Torchwood Big Bang

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Challenge
Name: Torchwood Big Bang
Date(s): 2009 - 2011
Moderator(s): electrictoes, erin_giles, tazza_di_jo
Founder:
Type: Big Bang - Fanfiction, Fanart
Fandom: Torchwood
URL: tw-bigbang
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Torchwood Big Bang was a big bang challenge in Torchwood fandom. Authors had to write a minimum of 15,000 words, and artists had to create a minimum of one piece of a medium of their choice.

Masterlists

2009

Title: Shattered In Aspect
Author: A Lanart
Beta: idontlikegravy
Artist: idontlikegravy
Characters/Pairing(s): Torchwood Team and CoE characters, Methos and Joe from Highlander: The Series, OFC, The Doctor and TARDIS.
Pairings: Gwen/Rhys, Jack/Ianto, Ianto/Methos, Jack/Methos, (background of Methos/Jack/Ianto)
Rating: PG-15 (M)
Word Count: 28,120
Warnings: It's a non-fixit Children of Earth story - character death. Lots of Angst; tissues might be required.
Disclaimer: Not Mine! Everything you recognise belongs to either the BBC or Panzer/Davis - no copyright infringement intended.
Summary: Methos, Jack and Ianto deal with events - and each other - both during, and in the aftermath of the 5 days that changed their world.

Title: Borrowed Time (or, That One Time Ianto and Jack Committed Grand Theft TARDIS)
Authors: lionessvalenti and amand_r
Beta(s): basingstoke and 51stcenturyfox
Artist: laurab1
Character/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Jack/Ianto/TARDIS
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 24,090
Warnings: SEX. A LOT OF IT. A LOT. TONNES.
Disclaimer: We think that if we owned these guys, we'd already be on TW S6. AND IT WOULD BE ON THE DIRTY CHANNEL. They might fight aliens. You know, if they felt like it. Whatevs. But alas, they belong to the BBC.
Authors' Note: The working title for this was simply, "Operation: Get The TARDIS Laid." That's what we did. A lot.
Summary: The TARDIS shows up on the Plass. It couldn't hurt to look inside, right? Just for a second?

Title: Ink in my Coffee
Author: CS WhiteWolf
Artist: tearstolaughter
Crossover: Torchwood/Prison Break
Pairing(s): Jack/Ianto, Ianto/Michael, (Ianto/Lisa)
Character(s): Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper, Michael Schofield
Warnings: sexual situations, descriptions of tattoo/piercing kinks.
Rating: R/18-Rated
Word Count: 32,000approx.
Summary: When the mysterious Michael Schofield turns up at the Torchwood Tattoo & Piercing Studio with an elaborate design he wants tattooed onto the entire upper half of his body, tattoo artist Ianto Jones wastes no time in accepting the challenge to ink the design exactly as Michael has envisioned. The hours Ianto and Michael find themselves spending together in close proximity as Ianto works his magic with the needle, soon bleeds into the after hours, where needle on skin is replaced by skin on skin.

Title: Never Despair Lest You Have Forgotten (Me)
Author: enkanowen
Beta(s): the amazing and absolutely brilliant curiouslyfic
Artist/Fanmixer: chosenfire28
Character/Pairing(s): Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys
Rating: R (for violence)
Word Count: 16,895
Warnings: some gore, wild ignorance and changing of the events of CoE
Summary: It's been two days since children stopped in the middle of the road, and the Torchwood teams finds themselves in London trying to stop the 4-5-6 from taking the children. Their plans take unexpected turns when they are suddenly confronted by two time-travellers who turn out to be the remnants of Torchwood 4. Ianto is almost killed when a misunderstanding brings together the two teams, but necessity and an unspoken Torchwood code bonds them despite their differences in their fight against the 4-5-6 and corrupt governments. Jack and Ianto's relationship is tested as Jack has to come to terms with his actions of the past, present and what he might decide for the better of mankind.

