Summary: Written for Seasonal Spuffy Spring 2015.  Spike's visit to the wish demon in Uganda goes differently than in canon...
 
RUNNER-UP for Showtime (BEST ORIGINAL PLOT/AU): Round 13 of the No Rest for the Wicked Awards
 

Categories: Seasonal Spuffy Entries, Pre-Series, Season 6, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Time Travel, Historical, Award Runners-Up
Characters: Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama, Historical
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5
Word count: 6,299 Hit Count: 9,235 ePub Downloads: 136
Published: May 08, 2015 Updated: May 12, 2015


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1. Stage One: Denial by Baphrosia - Likes: 21 Comments: 13 Word Count: 1,503 Hit Count: 3,220 Published: May 08, 2015

This is a five-part story originally written for Seasonal Spuffy.  Rated R for language only.

In case you missed the note in the shoutbox, I have a novella up on Amazon that is free for Kindle readers this weekend (through May 10th).  Details can be found here if you're interested:  http://spuffy-luvr.livejournal.com/20836.html

Disclaimer:  All Hail Joss Whedon

Distribution:  This is MY story.  Please don't archive somewhere else without my express permission, try to sell it, claim it as your own, or otherwise infringe.  I used to think these warnings were unnecessary, but a few rotten apples have spoiled the fandom barrel...

2. Stage Two: Anger by Baphrosia - Likes: 14 Comments: 10 Word Count: 1,154 Hit Count: 1,642 Published: May 09, 2015

3. Stage Three: Apathy by Baphrosia - Likes: 18 Comments: 10 Word Count: 1,259 Hit Count: 1,456 Published: May 10, 2015

4. Stage Four: Bargaining by Baphrosia - Likes: 17 Comments: 8 Word Count: 1,313 Hit Count: 1,363 Published: May 11, 2015

5. Stage Five: Resolution by Baphrosia - Likes: 41 Comments: 26 Word Count: 1,070 Hit Count: 1,554 Published: May 12, 2015

Thanks for reading!  Comments are always welcome.  (And, yes, this is the final chapter.)

Many thanks to my betas, Foxstarreh and miskit.

Some of the minor characters' names may sound familiar:  Jenny and Bessie are in homage to Puddinhead's "Yours, William", while Charles Archer, Catherine, and David Havisham inhabit Unbridled Brunette's "Forward to Time Past".