DARK PROMISE by Katrina and Sharon Bowers
This latest entry in Katrina's BLOOD AND ROSES SERIES promises to be one wild, fun ride. A crossover tale featuring the characters from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, this story has Buffy getting quite a surprise when she meets Willow's aunts who aside from having the same names as a couple of popular TV characters, also keep setting off the slayer's hypersensitive senses. Katrina and Sharon's characterizations are on the money and will delight fans of both series although this is entertaining even if you only watch one of them. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! [unfinished] - 3/8/98
http://whoosh.org/katrina/STO/brose/buffy/willow.html

DARK SWORD (THE) by Allyson Heisey
Intense tale that has Xena once again revisiting all the dark emotions that drove her as a warlord when Ares secretly gifts her with an enchanted sword. Desperate, a seemingly helpless Gabrielle becomes determined to try to save her Warrior Princess...only Xena may not want to be saved. A suspenseful tale about the seductive allure of power pitted against the strength of pure love. - 32 pgs., 4/14/98
http://www.clark.net/pub/aheisey/xena/fiction/sword/sword1.html

DARKFALL by XeniteSupreme
Rousing adventure tale that has Xena and the bard going up against fanatical and VERY dangerous followers of Ares determined to replace the Warrior Princess as the Chosen of the God of War. Nice romantic moments and terrific action sequences in an entertaining story. - 35 pgs., 4/8/98
http://xenafiction.net/scrolls/darkfall.html

**DARKNESS FALLS by Melissa Good
This is THE story every fanfic aficionado out there has been waiting for - Missy tackles "the rift", and folks it is indeed another incredible experience courtesy of one of the most consistent talents in our Xenaverse. This tale is particularly intense in that while set after the episode BITTER SUITE, it also CONTINUES the storyline Missy has been following throughout her novels. Indeed DARKNESS FALLS takes place after REFLECTIONS FROM THE PAST which Missy just finished. Given the incredible love, tenderness and commitment which has increasingly characterized the relationship between warrior and bard throughout Missy's novels, it is especially heart-wrenching to see that relationship in pieces at the beginning of this latest story as Xena and Gabrielle struggle to try to deal with what has happened to them and what they've done to one another. Missy changes the events which we saw on TV just a bit but other than that she plunges headlong into the trauma of the rift chronicling a much more realistic emotional journey for Xena and Gabrielle as they start on the path back to one another. This story is on the surface very different from what we're used to from this bard but beneath that surface and making its way to the top is the same magic, the same sense of gentle passion and fierce love that in Xena fanfic is classic Melissa Good. This story gets my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION! [Do not miss the sequel LEAP OF FAITH, part of the JOURNEY OF SOULMATES SERIES] - 239 pgs., 2/25/98
FANFIC ART: Barron Story Cover
http://www.merwolf.com/dark1.htm
https://ausxip.com/bards.html#melissa
[Palm Pilot version available at XENA FAN FICTION FOR THE PALM PILOT]

DARPHUS' REVENGE by C.J. Wells
CJ continues her Conqueror saga in this sequel to the THE ANTONIUS SITUATION which has the reality of who the Conqueror is and what her life is like testing the blossoming relationship between her and Gabrielle as never before. Aware that the Conqueror almost killed her friend Bahri and sensing that Xena's life will forever be immersed in darkness while she continues to revel in violence and revenge, Gabrielle tries to change the warrior without any initial success but in the process she embarks on a new life for herself that may ultimately motivate the Conqueror to reevaluate her own life. CJ does a good job here of bringing in an important part of Xena canon with the introduction of the Amazons into the equation. She also develops the characters further as Gabrielle finds a new sense of confidence and Xena confronts a will almost as stubborn as her own. Another entertaining entry in the series. - 29 pgs., 3/26/00
http://www.amazontrails.com/xena/darphus.htm

DAY AFTER (THE) by Anima
This piece features dueling vignettes of sorts as first Gabrielle then Xena reflect on what they mean to one another in the hours after the events in the episode CRUSADER. A thoughtful look into the hearts of these characters. - 2 pgs., 12/7/98
http://home.att.net/~ianima/thedayafter.htm

DAY AT THE BEACH (A) by Siona West
A very cute little story involving a warrior, a bard, a sunny day at the beach...and raging hormones. ;-) - 4 pgs., 8/12/97
http://xwp-altfic.simplenet.com/dayatthebeach.txt

DAY OF THE WARRIOR (THE) by Rab Donald
With the bard away, the warrior wonders whether she should play ;-) Fun read that has Xena dealing with the usual challenges at an inn while she misses a certain blonde. - 5 pgs., 1/17/99
http://TiggsXenaPage.simplenet.com/DayoftheWarrior.html

DAYDREAM by Silk
The second tale in Silk's new APPARITIONS OF LOVE SERIES and a wonderful companion piece for VISION, DAYDREAM is about longing, passion, need. It is about the fire in one soul, calling another. Very nice. DO NOT MISS! - 5 pgs., 2/16/98
https://ausxip.com/fanfic2/daydream.html

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