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Test Story by Susan
Blurb: This story is about that tiny Halloween demon. I can't remember his name.
Season/Episode: That Halloween episode
Featured Characters: Buffy, Spike, Anya, Xander
Big Bad: That tiny dude
Colour theme: As much neon as possible
Mood/Style: Depressing, yet uplifting
Additional Information: Please use Comic Sans MS font
This story's banner will be created by Axell!
Reprise by Holly
Blurb: Spike came back to life and didn’t bother to tell her. Then he died again before she could chew him out. Buffy makes a wish in front of the right kind of demon to set things right and finds herself propelled back to the darkest period of her life.
Season/Episode: Season 6. Buffy’s consciousness will be shot back into her body right at the start of Dead Things (so mid-screw, lucky girl).
Featured Characters: Spike, Buffy, Scoobies
Big Bad: Themselves
Colour theme: I’m seeing some darker colors, like purples or something. Not married to it, but that’s what came to mind
Mood/Style: Both dramatic and romantic. There's a lot to unpack.
Additional Information: Nothing I can think of
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Big Bad Boyfriend by bewildered
Blurb: Slayers don't get weepy when their One True Love rides off into the night for good. They get mad, and then they get even. Buffy's determined to kick off college by finding Mr. Normal, just like Angel wanted -- and then rubbing her NEW True Love in Angel's face. She's got the perfect normal guy all picked out, until an unexpected encounter at a party gives her a better idea. After all, who could make a worse Bad Boyfriend than Spike? (Response to Tempestt's challenge "Bad Boyfriend") 
Season/Episode: Season 4 (goes AU from Harsh Light of Day)
Featured Characters: Spike, Buffy, Harmony. Also appearing in film: assorted uncomfortable Scoobies, uncomfortable Giles, Parker, possibly others as needed. Angel shows up eventually, but not necessary. No need for Riley or any Initiative characters.
Big Bad: Spike, Harmony?
Colour theme: any
Mood/Style: Smutty farce with plenty of hate-smut XD leading to not-hate-smut and HEA because that's how I roll
Additional Information: Something Blue would probably provide appropriately snuggly images. The Gem of Amara plays a part. If Harmony is pictured, recommend Season 5 Buffy's-nemesis Harmony. Additional seekrit details & previews provided to banner artist if requested.
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The House of the Cursed Bloodletting by maryperk
Blurb: After the events of 'The House of the Rising Sun', Buffy and Spike have set up a detective agency in Cleveland.  Angel is in trouble with an old enemy (and maybe a new one too).  Must be Tuesday.  A Spike and Buffy to the rescue fic.
Season/Episode: After season 3
Featured Characters: Spike, Buffy
Big Bad: Haunted house based on Stephen King's in the mini series Rose Red called Ravenhurst, also a Himalayan sect of serpent worshippers that have a habit of sacrificing other supernaturals to their goddess, Illustra sister of Illyria
Colour theme: darkish
Mood/Style: some horror elements, happy ending for Spuffy of course
This story's banner will be created by Puppet!
Encore by sweetprincipale
Blurb: After a very harrowing romance, the Slayer and her Champion, the Slayer of Slayers, are about to tie the knot. A Big Bad with a sense of whimsy and a grudge for their role in spoiling his own nuptials, decides he’s going to ruin their Big Day. And he’s not the only one who decides to take advantage of the chaos to create some... discordant notes. Sweet’s back for an encore, and he’s going to give them something to sing about- unless he can be stopped in time. 
Season/Episode: Post season 7, comics disregarded
Featured Characters: Sweet (the demon from Once More with Feeling), Spike, Buffy, Dawn
Big Bad: Sweet
Colour theme: Reds, whites, and other accent colors (I have no eye for art!)
Mood/Style: A joyous wedding but mischief is abounding- so lighthearded?
Additional Information: Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) looking a few years older than she did on the show. Maybe find an image of her in a nice dress/formal dress from a few years after Buffy? Whoever does this- I am most grateful!
