It's been called Samhain, All Saints' Day, and All Hallow's Eve but today most of us recognize October 31st as Halloween. A night when folks dress in costume, nibble on candy, and some may even gorge in libations.
Last year, Zigster and Yogagal decided to have a little fun and launched the Eric and His Great Pumpkin Contest. With 45 contest entries and even more fics that were not entered, this contest helped inspire a flurry of stories that take place on or around Halloween. Click here for all the entries for this contest.
So for the October recommendation post, here are favorite Halloween fics from SVM fans. Thanks to all who participated. I've been doing this recommending thing for a while now and I could come up with topics every month but without you, it would just be a list of the ones I know. Thanks for this, especially those of you who don't recommend 'anonymously'.
Fics with stars (♥) next to them have multiple recommendations. The star represents the number of recommendations for that story.
And for your listening pleasure, please check out this playlist created by tvgirlSVM that includes songs played by KDED in the books.
»An Engraved Invitation by ericizmine ♥ ♥
This was excellent because it is canon but Sookie gets smart so much faster than in the books. She realizes so much more quickly that Bill is a douche and Eric is the hottest. LOL. Seriously, this is fiction, what else matters? -- Northwoman
This was also an entry in the great Pumpkin contest. It's a fun, slap in Bill's face, but also getting things right between Eric and Sookie story. -- carolinagirl96a
»Candy Corn Sheriff by TekniCAL
Candy corn and Eric. That's really all that needs to be said. -- moxiemo
»Come As You Aren't by GimmeSomeIcefang
A fic that blends halloween, magic, SVM and Generation Kill!Eric and Dominatrix!Sookie. Absolutely SIGN ME UP! -- Lubadub
»Creature of the Night by VampLover1
Beautiful descriptions, haunting and frightful story. It was one of my faves as a finalist for the Eric & GP contest last year. A true spooky tale and well-written. -- LuvsFanFic
»Forbidden Pleasures by onefee27 ♥ ♥
This was one of my favorites from the GP contest. I begged the author to continue it and am lucky enough to get to beta it now. I am a sucker for the total emotional pull they have on each other, even with the problems they foresee in their relationship. They have some real drama / problems but I love how they work through it together. This story is hot, fun, and romantic. -- Northwoman
I'm a teacher, so the crush/relationship with the principal was just cute to me. Great story! -- Carolinagirl96a
»Graveyard of Good Intentions by Scribeninja and the Extended Redux ♥ ♥
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5429901/1/Graveyard_of_Good_Intentions
I loved how this story took Eric and Sookie from childhood through growing up and finally finding out how much they really meant to each other. -- Carolinagirl96a
This story is so sweet, it makes me cry in so many different places. Sookie and Eric meet when they're 8. They have both lost their parents and are both picked on and teased at school. When Eric sees a young Bill Compton take Sookie's Halloween candy that's the final straw. He beats him over the head with his hammer and a friendship is born. The story follows them through high school and we're all wondering when, when will these two get together! Another beautifully written story from LindsayK. -- bontempscutie
»Halloween Night by Texanlady
It's Texanlady, need I say more? Well writen, witty dialogue, Sookie gives the Viking some grief much to his disgust, Fangtasia gets blown up and Sookie gets treated to a flight home and a walk on the clouds. It's and a really good read and not as dark as some of Tex's stories on Live Journal. -- Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgor
»I Will Never Let You Go by ASlover
This is an AH story of a meeting on Halloween. Sookie has been hurt by Quinn in this story and now meets someone new - Eric. It is fun and sweet and emotional. I found it so enjoyable. -- Northwoman
»Justice for the Count by simba317
It's Halloween at the university and Sookie has a busy day just like any fourth year student. She has class (with a pain in the arse teacher's assistant name Eric), meetings, and a costume party to contend with. Who has time to worry about a serial killer? This story has humor and a bit of action. Check it out. -- Sapfirerose
»Plastic Passion by youbettago
Eric and Sookie as Barbie and Ken? Instant recommendation. Fuckhot lemon by the fabulous youbettago? Double recommendation! Heart-melting romantic ending? Triple recommendation! -- Lubadub
»Saints and Sinners by EricIzMine
This story started off as a Great Pumpkin contest entry, but never made it to the contest. As such .. the first two chapters take place during Halloween with one helluva meet-cute that progresses to a Halloween party that Eric will never forget. If you are looking for games to play at your Halloween party or costume ideas, check out this fic. -- Sapfirerose
»Samhain by Suki59
The second place winner for the Great Pumpkin contest, Suki's story is set in a distant future for Sookie and Eric. We find our favorite lovers in another part of the globe and ... not in the same town. This love story finds Sookie in Italy and Ireland dreaming of a new life, and on one Samhain night, it all comes together. -- Sapfirerose
»Sookie's Secret by evenflo78
There's nothing wrong with a little fantasy. Love this fic and the instant, burning chemistry between Eric and Sookie in it! -- Lubadub
»Supernatural Horror Picture Show by VikingGirl74
If you are a fan of Rocky Horror Picture Show, then you will find this short one-shot very amusing. Amelia drags Sookie and the gang to the picture show to unwind. Yes ... costumes and all. Will the big bad viking sheriff participate and who will he be? An easy read that's less then 1,000 words, and a lot of fun, from a new writer in SVM fandom. -- Sapfirerose
»The French Connection by Zeewriter and Indigobuni
This Halloween romance takes place in Paris, France. Sookie writes for a travel magazine and finally gets a great assignment but has to settle with a photographer she's never worked with. How will this assignment pan out? Read to find out. -- Sapfirerose
»The Girl Who Was October by Nyah
If you ever read one of Nyah's contest entries (like 1,001 Louisiana Nights) you will know that her imagination has no bounds. One of her entries for the Great Pumpkin Contest was this stories. Until then, I had never read I have never read an fic like this. Instead of giving away the story, because you will have to read it to appreciate it, here are some lines in this story that are genius ...
