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The Draft Dodger
Summary: John Malcom claims to be a witness to a murder the San Francisco Police Department is desperate to solve. There is a catch. Malcom is a draft dodger, and he will only identify the killer if the police can guarantee he’ll be excused from the draft. Ironside agrees to take the case but, he realises too late there is a conflict of interest; his sergeant doesn’t like draft dodgers.
Word Count: 51,376

Questions and Answers
Summary: Chief Ironside isn't curious, he doesn't want know, but he does need to know why his sergeant found it necessary to spend time in a California prison as a John Doe.
Word Count: 4,171




Take the Dead Out of Me - spook_me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon 2019
Summary: Caught and tortured by a maniac who enjoys inflicting pain; the story of Inspector Luke Wilkinson’s nightmare.
Word Count: 3,839

The Hell in Me
Summary: Michel Dorn didn’t like the feeling of guilt, the emotion created after learning of the repercussions caused when he’d asked Inspector Wilkinson to interview Carlo Pacetti, the Inspector’s past revealed to members of the ICC.
Missing Scene: Season 3 Episode 5 'Recoil'.
Word Count: 2,961

You put the Fear in Me
Summary: Trapped on a rooftop and under heavy fire, Inspector Luke Wilkinson resorts to desperate measures to protect his ICC team mate.
Word Count: 7,483

I Leave a Dagger in You
Summary: Ellie wants to talk to someone who understands. Someone who has killed to protect innocent lives and she can only think of one person. She needed to talk to Luke Wilkinson, a conversation that reveals she isn’t the only one who needs help.
Episode Tag: Season 3 Episode 11 'Expose'.
Word Count: 4,423




The Battered Collection of Captain Lee Crane
Summary: Commander Lee Crane, Captain of the Seaview, thought he lived a dangerous life . . . and then he met me; a writer whose only purpose in life is to physically and emotionally whump Lee Crane in a descriptive and bloody manner in a collection of short stories.
Word Count (so far): 10,794
Chapters: 1 | 2 | 3 spook_me 2018 |

Emergence - spook_me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon 2017
Summary: Driven by hunger, they emerge from the shadows, choosing a suitable victim before feeding on fear and uncertainty but fear isn’t always what it seems, sometimes it's an emotion concocted only to satisfy a need.
Word Count: 6,343

Insecta - spook_me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon 2017
Summary: An insect with an insatiable appetite for human flesh has found a home on Seaview. As the death count rises, Captain Crane and Admiral Nelson struggle to find a way to stop it from taking more lives.
Word Count: 6,720



A Passing of Guilt
Summary: A vicious, domineering wife: deceased. A husband rumoured to have a nervous disposition. A disgraced doctor surrounded by rumour. A questionable death. A meddling priest reluctant to meddle and a detective inspector who isn't feeling well. They all come together, brought into a violent confrontation when the wrong person asks too many questions.
Total Word Count: 41,383




The Shadowed Affair - spook_me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon 2016
Summary: When an agent fails to acquire a microchip hidden inside the contents of a room set deep within the bowels of an abandoned insane asylum, Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin are sent in to retrieve it. It really is a shame the agent was too scared to mention the dead shadows living in the basement of the asylum.
Word Count: 9,428




The Man with a New Body - 10_hurt_comfort
Summary: In an attempt to keep a case unsolved, the agents of Department S are abducted. Kept hidden away in an isolated location. When two of them escape plans begin to unravel leaving one life at risk.
Word Count: 34,760




Dance on Through - spook_me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon 2015
Summary:Responding to alien transmissions, the Blackwood Project find themselves embroiled in the legend of the Boogeyman. Children are disappearing, abducted during their thirteenth year. The local inhabitants are certain a boogeyman is behind their disappearance but Blackwood believes the aliens are involved. When Debi, in her thirteenth year, is threatened, Ironhorse risks his life to keep her safe.
Word Count: 30,738

A Silent Recovery - Episode Tag
Summary: The Martin Cole incident over, Colonel Ironhorse just wants to sleep but the other members of the Blackwood Project won't let him.
Spoilers: 1x19 'Vengeance Is Mine'
Word Count: 5,367




Must be Your Death A Walking - spook_me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon 2014 and 10_hurt_comfort
Summary: After following a suspect into a vacant house, Detective Sergeant Ballard becomes an unwilling participant in a fight against evil.
Word Count: 7,476

A Calm Storm - 10_hurt_comfort
Summary: On a dark but not so stormy night, Russo and Ballard become hostages to a man who would rather die than spend more time in jail. Time runs out when Ballard is injured, his life in danger as Russo tries to negotiate their release.
Word Count: 9,292




