wendelah's asked me to post a rec that was being discussed a while back while rehashing The Airport discussion. i'm not sure if this is what she meant, as i'm fairly new here (and fairly clueless), but i'll give it a shot.

The Other Man (http://fluky.gossamer.org/cgi-bin/read.cgi?OtherMan.M) by Jess M. I couldn't find it (quickly and easily) anywhere but gossamer, sorry. It's great in a dark, eerie, and tragic kind of way.

thanks for offering to let me have a go at posting it myself, wendelah. i was tempted, but i think i'll just chill out and stay a wallflower for a while longer.