Hmm, I'm tired of long fics. Time to take a break from Big Bang and read some Remix maybe.

I've Seen the Future, Brother (It Is Murder) by kroki_refur 4/5 Recommended
37,500 words. It’s May second, and tomorrow is the first day of the end of the world, but Dean doesn’t know that.
( Awesome. )

And God, I Know I'm One by newredshoes 1/5
20,000 words. So Sam is willing to let his younger brother find their missing dad all by himself, but when his fiancee Jessica disappears, he'll drop his position at a D.C. law firm and hit the road to hunt again? Fine. Whatever. Dean can deal with that, just like he can deal with the strange dreams and crippling headaches. The demons, though? That part he doesn't want to do alone.
( Nothing more than a 20,000 word partial summary of a promising AU. Why is there not a warning for THIS? )

One Big Bang and a couple others. All recs! Amazing.

As I Descend the Stair by busaikko 4/5 Recommended
5900 words. Life, as it flashes before the eyes: "I don't know how to be what anybody expects --" and Sam's hand draws a sharp head-to-toe line -- "but I was halfway to figuring out how to be me."
( Finally an SPN transfic that's not about Dean! )

Dead Soldiers: An Oral History of the End Times by fryadvocate 5/5 Recommended
43,400 words. Although much has been written about the sociological and theological importance of the "End Times War", there has been much less written about the individuals directly involved. Using interviews with primary sources, this paper seeks to examine how Dean and Sam Winchester, two criminals with a history of violence and petty theft, became commonly known as a prophet of the Lord and the Anti-Christ.
( How could you not want to read it with that summary? In a word: awesome. )

Accidents Will Happen by holli 4/5 Recommended
6400 words. Some Goth teenagers accidentally resurrect John Winchester. No, seriously.
( Hilarious. )

Black Soul Choir by busaikko 5/5 Recommended
Supernatural. 25,400 words. The Winchesters' dying thoughts on shaping your own destiny and making deals; in which Mary is a hunter, John is a father, Dean is a transsexual man, and Sam is pretty happy being Dean's B-side. Featuring 4 hunters, 3 deals with the devil, 2 brothers, 1 blessing, and 1 curse.
( This is just amazing. )

The Violet Hour by zooey_glass04 3/5
5500 words. In the bright glare of the overhead light it's impossible to ignore what he's been seeing all along: the broad, masculine shape of his sister's shoulders underneath the jacket.
( Better than the other one that used this prompt, but my like never quite became love. )

Three Shots Fired by jargonelle 2/5
3000 words. Jo tries to find her place in the hunting community.
( I wanted to like this more, because Jo! But alas. )

Bloody Knuckles by chasingtides 2/5
3800 words. Sam never figured a bar fight in Nowheresville, Tennessee would lead to learning so much about his brother - or the hunting community.
( Exactly the sort of thing I dread from this fest: the exposition-heavy coming-out story. )

Caught My Heart in the Middle of a Feeling by beckaandzac 4/5 Recommended
5900 words. Sam goes looking for new friends and finds something he never would have expected.
( Cute. )

First batch of lgbtfest fics for this year! So far only one that I really, really loved, but I (obviously) haven't read much yet, either.

What a Man's Gotta Do by sto_helit_lace 2/5
Dr. Horrible. 4600 words. Everyone's got villains they must face. Captain Hammer has never thought this particular villain was very cool at all.
( I don't know who this person is, but it's not Captain Hammer. )

Modern Love by penknife 5/5 Recommended
Discworld. 2900 words. It's amazing how the world rarely gets less complicated.
( Totally my personal canon now. )

Sacrifices by elementalv 3/5
Stargate: Atlantis. 2600 words. John has always been willing to pay the price for his career and to keep his people safe, but he's just found the one price he's not sure he can afford.
( Surprisingly good considering how clueless the prompt was. )

Turn the Page by messageredacted 3/5
Supernatural. 9000 words. Sam hasn't seen his sister in four years. A lot more has changed than he ever imagined.
( I would have liked this a lot more if it hadn't been wincest. )

Now You're a Man by cho_malfoy 3/5
Supernatural. 5300 words. Dean completed a journey in the body he was born with, but just because he's started a new journey doesn't mean he's likely to forget the last one.
( Enjoyable, but I wasn't really loving it. )

Hrr, so. I had this last batch of lgbtfest fics from last year that I never read. XD And now the fest is running again, so I figured I'd better get these out of the way first before I start on the new ones. ^_^;;

Four Years Later by ria_oaks 2/5
Supernatural. 4800 words. Retelling of the pilot, but the reason Sam left home was because he's gay.
( Needs editing. )

The Braid by pandore27 2/5
Star Wars. 5400 words. Dormé loves Amidala. Amidala loves politics. That's the problem.
( Not really my style, but not horrible. )

Fantastica by pandore27 2/5
Star Wars. 2200 words. Everything feels the same, and yet everything's changed.
( I'm not sure why this is even labelled fanfic... )

A Remote Aspect by lilfluffykitten 2/5
Dracula. 1600 words. Jonathan finds his enforced loneliness leads him to some uncomfortable realisations.
( Fits the tone of the novel well, but I just wasn't feeling it. )

Marching Orders by bwinter 3/5
Discworld. 2900 words. Polly's next war, and Maladicta.
( Cute, though I think I would probably have enjoyed it more if I could actually remember much from Monstrous Regiment... )

How Stephen Colbert Proved Jon Stewart Is a Lady by sarken 4/5 Recommended
Colbert Report. 4900 words. Stephen is a straight man. Stephen is attracted to Jon. Therefore, it logically follows that Jon must be a woman.
( Hilarious. )

Just a handful of short fics here. I really have not been reading a lot of fic lately. I need something to suck me back in...