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Of Exes and Allies by EllieRose101
Blurb: Spike is in town to get his hands on the Gem of Amara. Drusilla is in town to settle a score. Buffy is in for a whole heap of trouble. 
Season/Episode: Season Four
Big Bad: Primarily Drusilla but also Harmony and Riley
Additional Information: Gem of Amara
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Off Again by Sigyn
Blurb: (unofficial story summary. No blurb yet.) Drusilla returns during the summer of Buffy's death and persuades Spike to return to Big Bad status. How long will he keep his promise to Buffy? Will he abandon the path of the good guy without a living Buffy to keep him on the straight and narrow? 
Season/Episode: Season 5/6.
Featured Characters: Drusilla, Spike, Dawn. Buffy is around in dream sequences.
Big Bad: Drusilla. (Spike?)
Colour theme: ???
Mood/Style: Grief-stricken and dangerous.
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Stranger, Take My Helping Hand by Cosmic Tuesdays
Blurb: Buffy's lived a very long time, and she still hasn't lived long enough for the world to stop surprising her, or to have forgotten some of the lessons she learned very early on: not every choice is a good one, and not every decision is nice. But it's having the choice that's important, and what's nice isn't always what's right.
Season/Episode: Post-canon, following "Autumn's Advancing"
Featured Characters: Buffy, Spike, Drusilla
Big Bad: Human morality
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Monster in her man by Tennsters
Blurb: Buffy had just ended her relationship with Spike. She thought Riley had left, she was wrong. He decides to make Buffy regret sleeping with Spike and decides to seek out someone who can help him get his revenge. Who will get caught in the crossfire? Will Spike be able to stop the raging missionary and his new ally? Riley never expected things to go this way. The girl really does need a monster in her man...
Season/Episode: Season six
Featured Characters: Spike, Buffy, Riley, Drusilla, Angel
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Assassins From Hell by JustWriter
Blurb: They'd thought they were done; she should have listened to Giles when he'd said they'd keep coming. Now, ... was dead and it was all her fault; she'd let her guard down with the whole Angel getting kidnapped thing and Spike was dead or worse, otherwise he'd have called off the assassins from hell.
Season/Episode: Season 2, What's My Line (Part 2)
Featured Characters: Spike, Buffy
Big Bad: The Order of Taraka
Additional Information: Something to indicate time running out and unexpectedly continuing
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Sneezy the Snowman by tempestt
Blurb: An evil snowman comes to Sunnydale.
Season/Episode: Unknown
Featured Characters: Buffy/Spike for certain
Colour theme: Winter wonderland. Sunnydale has been hit with a blizzard.
Mood/Style: A evil snowman is killing people….If you can make it look creepy, but not overly so, that would be perfect.
Additional Information: A snowman in the banner. If you can put a pink stocking hat and blue and red scarf on him that would be perfect.
This story's banner will be created by nmcil!
Holding Out for a Hero by Kittenshift17
Blurb: During Willow's Will-Be-Done spell while Spike and Buffy are engaged, Spike drinks some of Buffy's blood, which heals the chip out of his head. De-chipped and in a demonic healing state, Spike returns to killing. When Buffy goes hunting him, she discovers that while she hunts demons, the Initiative have begun hunting her. And evil and a little unhinged with one hell of an axe to grind with the world at large, Big Bad Spike might be the only one who can save her from Professor Walsh and the Initiative's twisted agendas.
Season/Episode: Begins during Something Blue and continues on through Season 4
Featured Characters: Spike, Buffy, Giles, Willow, Angel, Professor Walsh, Riley, Adam, Xander, Anya, Oz
Big Bad: The Initiative/Professor Walsh/Adam - plus an evil Spike.
Colour theme: Dark. Maybe dark reds, blues, or greens (not together), with a lot of shades of grey (not 50 *insert eyeroll*) and blacks, with the occasional vamp-eye yellow. I do love banners in sepia, though... just darkish... you know?
