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| Laura Picken |
Author has written 37 stories for Castle, Sentinel, X-Files, Dawson's Creek, Charmed, Lois and Clark, Walker, Texas Ranger, Touched by an Angel, Quantum Leap, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, La Femme Nikita, Flash, and Avengers. I've created an account for my future original Guardian fiction at FictionPress. It's at http://www.fictionpress.com/laurapicken. And since, apparently, links only work here in the profile, here's a link to get to the prologue of the Guardian predecessor novel, "Guardians of Shangri La": http://www.fictionpress.com/s/3097477/1/Guardians-of-Shangri-La. I really hope you'll check it out! Thank you for the warm welcome to the community! I started writing fan fiction for "The Sentinel" back when it was popular in the '90s, but once the show got cancelled I eventually lost interest. Almost all the Sentinel stuff from that time has been transferred over here, and you can find it below. My specialty is crossovers. I love trying to take two shows no one would connect, find a connection between the show that makes sense and build a great story around it. Case in point: "Fly Like an Eagle, Run Like the Wind". It's a Dawson's Creek/The Flash crossover. The connection? John Wesley Shipp, who played the Flash on TV and Dawson's dad on the show. That was a blast to write. Well, once "The Sentinel" left the airwaves I didn't find a show that inspired my muse enough to start writing again...until "Castle". Like thousands of other Caskettites, my muse woke up shortly after "Always" and demanded that I get my lazy butt writing again. It's been fun. ALL-TIME FAVORITE FAN FIC: It's not on this site, sadly. It's a classic series of AU X-Files fan fiction grouped under the title "The Magician". It's currently inspiring my Castle AU "Four Winds". Any fans of "Four Winds" will find the "Magician" series to be absolutely worth reading, even if they're not fans of "The X-Files". Here's a link to the stories: http://theportal.mimicsmusings.com/magician.htm. (Please be warned that these four stories are novel-length and a very hard M rating at points). Anyway, hope you've enjoyed reading my stories as much as I've enjoyed writing them. Comments, criticisms and snide remarks all welcome. :-) FOUND IT! "Threefold: Truth and Consequences" (as well as "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered") was published in the fan 'zine The Hot Corner. Those archives, (http://bimpco.tripod.com/hclist.html) are, thankfully, available online, so I got the story from there. There are some great stories in those archives...and not just by me. ;-) You should check them out! FOUR WINDS SERIES (in order of story chronology) Four Winds | |||||||
1. North Star » reviewsIn the "Four Winds" universe (My Castle Fantasy AU series). An unknown mastermind seems to be trying to give the world's criminals supernatural abilities. Can the Guardians and the Avengers work together to find and stop this evil before it plunges the world into chaos?Crossover - Castle & Avengers - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 9 - Words: 36,982 - Reviews: 54 - Updated: 5-22-13 - Published: 3-2-13 - Alexis C. & Captain America/Steve R.2. Hope in the Sunrise reviewsHow do you propose to a vampire? Very, very carefully. And being a near-immortal super-soldier doesn't hurt...In the "Four Winds"/"Guardians of Shangri La" Universe - "GUARDIANS OF SHANGRI LA" ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE AUTHOR'S NOTE AT THE END OF THE STORY...PLEASE READ AND VISIT MY AUTHOR PAGE FOR DETAILS.Castle - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,924 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-4-13 - M. Fallon & Kate B. - Complete3. Ascension » reviewsConcludes the "Four Winds" series. "The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him." (Revelation 12:9 - NIV)Castle - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 31 - Words: 69,108 - Reviews: 132 - Updated: 1-24-13 - Published: 12-3-12 - Kate B. & Rick C. - Complete4. Power Play » reviewsCastle and Beckett's relationship, through no mistake of their own, goes public. And it all works out okay. :-)Castle - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 8 - Words: 14,023 - Reviews: 84 - Updated: 11-30-12 - Published: 10-11-12 - Kate B. - Complete5. Double Vision » reviewsContinues the "Four Winds" series. When you have unresolved issues with someone, it can feel like you're carrying around that person inside your head: nagging you, taunting you, pushing you to do things you know you don't want to do. But what if that person is a serial killer?Castle - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Angst - Chapters: 18 - Words: 40,156 - Reviews: 62 - Updated: 11-24-12 - Published: 11-1-12 - Kevin R. & J. Shaw - Complete6. Walk of Shame reviewsSomebody's got to pay up...post-episode one-shot for Ep. 2x02, "The Double Down"Castle - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,181 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 11-5-12 - Kate B. & Rick C. - Complete7. Resolutions » reviewsContinues the "Four Winds" series. When a ghost starts haunting the cast of an opera, Beckett gets help from one of the ghosts in her past to save the show. Definitely Caskett, with some Esplanie to keep the continuity going. But the focus will be primarily on