More cool stories by cool people-included within several charming Death Note Holiday Specials and some other cool stuff! Happy holidays everyone!

1. 12 Moves Sideways by Silver Pard [link]
Word Count: 2,423
Status: Complete
Rated: K+ | PG
Genre:  Alternate Universe, Angst, Crossover with Harry Potter, Drama, Fantasy, Slash if you squint
Pairings: implied Light x L and slight one-sided crush Harry x Light
Synopsis: Harry thinks the new Defense professor needs watching.
Characters: Harry, Light, Dumbledore, Voldemort, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, Ryuk, L
Spoilers:  through the Yotsuba arc for Death Note and through book 4 of Harry Potter.

2. 108 Bells by Serria [link]
Word Count: 3,978
Status: Complete
Rated: K+ | PG
Genre: Fluff, Romance
Pairings: L x Light
Synopsis: Light meets his ever present stalker at a New Year's festival. The bells bid farewell to the past year, but the question lingers: which will be the one to claim the new tomorrow?
Characters: Light, Sayu, L
Spoilers:  For the first few chapters of the manga.

3. Alternative Gods by Le KING [link]
Word Count: 73,340
Status: WIP, updated 10-10-11
Rated: M | R
Genre: Alternate Universe, Cyberpunk, Mystery, Slash
Pairings: L x Light, Mello x Matt
Synopsis: NPA's Light Yagami grows obsessed with catching L, a hacker. To justify L's remarkable skill, Light imagines L is an AI and falls in love with the idea. Too bad L actually turns out to be an AI with some feelings for Light of his own.
Characters: Light, L, Matsuda, Sayu, Souichiro, Sachiko, Mello, Matt, Near, Misa
Spoilers: It's an AU, just for characters who appear in the show.

4. Beyond Birthday/L; Candy Canes, Sadism. By anonymous  [link]
Word Count: 3,223
Status: Complete
Rated: E | NC-17
Genre:  Christmas Special, Crime Drama, Horror, Kink Meme, PWP, Slash
Pairings:  Beyond/L
Synopsis: Beyond kidnaps L to give him a special Christmas gift.
Characters: Beyond, L, Watari
Spoilers: For Another Note.

5. CoffinSide by Ruin Takada [link]
Word Count: 6,648
Status: Sort of Complete. Updated 6-18-12 (it's an open-ended write your own ending challenge)
Rated: M | R
Genre:  Alternate Universe, Angst, Horror, Round Robin, Supernatural, Urban Fantasy
Pairings: ambiguous
Synopsis: (Note: SPOILERS) When Light dies, and a funeral is held in his honour, Sayu can't help but not cry. However, things can't help but twist out from there, and before you know it, the rules are defied. Model for a competition – feel free to read and enter!
Characters: Light, Sayu, Ryuk, Misa, Yamamoto, Matsuda, Aizawa, Mogi, Near, Sachiko, Original Characters
Spoilers:  For the entire series and the Death Note pilot.

6. Constant Temptation by Dragonrider4000 [link]
Word Count: 300,611
Status: Complete
Rated: E | NC-17
Genre: Action-Adventure, Alternate Universe, Crime Drama, Fluff, Horror, Mystery, Slash
Pairings:  Light x L, Mello x Matt x Near, Beyond x Original Male Character, one-sided Rem x Misa, Ryuk x Rem, Beyond x L and Beyond x Light  
Synopsis: L suspects that Light is Kira, but he is beginning to suspect that the man he has chained himself to is something more. Just who is Light underneath, and just who is L? What does this mean for their future?
Characters: Light, L, Mello, Matt, Near, Beyond, Ryuk, Rem, Watari, Sayu, Souichiro, Sachiko, Matsuda, Aizawa, Mogi, Misa, Original Characters
Spoilers:  For the Yotsuba arc and Another Note

7. The End Is Near by tierfal [link]
Word Count: 58,000
Status: Complete
Rated: T | PG-13
Genre: Action-Adventure, Alternate Universe, Crime Drama, Fluff, Humor, Mystery, Slash  
Pairings: L x Light / Light x L, Mello x Matt / Matt x Mello, one-sided Beyond x L, Light x Misa  
Synopsis: A horrible day gets a bit bet -- er, worse -- when Mello discovers that a certain albino boy has disa-Neared. Matt, Mello, L, and Light set out to find him, come hell, high water, or chocolate shortages. Well, maybe not those.
Characters:  Mello, Matt, L, Light, Near, Beyond, Watari, Original Characters
Spoilers:  For the Yotsuba arc.

