crack_van | The "May All Your Dreams Come True" Affair by M.E. Wells (PG-13)

Fandom: MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Napoleon/Illya (gen)
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: The Home of SEPIA

Why this must be read

At first I wanted to rec another story from M.E. Wells: The "Divided We Fall Affair", because I thought it was a perfect example of what could mean "commitment" in a partnership and all the capacity and willingness of self sacrifice it may imply, but, in spite of an obstinate search on line, I wasn't able to find it. It wasn't available in "File 40" and unheard of anywhere else. I eventually retrieved it with the help of

frau_flora and

lyrebird, by using the Wayback Machine but didn't feel free to display in the open something the author, apparently, don't want to give public access to any more. I sincerely hope this withdrawn won't last.

So, let come back to the present story: its significance is not very far from the former's and it has the pleasant advantage to be hosted in the wonderful "Home of SEPIA" site, where so many great artworks may be found. All the stories there are splendidly illustrated by the artist and this one is, I think, among the finests.

It's an angst story where nightmares play a big role; actually nightmare is the topic. It's difficult to tell more without telling too much and spoiling the suspense. You will find here a common element with the "Thrush Roulette" episode. Death, Fear and Guilt are looming, counterbalanced by Duty, Trust and Hope (sorry for the grandiloquence; it was tempting!).

If for you Man from U.N.C.L.E. fiction is the path to friendship and adventure, take this one fearlessly and, humm, you may also make good use of the Wayback Machine.

The "May All Your Dreams Come True"

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The Divided We Fall Affair showed up on File 40 when I googled for it:

http://file40.net/file40g/divided.html

-d

Good news (I am going to check at once) but it actually had been suppressed at the author's demand, or so told me affirmatively the administrator. Could it be all the fuss I did would have helped?

Who are you, kind "Anonymous"?

Your link is working but the File 40 site doesn't show M.E. Wells stories any more.

Is it me or you who is hallucinating? I checked just now and didn't find the story no more than the first time I searched.

My Google search string was
"Wells "Divided We Fall Affair"" <-note quotes around "Divided We Fall Affair"

I just tried it again and it came up with one hit -- the URL as before. We're probably using different search strings? That's all I can think of that would cause different results.

-D (I don't have an LJ account. Too many accounts as it is)

I pasted the url in the address box and pulled it right up.

I was meaning, while the link works fine, for me as for you, I don't see the stories' list on the File 40 page (if I don't use the Wayback machine) and so, can't open the corresponding links from there.

You can find the story at this link:

http://www.geocities.ws/pia_zav/stories/dreams.html

The "May All Your Dreams Come True" Affair by M.E. Wells (PG-13)

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