Lost in Emotion - 10_hurt_comfort
Summary:Dragged down into a deep hole by the black dog of depression, Don West struggles to maintain a facade of his former self, but when Doctor Smith causes more harm and injury, West loses control, his facade crumbling in front of everyone.
Word Count: 19,025




Conversations - Work In Progress
Summary: A series of conversations between Mickey and McCall set after the episode 'Splinters'.
Word Count So Far: 2,295
Spoilers: 4x6 Splinters

Monday Night at the Bar
Summary: After a mission gone bad, Mickey Kostmayer, seeking solitude and alcohol is taken hostage along with the bar's other patrons. When he realizes he's the target, Mickey finds himself in a situation he can't control.
Word Count: 12,482




Out of Control - 50scenes
Summary: He doesn’t want to rely on Charlie Buchanan for help, or anything else for that matter, but when he’s forced into a hostage situation, Detective Peter Vinetti doesn’t have much of a choice.
Word Count: 3,797




A Toast of Midsomer
Summary: DCI John Barnaby and DS Ben Jones are drawn into a world where murder doesn't exist. At least not until Meredith Bernstein was found dead in her front garden with a knife in her chest. With the help of a psychic, a chef and a battery operated toaster, Barnaby and Jones try to solve a case that may be the first of many.
Word Count: 17,936

You Make The Sweetest Sound - spook_me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon 2013.
Summary: When a routine enquiry turns into a night of violence, DCI John Barnaby is left with no choice. He has to fight back, with extreme force if necessary because he can’t just sit back and watch his sergeant die at the hands of a stranger whose intent is more violent than even Barnaby could have imagined. But when things take a dramatic and unexpected turn, Barnaby loses all hope of surviving the night.
Word Count: 8,796

Hold - 50scenes
Summary: He held on, fearful of the long drop below, hopeful someone will come to his aid because he doesn’t want to die, not today.
Word Count: 1,208

The Collected Hurts of DS Jones - *New* Chapter 7 added 29-1-2020
Summary: 6 times DS Jones was whumped and 1 time he wasn't.
Word Count: 27,906




The Men In Black - spook_me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon 2012.
Summary: They linger in the shadows, men dressed in black, hungry for what they no longer have. Violent and quick, they take what they need, like a nightmare version of the tooth fairy. But it’s not always easy, humans can be stubborn creatures.
Word Count: 4,748

98 Cannibal Road
Summary: 98 Cannibal Road. It looked friendly enough from the outside, like an invitation to a child’s tea party: bright, colorful, and cheerful with a very large welcome mat at the front door. But that didn’t necessarily mean that everyone was welcome. Inside, it was not friendly, not friendly at all: dark, dull, morbid and uninviting. The interior a warning that something wicked – possibly evil – lived there. A warning our hero, Detective Lassiter, was unable to grasp.
Word Count: 4,400

When a Zombie Attacks - spook_me Multi-Fandom Halloween Ficathon 2011.
Summary: It's the zombie apocalypse but can it be called an apocalypse when there's only one zombie.
Word Count: 5,272

Doorknobs are People Too
Summary: Some doors shouldn't be kicked ...
Word Count: 3,029

Tea for Three . . . Plus One
Summary: Sixty seven year old women who attempt to grope younger men, should not be trusted.
Word Count: 3,297

Steak and Potatoes
Summary: Do you think it's possible cows could be dangerous, seriously dangerous, possibly evil?
Word Count: 1,148




Tunnel
Summary: Chandler and Henry chase a Morlock into a dark, abandoned house and a very dark hole.
Word Count: 7,092

Sleep
Summary: After the events of 'Nurse Evil', Henry and Ben watch over Chandler as he sleeps off the drugs effects.
Word Count: 2,974

Violence
Summary: Things go wrong when Chandler tries to kill a Morlock
Word Count: 1,284




A Conversational Gambit
Summary: When his sergeant is injured during a fight at the Britannia Pub, Chief Inspector Abberline spends the night at the Whitechapel Mortuary; the last place he’d expected to be after the closure of the Jack The Ripper case.
Word Count: 7,471




A Man Almost Lost
Summary: During a police pursuit, a killer in a desperate need to escape, attempts to distract his pursuers by committing a crime that DS James Hathaway finds hard to deal with, emotionally and physically.
Word Count: 5,615




Are you a Believer - ATF
Summary: While Josiah, Buck and Ezra escort an unstable witness into Denver, Ezra is stung by a wasp which the witness believes to be an alien.
Word Count: 7,822

