Story 112: "This House is Burning" by Tesla

[wendelah1]

"This House is Burning" is flat-out the best Profiler!Mulder series I've ever read. Tesla's writing style flows effortlessly, and is, by turns, unobtrusive and lyrical. Her Mulder is both much more competent at his job and much less crazy than he's often written. Frankly, that's a pleasant change. But the trilogy is more than a series of meticulously constructed police procedurals, it's also a believable, emotionally involving, Mulder/Scully romance. So let's see: great writing? Check. Exciting plot? Check. Scorching hot sex scenes? Check, check, check. This story was nominated by estella_c, and seconded by yours truly.

tesla321 is still on Live Journal, but unless I've missed something through my inconsistent lurking, she's not actively writing. Could I be more wrong? She's still writing and has even posted a challenge at fandom_charity.

As far as I know, her email address is still current, so go send her some feedback. Or leave it at her Live Journal. Then go donate some money to the Haitian relief effort and get her to write us some fic.

If you don't like my choices, you can always go suggest some of your own.

This House is Burning
Part 1: Blood on the Snow
Part 2: A Thief's Diet
Part 3: The Quiet Glades of Eden

Here in multiple parts on her LJ:

Blood on the Snow 1/2
Blood on the Snow 2/2
A Thief's Diet 1/3
A Thief's Diet 2/3
A Thief's Diet 3/3
The Quiet Glades of Eden 1/2
The Quiet Glades of Eden 2/2

Tesla's Author Page at Gossamer.


Upcoming attractions: "Fathoms Five," by Penumbra, "Blue Patches" by Maybe Amanda, and maybe--Your Nomination.

Comments

[amyhit.livejournal.com]

I pretty much agree with everything you've said, counterphobe. yes, yes, yes about scully sleeping in mulder's bed. once is a managable slip. twice is a problem that demands immediate attention. three times is-- just not scully.

even with the sex, i never could completely connect it with mulder and scully - my mulder and scully. i thought it was extremely hot and well written - in fact this entire fic had a slightly sexier, sharper than usual edge to it - and i really enjoyed that edge. but for me the fic stays very compartmentalised in my mind. tesla's mulder and scully are tesla's mulder and scully. at the end of the fic, i'm going to thank her profusely and emphatically for letting me play with her wonderful toys, but i'm not going to ask to trade.

except for There Is Only Me In My Bedroom, which i love intensely, and which has really stuck with me and become absorbed into my own reading of the story/characters.

all my "ifs" and "buts" aside, i still thought this was a really good fic. probably one of the best casefile fics i've read. i also loved the untraditional structure of the story/stories beyond measure. i love that they're a triptych of fics, not really complete without each other, but not glaringly incomplete either. each third has a distinctive balance to it, as a whole, and yet all three parts fit so clearly into one big story that feels almost epic. this is yet another fic i would love to see as a movie.