Beckett.Castle - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 13 - Words: 31,632 - Reviews: 52 - Updated: 11-1-12 - Published: 9-14-12 - Kate B. & M. Royce - Complete8. Making Amends reviewsOne shot episode reaction to 5x03, "Secret's Safe With Me". Spoilers for the episode.Castle - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,881 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 10-9-12 - Rick C. & V. Gates - Complete9. Contagion » reviewsContinues the "Four Winds" series. The Guardians are in a race against time when a biological weapon threatens to destroy the city. Will one of them have to make the ultimate sacrifice? Mostly Esplanie, although everyone will be involved on the case side.Castle - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Crime - Chapters: 12 - Words: 28,679 - Reviews: 53 - Updated: 9-12-12 - Published: 8-28-12 - Javier E. & Lanie P. - Complete10. Moonrise Kingdom » reviewsThe Guardians tackle their first case where our favorite author is drawing an NYPD paycheck. Can Castle rise to the challenge or will this case suck the life out of him? Continues the "Four Winds" series.Castle - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Crime - Chapters: 13 - Words: 29,726 - Reviews: 53 - Updated: 8-27-12 - Published: 8-11-12 - Rick C. & Kevin R. - Complete11. Divine Intervention »Mulder seems to have no problem leaving Scully behind at the drop of a hat. However, whenever he does that, he tends to wind up in a hospital. I thought maybe a divine 'knock upside the head', so to speak, would change his attitude. An X-Files/Touched by an Angel/Piercing the Darkness crossoverCrossover - X-Files & Touched by an Angel - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Crime - Chapters: 11 - Words: 45,454 - Published: 8-22-12 - F. Mulder - Complete12. Old Reporters Never Die reviewsPerry White had a secret. And now, with his beloved Daily Planet back in his life, it was time to tell that secret. Set just after the season 2 premiere. One-Shot.Lois and Clark - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,047 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 8-20-12 - Complete13. Threefold: Truth and Consequences » reviewsAfter the events in The Truth is Out There...And it Hurts, Andy remembers the things that the truth spell caused him to forget...which convinces him that Prue and her sisters had become art thieves. So Leo comes back into the Charmed Ones lives to convince Andy otherwise...Charmed - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,630 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-20-12 - Prue H. & Andy T. - Complete14. Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered » reviewsA broken-hearted Andy is being seduced by a shape-shifting demon. Will Prue have to reveal that she's a witch in order to save his life?Charmed - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 9,040 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-17-12 - Prue H. & Andy T. - Complete15. Fly Like an Eagle, Run Like the Wind » reviewsWhen Joey puts her life in danger to protect a little boy, Dawson saves her, but in the process reveals a new and...unique talent. But is it as unique as Dawson and his friends think it is? And who is the mysterious man stalking them all over Capeside?Crossover - Dawson's Creek & Flash - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Chapters: 5 - Words: 15,262 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-17-12 - Dawson L. & Barry A./Flash II - Complete16. Sentinel, Watcher, Warrior, Guide »The Sentinel secret is betrayed into the hands of the Section - can anyone survive the consequences?Crossover - Sentinel & La Femme Nikita - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Suspense - Chapters: 8 - Words: 29,783 - Published: 8-17-12 - Complete17. Venom » reviewsA practitioner of an ancient curse starts to murder those in Cascade who have escaped the law, and Jim and Blair are assigned to track him down. Can Caine, Peter, and Kermit help Jim and Blair find him before Jim becomes the curse's next victim?Crossover - Sentinel & Kung Fu: The Legend Continues - Rated: T - English - Crime - Chapters: 9 - Words: 26,723 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-17-12 - Complete18. To Protect and Serve »Sam leaps into Jim Ellison, and has to learn how to deal with Jim's Sentinel abilities not to mention having two Guides before a murderer kills Blair, Simon, and the rest of the Major Crimes Division.Crossover - Sentinel & Quantum Leap - Rated: K+ - English - Crime/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 5 - Words: 17,598 - Published: 8-17-12 - Complete19. Siege »Sequel to Someone to Watch Over Me. A terrorist group holds the attendees of a major political event hostage, and it's up to Mulder, Scully, Jim, and Blair to save the day.Crossover - X-Files & Sentinel - Rated: T - English - Crime/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 14,193 - Published: 8-17-12 - F. Mulder - Complete20. What if I Stumble »With their partnership in jeopardy, Jim and Blair receive help from a different group of 'spirit guides.' Prequel to Blair Sandburg, Ph.D.Crossover - Sentinel & Touched by an Angel - Rated: K+ - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 3 - Words: 11,367 - Published: 8-17-12 - Complete21. Revelations » reviewsWilliam Ellison's deathbed confession threatens to either tear