Two Losers in a Honeybee - ATF
Summary: When on a job, Ezra recognizes a familiar face, putting the entire operation in jeopardy.
Word Count: 7,272

Bones are Broken - OW
Summary: 'So he knocked you out, dragged your sorry ass all the way out here then beat the crap out of you all because he didn't like Gamblers?'
Word Count: 4,560

Restraints - OW
Summary: His wrists turned and pulled, gaining only an extra inch. These weren’t the types of restraints he was use to. Handcuffs were a simple thing but the rope was more complicated than Maude Standish.
Word Count: 2,184

Time - OW
Summary: They moved fast – time wasn’t a friend today – fear dictating their actions, as they circled their seventh,
protecting him from any more harm.
Word Count: 1,740

Slammed (One) - OW
Summary: Josiah returns to Four Corners to find Ezra alone and drinking but is in no mood to listen to the Gambler's problems.
Word Count: 2,004

Slammed (Two) - OW
Summary: Josiah thought about how he was going to convince Ezra to talk, knowing that if he didn’t, his young friend would continue to suffer his emotional pain alone and in silence, refusing any offer of friendship from his fellow peacekeepers, instead, substituting it with cheap whiskey.
Word Count: 2,588

A Murder Hunt - AU
Sequel to A Murder Mystery
Summary: The hunt is on when a killer escapes and Detective Ezra Standish is abducted.
Word Count: 30,522

A Murder Mystery - AU
Summary: Detective's Standish and Dunne investigate a murder and find an unlikely witness.
Word Count: 8,330

Look to your Right, Mr. Standish - OW
Summary: Ezra’s quiet, distracted and the rest of the seven are afraid that he’s losing his mind . . . again.
Word Count: 6,666

Look to your Left, Mr. Larabee - OW
Summary: After Ezra is injured his behaviour becomes ... slightly unhinged.
Word Count: 5,727

Finding Adam Larabee - AU
Summary: Ezra Standish has been using his psychic abilities to find the missing, but he can't do it alone anymore. After seeking the help of the 'Missing Persons' unit, he may just end up finding Chris Larabee's missing son.
Word Count: 15,242

A Man Reborn - AU
Summary: Six men make up Team Seven, a group of professional bounty hunters. After a fellow bounty hunter’s cover is blown, he joins the team and begins the journey of changing his life forever.
Word Count: 58,220

Stakeout - ATF AU
Summary: Ezra Standish has been recruited to investigate an agent but finds that the agent is also investigating him.
Word Count: 30,319

Four Corners - AU
Summary: Buck makes a bet he can't win and Ezra owes a debt he can't pay.
Word Count: 12,186

An Alien Investigation - AU
Summary: When reports of alien sightings and abductions are made, SPIT7 head an investigation with the help of their newest team member.
Word Count: 32,663

A Werewolf Investigation - AU
Summary: The team investigate after a death is reported in Lufkin, Texas where the locals claim a Werewolf was the culprit.
Word Count: 30,509

A Twin Investigation - AU
Summary: A set of dead teenage twins decide to make life a little difficult for Ezra Standish.
Word Count: 23,773

Quest for Survival - OW
Summary: Ezra is on his way back to Four Corners when a group of men rob him of his possessions and leave him for dead.
Word Count: 22,732

The Betrayal - ATF
Summary: Team Seven believe that Ezra Standish has betrayed them.
Word Count: 96,713

Ulterior Motives - ATF
Summary: When Ezra is informed of the death of a friend, he finds out that there is an ulterior motive behind it.
Word Count: 37,801

Lenny Hoskins & Team 7 v's Ezra Standish - ATF
Summary: Someone has invited Lenny Hoskins to join the team for a three day weekend holiday.
Word Count: 17,585

Retribution - ATF
Summary: Chris is seriously injured when he saves Ezra. This results in an extremely pissed off Ezra Standish, an angry and hurting Chris Larabee and a very irritating Buck Wilmington.
Word Count: 31,360

A Hiking we will Go - ATF
Summary: Chris and Vin decide that it would be a good idea to go hiking for a week. Ezra doesn't want to go, but he has no choice.
Word Count: 25,059

Innocence Lost - ATF
Summary: Ezra goes undercover within a prison and befriends a young man who is a victim of prison rape.
Word Count: 25,918

A Game Replayed - ATF
Summary: Ezra disappears and resurfaces in the hospital. Ezra, Chris and Vin then have to replay what had happened to the undercover agent.
Word Count: 19,988

Burnout - ATF
Summary: After spending a prolonged period working undercover, Ezra suffers from 'Burnout'.
Word Count: 26,949