Title: Throughout Time and Space
Rating: NC-17
Author: bassair
Artist: explodeyy
Fandom: Torchwood/briefly Doctor Who
Pairing: Jack/Ianto (brief Jack/OMC/OFC, brief implied Ianto/OFC.)
Characters: Hmm, apart from the obvious; Gwen, Martha, Rhys, Mickey, Rhiannon and co., The Doctor, Rose and maybe some others from Doctor Who. A variety of OCs (new Torchwood team members, for example).
Disclaimer: I don't own this... RTD, that jerk, owns it. I want it, but he refuses to give it to me. If he did give it to me, I give you five (although you only need one) guesses what I'd do for the first episode of series 4...?
Betas: skullgirl013 & stuffphile
Words: 52,000+
Spoilers/Warnings: Spoilers for all of Children of Earth, some things from the books, plays and audiobooks mentioned but nothing hugely spoilery (mostly Pussca and The Sea Queen from The Sin Eaters and the Icelandic referenced thereupon.) MPreg! Swore I never would but oh well... and some minor, mostly implied femslash.
Summary: Six months on after the events of CoE, Ianto wakes up in his grave and claws his way out. But Jack’s already gone. So what does Ianto do? He chases after him, of course.

Title: Twisted Mind
Author: Erin Giles
Artist: geckoholic
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Martha, PC Andy, OC’s
Warnings: Character Death, Gory Violence
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Torchwood is property of the BBC.
Word Count: 24,000
Beta: pinkfairy727
Summary: Our thoughts are what drive us; good thoughts, bad thoughts, end of the world type thoughts. But what happens when you suddenly have thoughts inside your head that aren't your own? Jack and Ianto retrieve an artefact one night that is seemingly harmless, but seemingly harmless soon turns into violent mood swings, exploding heads and the disappearance of half of Cardiff’s criminals. But what does this have to do with Ianto Jones, and just what is he building?

Title: Does Africa Know A Song Of Me?
Author: etmuse
Artist: wrenriddle
Pairings: Jack/Ianto, mentions of Gwen/Rhys, Martha/Tom
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Set sometime late in an alternate version of S2 (where no one is dead)
Summary: Jack gets a call from UNIT. They need his help... in Namibia. And when they arrive, Jack and Ianto (because Jack wouldn't leave him behind) discover the only communication they have with the team is letters...

Title: Where The End Meets The Start
Author: Glenda
Artist: Mella
Summary: The Doctor was enjoying a well-deserved cup of Earl Grey tea after his latest adventure when a siren started to scream for his attention. He left the dishes behind and headed to the bridge of the TARDIS. It was an SOS from his old travelling companion, Martha Jones. "Doctor, please come soon, Earth is in trouble," was all the radio message said.

Title: Happily Ever After: Guaranteed
Author: fic_faery
Beta: starlightstorm
Artist: laura_guerin
Characters: Jack and Ianto
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 24 000~ words
Warnings: This story takes place before COE (except for the epilogue) but makes references to past books, radio plays and the previous series.
Author's Note(s):Written for the tw_bigbang. I'd like to thank my amazing artist, Laura, for the beautiful cover art. She captured the fairy tale feel amazingly. Also a big thank you to my Beta and all of my cheerleaders who I bothered and whined at during the process. I wanted to capture a fun adventure because Alien tech can't all be evil and came up with this idea. I hope I managed the perfect balance of fairy tales, aliens and Torchwood that I was aiming for.
Summary: An alien device changes Jack's and Ianto's date night into a fairy tale adventure they'll never forget.

Title: Achieving Avalon
Author: HopeNight
Artists: chosenfire28
Beta(s): scarlet_reader
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, past Arthur/Merlin, past Ianto/Lisa, past Ianto/others, Gwen/Rhys< Ianto Jones/Merlin Emrys, Captain Jack Harkness/Arthur Pendragon, Toshiko Sato, Doctor Owen Harper, Gwen Cooper, Rhys Williams, Morgana la Fey/Lady Morgana Farthing, Great Dragon/Cameron Ashmore, Nimueh/Naomi Smith
Warnings: OOC-ness running rampant, rude language, REALLY AU after Cyberwoman, Jack Harkness in general
Rating: PG-13 possibly light R
Current Word Count: 20,001
Summary: Ianto Jones is a perfectly ordinary man with no past and a not so ordinary job. Merlin Emrys on the other hand? He has a trail of mysticism, magic, death, love, and reincarnation following him like a lost puppy. Somehow it's up to him to put a little magic back into the Torchwood teams lives especially Jack’s. Why? Well because it's Jack he falls in love with every lifetime and it's up to the Captain to get his own memories back.