the Ellison family apart, or bring them together in ways they could have never imagined.Sentinel - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 3 - Words: 9,043 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-17-12 - Complete22. The Bonds of Friendship »Blair gets taken hostage in a failed robbery attempt, which leads to Jim crossing paths with an old friend.Crossover - Sentinel & Walker, Texas Ranger - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure - Chapters: 3 - Words: 8,599 - Published: 8-17-12 - Complete23. ReflectionsA little bit of mindless fluff inspired by the movie What Dreams May Come.Sentinel - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,087 - Published: 8-17-12 - Complete24. Fleeting Feet reviewsOne dark night, Jim's senses go just a little out of control...DrabbleSentinel - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 928 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-17-12 - Complete25. Stage Fright » reviewsSequel to Date with Destiny. The Commissioner has an interesting assignment for Jim and Blair.Sentinel - Rated: T - English - Crime - Chapters: 8 - Words: 29,477 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-17-12 - Complete26. Blinded by the Light » reviewsA betrayal forces Jim and Blair to deal with one of their worst nightmares: the public, unplanned revelation of Jim's Sentinel abilities. This revelation leads to a showdown that could change Cascade forever.Sentinel - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 10 - Words: 32,375 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-17-12 - Complete27. A Deal's A Deal reviewsJim's put it off long enough: Blair finally gets him into the lab. One-shot for the archive.Sentinel - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,993 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-17-12 - Complete28. The Edge of Heaven » reviewsA tracer is murdered on a training run, and Beckett, Ryan and Esposito dive headfirst into the Parkour subculture of New York City to catch his killer. Meanwhile, the Parkour world is abuzz with sightings of a superhuman-looking trio of tracers that people have dubbed the Dark Angels...Continues the "Four Winds" series.Castle - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Crime - Chapters: 8 - Words: 22,051 - Reviews: 28 - Updated: 8-10-12 - Published: 6-22-12 - Kate B. & Kevin R. - Complete29. Four Winds » reviewsOn a dark and stormy night, a poker night will change the lives of the Castle gang forever. Established Caskett romance. Some Esposito/Lanie. Mostly it's just #35 on Castle's bucket list. :-DCastle - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Chapters: 17 - Words: 44,504 - Reviews: 68 - Updated: 8-4-12 - Published: 5-11-12 - Rick C. & Kevin R. - Complete30. Someone to Watch Over Me reviewsCrossover with The X-Files. Mulder and Scully travel to Cascade to investigate a murder with connections to a popular New Age band, and Mulder learns more about himself in the process than he ever bargained for.Crossover - X-Files & Sentinel - Rated: T - English - Sci-Fi/Crime - Chapters: 1 - Words: 13,849 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-25-12 - F. Mulder - Complete31. Date With Destiny reviewsSequel to Blair Sandburg, Ph.D.. With Blair's dissertation finished, Jim must figure out a way to keep his Guide on the force.Sentinel - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,549 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 6-24-12 - Complete32. Blair Sandburg, PhD reviewsSummary: Blair finally gets his doctorate...in a way that actually makes *sense*. AU to The Sentinel by Blair Sandburg.Sentinel - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,168 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 6-24-12 - Complete33. Generations » reviewsA murder in Chinatown leads the Guardians to discover even more of the history of their abilities. Caskett and Esplanie throughout, but not the focus. Continues the "Four Winds" series.Castle - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Crime - Chapters: 12 - Words: 27,225 - Reviews: 39 - Updated: 6-20-12 - Published: 6-9-12 - Rick C. & Kate B. - Complete34. On the Job Training » reviewsThe Guardians of Shangri La get help to take their abilities to the next level. Caskett & Esplainie, but not the focus. Sequel to "Four Winds".Crossover - Sentinel & Castle - Rated: T - English - Fantasy/Crime - Chapters: 13 - Words: 23,259 - Reviews: 32 - Updated: 6-7-12 - Published: 5-24-12 - Kate B. - Complete35. Dreams of a Wizard reviewsThis is a one-shot in the universe of my Fantasy AU "Four Winds". What would a newly minted wizard dream about after his first time saving the world? A thank you to the fan reviewers who've inspired me to get a little...obsessed...Castle - Rated: K+ - English - Fantasy/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,366 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 5-23-12 - Rick C. & Kate B. - Complete36. All the Time in the World reviewsPost-"Knockout", AU to "Rise" and all of Season 4. Sitting beside Kate's hospital bed, Castle comes to terms with his feelings for his partner and receives an unexpected blessing.Castle - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,026 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 5-10-12 - Kate B. & Rick C. - Complete
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