Dream with Our Eyes Open

First set of recommendations, from the following fandoms: FoxTrot / Calvin & Hobbes (crossover), Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin, Fledgling - Octavia E. Butler, From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E. L. Konigsburg, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser - Fritz Leiber, FAKE (manga), Gentlemen of the Road - Michael Chabon, Howl's Moving Castle / Chronicles of Chrestomanci (crossover), Lilo & Stitch (2002), Lymond Chronicles - Dorothy Dunnett, Mirrormask (2005), Mushishi, Pet Shop of Horrors.

The Roommate of +10 Confusion
FoxTrot, Calvin & Hobbes
"There must be some scientifically sound way for Jason Fox to be able to quantify his new college roommate, but he hasn't found one yet that fits. Especially when he factors in the stuffed tiger."

The Ghost of Orrimy
Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin
"Once, in the days when there was still an Archmage on Roke, the men of Orrimy sought his help to lay a ghost."

Someday Coming Down
Fledgling - Octavia E. Butler
"Choose, and don't look back."

Counting Cards
From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler - E. L. Konigsburg
"Bruce wasn't allowed to play War with him anymore .... "

Two of Swords
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser - Fritz Leiber
"In which idols are stolen, monsters are slain, and the more things change, they more they stay the same."

If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get
FAKE (manga)
"Ryo would give Dee anything. If only he would make a list."

The Heart of the Heart of the World
Gentlemen of the Road - Michael Chabon
"Today she is being Alp, the bek of Khazaria."

Millions of Cats
Howl's Moving Castle / Chronicles of Chrestomanci
"Two families of powerful magic users go on holiday together. This will end well."

Mountains, Molehills
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
'Technically, David doesn't live here, but that "technically" is starting to get real thin, and he knows it. Which is why he chokes a bit when Lilo puts her elbows on the table, her chin in her hands, and says, "Are you going to ask my sister to marry you, or what?"'

The Cuckoo in the Nest
Lymond Chronicles - Dorothy Dunnett
"All their lives, Sybilla loved one of her sons-- one of her children-- more than the other, and set the two of them at each others' throats when it suited her. And now they are grown old, and wise, and almost friends. Richard has sons, and Francis, daughters, and though she loves them all the grandchild Sybilla loves best is not hers at all."

The Faces of Eve
Mirrormask (2005)
"Life has a tendency to continue, even after the remarkable. Helena finally faces real life."

Stories Told to a Travelling Mushishi
Mushishi
"Most of them begin the same way: There's a village where... "

The Lonely Traveler
Mushishi
"After becoming snowbound in Adashino's village, Ginko realizes it's no natural storm keeping him there."

Deserving
Pet Shop of Horrors
"Leon is searching for D, but some things can only be found when you stop seeking."