"... even if he hates how often she smells like sex and death, he's never seen her so happy and he won't have a hand in ending that."
"'I am October,' she says. 'I am the setting and the setting can change everything.'"
And my all time favorite "... the inevitable tension that arises between a woman who has fallen in love with death and a vampire who has fallen for life"
I've seen a couple of these lines replicated in other stories, but the delivery here was best. Check it out. -- Sapfirerose
»Trick or a Treat ... Eric is What I Want to Eat! by Violetbat
A beautifully written kinky story. Eric is a mechanic, very, very skilled with his hands and his other 'tools'.
Sookie is wearing a fairy costume, but most importantly a pair of ben-wa balls!
If you don't know what that is you MUST read it. In my opinion is a MUST read anyhow. -- Kira Kiralina
»Twoo Wuv: A Bloody Fairytale
This story was an entry in the Eric and His Great Pumpkin contest. It manages to mash together the SVM characters with an interesting Halloween telling of the story of the Princess Bride, which I absolutely love and can recite more than half of the lines from. I was grinning and giggling and awwwwwwing through the whole story. -- Missus T
»Where You Keep Them by Ericizmine
This was an entry in the Great Pumpkin contest. It's a great version of how the "talk" goes between Eric and Sookie after he regains his memories. -- Carolinagirl96a
»Winter Vampire by Thyra10
This is a sweet and lusty tale of a lonely Sookie who meets a not-out-of-the-coffin-yet vampire. Eric is in Scandinavia to enjoy the long winter nights, but misses Halloween and soon finds himself falling in love after a chance encounter. As in most of Thyra's stories, the unusual setting makes this story memorable and unique. -- Suki59
This was excellent because it is canon but Sookie gets smart so much faster than in the books. She realizes so much more quickly that Bill is a douche and Eric is the hottest. LOL. Seriously, this is fiction, what else matters? -- Northwoman
This was also an entry in the great Pumpkin contest. It's a fun, slap in Bill's face, but also getting things right between Eric and Sookie story. -- carolinagirl96a
»Candy Corn Sheriff by TekniCAL
Candy corn and Eric. That's really all that needs to be said. -- moxiemo
»Come As You Aren't by GimmeSomeIcefang
A fic that blends halloween, magic, SVM and Generation Kill!Eric and Dominatrix!Sookie. Absolutely SIGN ME UP! -- Lubadub
»Creature of the Night by VampLover1
Beautiful descriptions, haunting and frightful story. It was one of my faves as a finalist for the Eric & GP contest last year. A true spooky tale and well-written. -- LuvsFanFic
»Forbidden Pleasures by onefee27 ♥ ♥
This was one of my favorites from the GP contest. I begged the author to continue it and am lucky enough to get to beta it now. I am a sucker for the total emotional pull they have on each other, even with the problems they foresee in their relationship. They have some real drama / problems but I love how they work through it together. This story is hot, fun, and romantic. -- Northwoman
I'm a teacher, so the crush/relationship with the principal was just cute to me. Great story! -- Carolinagirl96a
»Graveyard of Good Intentions by Scribeninja and the Extended Redux ♥ ♥
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5429901/1/Graveyard_of_Good_Intentions
I loved how this story took Eric and Sookie from childhood through growing up and finally finding out how much they really meant to each other. -- Carolinagirl96a
This story is so sweet, it makes me cry in so many different places. Sookie and Eric meet when they're 8. They have both lost their parents and are both picked on and teased at school. When Eric sees a young Bill Compton take Sookie's Halloween candy that's the final straw. He beats him over the head with his hammer and a friendship is born. The story follows them through high school and we're all wondering when, when will these two get together! Another beautifully written story from LindsayK. -- bontempscutie
»Halloween Night by Texanlady
It's Texanlady, need I say more? Well writen, witty dialogue, Sookie gives the Viking some grief much to his disgust, Fangtasia gets blown up and Sookie gets treated to a flight home and a walk on the clouds. It's and a really good read and not as dark as some of Tex's stories on Live Journal. -- Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgor
»I Will Never Let You Go by ASlover
This is an AH story of a meeting on Halloween. Sookie has been hurt by Quinn in this story and now meets someone new - Eric. It is fun and sweet and emotional. I found it so enjoyable. -- Northwoman
»Justice for the Count by simba317
