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Rec: Henry and the Shadow
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rose-fortress.livejournal.comTitle: Henry and the Shadow
Author: Jumping Jack Flash / Jesse Hajicek
Format: Short story
Length: 8,704 words
Status: Complete
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Henry can "fascinate" people and he uses this to lure at least one person into having sex with him, which could be interpreted as dub-con, although he doesn't abuse it nearly as much as he could have.
Link: http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2631601/1/Henry_and_the_Shadow
Summary: Henry has known he was Strange ever since he saw a second shadow separate from his ordinary shadow. He falls in and out of relationships and embracing or resisting his shadow as he struggles to keep balancing on the edge between normalcy and abnormality in his life.
Review: Looking back through the tags, it appears that several of this author's works have been recced already, but not this gem of a short story that blew me away when I read it. The prose is gorgeous, the characters fascinating, and the hints and descriptions about the nature of Henry's Strangeness giving away just enough to be tantalizing while being vague enough to maintain an aura of mystery about Henry.
Henry also has a wonderful voice that feels just a little off-tilt from the revolutions of the world around him and his relationships all feel believable and tie in to the story's main theme of him trying to decide just how much Strangeness he wants in his life and if he can even have a functional relationship with his condition, especially since there's no "love at first sight" or "guy is given a paragraph-long description of his Greek God looks as a giant flashing neon sign reading HOT TRUE LOVE" at work here for him. Moreover, in spite of the dark undercurrent that threatens to spill over at several points in the story, it manages to deliver an ending that's sweet and satisfying in all the right ways.
Author: Jumping Jack Flash / Jesse Hajicek
Format: Short story
Length: 8,704 words
Status: Complete
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Henry can "fascinate" people and he uses this to lure at least one person into having sex with him, which could be interpreted as dub-con, although he doesn't abuse it nearly as much as he could have.
Link: http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2631601/1/Henry_and_the_Shadow
Summary: Henry has known he was Strange ever since he saw a second shadow separate from his ordinary shadow. He falls in and out of relationships and embracing or resisting his shadow as he struggles to keep balancing on the edge between normalcy and abnormality in his life.
Review: Looking back through the tags, it appears that several of this author's works have been recced already, but not this gem of a short story that blew me away when I read it. The prose is gorgeous, the characters fascinating, and the hints and descriptions about the nature of Henry's Strangeness giving away just enough to be tantalizing while being vague enough to maintain an aura of mystery about Henry.
Henry also has a wonderful voice that feels just a little off-tilt from the revolutions of the world around him and his relationships all feel believable and tie in to the story's main theme of him trying to decide just how much Strangeness he wants in his life and if he can even have a functional relationship with his condition, especially since there's no "love at first sight" or "guy is given a paragraph-long description of his Greek God looks as a giant flashing neon sign reading HOT TRUE LOVE" at work here for him. Moreover, in spite of the dark undercurrent that threatens to spill over at several points in the story, it manages to deliver an ending that's sweet and satisfying in all the right ways.
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