The Spooky Awards Archive

The Spookys were handed out once a year, from 1995 to 2004, with the exception of 1997, for some reason. They were awarded to stories posted on x-files-fanfic and alt.tv.x-files.creative.


Camping by Amperage and Livengoo
Awards: Winner of 1996 EMXC Award for Best Comedy/Parody. Second Place Winner of two 1995 Spooky Awards for Best Platonic Mulder/Scully Relationship and Best Comedy/Parody.
Length: 149K
Rating: PG
Category: Adventure-Humor
Summary: Fox Mulder and Dana Scully have survived abductions, serial killers, mutants and aliens but the Partner Cooperation Program Wilderness Encounter may finally do them in. After poison ivy and catfish, who wouldn't long for a nice, safe killer mutant?


Coming Back by Karen Rasch
Awards: First Place Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best Platonic Mulder and Scully Relationship.
Length: 95K
Rating: PG
Category: Story-Romance-Angst
Summary: Mulder/Scully romance. Mulder gets a call from Mrs. Scully, who fears for Dana's safety. Following her instructions, he tracks his partner to a cabin in the mountains where he finds that she does indeed need his help, as memories of her time away have come back with a vengeance.


Corpse by Livengoo
Awards: Second place winner of two 1995 Spooky Awards for Best Long Story and Best Original Villain. Winner of 1995 EMXC Award for Most Carteresque.
Length: 736K
Rating: R
Category: Adventure-Angst
Summary: The UFO killer has come to town, and Mulder and Scully aren't far behind. Their search for the killer through the eyes of small city lawyer Emma Courtland. The story was mentioned in Entertainment Weekly.


Crossing the Line by Jennifer Lyon
Awards: Second Place Winner of a 1995 Spooky Award for Best Action/Adventure Story.
Length: 98K
Rating: NC-17
Category: Adventure-Angst
Summary: Mulder/Scully. Picking up at the end of F. Emasculata, this disturbing story examines what might happen when Scully reaches the end of her rope and decides to take action against their enemies.


Dark Angel by Jennifer Lyon
Awards: Second Place winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best Horror Story. Winner of 1995 EMXC Award for Best Horror.
Length: 69K
Rating: R
Category Adventure-Angst
Summary: A serial killer fixates on Mulder, drawing him into a nightmare and putting Scully's life on the line.


Downtime by Sheryl Martin
Awards: First Place Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best non-NC-17 Mulder/Scully Romance for Part I.
Length: 379K (Part I is 79K)
Rating: PG
Category: Story-Romance
Summary: This series of short stories takes place over a single week during the second season, while both agents are suspended. They find themselves developing their relationship and dealing with personal demons.


"Dragons at the Gate" is Part 23 of Dragons, Book I by Sheryl Martin.
Awards: First Place Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best Series.
Length: the story is 17K, the series is 881K
Rating: PG
Category: Adventure
Summary: A hostage situation turns out to be more than anyone anticipated.


"Dragons of All Kinds" is Part 27 of Dragons, Book I by Sheryl Martin.
Awards: First Place Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best Non-Mulder/Scully Romance.
Length: the story is 22K, the series is 881K
Rating: PG
Category: Adventure
Summary: After Irresistible, Pfaster escapes, and Scully has a choice to make.


Etched by Sean Smith
Awards: First place winner of 1995 Spooky Awards for Best Sci-Fi Story, Best Horror Story, Best Action-Adventure Story, and Most Carteresque Story.
Length: 368K
Rating: R
Category: Crossover-Angst
Summary: The X-Files/Alien crossover


Fever by Sheryl Martin
Awards: Second place winner of 1995 Spooky award for best short story.
Length: 6K
Rating: G
Category: Vignette-Angst
Summary: An exploration of the night Mulder spends with Scully, after the death of his father. Set after Anasazi.


Fire and Ice by Jennifer Lyon
Awards: Second Place Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best Erotica. Winner of 1995 EMXC Award for Best Erotica.
Length: 46K
Rating: NC-17
Category: Story-Romance
Summary: Mulder/Scully romance. Mulder and Scully attend an FBI party. This is pure romance, with not much plot, a little humor and a lot of sex.


Genius by Kipler (Mary Beth Clark)
Awards: Second Place Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Most Carteresque Story.
Length: 102K
Rating: G
Category: X-File
Summary: None provided by the author.

