Alien Pond: Two years after graduating from Raft, a heartbroken Daria retreats to her new Montana cabin to find a 21st Century Walden, where she becomes the adoptive mother of three unusual daughters. Based on an idea from Lawndale Stalker and augmented by The Angst Guy. (August-September 2004).
Alien Home: Six years after Daria’s adopted children left Earth, an alien assassin appears at her home on the eve of her annual trip to the Montana cabin. Daria and Jane are on the run and a new rebellion threatens the fledgling alien democracy. (December 2004)
Alien Heritage: Three years after Daria returns to Nest, a detailed analysis of the weapon Artie used to kill Angier Sloane shows it was made on Earth. Daria and Eveningsky go to Earth to finish negotiating a treaty between Humans, Folk and Seekers, while Tim returns to investigate who may have been behind Artie’s weapon, and what their ultimate plans are. (February-March 2005).
Daria Von Doom
Is it Doom Yet?: An alternative to Is It Fall Yet? Missing Jane and hurt by what appears to be Tom’s attempts to hide her from his family, Daria accepts an unusual invitation to attend the Royal Latverian Academy to get out of volunteering at Mr. O’Neill’s Okay to Cry Corral summer camp. There, she discovers her true parentage. A Daria/Dr. Doom crossover.(September 2005)
Daria R: Ten years after Is It Doom Yet? The people of Latveria vote down Queen Daria’s proposed constitution, leaving her still the undisputed monarch of the country. One that tradition expects to marry soon. Daria also finds that the failed vote leads her to a plot to remove her as Queen and alter the course of history. (January- February 2006)
Succession Crisis: Tending to her first child, Princess Jane Valeria, Queen Daria is surprised by the arrival of her biological father, Dr. Doom. She tells him that that she considers his abdication final and her succession complete, but that he is welcome to stay as Archduke of Doomstadt. Rejected by the citizens of Latveria when he tries to gain their support, he goes to his remaining child, Quinn, and tells her how Queen Daria has plotted to keep her away from her rightful place. (May-June 2006)
Alternate History:
Nervous Dreams: An alternative history. Daria discovers her dreams are more real than she imagined, and Aunt Amy tells Daria of the maternal curse affecting both of them (strong R rating, sexual content). (November 2004, revised February 2005)
PG Version.
Three: A crossover of Falling Into College, John Lane and Mother’s Love (Alien series) with The Angst Guy’s iron chef story, Illusions. After Daria’s death in their worlds, Tim O’Neal, John Lane and Michael Fulton are recruited to stop a serial killer targeting her across multiple realities. (March-April 2005).
Misery’s End. What if the events of The Teachings of Don Jake had ended differently? Amy Barksdale arrives in Lawndale to care for a niece she hasn’t seen in years and they learn to cope with the changes in both their lives. (March 2006)
Saving Hope. In an alternate reality, Jake drives Daria and Quinn to their new school in Lawndale while Daria thinks back on the time she spent at Highland’s alternative discipline facility, Hope High School. (August 2006).
A Legend of Rebirth. A fun ficlet set in the future of the Falling Into College universe about what happens after the rebirth of a favored cat. A Daria/Red Dwarf crossover. (February 2008).
Iron Chefs:
Holiday Kombat: From PPMB’s “I Challenge You”. A crossover between Depth Takes a Holiday and Mortal Kombat. Trent, accompanied by Daria, Jane and an unexpected guest, must face his worst fear to save the Earth. (July 2004, revised February 2005)
Shield Maiden: Expanded from several PPMB’s challenges. Warrant Officer Andrea Hecuba pilots a medivac helicopter in the skies over Iraq. (September 2004-June 2006)
Band of Bothers: Dual entry for PPMB’s “I Challenge You” and “The Bard Spins in His Grave”. An alternate history crossover between my Falling Into College and DJW’s Martial Arts AU. Daria meets Clovis Lee-Daniels during a summer production of Henry V. Warning, not to be taken seriously. (November 2004, revised February 2005)
While My Guitar Gently Bleeds: Round 1 of The Angst Guy/Bug Guy write-off instigated by the denizens of PPMB to annoy us and amuse them. Trent and Mystik Spiral have cleaned up, gotten serious and are on their way to their first gig in Boston. With his new-found purpose and confidence, Trent has a special song prepared for someone. (April 2005)
Lead Us Not Into Temptation: Round 2 of The Angst Guy/Bug Guy write-off instigated by the denizens of PPMB to annoy us and amuse them. During the summer after their freshman year at college, Mack and Daria meet by chance in Pizza Prince (April 2005)
De-Esteemed Round 3 of The Angst Guy/Bug Guy write-off instigated by the denizens of PPMB to annoy us and amuse them. During her speech to the students of Lawndale High after finishing self-esteem class early, Daria never expected Quinn to stand up (April 2005)
It’s That Guy: An entry for an Iron Chef proposed by Brother Grimace at SFMB. What if Artie was right, that Daria and Jane were Alien Love Goddesses? (May 2005)
Claim Check: An Iron Chef challenge from Brother Grimace at PPMB: Amy picks up Daria from Boston to take her out for a “surprise”, and the two become trapped inside Amy’s wrecked car after an accident. (June 2005)