Untitled by lunabee34 3/5
300 words. Most of Eldon Thompson's left cheekbone is ground into Jo's low ponytail.
( Enjoyable. )

Wind from the North-North-West by tabaqui 5/5 Recommended
300 words. Megan scrubbed the towel through her hair - looked at the girl in the mirror. New girl - pretty girl. Girl who was going places, doing things - not running away, just....
( Oh, oh, oh, love. )

Lazarus Falling by rivkat 3/5
1300 words. Castiel smiled, dimpled and guileless. Dean wished he hadn't. "I am commanded to make you fit for what is to come."
( Interesting, though not as much so as I'd hoped. )

Family Resemblance by fryadvocate 3/5
1400 words. Dean's first three years of life.
( The summary talks about Dean, but this is really a story about Mary (incorporating the new info from S4). )

All right, I had a request to do some spn_j2_bigbang stuff. I read three and didn't get any recs and by then I really wanted something shorter, so I read a couple of old ones I had tagged on delicious for ages (I really like being able to reverse sort). And wow, the one rec I did find is one of those rare stories I'd rate higher than a 5+ if I could. So awesome.

Into His Hand by drvsilla 3/5
50,500 words. JR Ackles is a professional bullrider at the top of his game. He's got one thing on his mind: winning the championship belt buckle and the right to call himself the best in the world. His unwavering dedication and focus is finally put to the test in the form of JT Padalecki, an up-and-coming rider new to the professional ranks, who has his sights set on winning the PBR finals - and Jensen. Cowboys ride and get by on grit and tough determination - the question facing Jensen is if they have to do it alone.
( Reads sort of like a modern day, happy ending Brokeback Mountain. Interesting look at cowboys, but it never really hooked me. )

The Learning Curve at Wakefield High by aynslee 2/5 - Didn't finish
22,200 words. When Jared accepts the job at Wakefield High, he expects the usual problems: lazy students, meddlesome parents, and an air conditioner that barely functions in the Texas heat. But he doesn't expect his biggest problem, which comes in the form of his new boss - Principal Jensen Ackles.
( I love school AUs in theory, whether they're about students or teachers, but in practice they're often not my thing, so while I was hopeful when I bookmarked this, I'm not terribly surprised that I didn't end up finishing it. )

Receiver by dotfic 3/5
21,700 words. In the wake of the events of "Fresh Blood," Sam and Dean find a hunt: a family whose youngest child has a monster in his closet. The Winchesters know exactly how to deal with monsters, but this hunt is a little too familiar. Sam starts to unravel while Dean's show falters.
( Felt like it could be an episode...but one of those episodes I don't like quite as much. Too much emphasis on family/brothers and too little on horror. )

Skinning Schrodinger's Cat by lyra_wing 3/5
3500 words. Sam travels back in time to try and fix things.
( This is one of those rare fics that actually reads *better* after further canon, rather than getting jossed. )

My Mother Was a Tailor by traveller 5/5 Recommended
2800 words. She checks her lips in the bronze mirror, makes sure the red is even and not bleeding out at the edges; she makes a pout and gets a blurry kiss reflected back. She dabs a little perfume on the beauty mark on her cheekbone, wets her hands with the pitcher and smoothes her hair.
( Wow, this is so very, very cool. Love the writing, the atmosphere, the ambiguity. Should absolutely be read without spoilers. )

The Memory Remains by messageredacted 2/5
Supernatural. 6400 words. Sam always wanted to have a normal life. Why is that so hard to come by?
( Just felt unbelievable to me. )

Foundations by st_aurafina 5/5 Recommended
Harry Potter. 3800 words. A thousand years or more ago, the first stones are being laid at Hogwarts and Rowena is determined that there will be no secrets between the four wizards.
( Excellent. )

A Hundred Happy Things by busaikko 5/5 Recommended
Stargate: Atlantis. 30,000 words. Kaleb's long gone, Jeannie's got a career, Madison has problems, Rodney's got Inner Power!, and Sheppard...is pretty much the same.
( I wish I could give this higher than a 5! )

True Blue by firedragon9 1/5
Fall Out Boy. 1300 words. Patrick isn't thrilled with cameras in his face, but he does like being able to hold Pete's hand in public, so he figures it's worth it.
( Oh man. Bad. )

Dorothy and Ozma in Oz by biichan 2/5
Wizard of Oz. 1300 words. Dorothy finds out that there are still ways in which her best friend can startle her.
( Doesn't really feel like a story. )

