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Nachtmahr by fireez (R)
Fandom: WATCHMEN (Crossover with Silent Hill.)
Characters: Adrian, with cameos from the rest of the Crimebusters.
Length: Multi-chapter
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fireez
Author Website: Author's fic journal.
Warnings: Violence, rape, gore, psychological horror.
Why this must be read: Since it's Halloween, I thought I'd finish off the month's recs in appropriately creepy style. This skilfully paced story makes the transition from spooky atmospherics to hellish brutality work very well, and there are plenty of scares along the way. The setting is also meshed very well with the Watchmen-verse: while the action takes place in Silent Hill, the demons by which Adrian is pursued are most definitely his own.
"Silent Hill from Past to Present"
Sitting down in one of the chairs, which sagged a bit underneath his weight, Adrian picked up the book and flipped through it. It seemed to be just what it had said on the cover, a short overview over the history of Silent Hill. The text was accompanied at first by woodcuts, then by photographs showing the town and its inhabitants. One of the photographs, which Adrian dated to about the turn of the century judging by the way the people in it were dressed, caught his eye in particular. The accompanying text identified the sombre and somewhat menacing-looking group as members of "The Order", a cult that had apparently been accused of a number of heinous crimes, including the sacrifice of children, all in the name of awakening an ancient deity to bring forth an age of peace and prosperity for its followers. And, Adrian thought with a smirk, probably also bring forth an age of death and damnation for anyone not following whatever teachings it were that the Order was preaching. Doomsday cults had always had a certain appeal, especially for those at odds with the rest of society. The lost and lonely, and those who thought of themselves as visionaries.
Nachtmahr
Characters: Adrian, with cameos from the rest of the Crimebusters.
Length: Multi-chapter
Author on LJ:
fireezAuthor Website: Author's fic journal.
Warnings: Violence, rape, gore, psychological horror.
Why this must be read: Since it's Halloween, I thought I'd finish off the month's recs in appropriately creepy style. This skilfully paced story makes the transition from spooky atmospherics to hellish brutality work very well, and there are plenty of scares along the way. The setting is also meshed very well with the Watchmen-verse: while the action takes place in Silent Hill, the demons by which Adrian is pursued are most definitely his own.
"Silent Hill from Past to Present"
Sitting down in one of the chairs, which sagged a bit underneath his weight, Adrian picked up the book and flipped through it. It seemed to be just what it had said on the cover, a short overview over the history of Silent Hill. The text was accompanied at first by woodcuts, then by photographs showing the town and its inhabitants. One of the photographs, which Adrian dated to about the turn of the century judging by the way the people in it were dressed, caught his eye in particular. The accompanying text identified the sombre and somewhat menacing-looking group as members of "The Order", a cult that had apparently been accused of a number of heinous crimes, including the sacrifice of children, all in the name of awakening an ancient deity to bring forth an age of peace and prosperity for its followers. And, Adrian thought with a smirk, probably also bring forth an age of death and damnation for anyone not following whatever teachings it were that the Order was preaching. Doomsday cults had always had a certain appeal, especially for those at odds with the rest of society. The lost and lonely, and those who thought of themselves as visionaries.
Nachtmahr