Accidental Future: Combined Iron Chefs…Mike Xeno’s “Morning After” and The Angst Guy’s redux of “Daria’s Crash.” The crash near the end of Boxing Daria caused the SUV to roll and the last thing Daria remembered was hitting the side window. She wakes up twelve years later to find she’s married to Tom Sloane, that they have two children and Daria has no memory of them. (October-November 2005)
The Pact: Entry for my Iron Chef based on fan artwork of Daria as Taarna the Defender from the movie Heavy Metal. When Ms. Li appears at a pep rally with a strange, green pendant, Daria knows that evil is afoot and that she’s the only one that can stop it. (January 2006)
A Little Help From Your Fiends. By DJW and Richard Lobinske. Inspired by Angelboy’s Iron Chef challenge for authors that are polar opposites of each other to write a story together. This story requires some knowledge of DJW’s Open Windows stories and Richard Lobinske’s Falling Into College stories plus Band of Bothers. When Upchuck escapes from the psychiatric hospital and heads for Boston to track down Daria, Tom decides to send his two friends Clovis and Wasabi to help. (December 2005-November 2006)
My Parade Adventure. Tad Gupty’s school essay on the events of I Loathe a Parade. (February 2006)
I Meant to Do That. This was written in response to Brother Grimace’s challenge to write a story set in Falling into College series, based on Daria’s cat Bump’s point of view. After Daria’s alarm inexplicably goes off on a weekend April Fool’s Day, Bump spends the day living her life around the three humans that share her home. (July 2006)
The New View. Written in response to Brother Grimace’s “Morgendorffer Temptresses” challenge and set immediately after IICY? Daria and Quinn find work as lifeguards at the Lawndale Children’s pool and discover that their coworker is Ted DeWitt-Clinton, who seems to have finally noticed that girls are different. (October 2006)
Generation Gap. A response to Prince Charon’s “Helen as Daria’s grandmother” challenge. Soon after Daria’s high school graduation, Helen and Jake tell her about Helen’s daughter Anastasia, who was born when she was 16 as is actually Daria’s mother. The mysteries behind her death lead Daria to join the FBI and search for what really happened. (November-December 2007)
Independents:
Payback: Jane finds an interesting trail of clothes in her house. (May 2004)
West Lawndale Grand Ballroom Gown. Suggested by the Jimmy Buffett song, West Nashville Grand Ballroom Gown. A possible future history of one of the Girls of Lawndale. (September 2004)
Monique’s Subtraction. Because of Daria’s unexpected visit with Monique during the episode, Jane’s Addition, Trent’s missing the deadline has farther reaching effects. (April 2005)
A Choice. A ficlet in which Daria dreams she has a choice about being switched at birth with another family, or is it a dream? (May 2005)
Promise in Green. It’s prom season for the seniors of Lawndale High School. Despite her and Tom’s initial disinterest, Daria gets talked into agreeing to go. After finding a green dress online that’s available locally, Daria finds herself oddly looking forward to the event. (June 2006)
Spelling It Out. After winning the class spelling bee, Mr. O’Neill enters Daria in the school competition, which could lead to regional and/or state. When she accidentally wins the school spelling be, she finds herself in the uncomfortable position of representing Lawndale at regional. (August 2006)
Tripping the Art Fantastic. Set during Season 2, Ms. DeFoe takes her art class to the County Museum of Modern Art (COMMA). Can Ms. DeFoe keep Kevin and Brittany’s romantic inclinations in line? Will Daria avoid a repeat of her splash of color reaction to the Mall of the Millennium?(December 2006)
Eternity. After college, Daria and Tom Sloane are hired by a highly secret division of the CIA as forensic investigators of paranormal threats. While on their honeymoon, they are directed to examine strange events around a laboratory housing the remains of Neolithic lovers, buried in a last embrace over five thousand years ago, where the ancient lovers’ souls are transferred to their bodies. The must learn to share bodies while the agency begins learn about, and make plans for, these new guests. (February, March 2007)
Lawndale Arrival. Set immediately before the premier episode, Esteemsters and using material from The Daria Diaries. The Morgendorffers move into their new home and spend the next few days trying to settle in before starting work and school. (July-August 2007)
Holidays
Gift Hunt: A young woman looks for a pair of perfect Christmas gifts. (December 2004)
First Leave: Warrant Officer Andrea Hecuba’s first leave after being deployed to Iraq as an air ambulance pilot. (December 2004)
Easter Encounter: Eight year-old Daria has an encounter with a small rabbit while on an Easter egg hunt. (March 2005)
Shared XX: After the events of Boxing Daria, Daria tries to find a proper Mother’s Day gift for Helen. (May 2007)
A Home at Summer’s End: Written for The Angst Guy’s 2007 Halloween challenge and occurs prior to and during the Falling into College story, Bump in the Night. A black cat seeks shelter for the night and finds more. (September 2007)
Essays:
Daria Temporal Analysis Project. An examination of short and long term time references in the series episodes, movies and books to help fanfiction writers. Includes event timelines based on different assumed years for the series run. (October 2004: January 2005)