Drinking from a firehose

So, a while ago I recommended Astolat's Life Sentence. Today I discovered The Next Quarter Mile which is not a continuation, but is every bit as exciting. Slash, of course, the fandom is a fusion of the Fast and Furious universe with the X-Men. Buckle up tight. You're gonna need it.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4192299

 

I was messing about with DW, trying to determine if there are usage stats on here when I clicked on the network tab (which I swear I've never noticed before), and found this post right at the top:

http://devildoll.dreamwidth.org/657451.html

Which sort of combines circus acrobats (Cirque du Soleil) and slash and Hawaii Five-O. If you haven't seen it, you must.

I'm a huge fan of Dan Savage and his advice column. The new column came out today and, as usual, I saw Savage's photo and thought to myself Hey! He looks like a young version of Detective Munch! If this were a normal Wednesday, I would have become so engrossed by the questions I'd have forgotten all about Munch, but today's column was the closest thing to RPS I have ever encountered in a newspaper advice column (RPS=Real People Slash for those unfamiliar with the term), and I started wondering how I'd feel about a half-RPS crossover with John Munch and Dan Savage. I have mixed feelings about RPS, which is I doubt I could ever write one myself, and is also why I think of Munch as Munch rather than as Richard Belzer.

( Click here for comparison photos )

It wasn't until I was driving home that the answer occurred to me: I'd be absolutely delighted to read a crossover featuring both Munch and Savage if Savage wrote it himself. Of course, if I'm being honest, I'd read any story (gen, slash, or half-RPS) featuring these two just to see where the author went with it.

Without going into the details, I need to pick a few zines from http://www.asidozines.com/

Among my choices are two novellas taking place in Smallville -- but I don't know a damn thing about the fandom other that what's been penned by peach1250 and greenlady2. The two Smallville zines are Playthings (a Clark/Lex “Smallville” novel by VampyrAlex) and Race with Destiny (a Smallville "Clex" slash novella by VampyrAlex and Chris J. Ueberall with full-color cover by Suzan Lovett). Are they worth getting, or should I go for a random anthology? Informed opinions, anyone?