"Guardian I" by Amy Vincent Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Awards: Second Place Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best non-NC-17 Mulder/Scully Romance.
Length: 90K
Rating: Not rated
Category: Story-Romance-Angst
Summary: Mulder and Scully quit the FBI and start a life together only have things go horribly wrong when Mulder is offered a chance to get his sister back.


The Immortal Files by Daniel Butter
Awards: Second Place Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best Crossover Story.
Length: 83K
Rating: PG-13
Category: Crossover
Summary: The X-Files/Highlander/Star Trek crossover. Mulder and Scully become Immortal and deal with the trials and tribulations of their new lives.

"Leap of Faith" by Livengoo*
Awards: First Place Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best Crossover Story.
Length: 180K
Rating: PG
Category: Crossover
Summary:The X-Files/Quantum Leap crossover. Sam Beckett has to keep Fox Mulder from becoming one more abductee, but when he leaps into Dana Scully's size fours, he finds that might not be such an easy job.

The Magician: Book I by Suzanne Bickerstaffe and Jennifer Lyon
Awards: First place winner of 1995 Spooky Awards for Best Long Story, Most Unusual Story, and Best Fantasy Story. Winner of 1995 EMXC Award for Most Unusual Story, Best Scifi Story and Best Romance Story.
Length: 771K
Rating: Both NC-17 and PG versions available
Category: Adventure-Romance
Summary: Mulder/Scully romance. A sword-and-sorcery fantasy. Mulder and Scully investigate the appearance of a strange creature in an MIT laboratory, and find themselves drawn though a vortex into another world - a world where magic works - a world that is threatened by a terrible darkness.


"One Breath, Part Two" by Juliettt*
Awards: Second place winner of the 1995 Spooky Award for best short story.
Length: 7K
Rating: PG
Category: Story-Humor
Summary: Mulder goes back to the hospital to visit Scully and this time, he's alone with her.


"The Round File" by Youneek*
Awards: Second place winner of two 1995 Spooky Awards for Most Unusual Story and Best Comedy/Parody. Winner of 1995 EMXC Award for Best Comedy and/or Parody.
Length: 86K
Rating: PG
Category: Story-Humor
Summary: Many mishaps ensue when David and Gillian find themselves transported to a world where the X-Files are reality, and they have switched places with Mulder and Scully.


"Sea of Desire" by Sheryl Clay*
Awards: Second Place winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best Fantasy Story.
Length: 121K
Rating: PG
Category: X-file
Summary: Mulder and Scully investigate the mysterious disappearance of several infant boys from an island in Maine, which a friend believes is the work of a selkie.


The Sound of Wind Chimes by Sarah Stegall
Awards: Second place winner of two 1995 Spooky Awards for Best Sci-Fi Story and Best Mulder/Scully NC-17 Romance.
Length: 132K
Rating: NC-17
Category: Adventure-Romance-Angst
Summary: Mulder/Scully romance. Contains Scully rape scene.

Spell by Kelli Rocherolle
Awards: Second Place Winner of a 1995 Spooky Award for Best Series.
Length: 98K
Rating: R
Category: Story-Romance
Summary: Mulder/Scully romance. A classic, beloved novel about their long term romance. Pheobe Green makes a brief appearance.


This Woman, This Man by Sheryl Clay and Tish Sears
Awards: Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best Short Story.
Length: 11K
Rating: PG
Category: Story-Romance
Summary: Mulder/Scully romance. An illustration of the wordless bond that Mulder and Scully share.


Words I - "Three Little Words" by Karen Rasch
Awards: Second Place Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best Drama. First Place Winner of 1995 Spooky Award for Best Original Villain.
Length: 52K
Rating: R
Category: Adventure-Romance-Angst
Summary: Mulder/Scully romance. Mulder and Scully get drawn into a trap by a murderer who well aware of Mulder's greatest weakness, and is more than willing to use it against him.


Words II - "Saying the Words" by Karen Rasch
Awards: Winner of two 1995 Spooky Awards for Best NC-17 Mulder/Scully Romance and Best Erotica.
Length: 70K
Rating: NC-17
Category: Adventure-Romance-Angst
Summary:Mulder/Scully romance. Mulder and Scully finally confront their feelings for the first time

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