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It's been a while since I updated and good House/Wilson or hell even House/Chase stories are still pretty thin on the ground. Hopefully Sela Ward's imminent departure from the show and the refocus on the central cast will inspire some fic writers and stop me having to wade through quite so much dreck to get to the very few gems!HouseLies, Damn Lies and Statistics by NigeltdeHouse/WilsonWilson and Julie get divorced and a jealous House becomes convinced Wilson is sleeping with Cameron. Well written and very amusing with a particularly good House voice. It isn't perfect - the climatic House/Wilson shouting match is a tad melodramatic and I would wager that the author if British as occasionally House sounds a little too like Hugh Laurie than Greg House but overall a very good first story from a new writer to the fandom.SupernaturalThe Secret Life of Demons by Maya TawiDean/OMC SlashSupernatural slash which doesn't feature both brothers is something of a rarity. To actually find a slash story which prominently features original, well written and engaging original characters is even rarer. The story is simplicity itself - Sam and Dean meet up with a succubus and an incubus and things do not quite go according to plan! The succubus is particularly well written and I love all the wry scenes of her and Sam - Sam's realisation that she lives a more mundane and ordinary life than him is particularly amusing - as is the part where she wistfully looks at her mothers favourite photograph - and recalls how her mother fed on the photographer immediately afterwards! However, I confess to finding the tone of the piece a little uneasy as it juxtaposes very amusing, snarky scenes of Sam and his new succubus pal with scenes of Dean essentially being raped by the incubus. Unholy by Isolde13Sam/Dean SlashOuch this one really, really hurts. In the Supernatural fandom Wincest is far more prevalent than the gen stories but normally the stories tend to be rather fluffy, featuring the boys in a loving equal relationship. This is the only story I've read where one of the brothers isn't at all interested in the sexual side of the relationship. The depiction of Dean giving himself regularly to his brother purely because he likes to see him happy is heartbreaking. Short, highly angsty and with a happy ending nowhere in sight. Ain't Scared of Lightning by JwynnGenDamn this is brilliant. Very funny, very sweet gen story told from Dean's point of view. Dean's excitement over his array of cool weapons is hilarious!At Night by Pixel OGen Faith AUThe episode Faith was one of the strongest Supernatural's to air to date (helped mostly by a very strong performance by Jensen Ackles) and its prompted a glut of fics of which At Night is one of the strongest. It's an AU which tells the story of what might have happened to Dean if Sam hadn't found a faith healer to cure him. Very sad without being cliched or overly sentimental. I choked up a little at the end I will confess!Supernatural is still a relatively new fandom but when it comes to fanfiction there is already one writer who is head and shoulders above the rest. Maygra's work is simply stunning and literally everything on her webpage is worth reading. Her False Comforts series which took the episode Skin and turned the generic villain into a truly chilling family of horrors is spellbinding and an excellent place to start. However, I thought I'd list a few of my favourites of her other stories:Room and BoardSam/Dean Sam/OMC SlashOK I will confess that the plot of this story is more than a tad cliched. Dean and Sam experience financial difficulties after Dean gets in trouble with the law and Sam solves their problems by going to work as a hooker in a Turkish Bath. However, if you ignore the slightly silly plot this is extremely well written angsty smut and her Dean and Sam are utterly compelling throughout.The Fall From Grace in Ten Easy StepsSam/Dean SlashTen beautiful, incredibly lyrical connected drabbles which gave me the shivers. Nine and ten are particularly haunting.Don't Pay the FerrymanGenNovella length story which weaves in the story of the dark figures who stalk Sam's life in a wholly original way. The whole thing plays out like one long beautifully constructed episode. The characterisation is spot on, the action is tense and the it plays out at a rapid pace, and yes I ws nearly in tears at the end. Couldn't recommend it more highly if I tried. Utterly superb.