Real Name: Sandy
Pronouns: she/her
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Last Active: September 15, 2023
Membership Status: Member
Skin: dead poets society
I started watching Buffy in season six when the show moved to UPN because UPN wasn't on cable but the WB was. When Spike went to get his soul, I discovered fanfic and read so much that spring and summer. By summer of 2002, I decided to try writing something. (The last fanfic I'd written had been Star Trek the Next Generation fanfic that I'd scribbled in notebooks in middle school.)
I wrote a challenge from the Buffy and Spike Diaries website and posted it on fanfiction.net. I also reached out to a couple of site owners, including Hils at Death Marked Love and Rachel at Sinister Attraction to post my story. Then, I met a couple of other authors (Zarrah) and a fanartist (Thia), and she helped design my first website, Eternal Devotion, where I posted my fanfic on geocities. Soon, my website was hosted by a host site (Dark Prophecies), which shut down quite suddenly, leaving many Spuffy sites without homes.
A huge portion of the fandom moved over to Live Journal, and I was active there for many years. I also had my own domain, Sand in My Shoes, where I hosted Spuffy sites and had my own website for my fanfic (Tranquil Daydreams).
I dropped out of fandom after two big events: being displaced due to Hurricane Katrina and being robbed a couple of times so I lost my fics/fansite stuff.
I picked BtVS back up in 2015 when I was undergoing IVF and my husband and I had tons of downtime in a hotel because we were cycling out of state. I fell back in love with Spuffy and came back and completed four WIP that I had left for over a decade. I've been writing new fanfics since then, and in the last year, I posted all my works here...even the old ones from 2002.
Presenting the collaborative response to the A Most Exquisite Corpse challenge.
Warnings: Smut, rampant surrealism, disjointed transitions. Yay!
Artists: OffYourBird
Categories: Pre-Series, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Post-Series, Alternate Reality, Challenge Response, Time Travel
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Dramedy, Fluffy/Comedy, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Porn w/o Plot
Warnings: Sexual Situations
Challenges: A Most Exquisite Corpse
Completed: Yes Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Word count: 27,420 Hit Count: 14,692 ePub Downloads: 261
Published: July 07, 2017 Updated: July 15, 2017
The gorgeous banner is by the wonderful stnia!
Rated R for cursing...
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Joss owns all.
Artists: None
Characters: Allan Finch, Buffy, Cordelia, Faith Lehane, Giles, Joyce, Kralik, Mayor Richard Wilkins III, Other, Oz, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: None
Warnings: Adult Language, Violence
Event: Big Bads Challenge 2019
Completed: Yes Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,057 Hit Count: 8,109 ePub Downloads: 123
Published: October 25, 2019 Updated: October 29, 2019
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Joss owns all.
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series, Challenge Response, Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Dawn, Faith Lehane, Fred, Giles, Illyria, Original Characters, Oz, Robin Wood, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Drama, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Violence
Challenges: Author's Choice
Event: Reunion Challenge 2017
Completed: Yes Chapters: 70 Table of Contents
Word count: 156,374 Hit Count: 82,352 ePub Downloads: 750
Published: October 02, 2017 Updated: August 12, 2018
Spoilers: Through Chosen.
Summary (from 2003): As I’ve just discovered the Sandlot, I visited Tiramasu’s Mr. Gordo site and read some of the wonderful stories there. As a result, I decided I wanted to write a ficlet about what happened to Mr Gordo at the end of BtVS. I didn’t want him to get swallowed by the Hellmouth. *sniff* Mr. Gordo POV. Deepest apologies if this story concept has already been written.
Dedication: This story is especially for Asia, who kindly beta-read for me! Thanks, dear, for helping me work out the kinks! :o) You’re amazing!
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Mr. Gordo, Spike
Genres: Drama, POV
Warnings: Character Death
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,256 Hit Count: 890 ePub Downloads: 33
Published: March 16, 2017 Updated: March 16, 2017
Special thank you to swifthorse who read the first draft and provided encouragement!
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Joss owns all.
