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Artwork by John Berry

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Baby Lane [Artwork]
By M. Bruner
Category: Romance

Witness the ups and downs and comings and goings of the lives of Daria, Jane, Trent, and Tom over the years.
Babylon
By Sam Lincoln
Category: Past & Future

Ten years after high school, what happens when two old friends meet?

Note: This story includes content (language, violence, or sexual situations) that may not be appropriate for some readers.
Back in Fifteen Minutes
By Brother Grimace
Category: Miscellaneous

Daria is one of the world's greatest superheroes--but when she's taking a special shower, woe betide the idiots of Lawndale!
Back to the Future, Again! [Artwork]
By Milo Minderbinder
Category: Series & Multi-Part Stories (Crossovers & Parodies)

A parody of the "Back to the Future" trilogy, with Daria and Aunt Amy filling in for Marty McFly and Doc Brown. As in the movies, a not-so-simple trip to the past becomes a frantic journey across the space/time continuum to repair the fabric of history, with much hilarity and plenty of hijinks along the way.
Backhanded Remarks (*)
By The Angst Guy
Category: Miscellaneous

Sandi Griffin courts disaster at the French Open tennis tournament, and nets a ton of trouble.
Bad Day
By Adrienne
Category: Past & Future

Daria's been having a lot of bad days lately... and Tom just doesn't understand.
Bad Movie Night
By Essenare
Category: Miscellaneous

Find out why Daria does not like the movie "Annie."
Bait and Switch
By Medea42
Category: Miscellaneous

Ms. Li forces Daria and Kevin to act like they're a couple at an important social gathering. In return, Brittany demands that she date Tom for the night as collateral. Can you see the wheels of revenge turning yet?
Bake Off (*)
By Queen Jossie
Category: Miscellaneous

A short story inspired by the lack of baking skills of the author's sister.
Balance of Power
By Jill Palmer
Category: Miscellaneous

Quinn meets top-of-the-pecking-order pressure. Crystal meets Trent and Jesse. Jane gets hurt. You, the reader, meet a different Crystal than Daria & Company know. Confused? Read on!
The Ballad of Stacy Rowe (*)
By The Angst Guy
Category: Crossovers & Parodies

A musical spin-off from a much better fanfic by E. A. Smith ("Good Intentions"), this bluegrass-music ballad works best if sung to the tune of Grandpa Jones's famous "Mountain Dew," with banjo accompaniment.
Balletdictorian
By Kristen Bealer
Category: Past & Future

Six-year-old Jodie Landon dreams of being the perfect ballerina, but life takes a few interesting turns along the way as she struggles to win her parents' support and attention.
Band Aid
By Admonisher
Category: School Situations

When Daria and Jane join band (to get out of Ms. Morris' hated gym class), they expected a break from corruption. Boy, were they wrong. With Quinn and Co. involved, the school in chaos, and a rich grant up for grabs, Daria finds herself wrapped up in a showdown between politics and greed.
The Band, The Sleeze, and the Flygirls
By Moogus
Category: School Situations

When Trent's band is in trouble, Jane and Daria offer to be flygirls, and Upchuck plays in the actual band.
The Bands of Summer
By Gregor Samsa
Category: Miscellaneous

An epic tale of friendship, deceit, and financial impoverishment. Oh, and some music, too.
Barch Nemesis
By Kristen Bealer
Category: Past & Future

Jake encounters an unlikely kindred spirit. A response to an Iron Chef issued by JoeMerl: Random Pairing Challenge!
Barely Tales
By Kemical Reaxion
Category: Series & Multi-Part Stories (Crossovers & Parodies)

Fairy tales. We've all heard them... but not like this!
Battle of the Bands
By Kelly
Category: Romance

Mystik Spiral had entered a Battle of the Rock Bands, but the thing is they must have a girl in the band or they will get disqualified. So they ask Daria, but when the Battle finally comes up, so does Monique. Can Daria deal with Monique getting up on her man?
Battle Royale: Beyond Blunderdome
By Canadibrit
Category: Crossovers & Parodies

