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Pandora’s Box by Mary Jean Holmes (PG)
My name is calliopes_pen, and I’ll be driving the Ghostbusters crack_van for the month of April, and Pandora’s Box is my first pick. Expect stories from both Real Ghostbusters, as well as the movies to be recommended.
Fandom: GHOSTBUSTERS
Pairing: A hint of Egon/Janine
Length: Unknown; 30 pages in a PDF file.
Author on LJ: N/A, as best as I can find out.
Author Website: Shadowstar
Why this must be read:
It’s an extremely well-written story that shows what could happen if Egon were possessed by something else from Gozer’s dimension. How would his intellect be used against the team? This story was written by Mary Jean Holmes in 1986, and originally published in fanzine form in 1988, so it takes place before the second movie was made, but manages to include a bit of Real Ghostbusters canon as well. The author has a wonderful handle on all of the characters’ personalities. I highly recommend her Ghostbusters stories. Here is the summary of this story, straight from the author’s site:
"When the GB's inherit an antique puzzlebox, Egon's persistence in solving the puzzle pays off -- unfortunately."
“That’s right,” the demon soothed unctuously as it studied the man as a zoologist might study a new and promising discovery; it lightly traced the foreclaw of its free hand along the line of its captive’s cheek and jaw. Egon shivered at the cold and disturbingly intimate contact; the gesture felt unnervingly akin to a caress. “Yes,” it purred, obviously pleased with something it saw in him. “Oh, yes, little one. You’ll do. You’ll do quite nicely, indeed. Now just relax, my pet, and it will all be over very, very soon.”
As the thing fixed him in its baleful gaze, the scientist found himself losing the ability to resist it – losing, in fact, the very desire to resist, to even try to fight it. The mesmerizing fog of calm that was leeching him of both emotion and will also appeared to make the concept of what was happening to him seem somehow attractive, too appealing to refuse. His first reaction to the situation was purely intellectual, an observation of how similar this sensation was to reports of vampiric mind control. However, his last thought before the fog closed in around him and made him the demon’s own was one of wholly human regret: Sorry guys -- I’ve really gone and done it this time.
Pandora’s Box
calliopes_pen, and I’ll be driving the Ghostbusters crack_van for the month of April, and Pandora’s Box is my first pick. Expect stories from both Real Ghostbusters, as well as the movies to be recommended.Fandom: GHOSTBUSTERS
Pairing: A hint of Egon/Janine
Length: Unknown; 30 pages in a PDF file.
Author on LJ: N/A, as best as I can find out.
Author Website: Shadowstar
Why this must be read:
It’s an extremely well-written story that shows what could happen if Egon were possessed by something else from Gozer’s dimension. How would his intellect be used against the team? This story was written by Mary Jean Holmes in 1986, and originally published in fanzine form in 1988, so it takes place before the second movie was made, but manages to include a bit of Real Ghostbusters canon as well. The author has a wonderful handle on all of the characters’ personalities. I highly recommend her Ghostbusters stories. Here is the summary of this story, straight from the author’s site:
"When the GB's inherit an antique puzzlebox, Egon's persistence in solving the puzzle pays off -- unfortunately."
“That’s right,” the demon soothed unctuously as it studied the man as a zoologist might study a new and promising discovery; it lightly traced the foreclaw of its free hand along the line of its captive’s cheek and jaw. Egon shivered at the cold and disturbingly intimate contact; the gesture felt unnervingly akin to a caress. “Yes,” it purred, obviously pleased with something it saw in him. “Oh, yes, little one. You’ll do. You’ll do quite nicely, indeed. Now just relax, my pet, and it will all be over very, very soon.”
As the thing fixed him in its baleful gaze, the scientist found himself losing the ability to resist it – losing, in fact, the very desire to resist, to even try to fight it. The mesmerizing fog of calm that was leeching him of both emotion and will also appeared to make the concept of what was happening to him seem somehow attractive, too appealing to refuse. His first reaction to the situation was purely intellectual, an observation of how similar this sensation was to reports of vampiric mind control. However, his last thought before the fog closed in around him and made him the demon’s own was one of wholly human regret: Sorry guys -- I’ve really gone and done it this time.
Pandora’s Box