Loyalties - ATF
Summary: When JD and Ezra are placed in a life-threatening situation, Ezra finds out where Buck's loyalties lie.
Word Count: 25,256

A Life Threatened - ATF
Summary: After Chris receives a warning that one of his close friends on Team 7 will be killed in an act of revenge against him, he protects those that he thinks are in danger but has he made the wrong decision.
Word Count: 24,521

Truth or Lies - OW
Summary: Ezra receives a letter from Maude telling him his father is coming to Four Corners.
Word Count: 29,153

Mortimer Johnson - OW
Summary: Mortimer Johnson is searching for the man who killed his son five years earlier and he thinks he has found him in Four Corners.
Word Count: 16,660

Obsessions - OW
Summary: A missing scene from the episode Obsessions.
Word Count: 8,257

A Life for a Life - OW
Summary: A bank robbery goes bad and one of the seven is mistakenly shot by one of their own.
Word Count: 2,801

That Damn Car - ATF
Summary: How did he get that car?
Word Count: 4,216

A Dog's Tale - ATF
Summary: During a mugging, Ezra is rescued by a dog.
Word Count: 5,238

The Hanging - OW
Summary: A group of men enlist Ezra's help to hang Vin Tanner.
Word Count: 3,995

Five Forty Five - OW
Summary: Ezra and two brothers play a game of poker.
Word Count: 2,471

A Loss of Confidence - OW
Summary: After killing a teenager, Ezra loses confidence and refuses to use his guns in a fight.
Word Count: 2,569

The Picture - ATF
Summary: When a father wants to pay his respects for his dead son with a picture in the paper, he accidently blows Ezra's cover.
Word Count: 1,935

He had to do it - OW
Summary: While returning to Four Corners with Chris and Vin, Ezra sees something that causes him to react on instinct.
Word Count: 2,325

Haven't done much to Gladden my Heart - OW
Summary: While drunk, Ezra decides to try and withdraw his mother's money from the bank.
Word Count: 5,268

Life just isn't Fair - OW
Summary: The September 2001 Challenge: offered by NotTasha Write a story from a villain's POV. It can be a cannon villain and even a cannon scene -- or make it all up.
Word Count: 1,517

Want to go Fishing - OW
Summary: The October 2001 Challenge: offered by Julia Neal Five of the Magnificent Seven are headed to Tascosa to clear Vin's name for good. How will they prove he's innocent now that Eli Joe is dead? Two of the Seven are left to protect the town. Who will take the opportunity to terrorize Four Corners?
Word Count: 1,285

Trust in your Friends - OW
Summary: The December 2001 Challenge: offered by Twyla Jane “A seed of doubt once planted, sown deep had begun to grow and crack the very foundation that united them.” Incorporate this into your story whether it be text or theme. Any AU. Can be anything from drama to dare I say humor. Oh did I say that Nathan has to be one of the main players and mind you not just as a healer…? Oh yes I know I am evil but I could have asked you to include a barrel of oil, dynamite and some pissed off reptiles … (oh my where did that come from????).
Word Count: 1,208

U571 - AU
Summary: The January 2002 Challenge: offered by Setcheti Write (or rather, *re*write) a movie or TV show as starring our favorite Seven guys. You MAY NOT use an existing AU, you must create your own. (Yes, that does mean you can't just have ATF Team Seven join forces with Walker, Texas Ranger - a crossover is not what we're aiming for here.) You can do the whole thing or just a teaser so long as all Seven are used. Sounds daunting I know, but sit down and watch a few movies or a couple hours of cable and I'm sure you'll come up with something great!
Word Count: 4,383

Man Against Water - ATF
Summary: The February 2002 Challenge: offered by Heather Any AU, any setting....Whatever floats your boat so to say. Some of the seven guys are stuck on one side of a water way (river, pool, pond, puddle, bathtub anything with water) and some of the others (one or two or how many you want) are on the other side. For whatever reason, the one group refuses to cross the water and join the others, despite the fact bad guys can be heard bearing down on them.
Word Count: 1,614

Come Inside - ATF
Summary: The April 2002 Challenge: offered by Meg Tipper Some, one or all of the boys are on the edge -- not figuratively, literally. It can be the edge of a cliff, the roof of a building, the scaffolding on a skyscraper, a ledge on the side of a rock face -- you name it, so long as it is a long way down. They can be standing, dangling, falling, climbing, whatever works. How you get them there, and get them out of it, is entirely up to you. I only have one other little caveat. You must use one, some or all of the following words in the story: birthday, chocolate, shower and fool. It is April after all. Any universe, any style. Good Luck!
Word Count: 2,751