Based on the film "Battle Royale" by Fukasaku Kinji. A school trip turns nightmarish as the Daria cast is forced to participate in a Government-inspired 'game'. The rules: Kill each other off until only one remains...
Beach Bum-mer
By Pat Leland
Category: Miscellaneous

The Morgendorffers head for the beach, with Sandi and some unwanted guests in tow.
The Beaches of Barksdale [Artwork]
By Galen Hardesty
Category: Miscellaneous

Helen declares a family bonding day at the beach, wrecking Daria's long-planned museum trip with Jane. Consequently, Daria pulls out (almost) all the stops to make sure it doesn't happen again.
The Bear and the Unicorn
By Brother Grimace
Category: Holidays

A Valentine's Day-themed Iron Chef featuring Jake and Helen.
Bearcat Hollow (*)
By Guy Payne
Category: Miscellaneous

A field trip gone wrong, with two students missing. Can Daria and Sandi survive the elements and each other? Find out what happens deep in Bearcat Hollow.
Beavis & Butt-head... NOT!
By Ronin
Category: Miscellaneous

Daria and Quinn imitating Beavis and Butt-head? The world *has* come to an end...
Beavis, Daria, and Butt-Head
By Patrick Moore
Category: Crossovers & Parodies

Set in the past and the present, Daria tells about the time Beavis and Butt-Head came to her fifteenth birthday party. Plus, we find out from where Daria got her green jacket and black skirt.
Before the Deprogramming
By Kristen Bealer
Category: Past & Future

Thirteen-year-old Jane Lane joins the Girl Scouts in an attempt to get out of baby-sitting. She finds it tougher than she expected as she struggles to survive a ruthless cookie sale competition, two hyperactive children, and ten thousand verses of "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt."
Behind Enemy Lines
By Brother Grimace
Category: Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror

An unauthorized one-shot based on "Estrangsters," this fic finds a familiar character from "Its All About Respect" in the greatest challenge of his life...

Note: This story includes content (language, violence, or sexual situations) that may not be appropriate for some readers.
Behind the Glasses [Artwork]
By John Berry
Category: Miscellaneous

An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of "Daria" fan fiction. Narrated by Jane's new beau, Tom, this exclusive production includes interviews with the cast and fanfic authors, and rare footage of "bloopers," outtakes, and never-before-seen stories.
Behind the Glasses 2001
By Warpedkjh13
Category: Miscellaneous

The fourth entry in the "Behind the Glasses" series, featuring even more fan fiction "bloopers and outtakes."
Behind the Glasses II
By Canadibrit
Category: Miscellaneous

A follow-up to John Berry's "Behind the Glasses," featuring more "bloopers and outtakes" from various fan fiction stories.
Behind the Glasses III
By Canadibrit
Category: Miscellaneous

The third entry in the "Behind the Glasses" series, featuring even more fan fiction "bloopers and outtakes."
Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies
By Jill Friedman
Category: Miscellaneous

What caused Penny Lane to leave Lawndale and wander the jungles and villages of Central America? Here's one possible answer, as Penny returns to Casa Lane haunted by memories of her past.
Beneath the Copper Sun (*)
By Guy Payne
Category: Romance

Daria unexpectedly encounters an old aquaintance in the damndest place. From a PPMB Iron Chef.
Best Years of Our Lives, Revisited [Artwork]
By John Berry
Category: School Situations

Trent re-enrolls in high school after discovering he never officially graduated.
Better Times Than These
By Jen
Category: Past & Future

As children, Daria and Quinn battle sharing a room, babysitters, parents, and a clown?! As new Lawndale citizens, Jane and Trent deal with leaving their childhood home and encounter a few other familiar characters.
Between the Boards
By Di
Category: Miscellaneous

Response to the PPMB Write-Off Challenge: What if Quinn was a jock?
The Big Wedding
By Brother Grimace
Category: Miscellaneous

Written by "Lyman Moneychanger" (hey, who's he?), Daria and Trent's big day is here... or is it?
Blast from the Past
By Nemo Blank
Category: Miscellaneous

After a gun is found in her school locker, Daria endures both physical and mental torture at a psychiatric facility in an effort to "cure" her. It's a race against time for her family and friends to prove her innocence before the Daria they know is lost forever.

