The community for stories focusing on original characters in the Mass Effect universe, or for stories focusing on minor characters (i.e., Admiral Hackett, Captain Bailey, Haron, Balak, Anaya, Conrad Verner, etc.). Must have little to no cameos from the main cast, little to nothing of Commander Shepard, and must not be a self-insert. All ratings considered. See NaturalBornParagon's profile for more details.

List of SIs, TPIs, and OCIs in the Mass Effect Fanfiction section. I'm just keeping tabs on any SI/TPI/OCIs laying around. UPDATED 3/15/2016 07:48AM PDT 562 SI/TPI/OCI stories in. Also, feel free to subscribe for updates on new SI/TPI/OCI fics. *UPDATE*Not accepting SI-parodies, so staff members double-check if it's legit or parody of SIs in general please. Also need staff members to check for any insertion fics in the Mass Effect crossover section. Still needing new staff members, PM me if interested.

My personal recommendations. A collection of amazing stories in various lengths, from vignettes to multi-chaptered works, complete or still in progress, the works. These stories will make you wish that a little bit of each were in the vanilla version of the series.

All Shepard x Joker stories. Complete and In-Progress. K through M. Good and not so good. Even...*sighs reluctantly*...Slash. Because we all wish he was a romance option in the game. :)

We're also on tumblr: thekriosnetwork @ tumbr Feel free to PM moranth with questions or to get a fix (yours or anyone else's) added. A community for drell and those who love them. Some stories posted may contain adult themes/content. View at your own discretion. Don't see one of your favorites listed? Send them to Moranth to get the added.

Shepard & Tali fics.

This community is dedicated to the Renegade Shepard, male or female. Proving that even short tempered anti heroes warm the heart. Please message with any suggestions for fics, hard to run this solo.

Here is the best of the best of the best of Mass Effect fics, at least in my opinion.

As the title suggests, we are a community celebrating all things deliciously smutty in ME fiction. This includes the romantismut, the oneshotsmut, and the fluffsmut. Basically, if there's well-written boffing, we will want to include it here.

A community for Mass Effect slash fanfiction.

Stories which include Ashley & Shepard (male), because there is already a community with Ash/f!Shep. This could be in the form of romantic or friendship.

Mr Buch and Knightfall1138's collection of backstories for the crew of the SSV Normandy. We're looking for an insight into the pasts of everyone on board. If you have a story exploring someone's past, please let us know.

Flight Lieutenant Jeffery Monroe aka Joker and Shepard. No Slash!

These are Mass Effect stories with a female Shepard. Mostly with a Liara pairing - maybe a couple of others. A Shep/Ashley here and there for some variety. Anyone interesting in helping managing this community - send me a note.

These are great fanfictions created by fans for the pairing of LT. Kaidan and Commander Female Shepard. The stories have to have at least a pairing of the couple.

We all love Mass Effect...here is a collection of stories that have Shepard male/female in love with my favorite character.