Mood/Style: Dark and Angsty. Romantic in the beginning, but turns tense and angry with a generous helping of sexy and a dramatic finish. But predominantly dark and angsty.
Additional Information: Warnings will likely include sexy-stuff, blood-play, violence, death, all the fun stuff.
This story's banner will be created by KillerSnotMonster!
Big Bad Brat by SzmattyCat
Blurb: Where has all the good food gone? And who is behind this evil?
Season/Episode: Season 6, just after Life Serial
Featured Characters: Story contains full cast of season 6 Scoobies and Ethan Rayne; banner should include Dawn for sure
Big Bad: Dawn, Ethan Rayne
Colour theme: Maybe some sickly green? I'm not particular.
Mood/Style: comedy/farce/silly
Additional Information: Some part of the BRAT diet ingredients (bananas, plain rice/rice cakes, applesauce, toast) PLUS mint or chamomile tea. Banner artist can have ALL the info if they want (story is in progress but not complete).
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Unsure yet by sandy_s
Blurb: The Mayor wanted Spike gone in Lovers Walk. What if he changed his mind and set up a roadblock on the highway as Spike was driving away? What if he offered Spike a deal to stay around and help him stop the Slayer?
Season/Episode: Season 3
Featured Characters: Buffy, Spike, the Mayor
Big Bad: The Mayor
This story's banner will be created by OffYourBird!
Zoinks! It's Halloween Hijinks by yolky_the_egg_yokai
Blurb: Set during S4E4 Fear, Itself (Halloween, 1999) Spike doesn’t leave for L.A. after Harsh Light of Day. He sticks around and gets trapped at the fraternity Halloween party. There Buffy and Spike are separated from everyone and forced to team up to survive all the horror tropes coming to life by a demon that’s seen one too many movies. At least Spike seems to rival Xander in being a total movie dork?
Season/Episode: S4E4 Fear, Itself
Featured Characters: Spike and Buffy.
Big Bad: It's all technically Gachnar but he appears almost exclusively as other Big Bads. Key appearances are the Master and Ghostface from the Scream movies.
Colour theme: I was leaning towards black, red, and gold but I'm pretty open-minded.
Mood/Style: Dramatic with a touch of horror.
Additional Information: Buffy in a red, hooded cape.
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FFS Harmony by tbd
Blurb: during Something Blue - Harmony sees her chance to take out both Spike & Buffy in attempt to rule Sunnydale - she fails miserably
Additional Information: Pretty lighthearted piece. Won’t be very long
Switch by Holly
Blurb: He never really liked her anyway, and she has stupid hair, but the Slayer’s acting unlike herself. Sure, she came onto him, offered to take him for a ride—no change there—but that’s not something she does while in public. Something’s not right, and Spike’s determined to find out what. Even if he hates her. Which he does.
Season/Episode: Who Are You, Season 4
Featured Characters: Spike/Buffy, Faith
Colour theme: As long as it conveys the mood, I'm good.
Mood/Style: Lighthearted, smexy
Additional Information: This is the 4th installment in the Enemies with Benefits series, and will cover the period over which Buffy and Faith switch bodies. By this point, Spike and Buffy have had lots of angry sex and are infected with the feels, but she’s still dating Riley and he’s totally fine with that. Really.
Switch by Holly
Blurb: He never really liked her anyway, and she has stupid hair, but the Slayer’s acting unlike herself. Sure, she came onto him, offered to take him for a ride—no change there—but that’s not something she does while in public. Something’s not right, and Spike’s determined to find out what. Even if he hates her. Which he does.
Season/Episode: Who Are You, Season 4
Featured Characters: Spike/Buffy, Faith
Colour theme: As long as it conveys the mood, I'm good.
Mood/Style: Lighthearted, smexy
Additional Information: This is the 4th installment in the Enemies with Benefits series, and will cover the period over which Buffy and Faith switch bodies. By this point, Spike and Buffy have had lots of angry sex and are infected with the feels, but she’s still dating Riley and he’s totally fine with that. Really.