Note: This story includes content (language, violence, or sexual situations) that may not be appropriate for some readers.
Blind Date
By Ana Sturtz
Category: Miscellaneous

Daria goes on a blind date with a friend of Jane's.
Blind Spot
By Brother Grimace
Category: Miscellaneous

Ms. Li receives a letter from one of her most intelligent students--although she never would have guessed that.
Blood and Irony
By J Osako
Category: Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror

Daria and Jane have developed psychic abilities and they have reason to believe that the death of one of the school's coaches may have had a supernatural cause.
Blood Oath of Patriots
By Galen Hardesty
Category: Miscellaneous

Daria achieves greater understanding of Mr. O'Neill, who asks her to write another Melody Powers story to jump-start the coffehouse. Inspired by Kevin, Daria writes a crossover story... (Set after the events of "Cafe Disaffecto.")
Blood Oath of Patriots, Part II: By Any Other Name
By Galen Hardesty
Category: Miscellaneous

Daria torments Kevin. Jane torments Daria. Daria and Jane torment Mr. O'Neill. Kevin torments most of the faculty. Quinn develops literary taste. Melody struggles back from Death's door as Daria slips closer to the shadowy underworld of darkest Lawndale. Mind games and game fixing abound in part II of this epic miniseries.
Blood on the Asphalt
By Galen Hardesty
Category: Past & Future

Be very, very careful when crossing Iroquois Street. A Tale of Young Daria.
Blood, Sweat and Cheers
By Kristen Bealer
Category: Alternate History

Chaos erupts when Jane Lane does the unthinkable: she joins the cheerleading squad. An alternate universe story that branches off from "The F Word."
Bloodshot [Artwork]
By Devarie Hunter
Category: Miscellaneous

Daria takes a blood type test in Ms. Barch's class, and is shocked at what she discovers.
The Blue and Yellow Submarine (*)
By Guy Payne
Category: Crossovers & Parodies

Many leagues beneath the Sea of Blue and Yellow, the magical land of Lawndaleland is being menaced by an internal faction dedicated to crushing it's sartorial freedom beneath the iron heel of fashion. Who can Capt. Daria find to help save her home town? Can they survive the many pointless and annoying adventures that beset them? And, most importantly, can she use the towns fuel card to get a cash advance?
The Blues Others [Artwork]
By Mike Yamiolkoski
Category: Crossovers & Parodies

"It's 106 miles to Lawndale. We got a full tank of gas, half a pepperoni pizza, it's dark, and I'm wearing thick, round glasses." "Hit it."
Bond, Jake's Bond
By John Berry
Category: Miscellaneous

Jake finds, to his dismay, that he really doesn't know his girls at all, so he decides to take Daria and Quinn on a road trip in an attempt to bond with them. Naturally, things don't turn out quite the way he expected.
Boomerang
By Wouter Jaegers
Category: Past & Future

In the not-so-distant future, Jane has an encounter that showcases a time-honored lesson: "What goes around, comes around."
Boredom is Freedom
By Mariah W.
Category: Miscellaneous

Daria's boredom has crazed her enough to go take a walk with Jane. When she realizes all the crazy stuff that's happened, she wishes she never even took a step out of her house!
Boston Blues 1: Graveyard Shift (*)
By Guy Payne
Category: Miscellaneous

Jane finds a job to pay for BFAC. An Iron Chef from PPMB, with a slice from my sick, sad life.
Boston Blues 2: Wired (*)
By Guy Payne
Category: Miscellaneous

Freshman Daria experiences her first long dark all-nighter of the soul. From a PPMB Iron Chef.
Bouncing 'Round the Room
By Sam Lincoln
Category: Miscellaneous

