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The Merry Christmas to All Affair By L. White (PG)
Fandom: THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
Pairing: Solo/Kuryakin
Author on LJ: No.
Author website: None, but this story can be found on www.File40.net.
Why this must be read:
L. White is deservedly well known throughout U.N.C.L.E. fandom for her Third Level slash universe. She does angst and light-hearted humor equally well, and she especially loves to write well-plotted mysteries. She also has a unique perspective on canon, namely that the partnered agents are psychically connected. Some of the pairings are two straight agents (April and Mark for instance), or one straight and one gay (some original characters), or both gay (Kuryakin and Solo, who comes to that realization about his orientation, rather poignantly, about a third of the way through her series).
Unfortunately, most of the stories, including some of my favorite ones, are only available in print. The one I offer here, however, will give readers a taste of L’s writing, particularly her facility with original characters. If you like it, go take a look at her Third Level universe site on File 40 and by all means, track down the zines containing her work.
In this affair, it’s Christmas Eve and Solo and Kuryakin are in a small American town, desperately on the run from some Thrush assassins. They’re looking for a vital informant, but the only clue they have is the last words of a dying agent: “Sunset A.” Solo connects the clue with the local Sunset Acres, what was euphemistically called a “rest home” in the 1960s. Predictably, Kuryakin is reluctant to duck into the place: “Let’s not kill any civilians. Mr. Waverly would not be pleased.”
But Solo, ever the optimistic one (and even more so when he’s perversely filled with Christmas cheer) tells his partner not to worry. They’ll probably only encounter “lots of sleepy old folks.”
Boy, are they in for a surprise!
The Merry Christmas to All Affair
Pairing: Solo/Kuryakin
Author on LJ: No.
Author website: None, but this story can be found on www.File40.net.
Why this must be read:
L. White is deservedly well known throughout U.N.C.L.E. fandom for her Third Level slash universe. She does angst and light-hearted humor equally well, and she especially loves to write well-plotted mysteries. She also has a unique perspective on canon, namely that the partnered agents are psychically connected. Some of the pairings are two straight agents (April and Mark for instance), or one straight and one gay (some original characters), or both gay (Kuryakin and Solo, who comes to that realization about his orientation, rather poignantly, about a third of the way through her series).
Unfortunately, most of the stories, including some of my favorite ones, are only available in print. The one I offer here, however, will give readers a taste of L’s writing, particularly her facility with original characters. If you like it, go take a look at her Third Level universe site on File 40 and by all means, track down the zines containing her work.
In this affair, it’s Christmas Eve and Solo and Kuryakin are in a small American town, desperately on the run from some Thrush assassins. They’re looking for a vital informant, but the only clue they have is the last words of a dying agent: “Sunset A.” Solo connects the clue with the local Sunset Acres, what was euphemistically called a “rest home” in the 1960s. Predictably, Kuryakin is reluctant to duck into the place: “Let’s not kill any civilians. Mr. Waverly would not be pleased.”
But Solo, ever the optimistic one (and even more so when he’s perversely filled with Christmas cheer) tells his partner not to worry. They’ll probably only encounter “lots of sleepy old folks.”
Boy, are they in for a surprise!
The Merry Christmas to All Affair