SHE'S MY GIRL, I TOOK HER AWAY LAST NIGHT
Fandom: Life on Mars
Pairing: Sam/Annie
Characters: Annie, Sam, Others
Genre: Psychological Drama, Surreal
Words: ~3,900
Rating: PG-13

Notes: So there was this fic exchange a couple of years ago...

For aisforinterval, who has literally waited TWO LONG YEARS for this thing. (Clearly, 2015 is the year of posting everything-that-is-almost-finished-but-not-quite that lives in my fic folders.) I doubt any gift is worth a wait that long, but I hope you enjoy this at least in some small part!

Thanks (as always) to talkingtothesky for beta'ing/proofreading/Britpicking. (Though I kept American spelling/punctuation because I'm a bad person.)

Summary: Every day is normal.
Prompt: Sam is frustrated by still being unable to leave 1973, starts experimenting with lucid dreaming, finds that it affects/controls the world of 1973.

Crossposted: Dreamwidth, Livejournal, AO3

( Annie's alarm goes at 7AM. )

STARMAN

Fandom: Life on Mars / Doctor Who
Principal Characters: Sam Tyler, Gene Hunt, Annie Cartwright | the Doctor (Ten), the Master (Simm)
Pairings: Sam/Gene (eventual), Doctor/Master (par for the course), Sam/Annie (unrequited)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Dark
Words: ~46,400
Rating: R for violence, language, disturbing images/themes

Summary: "Wonder how a bloke gets like that. Being a monster."

( Notes / Acknowledgements )


( Cover / Master Post )

REARRANGE ME 'TILL I'M SANE
Fandom: Life on Mars
Characters: Sam, Gene, Maya, Annie, Others
Genre: Drama-ish
Words: ~4,100
Rating: PG-13 for language
Notes: Been hanging on to this one for a while -- finally decided to just let 'er post. Many thanks to talkingtothesky for beta-ing, Britpicking, and general late night (early morning?) fangirling. ♥

Summary: Sam wakes up in 2007. No one else seems to find this strange.

Crossposted: Dreamwidth, Livejournal, AO3

( Sam wakes up in 2007 one morning without trumpets or fanfare or a shred of pomp and circumstance. )

HERE COMES YOUR NINETEENTH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Fandom: Life on Mars
Pairing: Sam/Gene
Characters: Ensemble
Genre: Humor/Drama
Words: ~18,000
Rating: R for language, violence
Notes: This was supposed to be a fun little trope romp to practice humor. And then. And then.

Shout-outs to my fantabulous BFF and beta court, my awesomesauce Britpicker talkingtothesky, and everyone else who has ever been kind enough to read snippets of this along the way, most especially tinted_glass. (And of course, LoM Sunday chat! Your collective pom-poms meant the world. ♥)

Summary: It's the freakiest Friday.

LJ: DAY ONE | DAY TWO | DAY THREE
DW: DAY ONE | DAY TWO | DAY THREE
AO3: FULL FIC

SPILLING OVER
Fandom: Life on Mars
Characters: OC, Sam, Annie, Gene
Pairing: Sam/Annie

For: talkingtothesky
Prompt: Sam/Annie, parents, domesticity

Summary: Lucy Tyler learns.

Notes: Remember that LoM ficathon? Way back in October?

Yup.

A million, trillion apologies to talkingtothesky and just as many thank-yous for her everlasting patience. ♥ Beta'd by the lovely court.

Crossposted: Dreamwidth, Livejournal, AO3

( 1978. Lucy Tyler's first memory. )

FRUIT-FLAVORED
Fandom: Life on Mars
Pairing: Sam/Gene (sort of)
Genre: Humor
Words: ~500
Rating: PG; minor language
Spoilers: None!
Notes: Originally posted to my tumblr back in November as a kneejerk response to a certain photo. Expect: Accidental Americanisms. Don't expect: Sense.

Summary: Sam buys Gene a drink. At a coffeeshop. In 2006.

( It's small. )

NOWHERE MAN
Fandom: Life on Mars
Characters: Sam, Annie, Gene, Chris, Ray
Pairing: Sam/Annie
Genre: Gen/Drama/Dark-ish
Words: ~1800
Rating: PG; some language
Spoilers: Mostly gen. Alternate events following Life on Mars ending; disregards all Ashes to Ashes canon. "Nowhere Man" by The Beatles.

Summary: A happy ending depends on where you stop your story.

Notes: Very first LoM writing I ever did, though I eventually cannibalized most of this fic's concepts for my post-apoca. Here is what remains! Beta'd by court (♥!), and apologies for any amateur character missteps and/or unintentional Americanism.

Crossposted: Dreamwidth, Livejournal, AO3

( Sam's never fancied himself a brave man, not really. )

TRAUMA
Fandom: Life on Mars
Pairing: Sam/Annie
Genre: Drama
Words: ~700
Rating: PG; dark themes, insanity
Spoilers/Notes: For talkingtothesky at martianholiday. Fake cut leads to LJ.

Prompt: Sam/Annie, timey-wimeyness, word: glass.

( It must be a terrible thing, Sam thought, to be mad. )

WHEN MOVING THROUGH KASHMIR
Fandom: Life on Mars
Characters: Gene, Sam
Genre: Gen/Dark/Post-Apoca
Words: 4,304
Rating: R-ish; violence, language, reference to character deaths
Spoilers/Notes: Alternate events following Life on Mars ending; disregards all Ashes to Ashes canon. Lyrics taken from Kashmir by Led Zeppelin.

Summary: Sam's world collapses around them.

A/N: My first completed Life on Mars fic! A million, trillion thank-yous all around to margo_kim for beta-ing, edzel2 for Britpicking, and to burningvigor and arcapelago for multiple in-progress reads and constant writerly support. ♥

x-posted: AO3

( He remembers it like a distant dream, before his kingdom crumbled. )