Artists: None
Characters: Andrew Wells, Buffy, Dawn, Original Characters, Spike
Genres: Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 8,191 Hit Count: 7,909 ePub Downloads: 127
Published: September 30, 2017 Updated: October 01, 2017
Dedication: This story is written especially for yellowb!
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Joss owns all.
Artists: None
Categories: Post-Series, Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Buffy, Clem, Drusilla, Original Characters, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, Humor
Warnings: Adult Language, Violence
Challenges: The Vampire Was Pretty
Completed: Yes Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Word count: 25,291 Hit Count: 12,726 ePub Downloads: 221
Published: August 27, 2018 Updated: October 29, 2018
Summary: The first evil was defeated days ago. Everyone is in Buffy’s house recuperating. Buffy goes to Spike. This is Buffy point of view.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters on Buffy and the storylines and anything else that’s affiliated. All things Buffy are owned by Joss Whedon and the UPN network.
A/N from long ago: HUGE thanks to Rhonda/Zarrah, Roxy, and Thia for reading over my sex scene to make sure I wasn't making a complete idiot of myself! Also, special thanks and hugs to Rhonda for telling me to leave the story as is and convincing me to put my name on it.
Artists: None
Characters: Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Porn w/ Plot, POV, Romance
Warnings: Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,090 Hit Count: 1,636 ePub Downloads: 77
Published: April 08, 2017 Updated: April 08, 2017
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss and Disney. I own nothing except this plot.
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Spike
Genres: Drama, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Challenges: 2017 Holiday Challenge
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 6,747 Hit Count: 1,576 ePub Downloads: 50
Published: December 23, 2017 Updated: December 23, 2017
Rating: R
Spoilers: Set post “Not Fade Away” and not comic book related. I’ve only read season 9 and two volumes of season 10. (I skipped season 8.)
Summary: Sent on a mission to find yet another slayer, Buffy is stuck in Colorado, it’s Christmas, and it’s snowing. Buffy POV.
A/N: Written especially for Gabrielle, Thia, Rhonda, and John with special thanks to Jennifer for help with the Christmas song.
Thank you to Gabrielle for beta-reading this fic for Seasonal Spuffy! :o)
Artists: None
Characters: Andrew Wells, Buffy, Dawn, Original Characters, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Word count: 14,282 Hit Count: 4,355 ePub Downloads: 112
Published: December 06, 2015 Updated: December 06, 2015
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss and UPN.
Spoilers: Through season 7 of Buffy. The scene in Los Angeles is set prior to the beast’s arrival and the meat of the story is set after “The Killer in Me.”
A/N: This story is based on a conversation with two friends, Lisa and Jim, over lunch. We were discussing how the vampires could survive the embalming and burial process and the mortality of the funeral directors of Sunnydale. This story was inspired. Thus, the story is dedicated to them.
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Original Characters, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Drama, POV, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 11 Table of Contents
Word count: 16,002 Hit Count: 5,274 ePub Downloads: 68
Published: May 01, 2017 Updated: May 01, 2017
(Special thanks to skybound2 for recommending the song included in the fic!)
January 30, 2005
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Giles, Joyce, Spike, Xander
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 3,300 Hit Count: 1,490 ePub Downloads: 56
Published: March 07, 2017 Updated: March 07, 2017
Author’s Note: I wanted to do something for Seasonal Spuffy with the song, and this was all that would come out.
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,409 Hit Count: 949 ePub Downloads: 37
Published: May 04, 2017 Updated: May 04, 2017
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Joss owns all.
Artists: None
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Charles Gunn, Fred, Illyria, Spike, Wesley, Willow
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fighting, POV
Warnings: Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 10,277 Hit Count: 1,498 ePub Downloads: 50
Published: January 30, 2020 Updated: January 30, 2020
A collaborative effort of authors, artists and betas cooking up a birthday Buffy treat for bewildered.
Artists: SoaringClaws, Twinkles
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 16,257 Hit Count: 6,760 ePub Downloads: 213
Published: May 30, 2019 Updated: May 30, 2019
Spoilers: Post “Life of the Party.”
