loz: (Life on Mars (Gene Watches You))
loz ([personal profile] loz) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2012-03-15 08:33 am
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When Moving Through Kashmir by lacidiana (R)

Fandom: LIFE ON MARS UK
Pairing: Gen
Length: 4,304 words.
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] lacidiana
Author Website: On AO3
Why this must be read: This is a post-apocalyptic fic from one of our newer and completely amazing writers. This is not the only Life on Mars story of LaCidiana's I recommend. Read them all! The summary for When Moving Through Kashmir is this --- "Sam's world collapses around them" --- and boy, does it. But it does it with a kind of lyrical beauty that is haunting, insightful, and raw. LaCidiana writes Sam and Gene with just the right levels of animosity and friendship and it makes for very compelling reading.

This story will leave you breathless, turn your heart inside-out. It will gut you. But it will have been well worth it.
Warning: This fic contains character death.


It dawns on Gene as he stares out the windshield, wipers moving back and forth against the ash. There should be bodies -- no, there should be living -- proper living, like children on streets and beggars on sidewalks, or bent military bastards running about like little Hitlers. There should be martial law and painted symbols; fights and theft and ration lines; despair and hope in unequal measures. There should be people.


When Moving Through Kashmir
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[personal profile] hughes 2012-03-16 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much for the rec, ahh! ♥ You guys have been so good to me. Happy to finally de-lurk and be a productive member of the fandom. :)