Immutability by miramiraficfic 3/5
Harry Potter. 1200 words. Miss Bones has a problem Minerva doesn't think she can solve. She's more right than she realizes.
( Enjoyable, though suffers a bit from the same problem as the one above. )

Like Any Other Night by rose71 2/5
Harry Potter. 2500 words. Remus has just come out. So why is everyone still talking about Quidditch?
( Cute, but clunky. )

Learn as You Go by marinarusalka 4/5 Recommended
Supernatural. 2300 words. John comes home to find Dean on the couch with a boy.
( Definitely believable. )

What Is Essential by layangabi 2/5
Superman Returns. 2500 words. Lois and Richard want Clark to move in with them, but he's worried about what people will say.
( Enjoyable, but needs editing. )

Teaching It to Dance by wolfshark 2/5
Stargate: Atlantis. 3400 words. John is surprised that Rodney is even further in the closet than he is.
( Lots of unnatural-sounding dialogue and over-telling. )

Plain Sight by cho_malfoy 2/5
Supernatural. 3200 words. Ellen enlists Sam and Dean's help on a job and fails to mention where the job takes place.
( Should've tried to do the prompt without a case. )

Don't Do as You Wish, Do as I Ask by liseuse 3/5
Harry Potter. 3100 words. Pansy struggles to balance her mother's desires with her own.
( Enjoyable. )

Kind Words by molly_commas 2/5
Harry Potter. 1600 words. Regulus doesn't want to be gay.
( Overly tell-y and has some POV glitches. )

Turning Pirate by p0wdermonkey 3/5
Pirates of the Caribbean. 6700 words. Bill Turner had no luck with women, or perhaps it was that women had no luck with Bill Turner.
( Enjoyable. )

Being Liquid by rotaryphones 5/5 Recommended
Harry Potter. 7900 words. When Teddy discovers a new way to be liquid, Victoire helps him to find stability.
( Complicated and interesting and just really well done. )

The Rumour Mill by such_heights 3/5
Harry Potter. 3000 words. Luna thinks people really do focus on the strangest things.
( Cute. )

Something New by lovetheboys 2/5
Supernatural. 800 words. Sam learns something new about his brother.
( Pretty bad. )

I'm not doing these by day, since not every day has fics in fandoms I know, but I'll probably make a post every four or five fics I read. So far not bad. :)

Those People: On the History of Wizarding Britain's Attitude Toward Sexuality by obfuscate3 4/5 Recommended
Harry Potter. 2800 words. The Wizarding World's LGBT history in a few thousand pointed words, patched together from actual history, canon history, and wholecloth lies. Covers Dumbledore, the Founders, the International Warlock Convention, Francis Bacon, Dilys Derwent, Daisy Hookum, Mumbilius Collins, Phineas Black, and others.
( This could easily be done badly, but it wasn't. )

Walk Like a Man by mmoneurere 3/5
Harry Potter. 2000 words. When you've forgotten how to be yourself, sometimes it helps to try being someone else.
( Not great, but interesting. )

In Civilized Parts by penknife 4/5 Recommended
Pirates of the Caribbean. 3000 words. It wasn't that Jack grew up without any rules, but he's not sure he likes these.
( Very believable young Jack. )

Five Kinds of Bars by sanj 3/5
Supernatural. 2100 words. Sam and Dean never like the same kinds of places.
( Enjoyable. )

Intersecting Circles by amchara 3/5
1700 words. It might be a big country, but it's still small enough for Jo to run into Dean Winchester.
( Enjoyable. )

Five Times Jo Almost Kissed Dean (And the One Time She Did) by quiet_rebel 3/5
1600 words. What the title says.
( Cute. )

Your Six Blade Knife by niz4 2/5
600 words. Random Bela/Dean/Sam threesome PWP.
( Disappointing. )

Proof That God Hates You by sinuous_curve 4/5 Recommended
1900 words. It was in Stoneville, Missouri that Jo began to wonder if maybe she really was on God's shit list.
( Great Jo voice. )

A Notch on the Bedpost by queencria 2/5
2800 words. Sequel to Proof That God Hates You. Jo meets up with Dean again.
( Not as good as the first. )

Wow. All recs. O_o How often does that happen?

Five Times Dean Winchester Gave a Blowjob by ifyouweremine 5/5 Recommended
400 words. What the title says.
( Wow. Just wow. )

They Do Things Differently There by kroki_refur 5/5 Recommended
2600 words. The future changes all the time, and maybe so does the past. And then there are some things that never change at all.
( Awesome, awesome fic about memory. )

Flood of Water by sevenfists 4/5 Recommended
10,000 words. Dean gets turned into a woman and nothing they do changes him back.
( Avoids 99.9% of the horrid cliches of the genre. )

Freak by zillah975 4/5 Recommended
3800 words. Sam wants to be normal; Dean can't understand why.
( Great stuff. )

Cross-country by zillah975 4/5 Recommended
4400 words. On their way back from a hunt, John and Dean discover worse things in the woods than a vengeful spirit.
( Could totally be canon. )