Title: A Funny Thing Happened To Me While You Were Gone
Author: lovin_torture
Artist: draw_yourworld

Title: Season of Mists
Author: lookninjas aka ninjasnano
Beta(s): tearoseandhoney, ambiguous_opal
Artist/Fanmixer: enkanowen
Character/Pairing(s): Gwen, Rhys, Baby Eddie, Andy, John Hart, Jack Harkness, Archie (Torchwood Two), Dr. Simon Tau (OC), Dr. Derrial Shepherd (OC), Dream of the Endless, the Doctor (Eleventh), a Time Agent, a Mysterious Woman in Red, and Ianto Jones.
Rating: R
Word Count: 38,291
Warnings: Spoilers for Children of Earth. Character death, experimenting on human subjects, briefly and clinically described torture.
Disclaimer: I do not own copyright to Torchwood, Dr. Who, or Neil Gaiman's the Sandman, and make no claim to them. This story is for entertainment only, and I make no profit from this. Also, I stole one line of dialogue from Firefly. You would've too.
Author's Note(s): Although this story references (and borrows a character from) Neil Gaiman's the Sandman, you don't need to be at all familiar with Sandman canon to understand the story. It would help, however, to have seen Dr. Who's The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords.
Summary: Two years after the events at Thames House, Captain John Hart swaggers back into Gwen's life, dragging an unwilling Jack Harkness with him. Captain Hart claims to have found someone, someone that Jack and Gwen both believed they'd lost, and needs their help to save him. But how are they supposed to trust him? And why is Gwen having the same dream night after night after night?

Title: The Velocity Of A Kebab
Author: robling_t
Artist: erin_giles
Rating: Teen [language and sexual situations]
Characters: PC Andy/Tosh, Owen, Jack, Ianto, Rhys
Advisories: AU, character death
Disclaimer: I'm denying I speak English at this point
Summary: The flap of a wing, a slight change of angle, and the task of chasing after the spooky-do's could have fallen to another of Cardiff's finest...

Title: Dear Jack, With Love
Author: sparking_off
Beta: et_muse
Art by: rabecka
Characters/Pairings: Jack Harkness, Tish Jones, Jack/Ianto.
Warnings: Everything in series 2 of TW is fair game, and mentions of Jack's family as seen in Children of Earth. Through to 'The Doctor's Daughter' in DW. Mentions of rape and torture, and mentions of character death.
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 21,663
Summary: Letters between Tish Jones and Jack Harkness; or the road to recovery after a year on the Valiant.

Title: The Imperfect Imitation Of What I Used To Know v Author: santousha
Artist: mellten

Title: Tales of the Tardishire: Siren’s Song
Author: teachwriteslash
Artist: cjharknessgirl

Title: Tynghedau
Author: tearoseandhoney
Artist: enkanowen

Art for Holding to the Ground by rotaryphones

Title: Holding to the Ground
Author: thescarletwoman
Betas: flyingtonowhere and halfspell
Artist: rotaryphones
Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, the Doctor, Gwen Cooper, Various OCs. PAIRING: Jack/Ianto
Rating: Hard R/Bordering on NC-17
Word Count: ~22,000
Warnings: character death (though brief), AU, Spoilers through Children of Earth
Disclaimer: Torchwood and Doctor Who belong to the BBC. No copyright infringement intended. Reference quotes come from Episode 1x01 'Everything Changes' and some ideas come from the musical RENT.
Author's Notes: This has been quite a wild ride—and one I wasn't sure I'd see through to the end. But thank you to my wonderful friends who pushed me to see this through until the very end. And a special thank you to Cap—who helped me find the voice of the Doctor when I needed it the most. Thank you to my wonderful betas, any remaining mistakes are mine.
Summary: Jack has never dealt with grief well and this is no exception. Running away from all of his responsibilities, he leaves Gwen alone to try to rebuild the crumbling Torchwood. Jack travells the world until something pulls him back to Cardiff—to discover something he never thought possible. The only problem is he needs the Doctor's help, and who knows when he'll return again?

Title: Not quite a love story
Author: Eledhwen (torn_eledhwen)
Characters/Pairings: Jack Harkness, Lucia Moretti, other OCS
Warnings: OC death. Minor spoilers for "Children of Earth"
Rating: R
Word Count: 19160
Beta: tearoseandhoney (thank you very much!)
Artist/DJ: 51stcenturyfox (thank you very much too!)
Summary: Lucia Moretti's starting a new job. She doesn't yet know how it will change her life.

