Drabble: The Abyss

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

A little intro, since this is my first post here . . . I've read The Coldfire Trilogy many times, and I keep on giving my copies of the books away to recruit new fans and have to buy them again. These books are responsible for a slight dip in my GPA the first time I read them, one finals period in college. But I just discovered that there is a fandom (thanks to non_txt), and even a slash fandom, and now I am re-reading it yet again, this time with an eye to fic. At some point I hope to have a longer offering, but for now . . .

Author: linaerys
Title: The Abyss
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Standard Disclaimer: All publicly recognizable characters, settings, plot, etc. are the property of C. S. Friedman. The original characters, settings and plot are the property of the artist/author. The artist/author is in no way associated with C. S. Friedman and no copyright infringement is intended. This work is an amateur fan effort and no profit is being made.
Summary: Damien thinks about his path
A/N: Set very early in Black Sun Rising

Damien heard of the Forest, heard of the Hunter, long before Jaggonath.

He wonders how many other men felt the chill of footsteps walking over their graves when they first read the name on the map. The Forest. The Hunter. He wonders how many felt as much seduction in that chill as repulsion.

The abyss calls to even the heartiest souls. If not, who would have given the dark fae shape, those thousand years ago? Mankind’s dark dreams have haunted him everyplace he goes.

Forest. Hunter. The path there lay under his feet from the moment he read the names.

Comments

[trobadora]

I see we've lured you into our evil web! Welcome aboard - and not just because you're bringing a drabble. ;-) I love the lyrical style, and the eerie mood.

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I read a bunch of the stories in your index and my main complaint is not enough long plotty slashy stories, although flambeau has some good ones.

If my muse is kind I will help rectify that. *g*

[trobadora]

That would be fabulous! We do have a few longer ones, but you're right, not many.

[alice_montrose]

Heh. Wait till alighiera manages to finish her current WIP. I do promise you, it's long! :P

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Hee!

Yay. She's great!

[alice_montrose]

That she is. I have no regrets whatsoever to have gotten her addicted to coldfire. *eg*

[alice_montrose]

As co-moderator, I feel obliged to bid you welcome into our little "family" (alighiera is busy studying rigt now, but she might pop by later). Especially since you're bearing gifts! =^_^=

I guarantee, the slash fandom is much bigger now than it was when I first read the books - which means, one well-written smut story called "Coldfire, Hot Bath". Therefore I'm always happy when I see new people come forth.

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the warm welcome!

[alice_montrose]

We're a small, mostly friendly fandom. We have our lurkers, but as you can see there's usually some kind of response to posts. *hugs*

[winter]

Hello there, I recognise the name :) And I love the mood of the piece, calm, but with a side of rebellious anger underneath? Welcome to the fandom, mind the plotbunnies...

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

A judicious application of gmail's search, and I realize where I recogize your name from--you commented on one of my Bruce/Ducard fics for batslash.

Thanks for the welcome and the praise!

[winter]

I've also read your POTC fics, though I can't remember if I remembered to tell you how good they were, especially the Jack/Hook one :) That was a good while ago.

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was a long time and several fandoms ago. Thank you!

Now I'm trying to be multi-fannish. It's working pretty well so far.

[prettyarbitrary.livejournal.com]

Nice! And welcome to the fandom!

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[sinisterf.livejournal.com]

Very nice, I loved the atmosphere of the piece. Welcome to the fandom, hope to see more from you in the future.

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[carmentalis.livejournal.com]

This is striking all the right chords. A lovely piece!

Once more, welcome to the fandom! I hope you'll feel inspired. :-)

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I hope so too. And I'm looking forward to reading more of your stuff.

[carmentalis.livejournal.com]

*eyes the current WIP* Might take a while... that thing is slightly exploding in terms of size.

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

Oooh, lovely drabble. Welcome to our family^_^

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Thank you! What a warm welcome from everyone!

[mariem-1.livejournal.com]

What a poetic piece! And welcome!

[linaerys.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! What a great little community this is.