Story 223: "Local Boy" by Dryad

[wendelah1]

Yes, the mod is bypassing the queue again. "Manitou" by the same author was recced by mogster495. While it may be excellent, my mood is such that I can't read a gruesome case file fic. My favorite fic by Dryad is "Quiet, He'll Hear You," but I can't handle it right now either.

I read "Local Boy" a number of years ago, but I'd forgotten how much I liked it. The setting is Martha's Vineyard, where Scully and Mulder have traveled so that he might take care of some family business. "Local Boy" is part one of a series, "Country of the Crepescule," but I think it works as a standalone. If you do go ahead and read the entire series, please let us know what you thought of it, too. Dryad said she pictured this as taking place during season three, which makes sense in context, but I thought it had more of a season six vibe myself.

The link is to AO3 but all of Dryad's fic can be read at Gossamer as well.

Read "Country of the Crepescule: Local Boy"

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Comments

[mogster495.livejournal.com]

I have always thought that there are two kinds of authors: The Faulkner's and the Hemingway's. The Faulkner troop is uses flowery, flowing language and heavy on metaphors. The Hemingway troop tells a story through plain speech and simple descriptions. Dyrad is definitely a Hemingway and she does it better than most fan fic authors. Her writing doesn't try to explain itself, she simply tells a story and lets the reader make the connections (if any).

If you like her short stuff you'll love the longer stuff.

[littlegreen42.livejournal.com]

That must be why I like Dryad's writing -- I tend to prefer "plain speech and simple descriptions." Not that the other kind of writing is bad, it's just not really my thing.

[mogster495.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I love reading Penumbra and JET, but sometimes I just want to read something that doesn't try to impress me.