8. Everyone Deserves A Christmas Gift by Tiro [link]
Word Count: 2,052
Status: Complete
Rated: T | PG-13
Genre: Alternate Universe, Angst, Christmas Special, Fluff, Slash
Pairings: Ryuk x Light
Synopsis: It's Christmas, and thanks to a small comment Sayu made and a temporary lack of brain-activity, Raito goes and buys a gift… to Ryuuku. Who in return wants to give something back, but it takes a bit longer than expected.
Characters: Light, Ryuk, Sayu, the Shinigami King, Original Character
Spoilers:  Just for the first few chapters of the manga.

9. Fight Club by lye_tea [link]
Word Count: 4,223
Status: Complete
Rated: T | PG-13
Genre: Action-Adventure, Alternate Universe, Fusion Crossover with Fight Club
Pairings: implied Light x Misa and Light x L
Synopsis: You can meet God in the eye and still blow his head off with a shotgun.
Characters: Matsuda, L, Light, Misa, Mikami
Spoilers: For the entire series of Death Note and Fight Club.

10. I Won't Say by angeltrap | Cassidy304 [link]
Word Count: 72,013
Status: Complete
Rated: T | PG-13
Genre: Alternate Universe, Christmas Special, Cute, Fluff, Hunor, Romance, Slash, Tastes Like Diabetes, Wammy's House  
Pairings: Light x L
Synopsis: Having found out L's name, Light decides - not bothering to ask L's opinion - that while L will always be Kira's enemy, he can still be Light's boyfriend. So naturally he's supposed to spend Christmas with L and his family at Wammy's, right?
Characters: Light, L, Mello, Matt, Near, Misa, Watari, Beyond, A, Rem, Matsuda, Souichiro, Ryuk, Original Characters,
Spoilers:  for the Yotsuba arc

11. Memento Mori by Nilahxapiel [link]
Word Count: 82,791
Status: Complete
Rated: M | R
Genre:  Alternate Universe, Angst, Crime Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Law and Order: SVU-Death Note edition, Mystery, Romance, Slash
Pairings: one-sided Original Male Character/Light, L/Light
Synopsis: Raito is brutally assaulted and decides to end it all –and what better way than to admit he's Kira and let his nemesis do it for him? Of course, things with L can never be so simple.
Characters: Light, L, Souichiro, Matsuda, Watari, Aizawa, Mogi, Ryuk, Mello, Matt, Near, Misa, Rem
Spoilers:  Up through the Yotsuba arc.

12. New World Without End by CameoAmalthea [link]
Word Count: 13,994
Status: WIP, updated 08-10-10
Rated: M | R
Genre: Alternate Universe, Angst, Drama, Slash
Pairings: Light x Mikami
Synopsis: Alternate Ending, Spoilers for the entire series. How Light could have won, and what happens afterwards. This is not Slash until chapter 7, then it becomes Light/Mikami. If you don't like slash then read the first 7 chapters, they are slash free.
Characters:  Mikami, Light, Ryuk, Takada, Near, Misa, Mello, Matsuda, Aizawa, Mogi, Ide, Rester, Halle, Gevanni
Spoilers:  For the entire series.

13. Not An Angel by sashocirrione [link]
Word Count: 28,162
Status: Complete
Rated: E | NC-17
Genre: Alternate Universe, Angst, Fluff, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Kink Meme, Slash
Pairings: Light x L, L x Light, one-sided Light x Misa  
Synopsis: Light decides he wants an additional notebook in the human world in order to create more elaborate schemes, and Ryuk tells him that Light can get one, for a price. Light never thought the price meant he'd be dealing with an old problem yet again.
Characters: L, Light, Ryuk, Misa, Ide, Matsuda, Mogi, Aizawa, Mello, Near, Souichiro, Sayu, Sachiko
Spoilers: For the second arc.  

14. Nothing More by lilArtiste [link]
Word Count: 509
Status:  Complete
Rated: K | G
Genre: Angst, Drabble, Fluff, Romance, Slash
Pairing: Matt x Mello
Synopsis: Just a little one-shot for you <3
Characters: Matt, Mello
Spoilers:  Just for characters that appear in the show.