Summary: The sequel to “Choosing Heaven.” Spike POV on Buffy’s return.
Artists: None
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, POV, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,922 Hit Count: 790 ePub Downloads: 33
Published: March 10, 2017 Updated: March 10, 2017
The absolutely gorgeous and haunting banner is by stnia!
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Joss owns all.
Artists: None
Characters: Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Joyce, Original Characters, Oz, Spike, Tara, Willow, Xander
Genres: Drama, Romance
Warnings: Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 6,864 Hit Count: 606 ePub Downloads: 48
Published: December 08, 2020 Updated: December 08, 2020
Spoilers: Through “Life of the Party.”
Summary: Spike gets a phone call, and he can finally answer the phone. Buffy POV.
Dedication: For my dear beta, Sandy, for being such an amazing help! This is for you, sweetie. . . you mentioned something about a phone call, and this came out.
Awards won: Sweet Dreams Award at the Bedtime Story Awards and Best General POV from the Spuffy Awards
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama, POV, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,407 Hit Count: 1,373 ePub Downloads: 39
Published: March 09, 2017 Updated: March 09, 2017
Dedication: This one is for sweet_ali who wanted a road trip in Season 7. Here you go, dearest! Hope you like! Please 'scuse the typos! And it's probably not as light as you would have liked it...it just didn't seem to fit season 7...
February 20, 2005
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Original Characters, Spike
Genres: Drama, Romance
Warnings: Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 5,809 Hit Count: 1,719 ePub Downloads: 49
Published: March 20, 2017 Updated: March 20, 2017
Disclaimer: I own nothing. All belongs to Joss and UPN.
Dedication: For my Aunt Steph who loves vampire stories.
Spoilers: Through Season 6.
This fic was finished in November 2002 before the show explored how Slayers were created, so keep that in mind, too.
A long time ago, this fic won a few different angst awards from different award sites, but I can’t recall where…lol. So be prepared for that as well.
Gorgeous banner by the talented eyesthatslay...thank you so much!
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Original Characters, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, POV, Romance
Warnings: Character Death, Rape (Implied), Vampire!Buffy
Completed: Yes Chapters: 32 Table of Contents
Word count: 50,360 Hit Count: 17,665 ePub Downloads: 151
Published: March 19, 2017 Updated: March 25, 2017
Author’s Note: This was written before season 7 aired and was my second or third ever fanfic and probably extremely unlikely given the way the show went, so apologies for that. It won an award back then but I don’t have it anymore (stupid people who break into apartments and steal computer stuff). Tara’s death also hit quite home for me when the show aired because my grandfather died in a very similar way when I was a little older than Dawn’s age, so this fic is personal for that reason and it’s why it’s dedicated to my mom.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. All belongs to Joss and UPN
Spoilers: Set after Season 6
Dedication: For my mom…who understands.
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Angst, POV
Warnings: Character Death
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 2,491 Hit Count: 686 ePub Downloads: 29
Published: April 08, 2017 Updated: April 08, 2017
Disclaimer: All belongs to Joss but he said we could play! :o)
Summary: Post-Not Fade Away in Cleveland. It’s Dawn’s birthday, and all she wants is dinner and a movie. Just a bit of fluff. (And an appearance by Buffy and Spike...)
Dedication: For dawneen ...Happy birthday, dear! *hugs* Hope it was wonderful as you are! :o)
And special thanks to jans_intentions for reading over the fic for me! :o)
July 23, 2005
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, POV
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,597 Hit Count: 616 ePub Downloads: 28
Published: March 09, 2017 Updated: March 09, 2017
I think I also wrote this for seasonal_spuffy long ago.
Disclaimer: I own nothing; Joss owns all.
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Drama
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 208 Hit Count: 611 ePub Downloads: 63
Published: April 20, 2017 Updated: April 20, 2017
Set after Chosen, Buffy finds out Spike is back and has a plane out of dodge but has a pit stop at a tattoo shop to make first. This is for the July 2021 Mystery Ficathon Event on Elysian Fields. The summary may change as the next challenge is posted. (Banner by me.)
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Joss owns all.
