fancake

Fandom: Calvin and Hobbes, Young Wizards
Characters/Pairings: Calvin, Hobbes
Rating: G
Length: 2440 words
Creator Links: vibishan
Theme: Crossovers/Fusions

Summary: The advertisement is a spiky red impact bubble on the back of his box of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs. Mail in just five box tops for your very own HOW TO BE A WIZARD KIT* .

Reccer's Notes: This fusion was a delight to read. The little details make so much sense for Calvin becoming a wizard and going through his Ordeal.

Fanwork Links: Wizards in Winter

beatrice_otter

Fandom: British Government Cats RPF, Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon (Song), Monstress (Comics), Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch, Young Wizards - Diane Duane
Characters/Pairings:
Rating: Gen
Length: 20k words
Creator Links:

melannen

melannen
Theme: crossovers, amnesia, book fandoms, gen, wrong universe

Summary: Three cats, three humans, a dog and a tarantula walk through a Gate

Reccer's Notes: You do not need to know the fandoms to enjoy this fic. Of the fandoms, Young Wizards is the most important, but a very general idea of it (wizards are called to serve the forces of good, and stand up against the evil of the Lone Power; sometimes wizards are cats or other animals) will be enough. This fic is what happens when a very talented writer takes all of the fandoms in their recip's

yuletide signup and puts them all in the same fic. It is excellent. I only know Young Wizards and RoL, but the author really captured both of them and made them work together in ways I didn't think they could (since they both have very different systems of magic).

Fanwork Links: Assistance to British Nationals Abroad

hagar_972

Fandom: Young Wizards - Diane Duane
Characters/Pairings: Carmela Rodriguez, Original Character
Rating: G
Length: 1,433
Creator Links:

SailorSol
Theme: female friendship

Summary: Carmela is recruiting wizards to help Kit and Nita.

Reccer's Notes: Look, I'm biased in favor of this story duo for two reasons. One is that it has teenagers at war without either sugar-coating it too much or going for the whump for no reason but the whump. The other is that the OC is a non-stereotypical Israeli, and aren't those a rarity. This fic duo posits an interesting array of identities, too: both girls are from Wizard culture, both girls are from a Hispanic background, if you get right down to it; one is USian and Christian, the other is Israeli and Jewish. Not all of it gets explicitly called out, but it's all there.

Fanwork Links: The Wizard's Oath

stardreamer

Fandom: Young Wizards series by Diane Duane (w/partial crossover to Tam Lin by Pamela Dean)
Characters/Pairings: Tom Swale, Carl Romeo, Queen Tanaquil, the Amadaun, Nita Callahan
Rating: Gen
Length: 5553
Author Links: Gray Shadows (the_afterlight)
Theme: Small Fandoms, Minor Characters

Summary: His grandfather is laughing, sitting on Carl's new dorm room bed, while Carl tries to hide his Manual among the fantasy books on the shelf above his desk. When Carl asks, "What's so funny?" his grandfather just laughs harder.

Reccer's Notes: Back-story of how the Senior Wizards for New York met. Includes the Funniest Line In Any Fanfic Ever -- you'll know it when you get there. I still cannot read this fic without having at least 2 minutes of helpless giggles.

Story Links: on AO3

stardreamer

Fandom: Callahan's Bar (Spider Robinson) x Young Wizards
Characters/Pairings: Nita Callahan, the Lone Power, Jake Stonebender, Long-Drink McGonnigle, Doc Webster, Tom Hauptmann, Fast Eddie Costigan
Rating: Gen
Length: 3770
Author Links: adiva_calandia
Theme: Small Fandoms

Summary: Considering the precedent set by our predecessor, Callahan’s Place, we should’ve known it would only be a matter of time before something strange and wonderful walked in.
Mary's Place plays host to a couple new patrons. Contains a touch of underage drinking; existentialism; and of course, some truly horrible puns.

Reccer's Notes: This is an absolutely brilliant crossover based on a couple of interesting coincidences between the two sources. They fit together amazingly well.

Story Links: on AO3