Yet another new student shows up in Lawndale. How will this alter the slippery dynamics present at everyone's favorite fictitious high school? Inquiring minds want to know.
Bound to Highland
By Richard Lobinske
Category: Alternate History

An alternate history chronicling Daria's struggles after Jake and Helen divorce while still in Highland and the family never moves away from the town. Based on a version of Daria first introduced in the story "Three."
A Bouquet for the Brain (*)
By Milo Minderbinder
Category: Crossovers & Parodies

Take a glimpse into the mind of Kevin, a boy living in an "intellectual twilight" who is transformed into a genius by means of an operation. A journey between the distant worlds of ignorance and intelligence, innocence and knowledge, told from Kevin's point of view. Based on the novel "Flowers for Algernon."
Bouquet Too
By Austin Covello
Category: Miscellaneous

Trent's getting hitched to a Morgendorffer gal.
Box to the Future
By Smileyfax
Category: Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror

Daria discovers that the refrigerator box she's been obsessing over is actually a portal to her past -- and works with her adolescent self to improve her life. Winner of the category "Favorite Supernatural or Fantasy Non-Horror" in the 5th Daria Fanworks Awards.
Boxing Daria 2
By Robert Nowall
Category: Miscellaneous

A play in one act, and perhaps a more appropriate--and literal--use of the title.
Boxing Daria: Alternate Ending
By Cruel Summer Nights
Category: Alternate History

What if Daria wasn't so lucky in "Boxing Daria"?
Boy Fiend [Artwork]
By Austin Covello
Category: Romance

Daria finally gets a steady boyfriend. Find out who it is. One thing's for sure, though: it isn't Trent!
The Boy with Sea Green Eyes (*)
By The Angst Guy
Category: Alternate History

Of all the "what ifs" of "Daria," the most intriguing pivot around Tom Sloane's appearance in the series. What if neither Jane nor Daria had hooked up with him? Here is one possible outcome.
The Brain & The Beauty
By Ronin
Category: Romance

A kiss turns Daria's world upside down. Who kissed her? It ain't Tom or Trent. (PG-13 version of original NC-17 story)
The Brain and the Beauty Redux
By Disco 3:16
Category: Romance

In this remake of Ronin's "The Brain and the Beauty," an outcast and a popular girl find their worlds colliding after an innocent bet changes their lives forever.
Brain Games
By Thomas Mikkelsen
Category: Miscellaneous

When Jane thinks she might be pregnant, it blows up in Quinn's face.
Brainstorming Session
By NomadX
Category: Miscellaneous

A public service announcement.
Brainwashed
By Wouter Jaegers
Category: Miscellaneous

Daria gets a makeover and performs a makeover herself.
Brassed Off
By The Unknown
Category: School Situations

It's "Music in Our Schools Month," and various students are forced to take a music course for the big concert.
Brave New World (*)
By The Angst Guy
Category: Past & Future

The only thing worse than waking up without remembering where you are, who you are with, or how you got there... is remembering. A PPMB Iron Chef short story.
Breakin' Up The Band
By Mitch
Category: Past & Future

Trent leaves Mystik Spirial for something more important to him.
Breaking Point (*)
By NomadX
Category: Miscellaneous

Sometimes a person just can't take it anymore.
Breaking Strain
By Mystik Slacker
Category: Miscellaneous

Daria has too many extracurricular activities. Stacy has too much homework. Sandi has too much competition. Someone's going to break under the strain.
Brief Candle (*)
By Guy Payne
Category: Miscellaneous

"All the world's a stage, the men and women merely actors..." From a PPMB Iron Chef.
Bringing the Angst
By Roland "Jim" Lowery
Category: Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror

Heartache, unhappiness, anger, destruction, pain, and ruin...
Bringing the Cheer
By Roland "Jim" Lowery
Category: Miscellaneous

Love, happiness, joy, creation, comfort, and prosperity...
Brittany's Fear [Artwork]
By Mitch
Category: Miscellaneous

