Short Fic Rec

[hobgoblinn]

Want to read a gem of a fic? No Giles anywhere to be seen, but a really cool little character study with an interesting structure? Then go check out rahirah 's There Should Have Been Trumpets.

I'd be interested to hear the reactions to it. She worried that it wasn't really a "Story" per say, and yeah, there's no conflict/ rising action, climax, etc. What would this be classified as? I dunno. It just works for me, and the structure is part of what makes it work.

That, and, the characterization is so skillfully done in this little space, I feel like I know this OC, and I have read None of the other works in this series, or if I have, I don't remember this guy at all. There's something distilled about it-- like poetry without the additional verse structure.

And hey, did I mention? Short.

Go read. enjoy.

Comments

[antennapedia.livejournal.com]

I dunno how useful definitions & classifications are, but my idea of of "story" is "something that can happen only once". So a static vignette, or a "this happens every day" thing is not a "story" exactly. Still fiction, still often worthwhile, but without a moment of change. Whatever "change" is.

That's a neat character piece. Not a story, but entirely worthwhile nonetheless. Neat! :)