ext_6275 ([identity profile] poilass.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2003-10-28 10:20 pm
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Shadow Over Westchester by Kerrie Smith (PG-13)

Fandom: X-MEN COMICVERSE
Pairing: None.
Author on LJ: Not that I know of.
Author Website: Bobby's World
Why this must be read: This is my Halloween rec (a fews days early, so I don't forget): a fantastic, Lovecraftian re-imagining of the X-Men's origins. Oh, it may start off seeming lighthearted -- even silly -- but just you wait. Kerrie captures beautifully the cheerful, 'golly-gee!' atmosphere of the early comics, and infuses it with a creeping, crawling sense of horror, until you just want to hide under the bed. (If, when you're done, you find you need to read something less ... well. evil, I recommend Just the Two of Us, in which Bobby accidentally create a duplicate of himself ... 1/8th his size!
Or, indeed, any of Kerrie's other stories.)

Shadow Over Westchester, by Kerrie Smith.
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[personal profile] fairestcat 2003-11-21 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh thank you for reccing this! I just finally got around to reading it, and I was engrossed. Absolutely fantastic story, creepy yet wonderful.