Brittany has a nightmare about Daria becoming a cheerleader.
Brittany's Jacuzzi
By Mitch
Category: Miscellaneous

Brittany has a dream where she gets a Jacuzzi and everyone she knows enters her bathroom.
Broken Girl
By LilMeg
Category: Miscellaneous

Daria and Jane meet a new girl at school named Megan. When she writes a song for Trent, he ends up with a little more than just a song.
Broken Hearted Regrets
By Robin Sena
Category: Past & Future

Kevin is dead, and Brittany blames herself.
A Broken Night
By Angelinhel
Category: Alternate History

An AU story set during "Is It Fall Yet?" in response to Ned's Iron Chef Challenge to write a Daria/DeMartino shipper. Probably not what you're expecting...
Bromwell Bound: That One Fateful Summer
By Matthew McGeehin
Category: Past & Future

After graduated from Fielding, and being unceremoniously dumped by Daria Morgendorffer, Tom Sloane attempts to move on with his life with his last summer in Lawndale, as well as finally make peace with his family, before departing to Bromwell University. But heartache is not easy to overcome, and harder so when certain words cause him to doubt everything he's ever believed in.
Brother, When You're Found
By BlackWolfhound
Category: Past & Future

After the events of IICY, Jane and Daria only have to survive the school dance before they can finally say "good riddance" to Lawndale High. However, both Jane and Jake are suddenly confronted with an unexpected family addition, which makes the dance petty in comparison, especially because Jake's new-found brother has already played a part in Daria's life before...
Brownstone, Green Eyed [Artwork]
By Acrobat
Category: Past & Future

After Daria barely survives her first semester in a college dorm, she and Jane move into one floor of a house where the members of Mystik Spiral have already taken up residence.
Brush Strokes: The Adventures of Jane Lane
By Erin Mills
Category: Series & Multi-Part Stories (Past & Future)

It's an overseas adventure when Jane Lane, artiste extraordinare, starts attending London's prestigious Von Knippling Academy of Art. (Note that these stories were written before "Is It College Yet?", which explains why Jane isn't attending Boston Fine Arts College.)
Bump, the System Lord
By Brother Grimace
Category: Crossovers & Parodies

A couple of quick scenes with my favorite "Falling Into College" character, now with the station in life she's always believed to be hers...
Bus Stop (*)
By The Angst Guy
Category: Crossovers & Parodies

A crossover ficlet with an ironic "uh-oh." An entry in one of the PPMB's "Iron Chef" contests.
Busted Stuff
By Sam Lincoln
Category: Miscellaneous

What happens when one amp breaks? Plenty.
But In Her Heart a Cold December (*)
By The Angst Guy
Category: Miscellaneous

"Might be CIA," wrote Daria of her security-obsessed high-school principal, Angela Li. She was closer to the truth than she knew. Ms. Li reviews her turbulent life through the Cold War, to the time she took over "Laaawndale High," as she recovers from her breakdown in the fifth-season episode, "Fizz Ed."
But Is He a Fruit or a Vegetable?
By Smileyfax
Category: Miscellaneous

Tom has an unusual birth defect, and Daria puts her foot in her mouth.
But What About the Baby (Sitter)?!
By Kristen Bealer
Category: Miscellaneous

During her first summer in Lawndale, Daria has to deal with two challenges at once: her crush on Trent, and baby-sitting. Will she get over her shyness? Will she learn to change a diaper? Will she survive the experience?
The Butterfly Storm
By Mystik Slacker
Category: Alternate History

What if Daria and Jane had met fifteen years earlier? What if Jane had been adopted? What if Quinn wasn't embarrassed by her own intelligence? What if Daria was more outgoing? Find out what Lawndale High would be like in this tale of an alternate universe.
By the Memorial
By CAP
Category: Alternate History

In this AU tale, Helen reminisces about her choice to join the Army (rather than go to college) on a visit to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC. Written in response to a PPMB Iron Chef challenge.