15. Office Politics by rageprufrock [link]
Word Count:  1947
Status:  Complete
Rated: T | PG-13
Genre: Crime Drama, Romantic Comedy, Slash
Pairing: L x Light, Light x L
Synopsis: L, being a much-lauded and world-renowned genius with several increasingly nonsensical and obscure aliases, should have known from the start that the relationship wasn't going to work out.
Characters: L, Light, Matsuda, Souichiro,
Spoilers:  Just for characters that appear in the show.  

16. The Prince of Death by K. Kotone [link]
Word Count: 38,206
Status:  WIP, updated 05-25-08 (Dead fic)
Rated: T | PG-13
Genre: Action-Adventure, Alternate Universe, Angst, Drama, Peggy Sue, Romance, Slash, Supernatural
Pairing: L x Light, background Raye x Naomi, and one-sided Rem x Misa, Light x Misa, Light x OCs, and L x Naomi  
Synopsis: He thrived in a realm where decay and sloth ruled. He became something much more terrifying and refined. Yagami Light became a Prince among the Shinigami and what's more…he's given the gift to live again.
Characters: Light, L, Misa, Naomi, Raye, Sayu, Rem, Ryuk, Watari, Matsuda, Souichiro, Aizawa, Mogi, Ukita, Original Characters
Spoilers:  For the whole series.

17. Ragnarok by Skeptikitten [link]
Word Count:  51,117
Status:  WIP, updated 04-06-12
Rated: M | R
Genre: Alternate Universe, Angst, Crime Drama, Death Note without the death note, Neo Noir, Psychological Horror, Romance, Slash, Suspense
Pairing: Light x L, L x Light, Matt x Mello, one-sided Light x Misa, mentions of past Light x Gevanni, Light x Mikami, and Light x Takada  
Synopsis: A serial killer emerges in Japan, basing his murders on Norse Mythology. NPA star-detective Light Yagami and the World's Greatest Detective L are both targets, and the case may lead to the end of the world for both of them.
Characters: L, Light, Mello, Matt, Near, Watari, Sayu, Souichiro, Matsuda, Aizawa, Mogi, Gevanni, Mikami, Takada, Aiber, Wedy, Original Character, ?
Spoilers:  It's an AU. Just for characters that appear in the show.  

18. That Epic Plan by Chii-Kawaii-Chan [link]
Word Count: 6,271
Status: WIP, updated 5-29-11
Rated: M | R
Genre: Fluff, Horror, Romance, Slash
Pairing: Beyond x Light
Synopsis: When L tells the taskforce why he freaked out so much over the Second Kira mentioning "the eyes" Light decides that using this "Beyond Birthday" as Kira's eyes is too good an opportunity to pass up and so suggests they arrange it so that Beyond will assist with the Kira investigation; but Light gets more than he bargained for—controlling BB is harder than he anticipated and to buy his silence Light has to agree to be his boyfriend.
Characters: Light, Beyond, L, Aizawa, Matsuda, Souichiro, Sayu, Ryuk  
Spoilers:  For the first few chapters of the manga and for Another Note

19. This Black Lamb by ChanceXIII [link]
Word Count: 32,692
Status: WIP, updated 07-14-08
Rated: M | R
Genre:  Action-Adventure, Alternate Universe, Angst, Crime Drama, Pre-Slash, Psychological Thriller
Pairings: eventual L x Light
Synopsis:  Sometimes life is the question and death is the answer. Raito never understood life until he met death.
Characters: Light, Souichiro, Sayu, Sachiko, Ryuk, L, Beyond, Misa, Rem, Takada, Demegawa, Namikawa, Original Characters
Spoilers:  for the first few chapters of the manga

20. Those Who Stand For Nothing Fall For Anything by halfpromise [link]
Word Count: 104,024
Status: WIP, updated 11-25-12
Rated: M | R
Genre: Alternate Universe, Angst, Drama, Political Thriller, Romance, Slash
Pairings: Light x L / L x Light, Matt x Naomi, past Raye x Naomi, Original Characters x L, one-sided Light x Misa, Light x Naomi, Light x Takada, Mikami x Shiori  
Synopsis: Light is a politician. What could go wrong?
Characters: Light, L, Matt, Mikami, Mello, Naomi, Takada, Sayu, Matsuda, Watari, Souichiro, Misa, Beyond, Shiori, Raye, Original Characters
Spoilers:  it's completely AU, just for characters that appear in the series.

Edit 11/30/12
Death Note the Abridged Series by kpts4tv, mac_sly56 and Arkonid finished today making it the first Death Note abridged series to cover the entire series. The ending was ridiculously awesome:
Link to series: [link]
TvTropes Page: [link]