1996 Starbuck Winners

The Starbucks are awarded by the Mysterious & Suspicious list members
and are handed out once a year.
Check out the nominated stories.

*Please note: Stories over 150k have been split into parts by the archivist.*

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Calignosity Beckons by Hall, Char - 125K - Rated R: Category XA Archived 96-07-01; Scully's best friend, Elizabeth Martin, runs into some 'paranormal' trouble. Unknowingly she draws the two agents into a terrify web of horror with a devastating and surprising ending. Awards: Winner of a 1996 Starbuck for Best Horror. Nominated for 1996 Starbucks for Best Long Story and Most Creative Recurring Character.

Centrefold I by Hiley, Michelle - 13K - Rated PG: Category SRH Archived 96-11-27; Bittersweet comedy with Mulder/Scully romance (but only from one viewpoint). Hunting around in an attic, someone finds more than they bargained for. Awards: First Place Winner of 1996 Starbuck for Best Comedy.

Conspiracy (1/2) by Archibald, Jessica - 117K - Rated Not-Rated: Category X Archived 96-09-21; Awards: Winner of 1996 Starbuck for Best Action-Adventure story. Nominated for 1996 Starbuck for Most Original Villain.

Conspiracy (2/2) by Archibald, Jessica - 113K - Rated Not-Rated: Archived 96-09-21

Deductive Reasoning by Archibald, Jessica - 77K - Rated Not-Rated: Category T Archived 96-03-12; Awards: Winner of 1996 Starbuck for Best Short Story. Nominated for 1996 Starbuck for Best Action-Adventure and Most Original Villain.

Dream, The by Warner, Lisdean - 75K - Rated PG: Category SA Archived 96-08-31; A series of frightening nightmares, inexplicably tied to an old house, lead to an apparent suicide attempt by one of Scully's friends. Could their investigation of this incident push Scully over the edge, too? Set late in the first season. Awards: Winner of 1996 Starbuck for Best Recurring Character. Nominated for 1996 Starbucks for Best Horror, Best Action-Adventure and Best 'Chris' Style Story.

Elysian Fields by Schatz, Amy - 121K - Rated PG: Category SRA Archived 96-04-03; Mulder/Scully romance. It is the year 2000 and Mulder gets a call from Scully, whom he hasn't seen it three years. She has some important news to tell him. Awards: Winner of 1996 Starbuck for Best Romace Story.

Open Book (1/2) by Moseley, Vickie & Summer - 145K - Rated PG: Category XA Archived 96-09-01; Mulder writes in his journal and Scully confides in her diary as a devastating abduction case tears them both apart. Awards: Winner of 1996 Starbucks for Best Long Story, Best Platonic Story, Best Series, and Best 'Chris' Style Story. 1996 Spooky Winner: Best Platonic Mulder/Scully Relationship (2nd place). Winner of 1996 EMXC Award for Best X-File, Best Relationship (Most Carteresque), Best Series and Best Long Story.

Open Book (2/2) by Moseley, Vickie & Summer - 149K - Rated PG: Archived 96-08-29

Reality Check by Duclos, Anik and Schatz, Amy - 122K - Rated Not-Rated: Category Archived; Awards: Winner of 1996 Starbuck for Best Unfinished Work.

Splinterwood by Chaostic Ventilation - 19K - Rated Not-Rated: Category SH Archived 96-11-20; Awards: Winner of 1996 Starbuck for Most Original Villain. Nominated for 1996 Starbucks for Best Comedy, Most Creative Recurring Character, and Most Creative Character.

Temptation by Juliettt - 11K - Rated PG: Category VA Archived 96-09-21; Awards: Winner of 1996 Starbuck for Best Angst Piece.

Thoughts and Words I - Before Manhattan by Warner, Lisdean - 105K - Rated PG: Category X Archived 96-09-14; A young woman in New Mexico who's afraid to go outside and a group of suicides in Michigan lead Mulder and Scully to a frightening scheme to keep the silence about the truth of alien abductions. Awards: Winner of 1996 Starbuck for Best Recurring Character.

Thoughts and Words II - After Rattleby by Warner, Lisdean - 95K - Rated PG: Category X Archived 96-09-21; With so few questions answered, and their friend still in trouble, Mulder and Scully try to piece together the mystery of what really happened in Arizona. Awards: Winner of 1996 Starbuck for Best Recurring Character.

What Scully Was Thinking When She Shot Mulder by Wagner, Steve - 1K - Rated G: Category NH Archived 96-12-24; Set during 'Anasazi'. Awards: Nominated for 1996 Starbuck for Best Comedy.

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