Title: Splitting of the Ways
Author: Totally4Ryo
Artist: cjharknessgirl
Characters/Pairings: Ianto Jones/Rose Tyler, 9th Doctor, Jack Harkness (a spark of the start of Jack/Ianto if you squint).
Warnings: Character death (not permanent)
Rating: R (bad words)
Disclaimer: Torchwood and Doctor Who does not belong to me. They belong to BBC and RTD.
Word Count: 33023 (according to Word)
Beta by cjharknessgirl and dmennea
Major spoilers for “Boomtown”, “Bad Wolf” and “Parting of the Ways”
Summary: What if during Boomtown, Ianto Jones had appeared and found himself inside the TARDIS? What if some unknown force pulled the TARDIS from Cardiff suddenly before Ianto had a chance to leave? And what will become of Jack Harkness?

Title: Get Your Facts First, then you can Distort them as you Please.
Author: winter_rose91
Artist: mellten
Beta: ravenclaw42
Rating: PG-13
Length: 15,000 words
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Gwen, PC Andy
Summary: A strange artefact and an even stranger message leave Team Torchwood tying themselves up in knots trying to solve the mystery. Cue a car chase for Gwen, an oddly acting Weevil for Jack, and a tomb-raider style adventure for Ianto.

Title: Eternally Bound
Author: xennie_b
Beta: forrent
Artist: explodeyy
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Owen, Tosh, Gwen,
Rating: M
Warnings: character death (sort of)
Spoilers: Cyberwoman
AN: Thanks to all those who helped out with my 'scents of Wales' question. You'll see why I asked in chapter 16.
Summary: Ianto is zapped by an alien artefact that not only changes him but connects him to Jack who still hasn't forgiven him after Lisa.

Title: A Gumshoe Chronicle
Author: zsazsa4168
Artist: Also-Oh-So-Fabulous laisy
Characters/Pairings: Ianto Jones/Jack Harkness, Martha Jones/Tom Milligan, Toshiko Sato
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Word Count: 17,855
Beta: The Oh-So-Fabulous madaboutks. So much of what works in this story is thanks to her insight and attention to details great and small. I heart her big time.
Summary: AU: Jack and Ianto are private detectives, investigating the disappearance of a wealthy businessman. All is not as it seems in this case that involves infidelity, the mob and murder. Written for Torchwood Big Bang Round Two.

2010

Title: O
Author: a_silver_story
Beta: alt_universe_me and dm811
Artist: holyfrell
Characters/Pairings: Janto, Gwen/Rhys
Rating: PG-15
Word Count: 26,617
Warnings: Mild Horror
Summary: Jack and Ianto adopt a little girl who isn't all that she seems - but shortly after her eighth birthday she disappears, presumed dead. Five years later, Alice Carter is found curled up in her walk-in wardrobe, her features twisted into a macabre expression of horror. The cause of death leads the remnants of Torchwood straight to a mysterious videotape that apparently kills all those who watch it in seven days - and for Torchwood, the clock is ticking. Torchwood crossed over with Kôji Suzuki's 'Ringu' universe.

Title: The Tsar of Torchwood: Separate Ends
Author: beth_mccombs
Artist: deadflowers5

Title: Silver Coins For Your Soul
Author: cazmalfoy
Artist: cjharknessgirl

Title: The World You Thought You Lived In
Author: becky_monster
Artist: wethepainted

Title: That Monday Feeling
Author: erin_giles
Beta(s): pinkfairy727
Fanmixer: wrenriddle
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Capt John Hart, OCs
Rating: R
Warnings: Character Death (not permanent), Suicide, Swearing
A/N: Set in my Footprints in the Sand Universe. The rest of the series doesn't need to be read for this story to make sense. All is explained in the body of the text. Thank you to my cheerleaders (those with and without pom-poms). Also a special thanks to my flatmate who reminded me to write this when I forgot. And of course, thank you to pinkfairy727 for the beta and wrenriddle for the amazing fanmix.
Summary: Slight AU. Ianto, as a rule, wasn't accustomed to hating any particular day of the week. Granted, some days were worse than others, but this particular morning he had developed a newfound dislike for Mondays. Especially when this Monday didn't seem to want to end.

Title: The Faces You Will Meet
Author: dreamscapemusic and mybrokenlocket
Beta(s): aranellaurelote
Artist/Fanmixer: the_silver_sun
Character/Pairing(s): Mainly Tosh, Lisa/Ianto, Ianto/Jack, also appearances by Gwen, Owen, Martha, and the Doctor
Rating: PG
Word Count: 16,581
Warnings: Canon character death
Disclaimer: We do not own Torchwood or any of the characters referenced. They are the property of BBC.
Summary: AU paralleling canon.
During her time at Torchwood One, Lisa was keeping a secret about Toshiko. Now, after the destruction of Canary Wharf, what impact will this have on Torchwood Three?

