Supernatural/Sandman (pg-13)

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Oh, man, I love crossovers - they're one of my favorite things about fandom - so it was really hard to choose just one to rec today. It's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it.

Title: Harvester of Eyes by gwendolyngrace
Pairing: none; pre-series gen
Length: ~26K words
Author on LJ: gwendolyngrace
Author Website: fic tag on LJ
Why this must be read:

This is a fantastic pre-series casefile that takes one of the scariest characters in the Sandman universe - the nightmare serial killer the Corinthian - and sets him loose inside the world of Supernatural. Sam and Dean fall through one of the soft places of the world to land in the Dreaming, and John, terrified for his missing boys, picks up the Corinthian's trail.

"Harvester of Eyes" is tightly plotted, suspenseful, and makes excellent use of the way the Sandman mythos fits in with the SPN cosmology. (It helps that Eric Kripke is a self-professed Gaiman fanboy.)

It had started again. As he looked over the pages of newsprint, sussing out a pattern to all the madness, John Winchester stared in disbelief. After four years amid sworn statements that the bastard was gone for good…another pair of victims had shown up. Boys, the elder of whom couldn't be older than sixteen: Bound, stripped, multiply lacerated, and eyeless.

And only minutes away from their current squat in Colorado Springs.

John dialed the phone before he had time to think about it. When the gruff voice on the other end picked up, he said without preamble: "Caleb, ever hear of a sumbitch called the Corinthian?"

There was a pause. "Corinthian's just a man, John," Caleb said sadly. "A monster, certainly, but nothing unusual about that."

"Not so sure," John said. "Remember about five years ago? That mess down around Dodge County, Georgia?"

"The serial killer convention?" Caleb's voice was full of disgust and disbelief.

"Yeah. All reports said that something otherworldly showed up, took that monster away."

"Something sure happened there – none of the people anyone tracked into that place has ever killed anyone again," Caleb conceded.

"Exactly my point, Caleb.... There's an article in today's Pueblo Chieftain. I think the Corinthian is back."

You don't need to know anything about Sandman to enjoy the story, but if you do, it's even better. And don't forget to let the author know if you enjoy it!

Harvester of Eyes by gwendolyngrace

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