Artists: None
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Cordelia, Ethan Rayne, Fred, Harmony, Knox, Marcie Ross, Original Characters, Spike
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Event: Mystery Ficathon 2021
Completed: Yes Chapters: 5 Table of Contents
Word count: 10,575 Hit Count: 5,630 ePub Downloads: 71
Published: July 11, 2021 Updated: August 07, 2021
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Set after “Never Leave Me.” Completely AU after that!
Dedication: Happy Birthday, Aimee!!! This is your Spuffy Christmas birthday present! Hope you enjoy it! :o)
Summary: “The Powers that Be” grant the Scoobies a happy Christmas. . . despite the First Evil. 3rd person POV.
Author's Note: This was written while Season 7 was airing and is one of four holiday fics that I've written! :o)
Artists: None
Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Original Characters, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Word count: 11,000 Hit Count: 3,034 ePub Downloads: 40
Published: December 06, 2015 Updated: December 06, 2015
The lovely banners are by OffYourBird.
Artists: OffYourBird
Categories: Challenge Response
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Action/Adventure, Apocalyptic/Dystopian, Drama, Dramedy, Established Relationship, Humor, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Porn w/o Plot, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: The Sixth Annual Blessed-But-Not-Official Elysian Fields Exquisite Corpse Challenge!
Event: April Challenge 2022
Completed: Yes Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Word count: 27,611 Hit Count: 1,976 ePub Downloads: 47
Published: April 30, 2022 Updated: August 14, 2022
Artists: OffYourBird
Categories: Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Post-Series, Alternate Reality, Challenge Response, Time Travel, Historical
Characters: None
Genres: Drama, Erotica, Fluffy/Comedy, Lighthearted, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death, Sexual Situations, Vampire!Buffy
Challenges: Exquisite Corpse II
Completed: Yes Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Word count: 30,345 Hit Count: 4,996 ePub Downloads: 141
Published: April 30, 2018 Updated: May 05, 2018
Artists: Dusty, OffYourBird
Categories: Pre-Series, Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Season 8 (Comic), Season 9 (Comic), Season 10 (Comic), Alternate Reality, Challenge Response
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Dramedy, Established Relationship, Fighting, Fluffy/Comedy, Humor, Lighthearted
Warnings: None
Challenges: The Fifth Annual Exquisite Corpse Challenge!
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 47,796 Hit Count: 3,987 ePub Downloads: 84
Published: April 30, 2021 Updated: July 02, 2021
living in a shotgun shack
and you may find yourself
in another part of the world
and you may ask yourself
well ... how did I get here?
-Talking Heads
Artists: OffYourBird, BadWolfJedi
Categories: Alternate Reality, Challenge Response
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Dramedy, Erotica, Fighting, Humor, Lighthearted, Porn w/ Plot, Porn w/o Plot, Romance
Warnings: Sexual Situations
Challenges: Exquisite Corpse Challenge the Third
Event: 2019 Challenge Month
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 49,831 Hit Count: 4,619 ePub Downloads: 133
Published: April 29, 2019 Updated: May 08, 2019
Artists: OffYourBird
Categories: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Post-Series, Alternate Reality, Challenge Response
Characters: Ensemble
Genres: None
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: Exquisite Corpse IV
Event: 2020 Challenge Month
Completed: Yes Chapters: 7 Table of Contents
Word count: 30,459 Hit Count: 2,080 ePub Downloads: 90
Published: April 17, 2020 Updated: July 12, 2020
Summary: Set in season five of AtS. What if Buffy met up with Spike after “The Girl in Question”?
Dedication: For __tiana__...happy birthday to one of my dearest online friends! I hope all your birthday wishes come true! :o)
Thanks to sharelle, myfeetshowit, beanbeans, spikeskat and fishsanwitt for your help!
Artists: None
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Harmony, Illyria, Spike, Wesley, Willow
Genres: Drama, Romance
Warnings: None
Completed: Yes Chapters: 4 Table of Contents
Word count: 10,395 Hit Count: 4,817 ePub Downloads: 98
Published: March 14, 2017 Updated: March 16, 2017