Title: Feathers in the Sky
Author: fic_faery
Beta: The wonderful chamilet
Artist: The talented milky_haven.
Character/Pairing(s): Jack, Ianto, Gwen, Suzie, Toshiko, Owen, Idris
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 30 000
Warnings: Very AU but loosely based on the episode Everything Changes so canon character death for that episode.
Summary: Ianto Jones, Guardian Angel, is off on a new assignment: Save Jack Harkness' soul and set the Torchwood pharmaceuticals company back on the path of good. What he didn't count on was Jack's love of sexual harassment, a file of secret Torchwood projects and Torchwood related murders all within his first week on the job. Can Ianto Jones salvage his mission and save Jack and his staff?

Title: Torchwood Is Yours
Author: humantales
Beta: quean_of_swords
Artist: rotaryphones
Character: Captain Jack Harkness, OC's
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~23,000
Warnings: AU
Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters and settings are the property of their respective owners. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. No money is being made from this work. No copyright infringement is intended.
Summary: When Jack lands over a hundred years past where he was aiming, he has some time to fill. Why not spend it baby-sitting the Rift?

Title: Promises
Author: gryvon
Artist: milky_haven
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones
Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones
Summary: Jack feels Ianto’s loss keenly in the wake of the 456. A stranger offers him a simple favor in exchange for Ianto’s life back but Jack soon learns that things that seem too good to be true usually are.

Title: Eye Of The Storm
Auhtor: lilithbint
Artist: letoatreides

Cover art for The Enemy Within by nedsagirl

Title: The Enemy Within
Author: jolinarjackson
Artist: nedsagirl

Title: Revelations and Recollections
Author: lexia_arcadia
Artist: erin_giles
Characters/Pairings: Jack, Ianto, Owen, Gwen, Toshiko female O/C. Susie, Katie, The Doctor and Lisa are mentioned but not seen.
Warnings: (character death, non-con, smut, etc.) almost none con, dub con, (Brief reference to torture, not so brief references to aliens possessing a team member, references to medical procedures, an original character death is described but not seen. In addition, my O/C is shot a few times.
Rating: R
Current Word Count: 47341
Beta(s): saintmaybe1121
Summary: When Ianto Jones ran into his old friend Jessica Jackson on an awkward night out in the pub, no one was aware what impact she would have on the team. With her she brings her own Rift caused emotional damage, bad memories, cryptic messages and a few revelations for everyone. Meanwhile, Gwen is not really Gwen at all and Owen is left to look after a sick Ianto. With that, Cyber men and a lost Glomp it makes for a revealing time in Torchwood. Emotions are running high. But is it all connected and how? Post Cyber woman and Countryside.

Title: Behind Blue Eyes
Author: mellten
Artist: alena_malfoy

Title: Strange Days
Author: meshell_mybell a.k.a. Blue
Beta(s): snakeling, aranellaurelote, and my best friend MartiniGirl.
Artist/: The amazing a_silver_story
Character/Pairing(s): Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys
Rating: R for bad words and violence.
Word Count: 33,915
Warnings: Violence, mentions of triads, vivisections.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Please don't sue. RTD and the BBC own Torchwood and everything that entails.
Author's Note(s): This was a work of love. I love the story and everyone who helped me, poked me, threatened and guided me throughout the process. I also want to thank my fiancé for the use of Gethin, as he was his brain-child. (I should probably be afraid.) Thanks guys!
Summary: If you love something, set it free. If you return to him and he is involved with another man, make their lives difficult until you get your way. Just don't let the boogeyman catch you.

Title: Torchwood Blues
Author: Milady Dragon
Beta: kanporinpoche
Artist: chosenfire28
Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood; it's owned by the BBC. I also don't own ideas drawn from the movie "Undercover Blues"; that is owned by MGM studios.
Characters/Pairings: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Eleventh Doctor, John Hart, Gwen Williams, Rhys Williams, Kathy Swanson, Andy Davidson, Toshiko Sato, Eugene Jones, OC's, Owen Harper (mentioned), Amy Pond and Rory Williams (mentioned), Alonso Frame (mentioned); Jack/Ianto, past Jack/John, Gwen/Rhys.
Warnings: Violence, mild sexual situations, language, Mpreg (mentioned), Character Death (temporary)
Spoilers: For all seasons of Torchwood and possibly for Season Five of Doctor Who.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 20,999
Summary: In the aftermath of the 456 invasion and the birth of their son, Jack and Ianto retire from Torchwood and decide to travel. Nearly a year later they end up in New Orleans, where they're dragged back into Torchwood business when an old enemy steals a dangerous piece of alien technology.

