Coruscant Gothic, by Mystique

[glasshouses.livejournal.com]

reccer's note: [hand-wave] it is Friday, June 18. [hand-wave] Glass Houses didn't miss her turn to recommend something. [hand-wave]. Hey, if it can work for Fox...

Hello campers, TGIF, err TGIS! Your "Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me" recommendation follows directly. You may commence the Happy Dance.

Title: Coruscant Gothic
Author: Mystique
Rating: R
Pairing: umm...
Summary: Padawan Kenobi is not seeing visitors right now.
Warnings: Character death. Dark.

Author's e-mail: darthmystique@hotmail.com
Website: http://users.bigpond.net.au/showroom/mystique/
LJ id: diamona, fic LJ darthmystique
Link to story: http://www.ravenswing.com/DPS/fic/gothic.html
Frontpage to the DPS archive: http://www.ravenswing.com/DPS/

Reasons for recommending: Back in the Golden Days, when we all posted to M-A via carrier pigeon, a few geniuses like RavenD and VelmaDoo and Smitty and Dee came up with the idea of marking the occasion of Halloween with the debut of The Dead Padawan Society. I must say, it warmed my little heart, and I bookmarked the site immediately.

One of the "founding" stories was Coruscant Gothic, which truly creeped me out. Mystique is a Master of setting a mood, and her unique POV in this story is equal parts eerie, scary and vulnerable.

Quote from story: none - I really can't without spoiling it. It's short - go read it now.

Comments

[temve.livejournal.com]

That is one of the ones I always quote to prove that slash can be literature. The sheer style of this one is enough to bowl you over, never mind make you shiver.

This is one of the few Quis that scare me. In a good way.