This is meant to be something more detailed than a links page, but not so formal and detailed as a recs page. I've collected as many of my favorite G/B story links as possible here, to keep them handy for myself and to point other G/B fans to stories I've liked over the years.
If you're an author or archivist who doesn't want stories direct-linked, please let me know.
Cardassia Sutra,
by Arcady. NC-17. Alien sex. (20 Kb)
Red Satin Ribbons, by Heather Cook. NC-17. Sweet story with poetry. (37 Kb)
Haute Cuisine, by Hannah RH. PG-13. Incredibly sensual use of food. One of my early G/B influences. (22 Kb)
On Top, by Invicta. NC-17(ish). Fun wrestling story with sex talk as a distraction technique. (16 Kb)
Green Silk, by Kathryn
Ramage. PG. This is what got me into G/B. (14 Kb)
Mr. Garrick Resumes The
Stage, by Kathryn Ramage. PG. Lovely, elegant story of time travel and mistaken identity. (45 Kb)
Peace on Earth, by
Olivia Monteith. PG-13. Garak and Bashir as married couple, enduring the O'Briens as houseguests. (52 Kb)
Let Me Call You
Sweetheart, by Olivia Monteith. No rating on the piece, but I'll say NC-17. Another in Olivia's Peace On Earth series: how Garak and Bashir became romantically involved. Olivia thinks the end is too sentimental, but the extremely hot exploration scene more than makes up for a bit of mush. :0) (103 Kb)
Interspecies
Encounter, by CGR. No rating given. A sharply written lunch conversation. (15 Kb)
Bitter Heart, by
CGR. R. Cardassian death rituals in a Dominion prison camp. Dark but beautiful. (1 Kb)
Especially The
Lies, by Kathryn Ramage. PG. Garak tells tales of his true love. (16 Kb)
The Thread of
Truth, by Kathryn Ramage. PG. Sequel to Especially The Lies. (17 Kb)
Damage Control, by Kathryn Ramage. PG. Garak and Bashir deal with the senior staff after Bashir is injured during Cardassian-style sex. (25 Kb)
The Mid-day
Meal That Dare Not Speak Its Name, by Kathryn Ramage. PG. Everyone knows Garak and Bashir are involved. Except Bashir. :0) (12 Kb)
Nothing We
Can't Cure, by Karmen Ghia. NC-17. Garak gets the alien clap from a trader. (40 Kb)
The Pleasure Of His Company, by a lot of us. :0) Various ratings. A round robin in hypertext, organized by Karmen Ghia. Various lengths.
Plaid Adder's G/B series: One of my strongest early G/B influences. All are PG or PG-13 except Langue D'Amour, which is R. All are fairly long, 5 or 6 acts, except Working Lunch, which is labelled short.
Sigh No More
New to Thee
Working
Lunch (short)
I Never
The Chair
The Horror, The
Horror
Bloodheart
Langue D'Amour
The Weeds In Your Heart, by Mosca. "A weak and half-assed NC-17." A wistful and tender story in which Bashir finds his home on Cardassia. (24 Kb)
XXX, by Elaine. A fan art rec; unusual for me. :0) NOT work safe. My favorite piece of art from the GBFF so far.
Condemnation, by Elizabeth Helena. NC-17. I see this as an exploration of both Garak's and Bashir's moral limits. (91 Kb)
You Can Be Me
When I'm Gone, by Empty Fox. R. A what if in which Garak ends up with the Dax symbiont. (79 Kb)
Sonata, by
Elizabeth Helena. Mild R. This is what I rec to non-G/B fans who might be recruitable. :0) (20 Kb)
Acts
of Kindness, by J. A. Chapman. G. A subversive Cardassian fable. (21 Kb)
Frightfully Fun, by Olivia Monteith. PG-13. The first in Olivia's Peace On
Earth series: Married to Julian, Garak experiences a weird Earth holiday
called Halloween. Makes me crack up every time. (12 Kb)
Hearts
'N' Reptiles, by Tany Z. NC-17. Delavian chocolates with a very special filling. (17 Kb)
In The
Closet, by Fred, Lover of Wesley's Ass. NC-17. Kink and bdsm. Hilarious satire;
something to squick most sexual tastes. Frighteningly hot at the same time.
:0/ (18 Kb)
Sins of
Emission, by Arcady. NC-17. Alien sex story; much more serious treatment
than Cardassia Sutra by the same author. (18 Kb)
Deja Jules, by Invicta. NC-17. Julian revisits an old skill. I like this one for the plot more than the dialogue: the voices are a little off, but the story is lovely. (123 Kb)
Swimming Against The Tide, by Invicta. PG. A Christmas story in which Julian hates Christmas. Ideal for reading just after you've returned from the mall. :0) (27 Kb)
Every Picture Tells A Story, by Yavanna. NC-17. After Julian reluctantly agrees to model nude for Dax's art class, he receives an anonymous portrait as a gift. (66 Kb)
Interspecies Courtship Rituals, by Kathryn Ramage. R. Garak's idea of romantic pursuit is too intimidating for Bashir's comfort. This is a wonderfully written and sensual story. Bashir gets a chance to show his spine. (54 Kb)
The First Time, by Olivia Monteith. No rating given; I'd say NC-17. (64 Kb) Main page.
Hidden Talents, by Anita Kite. Mild R. Garak's loving reaction to the revelation in Doctor Bashir, I Presume. (6 Kb) Main page.
Selections From Julian Bashir's CV, by Ellen Fremedon. PG-13. This drabble tells a story in a series of curriculum vitae entries. (2 Kb) Main page.
The Enigma Variations, by Arcady. No rating given; I'd say PG-13. A fabulous pastiche of the Sherlock Holmes story The Dancing Men. (26 Kb) This is "archived" at Google Groups, since the link on Arcady's site leads to a blank page. Her main story page, though, is here.
Letters From The Northern Continent, by The Hoyden. NC-17. The Hoyden burst into the G/B Livejournal scene with this amazing piece of work. It's a long-ish post-series story in which Julian is on Cardassia, half a world away from Garak. Her main story page, now containing her G/B, is here.
The Garak/Bashir Mysteries: A long, meaty series of stories that have developed into an in-depth AU. All because Garak decided to borrow Bashir's replicator late one night instead of heading to the replimat. Compelling original characters, a solid sense of history, interesting mysteries for Garak and Julian to solve, and a believable, well-drawn AU situation that gives us a real "what could have been" on canon. Some of the possibilities are heartwarming, others are frightening, but all are fascinating.
The Cheap Date, by JA Ingram. PG-13. It all starts innocently enough. A few meals, a troubling mystery, and growing closeness. (72 Kb)
Sinless, by JA Ingram. NC-17. This time, Garak is approached by a prominent Bajoran to find her missing grand-niece, plunging Garak and Julian into Bajoran religion and politics. With the strange places the investigation takes them, and his own growing relationship with Julian, Garak finds himself considering some radical changes in his life. (421 Kb)
The Never Ending Sacrifice, by JA Ingram and Charlene Vickers. NC-17. This explores an alternate take on the events of In Purgatory's Shadow and By Inferno's Light in the context of the situations developed in the first two Garak/Bashir Mysteries. It also explores Garak's past and gives us much more of what was hinted at in Sinless. (548 Kb)
These stories are available at Charlene's page, here, and JA Ingram's Yahoo! Group here. (Join the group to access the files there.)