Title: Be All My Sins Remembered
Author: nancybrown
Artist: rexluscus
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Gwen, Rhys, Martha, Lois, Johnson, Mickey, OCs
Warnings: poor understanding of time travel, even poorer understanding of 40s era British military systems, angst, character death
Rating: R
Word Count: 27,500
Beta(s): queenfanfiction audienced this, while wynkat1313 and fide_et_spe both kicked it into shape, and you have them to thank if it makes any kind of coherent sense
Spoilers: up through CoE (characters only)
Summary: Someone from Jack's past comes through the Rift. Gwen puts two and two together and comes up with nine months. Meanwhile, Ianto is dealing with a morning after he wasn't expecting, Martha is rethinking her agreement to work here, Johnson is definitely not dating anyone, and Lois is quietly reporting everything back to her true bosses. (Well, almost everything.) Also, invisible face-eating aliens may be stalking Cardiff. Must be Tuesday.

Title: Ynys Roana
Rating: PG-13 (NC17 Chapter Five Only)
Characters: Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones, Rhys Wlliams, Rhiannon Davies, Mica Davies, David Davies, Martha Jones-Smith/Mickey Smith, Others
Beta: milady_dragon
Artist: xennie_b
Summary: When Martha brought Ianto's body back to the newly rebuilt Torchwood Three, she never expected a selkie, a mythical creature of the sea, to revive him and take him beneath the waves. Now seven years later, she has a chance to bring Ianto back, and it's up to the fragments of Torchwood and their allies to find Jack, and convince him to call Ianto home.

Title: Amygdala
Author: pastellschwarz
Artist: darthneko

Title: Personnel Issues
Authors: sparking_off and pinkfairy727
Artist: geckoholic
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Tosh, Owen,
Warnings: Canon character death, swearing
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 36,300
Beta: etmuse
Summary: The Torchwood Three email newsletter: an excuse to gossip, bitch, plan dates, fight, and discuss squirrel rats.

Title: The Sum of Your Choices
Author: remuslives23
Artist: misshapenmuse
Characters/Pairings: Team, OC's; Jack/Ianto, mild Ianto/OMC
Contains: Language, mild sexual references, discussion of miscarriage and genetic manipulation
Rating: PG15
Word Count: 33086
Beta: dogsunderfoot
Summary: Matthew Prentiss thinks he's having a bad day when, after a close encounter with an alien device, he regains consciousness in a cell in the underground headquarters of Torchwood. He befriends Ianto Jones, who is having his own problems trying to sort out what he wants from his faltering relationship. Things go from bad to worse when the mystery of Matthew's odd experience is unraveled, uninvited visitors arrive in the Hub, and Matthew is called upon to make a choice that will change his life.

Title: The Essence of Zhivka
Author: rustydog
Betas: donutsweeper and mad_jaks
Artist: _medley_
Characters/Pairings: Torchwood team (Owen-centric), gen, three OCs
Rating: PG
Word Count: 24,500
Warnings: child and animal endangerment, my attempts at Bulgarian phrases
Summary: Torchwood staff find an abandoned child's toy that is a lot more than meets the eye. Meanwhile, roaming Cardiff is a mysterious man who appears to be in pursuit of the toy's owner.

Title: Princes and Pawns
Author: teachwriteslash
Artist: cen_sceal
Rating: Overall NC-17/K+
Fandom: Torchwood; crossover with Highlander: The Series and mentions of events from Doctor Who Series 2 and 3
Characters/Pairings: Jack, Ianto, Gwen, Tosh, Owen, Rhys, Duncan MacLeod, Methos, Amanda Darieux, Joe Dawson; mentions others in both fandoms; Jack/Ianto, Duncan/Methos, Gwen/Rhys, past Methos/Ianto (sort of)
Warnings: Violence, AU, Angst
Spoilers: begins after DW Series 3 through Torchwood Series 2, Episode 4 – “Adam.”
Current Word Count: 23,704
Beta(s): bookwrm89 and cjharknessgirl
Summary: Written for Round Two of TW_BigBang. After he returns from the Year That Never Was and resumes his relationship with Ianto, the last thing Jack needs is a visitor from his past – especially not a 5000 year old, sword-wielding Immortal, his Highlander lover, and their gun-toting friend. It only gets worse when Jack finds out that Methos remembers the year that never happened and seems to have a connection to Ianto Jones.

