su_herald | Wednesday June 13th, 2012

WILLOW: Murder, death, disaster. What else?
XANDER: Paranormal, unexplained, did you get natural disasters?
WILLOW: Earthquake, flood.
XANDER: Rain of Toads.
WILLOW: Right.
XANDER: Rain of Toads! Do you think they'd have anything like that in the paper?
WILLOW: I'll put it on the computer search. If it's in there, it'll turn up. Anything that'll lead us to vampires.

~~The Harvest~~

[Short Fiction]

The Demon in Me, a companion piece to The Nature of Things by jennygotfamous. Spike/Xander. NC-17.

[Chaptered Fiction Updates]

Threads Part 2 by akainagi PG-13. Crossover with Stephen King‘s Insomnia.
Lost Boys Chapter 7 by naughty_fae. Spike/Xander. NC-17.
Dead Men Don’t Text Chapter 13 by bmblbee . Spike/Xander. NC-17.
The Lightning Strike Chapter 4 by hezio2 . Buffy/Dean. R. Crossover with Supernatural.
Lover, You Should’ve Come Over Parts 1 and 2 (with a link to its prequel, I Just Don‘t Think I‘ll Ever Get Over You) by raynejelly. Spike/Xander. PG-13.

[Images & videos]

Manips for Summer of Giles: BtVS manips by wickedfox-lj.
GIFs and Moving Posters: BtVS GIFs and Moving Posters by buffysummerspratt

[Community Announcements]

Challenge #323 at btvsats_guys is low on icons. Please enter by the Friday deadline.
This week’s four part prompt at writers_toybox

[Fandom Discussion]

Whedonesque members discuss Buffy S9 #10
gryfndor_godess reacts to Buffy S9 #10
xicanti discusses Willow and Fred in her month-long series of features on BtVS and AtS
Lady T discusses Consequences in her series on consent issues in BtVS.

[Articles, Interviews & Other News]

Mark Watches Angel S2 E20: Over the Rainbow. Please observe Mark's strict no spoilers in comments policy.
A report on the Buffy 20th Anniversary Panel at the Philadelphia Comic Con is available here.