It's Halloween at the university and Sookie has a busy day just like any fourth year student. She has class (with a pain in the arse teacher's assistant name Eric), meetings, and a costume party to contend with. Who has time to worry about a serial killer? This story has humor and a bit of action. Check it out. -- Sapfirerose
»Plastic Passion by youbettago
Eric and Sookie as Barbie and Ken? Instant recommendation. Fuckhot lemon by the fabulous youbettago? Double recommendation! Heart-melting romantic ending? Triple recommendation! -- Lubadub
»Saints and Sinners by EricIzMine
This story started off as a Great Pumpkin contest entry, but never made it to the contest. As such .. the first two chapters take place during Halloween with one helluva meet-cute that progresses to a Halloween party that Eric will never forget. If you are looking for games to play at your Halloween party or costume ideas, check out this fic. -- Sapfirerose
»Samhain by Suki59
The second place winner for the Great Pumpkin contest, Suki's story is set in a distant future for Sookie and Eric. We find our favorite lovers in another part of the globe and ... not in the same town. This love story finds Sookie in Italy and Ireland dreaming of a new life, and on one Samhain night, it all comes together. -- Sapfirerose
»Sookie's Secret by evenflo78
There's nothing wrong with a little fantasy. Love this fic and the instant, burning chemistry between Eric and Sookie in it! -- Lubadub
»Supernatural Horror Picture Show by VikingGirl74
If you are a fan of Rocky Horror Picture Show, then you will find this short one-shot very amusing. Amelia drags Sookie and the gang to the picture show to unwind. Yes ... costumes and all. Will the big bad viking sheriff participate and who will he be? An easy read that's less then 1,000 words, and a lot of fun, from a new writer in SVM fandom. -- Sapfirerose
»The French Connection by Zeewriter and Indigobuni
This Halloween romance takes place in Paris, France. Sookie writes for a travel magazine and finally gets a great assignment but has to settle with a photographer she's never worked with. How will this assignment pan out? Read to find out. -- Sapfirerose
»The Girl Who Was October by Nyah
If you ever read one of Nyah's contest entries (like 1,001 Louisiana Nights) you will know that her imagination has no bounds. One of her entries for the Great Pumpkin Contest was this stories. Until then, I had never read I have never read an fic like this. Instead of giving away the story, because you will have to read it to appreciate it, here are some lines in this story that are genius ...
"... even if he hates how often she smells like sex and death, he's never seen her so happy and he won't have a hand in ending that."
"'I am October,' she says. 'I am the setting and the setting can change everything.'"
And my all time favorite "... the inevitable tension that arises between a woman who has fallen in love with death and a vampire who has fallen for life"
I've seen a couple of these lines replicated in other stories, but the delivery here was best. Check it out. -- Sapfirerose
»Trick or a Treat ... Eric is What I Want to Eat! by Violetbat
A beautifully written kinky story. Eric is a mechanic, very, very skilled with his hands and his other 'tools'.
Sookie is wearing a fairy costume, but most importantly a pair of ben-wa balls!
If you don't know what that is you MUST read it. In my opinion is a MUST read anyhow. -- Kira Kiralina
»Twoo Wuv: A Bloody Fairytale
This story was an entry in the Eric and His Great Pumpkin contest. It manages to mash together the SVM characters with an interesting Halloween telling of the story of the Princess Bride, which I absolutely love and can recite more than half of the lines from. I was grinning and giggling and awwwwwwing through the whole story. -- Missus T
»Where You Keep Them by Ericizmine
This was an entry in the Great Pumpkin contest. It's a great version of how the "talk" goes between Eric and Sookie after he regains his memories. -- Carolinagirl96a
»Winter Vampire by Thyra10
This is a sweet and lusty tale of a lonely Sookie who meets a not-out-of-the-coffin-yet vampire. Eric is in Scandinavia to enjoy the long winter nights, but misses Halloween and soon finds himself falling in love after a chance encounter. As in most of Thyra's stories, the unusual setting makes this story memorable and unique. -- Suki59
5 comments:
This post is full of awesomesauce! Love the header and the stories listed are great!
Great post, fantastic banner. Thanks for putting all this together!
Oh man I forgot the Playlist! I'm adding it right now. Thanks Missie and tvgirl. :)
The playlist from Saints and Sinners gets heavy airtime on my Zune!
lol @ ByteMeBill. I rock to the EricIzMine's Saints and Sinners playlist often. :)
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