Title: The Twelve Jacks Case.
Author: takisys
Beta: Jooles34
Artist: enkanowen - I really love what she did, I found this drawing fabulous
Characters pairing: Jack/Ianto, Jim/Ifan, Owen/Tosh, Martha Jones, Mickey Smith, Rose Tyler and The Master, appearance or mention of some others. The Jacks - There are in fact fourteen of them, beginning with ours Jack Harkness, Jim, Jay, Jill, John, Jethro, Jeff, Jeffrey, Joey, Jed, Jo, Jared, Jake and Jinn.
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 16 250 approximately
Warnings: some fun and fluff, some heartaches too, but this is an adult story with some very dark parts. There will be bad language and mention of rape and torture, nothing explicit, thought.
Summary/Plot: The Master has find out that being buried near the Rift for two millennia had increased the connection between Jack and the Vortex. He wants to use Jack as a Tardis, but Jack is not powerful enough so he decides to gather some more of him.

Title: The Spaces in Between
Author: the_silver_sun
Artist/Fan mixer: heddychaa
Beta: alt_universe_me
Characters/Pairings: Past Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, alt!Tosh/alt!Owen, Jack/alt!Ianto friendship (or pre-slash if you want to see it as that.)
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 18,500 (in seven parts)
Warnings: Mention of past canon character deaths. CoE compliant. Non-graphic death of a whole planet. Spoilers for Doctor Who episodes Stolen Earth and Journeys End.
Summary: On a distant planet, Jack struggles to come to terms with everything that has happened, however his world is about to change again when Ianto Jones, from a parallel Earth, arrives seeking his help.

Title: All Around the Mulberry Bush
Author: Rhi
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, Toshiko Sato, Gwen Cooper, Owen Harper, Dennis Creevey, Sirius Black, Luna Lovegood, Fleur Delacour, Blaise Zabini, Astoria Greengrass, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Susan Bones, Remus Lupin
Spoilers: Torchwood Season 1, au for Harry Potter
Summary: Sequel to Schism. Before Torchwood, Ianto Jones was a Hufflepuff, who fought in then long, hard war against Voldemort. After the war, he left the Wizarding world and joined Torchwood. With the events of Countrycide giving him second thoughts, Ianto returns to the Wizarding world, where he discovers that Torchwood still effects him.

Title: All the time we have
Author: zazajb
Beta: The absolutely wonderful: badly_knitted
Artist: wonderful penny_sieve
Word count: 23100
Rating: NC-17, adult concepts, occasional language, M/M
Warnings: mentions of character death end s2 and day 4 CoE
Pairings/Characters: Jack/Ianto, team
Spoilers – possible all s1-3 TW, plus radio 4 play The Dead Line: set between TW s2 & s3, directly after Radio 4 play The Dead Line
Summary: Following Ianto’s speech to Jack in The Dead Line, Jack tries to show Ianto he'll never be just a blip in time

Title: That's All I Need To Know
Author: Xennie_B
Beta(s): Cazmalfoy
Artist: Enkanowen
Characters/Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Owen/Tosh, Rhiannon/Johnny, Mica, David, OCs
Warnings: None really, main character injured, OMC death
Rating: M
Current Word Count: 15,809
Summary: Ianto has always been the protective big brother and will do anything for his sisters. When his youngest sister finally meets her future husband and Ianto meets the man of his dreams on the same night, their lives begin to spiral down a new path.

Title: without a hurt (the heart is hollow)
Author: chicleeblair
Artist: geckoholic

Title: A Gumshoe Chronicle
Author: zsazsa4168
Artist: laisy
Characters/Pairings: Ianto Jones/Jack Harkness, Martha Jones/Tom Milligan, Toshiko Sato
Warnings: none
Rating: PG
Current Word Count: 15,515
Beta(s): mad_aboutks
Summary: Jack and Ianto are private detectives, investigating the disappearance of a wealthy business man. He liked to go slumming in a poor immigrant neighborhood and was being blackmailed. All is not as it seems in this case that involves infidelity, a stolen sapphire, the mob and murder.

