WEDNESDAY FAN FICTION REPORT - 2/25/98
[Previous report was for 2/23/98]

Hi guys,

A short report - but a good one :) All alt.

ALTERNATIVE FICTION:

DARKNESS FALLS by Melissa Good
This is THE story every fanfic aficionado out there has been waiting for - Missy tackles "the rift", and folks it already looks like it's going to be yet another incredible experience courtesy of one of the most consistent talents in our Xenaverse. This tale is particularly intense in that while set after the episode BITTER SUITE, it also CONTINUES the storyline Missy has been following throughout her novels. Indeed DARKNESS FALLS takes place after REFLECTIONS FROM THE PAST which Missy is writing concurrently. Given the incredible love, tenderness and commitment which has increasingly characterized the relationship between warrior and bard throughout Missy's novels, it is especially heart-wrenching to see that relationship in pieces at the beginning of this latest story as Xena and Gabrielle struggle to try to deal with what has happened to them and what they've done to one another. Missy changes the events which we saw on TV just a bit but other than that she plunges headlong into the trauma of the rift chronicling a much more realistic emotional journey for Xena and Gabrielle as they start on the path back to one another. This story is on the surface very different from what we're used to from this bard but beneath that surface and making its way to the top is the same magic, the same sense of gentle passion and fierce love that in Xena fanfic is classic Melissa Good. With the first seven chapters now available, this story gets my HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION!
http://www.ginger.com/goodff/darkbeta.htm

PILLOW TALK by Dana Cory
A delightful new skit which finds our warrior and bard discussing everything from last names (and you have GOT to see these last names!!!!) to childhood memories and family origins. You'll have a big old grin at the end of this one :)
http://www.beancomp.com/xena/funstuff/Pillow%20Talk.htm

For those of you reading this post who are not familiar with the term alternative (alt.), it refers to ADULT stories that add a romantic element to the relationship between Xena and Gabby, depicting them as more than just friends.

Happy reading!

Lunacy 8-)

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