There is Something Seriously Wrong with this House - ATF
Summary: The May 2002 Challenge: offered by Michelle Naylor Do you believe in the supernatural, the unusual, and the out of the ordinary things that cannot be explained? What would the boys do when faced with such a situation? Write a story where one or more of the boys are caught up with forces beyond their control. My one stipulation is that there most be some otherworldly figure, (ghost, alien, angel, etc...) there to help them along. Note: This should not be a horror story!
Word Count: 10,664

Race to Cross the River - OW
Summary: The February 2002 Challenge: offered by Heather Any AU, any setting....Whatever floats your boat so to say. Some of the seven guys are stuck on one side of a water way (river, pool, pond, puddle, bathtub anything with water) and some of the others (one or two or how many you want) are on the other side. For whatever reason, the one group refuses to cross the water and join the others, despite the fact bad guys can be heard bearing down on them.
Word Count: 2,750

The Continuing Ezra Standish Saga

Trust
Summary: Marshal Hanley, a man from Ezra's past, arrives in Four Corners but is he friend or foe.
Word Count: 15,416

A Dark Past
Summary: The seven hired lawmen are asked to escort a stagecoach and a witness to Rock Falls. Amongst the passengers is Ezra's Uncle who has a dark past.
Word Count: 19,173

A Rescue Gone Wrong
Summary: Ezra, Buck and JD rescue a woman from eight men who she says are chasing her. Ezra is injured during the resuce and they are three days away from Four Corners. But the woman has not told them the real reason for being hunted by the group of men.
Word Count: 18,211

Payback
Summary: Ezra is still recovering when Maude arrives in Four Corners and as she struggles to find out what happened to her son a group of men also arrive in town looking for a high stakes game of poker with Ezra Standish but they loose heavily and they want pay back.
Word Count: 20,471

False Identity
Summary: Ezra suffers from amnesia after an accident and he is found by a group of outlaws who are able to convince him that he is part of the gang.
Word Count: 13,767

The Bounty
Summary: Four bounty hunters arrive in Four Corners looking for two wanted men. One of them is Vin Tanner who is wanted for murder and the other is Ezra Standish.
Word Count: 16,708

A Love Lost
Summary: Ezra is in love but an old enemy has other ideas install for Ezra and his new lady friend.
Word Count: 16,550

The Cost of Revenge
Summary: When five of the town's lawmen leave to help a town two days away, Chris and Ezra are left alone but then Chris leaves after receiving information about the murder of his family. Ezra alone, has to protect the town against five outlaws.
Word Count: 17,305

The Hunted
Summary: The bank of Four Corners is robbed and when the seven hired gunmen go after them, the robbers set a trap and two of the lawmen are injured. The hunters then become the hunted.
Word Count: 24,041

Friendship
Summary: The seven hired gunmen are returning to Four Corners when they meet up with a group of men who are transporting a prisoner. A man who was once a friend of Ezra Standish.
Word Count: 20,141

Blackmail
Summary: An old enemy of Chris's arrives in town to seek revenge against him. And to do it she takes a friend of Ezra's hostage to blackmail him into helping her seek revenge.
Word Count: 33,041

Cave-In
Summary: Chris, Vin and Ezra are returning to Four Corners when they are caught in a rainstorm. They take refuge in an old mine but there is a cave in and they become trapped.
Word Count: 15,288

To Protect a Witness
Summary: After Ezra witnesses a murder, he is asked to give evidence at the trial but the accuser’s family has other ideas.
Word Count: 23,531

The Search
Summary: The seven search for a friend of Mary's when she goes missing from Four Corners but when Ezra finds her, he also finds the reason for her going missing.
Word Count: 38,144

A Healing Process
Summary: Ezra's emotions continue to heal but he becomes seriously ill and the other members suspect that it's due to the emotional trauma he’s suffered.
Word Count: 22,868

Nightmares
Summary: When Ezra mistakenly drinks something meant for JD his normal world is turned into a violent nightmare for both him and the other hired gunmen.
Word Count: 40,665

Delayed Reactions
Summary: Ezra receives a head injury but does not suffer from the symptoms until hours later causing him to be placed in a dangerous situation that nearly costs him his life.
Word Count: 24,715

Wrongfully Accused
Summary: Ezra is wrongfully accused of murder and the victim's family want to see him hang, even if they have to do it themselves.
Word Count: 24,711

Prisoners
Summary: Ezra and Josiah are on their way back to Four Corners when they are taken prisoner by a family who think the lawmen have stolen their gold.
Word Count: 23,633