2011

Cover art for Violated, by hollymarchosias

Title: Violated
Author: Carole B.
Artist: hollymarchosias
Characters: Gwen Cooper, Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, PC Andy Davidson, Owen Harper
Pairings: Ianto/Jack, Owen/Other
Gen/Het/Slash: Het, Slash
Warnings: Torture, Forced Sex, Violence, Language
Rating: NC-17 for the Prologue/R for other chapters
Crossover: None
Word Count: 15,600
Beta: Time Hound
Summary: A serial killer has been flouncing around Cardiff, using the name Jack Harkness. When the team starts investigating the murders, they have doubt whether it is really Jack or not. To their shock, they find out it is someone really close to them, someone who shouldn't exist.

Title: Exhibit
Author: mirrankei
Characters: Owen, Ianto, Toshiko, OMCs, others.
Pairings: Owen/Tosh, Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Amy/Rory
Warnings: Foul language, blood/gore
Spoilers: Everything through Children of Earth, allusions to Miracle Day
Word count: 37,571
Summary: Owen,Toshiko, and Ianto find themselves kidnapped to the future. Stuck on an asteroid, thousands of years from their time, they become research subjects and part of a 21st-century Earth exhibit in the station museum. But the time travel portal that brought them there is malfunctioning, and the whole situation stinks of a trap to a visiting Time Lord...

Title: Transcending Torchwood
Author: fiwen1010
Artist: mirrankei
Word Count: ~ 24,000
Pairing: Jack/Ianto, Steven/David
Rating: T
Spoiler: Characters from Children of Earth, but CoE did not happen.
Setting: After Children of Earth.
Warnings: Cousin incest (Steven Carter/David Davies), character deaths
Summary: Jack and Ianto always knew that Torchwood would be what ripped them apart. They never expected it to give them a second chance and pull them together again. Characters: Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Rhys Williams, Alice Carter, Steven Carter, Rhiannon Davies, David Davies, OCs

Title: Remarkable
Characters: Ianto, Jack, Lisa, Tosh, Gwen, Owen, Jack's fairy godfather
Pairings: Ianto/Lisa, Ianto/Jack
Rating: R
Word Count: 20900
Summary: Once upon a time, in a small village in a distant province of a peaceful kingdom, there lived a boy called Ianto...

Title: In Your Image
Author: blackbird_song
Artist: tamda
Series' Included: Allusions to S1 and S2 and Miracle Day. Takes place before CoE.
Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Gwen Cooper and others.
Pairings: Jack/Ianto; Gwen/Rhys implied.
Gen/Het/Slash: Slash
Warnings: Graphic descriptions of bloody violence.
Rating: R-ish (Violence, swearing)
Word Count: 17,750-ish. (MS Word lies)
Betas: My husband for the overall stuff and smirnoffmule for suggestions on Welsh namecalling/nicknames in school.
Summary: Jack and Ianto sitting in a tree: Torchwood-style.

Title: War Games
Author: nancybrown
Artist: madbottoms
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Gwen, Martha, Lois, Francine, Johnson, Patanjali, OCs
Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Gwen/Rhys, Martha/Tom
Warnings/Spoilers: violence, spoilers up through COE (characters only), character death (mostly Jack)
Rating: R
Word Count: 27,600
Betas: sariagray and bookwormsarah
Summary: Jack takes the team on a cross-training exercise with UNIT. This goes exactly as well as one would expect.

Title: Wait For Me There
Author(s): meshell_mybell
Beta(s): likeitisntso
Artist: rubystandish
Series' Included: Series One, Series Two up to Adam and also includes information from the Doctor Who novel Only Human and the Torchwood novel The Twilight Streets. You needn’t have read them to enjoy the story.
Characters: Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Gwen Cooper, Rhys Williams, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato, John Hart, Greg Bishop and Llinos King
Pairings: Jack/Ianto, Jack/Greg
Gen/Het/Slash: Cannon Slash
Rating: M for mature due to language
Current Word Count: 23k+
Summary: They were missing two days. Two days of their lives just gone and no one knew why. Nothing was out of place and the Hub seemed to be in order. Of course, the fact that Ianto was missing didn't help the situation. Ianto, on the other hand, was having his own issues. One didn't always find themselves waking up in 1939 with no memories of how you got there.