Penname: MarzBar [Contact] Real name: Margaret Longstreth-Smith
Member Since: 07/03/2007
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Beta reader here. In lust with Spike and other notable hunks. Now living in OZ with a rotten dial-up connection. Teehee!! I just got broadband although I'm still working on setting up the mail.
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Summary: There was no body to bury. There was no funeral. There was nothing but the three rules and the knowledge that a thousand years of torment was nothing compared to a world without her in it. Spike embarks on a journey through the Gates of Hell to rescue the one he loves, but in order to save her, he must risk losing himself.
Categories: General NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Horror, Angst
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 36 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 140693
[Report This] Published: 10/06/2008 Updated: 06/06/2010
Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 03/02/2009 Title: Chapter 20: Chapter Twenty

Wow!! Love the new chapter. Hope Spike's getting through now. He's so Victorian. Teeheehee!

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 07/09/2009 Title: Chapter 26: Chapter Twenty-six

Drooling now. More soon please.

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 08/16/2009 Title: Chapter 28: Chapter Twenty-eight

Drooling all over my computer here. Love this tale of romance in hell. Hope she'll keep him when they get back. Screw the Scoobies.

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 04/23/2010 Title: Chapter 32: Chapter Thirty-two

Squeeee!! I've been waiting so long and happily, you're back with us. You really CAN write. Have Spike eat your depression and writer's block.

Summary: After the episode "Destiny" in AtS Season 5, what if Spike had gotten on the boat that took him to France, looking for Buffy? But there are certain people who don't want them to connect. How far will Spike go to find the woman he loves?
Categories: Serial Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Action
Warnings: Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 12 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 22166
[Report This] Published: 10/06/2008 Updated: 11/01/2008
Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 10/21/2008 Title: Chapter 8: 8

Yay!! Finally they have a chance. Will Giles and Angelus get bashed?

Author's Response: Revenge will be sweet for Buffy and Spike!

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 11/01/2008 Title: Chapter 12: 12

Thank you so much for the fab tale.

Author's Response: You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it!

Summary: Set beginning of season 5 slightly AU, No Glory or "key" Dawn.



Buffy and the gang come into contact with a prophecy that will change their lives forever. When Buffy finds herself faced with an impossible decision, she finds herself with the task of propositioning an unlikely alli.



Will Buffy be able to do what must be done to save the world? Will she be able to save her relationship with Riley? After everything is said and done, will she even want to?
Categories: NC-17 Fics, General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Action, Angst, None, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other, Sexual Situations, Spike/Other, Violence
Series: None
Chapters: 22 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 36943
[Report This] Published: 12/07/2008 Updated: 10/08/2011
Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 03/01/2009 Title: Chapter 7: How to proposition a vampire.

Drool! Looking forward to smut night. This is a great story.

Author's Response: lol thanks.

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 03/10/2009 Title: Chapter 9: Help me save the world.

Yummy! Nice mis-translation Watcher. This time Spuffy got lucky. Teeheehee!! More please.

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 08/24/2009 Title: Chapter 13: Seeking forgiveness.

Still loving this story and hoping your muse updates soon! Are you in QLD? I am.

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 07/14/2010 Title: Chapter 16: Death Wish.

So, so happy you're back with this. Will there be more soon please? Glad she killed a Council of Wankers' hit man.

Author's Response: I am hoping to update more now that i have picked my bad guy i wasn\'t sure who to use Riley, watchers council, etc but now i know where i want this fic to go so hopefully lots more chapters to come soon.

Author's Response: I am hoping to update more now that i have picked my bad guy i wasn\'t sure who to use Riley, watchers council, etc but now i know where i want this fic to go so hopefully lots more chapters to come soon.

Summary: Just as The Scoobs are getting used to the changes in their lives, once again a wrench is thrown into the works. Old enemies return to Sunnydale to frolick and play.
Categories: Serial Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Action, Horror
Warnings: Character Death
Series: None
Chapters: 15 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 46938
[Report This] Published: 12/31/2008 Updated: 04/08/2009
Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 12/31/2008 Title: Chapter 1: Settling In

Yippee!! What a great present for the new year!

Author's Response: HeHe. I live to give. New Chappie is now up.

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 01/05/2009 Title: Chapter 2: Have Faith

Wonderful to see Faith back in the fold. Thanks for the update.

Author's Response: You're very welcome.

Summary: Season 4 Initiative based. Buffy is captured by the Initiative before Spike but when they are pitted against each other for 'testing' they continue their shaky truce. The duo have to put past feelings aside in order to find a way out of the Initiative and work together to bring down the operation. Buffy is finally forced to see the world in shades of gray and learns more than a few new things about the so-called 'evil' demon community in Sunnydale
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Action
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 49178
[Report This] Published: 01/08/2009 Updated: 08/28/2010
Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 08/20/2010 Title: Chapter 13: Chapter 13

I'm so happy you came back to us with this fab tale. Sorry about RL and the way it's bashed you about lately. I'm very familiar with this sort of stuff.

Summary: Imagine this as a re-telling of Season 6. Beginning at the moment Spike and Buffy see one another for the first time since her resurrection, the Slayer finds a comfort in the vampire that she’d never felt before. When their respective feelings for one another rapidly grow into a secret romance, what will happen when Buffy’s friends learn the truth?
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Action
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 73 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 232447
[Report This] Published: 01/10/2009 Updated: 12/15/2010
Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 02/03/2009 Title: Chapter 20: The Choice

Will Spike get to maim Xander?

