Hercules and Xena Fic Round-Up
These are my stories in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess fandoms. Links go to the Archive of Our Own.
Short Stories (Under 10,000 words)
The Last Temptation (Gen)
What if Gilgamesh had failed to kill Iolaus in Faith?
Words: 1,511
Water (Het, Iolaus/Original Female Character
Iolaus has an adventure in a river.
Words: 1,778
Ball and Chain (Slash, Hercules/Iolaus)
Iolaus can't sleep.
Words: 2,123
Wings (Slash, Iolaus/Cupid)
Cupid rescues Iolaus...sort of.
Words: 2,442
A Walk In The Park (Het, Iolaus/Original Female Character)
Iolaus is lost...in time.
Words: 3,043
Haunted (Slash, Hercules/Iolaus)
In the twentieth century, an immortal Hercules has a ghostly visitor.
Words: 4,015
Some Battles You Just Can't Win (Het, Hercules/Original Female Character)
Hercules makes an erotic wager with an Amazon.
Words: 5,843
Retribution (Slash, Hercules/Iolaus)
Iolaus misbehaves. Hercules punishes.
Words: 6,133
Intimations Of Immortality (Gen)
Hercules/Highlander crossover. Set several years after the series. Hercules is in Corinth, helping his brother Iphicles end a war. But Ares is determined not to make it easy.
Words: 7,476
Though Lovers Be Lost (Slash, Hercules/Iolaus)
A bittersweet tale of loss and sacrifice: Just how much will Hercules give up to keep his best friend alive?
Words: 7,608
Longer Stories (10,000 words or more)
Wreck of Memories (Slash, Hercules/Iolaus, Iolaus/Caesar)
Following a shipwreck, Iolaus is captured by Caesar.
Words: 14,905
Lovers' Moon (Het, Hercules/Original Female Character)
Hercules learns he has a daughter he never knew about...and she's in big trouble.
Words: 32,992
Series
Out of Darkness (Gen)
Hercules' thoughts after Descent.
Words: 1,639
Leaving Eire, sailing North.
Words: 1,165
After Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge.
Words: 1,021
Meditations on Darkness Rising.
Words: 742
Poisoned Arrow (Slash, Hercules/Iolaus)
Discord uses one of Cupid's arrows to play a cruel practical joke.
Words: 9,929
Sequel to Cupid's Arrow: with a little help from the Goddess of Love, Hercules and Iolaus reconcile.
Words: 3,865
Xena The Conqueror (Het, Iolaus/Gabrielle)
Missing Scenes from Armageddon Now: In the alternate universe where Xena rules, Iolaus learns the history of that realm.
Words: 12,271
Sequel to Ashes of Hope. In the alternate universe of Armageddon Now, some of the gods are not happy with Ares' domination of the world.
Words: 58,767
Journey's End (Het, Iolaus/Gabrielle)
While nursing Iolaus back to health after a serious injury, Gabrielle falls in love. Meanwhile, Ares and Discord are up to their usual tricks.
Words: 50,131
Hercules and an elderly Iolaus search for Iolaus' runaway daughter. Their search brings them to a city at war, and leads Hercules to a confrontation with Hera and a decision that will change his life.
Words: 17, 665
Xena sets out to punish Ares for the death of Hercules.
Words: 21,934
Note: This is not an exhaustive list. There are a couple of drabbles and short stories I wrote for list challenges that I no longer have copies of, and a few I would prefer to forget. These I have not posted to the Archive of Our Own. Some are (at the time of writing) still available on my website, Creative Imperative. This may change in the future.