amber Benson and Adam Busch is now online.
Rolling Stone lists Joss Whedon's Best and Worst Project.
Television Without pity selects from the Whedonverse: Joss Whedon's Avengers Assemble!.
io9 previews Buffy Season 9 #12 in Which villain is making a return in the Buffy comic books?. (spoilers)
Wired interviews Joss Whedon on Comic Books, Abusing Language and the Joys of Genre.
Forbes interviews Joss Whedon on Trying to Be More Like Buffy.
Nerdist Writers Panel Podcast features Jane Espenson and Douglas Petrie.
Slayalive Q & A with Rebekah Isaacs for ANGEL & FAITH #9. (light spoilers)
iTunes download of The Importance of Being Earnest. Full cast, featuring James Marsters as Jack. Free through May 9th.

The Herald is looking for an editor for the Saturday edition. If interested, please contact menomegirl at menomegirl at livejournal dot com or menomegirl at buffyworld dot com!