Author's Response: LOL...I have a feeling a lot of people want that to happen...hahaha

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 02/24/2009 Title: Chapter 33: Something Curious

Loving this tale of intrigue and adventure. Hope Dana will be OK and not freak out again.

Author's Response: Thank you, MarzBar! I don't believe we've "met!" Glad you're reading and enjoying! Thanks!

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 02/28/2009 Title: Chapter 39: Six Weeks

Still enjoying this tale and wish to offer you and your must champagne and chocolate Spikes for the regularity and frequency of your updates.

Author's Response: Aw, thanks! I'm glad to know some folks are still enjoying the story!

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 03/08/2009 Title: Chapter 48: A Cabin in the Woods

I can't wait to see what the Scoobies get up to while holed up in the woods.

Author's Response: :) Thanks! I hope you enjoy what happens next...hehe...:)

Second Chances by Angelinasway Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 77]
Summary: Post NFA. The world has been lost. Buffy must travel to a different world to stop the same evil from rising. What awaits her on the other side. New friends, old loves, and a new life. Spoilers for Eclipse and possibly Breaking Dawn.
Categories: General
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Action, Angst
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Character Death
Series: None
Chapters: 12 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 27794
[Report This] Published: 02/11/2009 Updated: 08/13/2011
Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 06/25/2010 Title: Chapter 10: Lesson

I cannot tell you how happy I am to see this story come back.

Author's Response: Thanks, I\'m glad your enjoying it.

The Crystal Heart by maryperk Rated: NC-17 Liked [Reviews - 16]
Summary: The Crystal Heart is needed, and the only people who can retrieve it are a Slayer and the vampire who loves her. A birthday present for Tam 2008!
Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Action
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Series: None
Chapters: 6 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 10545
[Report This] Published: 03/20/2009 Updated: 05/09/2009
Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 03/20/2009 Title: Chapter 1: Chapter 1

This is one of the very best Spuffy stories ever!! You should get lots and lots of fab reviews.

Summary: Set in the world of I Know You, II. Spike and Buffy have settled into their lives in their new world. Trouble has arisen in a neighboring resort city and Buffy has been called on for help before all the tourists are driven off (or eaten)
Categories: NC-17 Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Action
Warnings: Sexual Situations
Series: I Know You verse
Chapters: 8 Table of Contents
Completed: Yes Word count: 23775
[Report This] Published: 04/06/2009 Updated: 05/02/2009
Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 04/12/2009 Title: Chapter 4: Chapter Three

This is getting very intriguing. I love your tales.

Author's Response: Thank you. I hope you enjoy the rest of it.

Summary: Buffy returns from the dead haunted by a little girl in a cave crying out for her, needing her. Unsure of where or when the child Kaia is from, she turns to Willow for help to contact her. Willow goes one step further, sending Buffy into the past. Now she has to find her way home. Can Spike find her before something terrible happens?


Nominated at Rogue Poet Awards in Best WIP and Best Plot and at Spuffy awards for Most Original Plot, Best General Angst, and Best General Romance, Nominated for round 11 Fang Fetish Awards for Most Original and Best Angst/Dark, SunnyD Awards for Best Author/Best Drama/Best Angst/Best OC (Groma)/Best Plot/Best Unfinished (whew! and Thanks!) and Nommed at The Readers Have Chosen for the July 2009 Fanfic poll, too. OH, and I forgot Spark and Burn Awards, Reader's Choice, RD 6 for Best Plot, Best Angst, Best OC - Groma, and Best Villain - Kahn. YAY!
***Awards Won***

Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards Round 18
-Best Drama - Spuffy, Winner
-Best Angst - Runner Up
-Best Original Character, Groma - Runner Up

Categories: General Fics
Characters: None
Genres: Angst
Warnings: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Rape, Child Abuse
Series: None
Chapters: 29 Table of Contents
Completed: No Word count: 50629
[Report This] Published: 05/15/2009 Updated: 07/11/2010
Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 07/08/2009 Title: Chapter 12: Chapter 12

Loving this story and hoping Willow gets sent back to that creep's hearth to replace Buffy/Kaia.

Author's Response: Thanks MarzBar, glad to know you are enjoying :)

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 07/16/2009 Title: Chapter 13: Chapter 13

Oooooo!! I hope Spike is one that gets to bitch slap Willow. Love this story and where it seems to be going. More soon please.

Author's Response: Thanks Marzbar! Definitely more and soon *wink*

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 07/21/2009 Title: Chapter 14: Chapter 14

You deserve any and every award for which you are nominated and I sincerely hope you win them all. This is a great story.

Author's Response: *sobs* Thanks you so much *hugs tight* This story is so stuck in my head and that it is coming out just how I wanted it, feels great, but to have responses like yours floors me. Thanks again.

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 10/01/2009 Title: Chapter 25: Chapter 25

Thank the PTB he finally found her! I hope we don't have to wait long for the reunion smoochies (or whatever). Congrats on your awards; you deserve them for this fab tale.

Author's Response: Thanks Marzbar :) for the reading, the reviewing, and the congrats! *hugs*

Reviewer: MarzBar Signed Liked
Date: 10/20/2009 Title: Chapter 27: Chapter 27

Wonderful chapter. How much longer must Buffy stay and who will take care of Kaia after she is born? More soon please.

Author's Response: Thanks for the review marzbar :) *giggles* now you know I cant tell you that! but I can promise to update as soon as possible. *twirls*