Story 209: "Sokol" by Khyber
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Sokol was suggested in March of 2011 by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
estella_c, which tells you that we're a little backlogged. It's a good summer read: a novella length, fast-paced thriller, a myth-arc story that gives us an alternative ending to the series. I consider it essential reading for this fandom. In the MSR category, I'd put it up there with Iolokus, Arizona Highways and Life During Wartime for its ambition, scope and quality of writing.
Rated NC-17 | 176K | Category XRA | Archived 06-04-09
Spoilers: The Red and the Black
Keywords: Mulder/Scully romance.
Summary: A boy, a girl, a girl, a spaceship, and how things end.
Though Sokol is a sequel to the much earlier "Reach," all you need to know is that (1.) it takes place in an alternative universe set after "The Red and the Black" and (2.) that Mulder and Scully have now moved their relationship to the next level.
The link is to Fugues Fiction Archive, where there is a text version and also a PDF file. Additionally, you can read the story at Gossamer as well as at his old site on the Internet Archive.
Read "Sokol."
Please let us know what you think, and leave your suggestions for next time in the nomination post.
Sokol was suggested in March of 2011 by
estella_c, which tells you that we're a little backlogged. It's a good summer read: a novella length, fast-paced thriller, a myth-arc story that gives us an alternative ending to the series. I consider it essential reading for this fandom. In the MSR category, I'd put it up there with Iolokus, Arizona Highways and Life During Wartime for its ambition, scope and quality of writing.Rated NC-17 | 176K | Category XRA | Archived 06-04-09
Spoilers: The Red and the Black
Keywords: Mulder/Scully romance.
Summary: A boy, a girl, a girl, a spaceship, and how things end.
Though Sokol is a sequel to the much earlier "Reach," all you need to know is that (1.) it takes place in an alternative universe set after "The Red and the Black" and (2.) that Mulder and Scully have now moved their relationship to the next level.
The link is to Fugues Fiction Archive, where there is a text version and also a PDF file. Additionally, you can read the story at Gossamer as well as at his old site on the Internet Archive.
Read "Sokol."
Please let us know what you think, and leave your suggestions for next time in the nomination post.
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Date: 2012-07-24 02:45 pm (UTC)Meanwhile, it's great to see some new names hooked in, not that there's anything wrong with the old ones. I know our W co-leader has some heavy responsibilities just now, so we must all pitch in an analyze our tushes off. ( Although I'm not super-good at that; vague description of personal response is more my thing.) Amyhit, you still on-board? This is your ultimate challenge.
Back later. It's storming here, but my cat is just sitting on the porch watching the lightning. He's so tough.
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Date: 2012-07-24 11:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-26 07:07 pm (UTC)Uuum, I'm working on it? *gulps*
It's storming here, but my cat is just sitting on the porch watching the lightning.
Oooh, reading Sokol during a lightning storm. That seems pleasingly appropriate. A lightning storm during a heatwave, that would be even better. For some reason Khyber's always been one of those writer's whose fics I associate with summer.