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FIC: Far from the Tree (1/1) - Decoration Day (Song)

Jan 01, 2010 21:01

TITLE: Far from the Tree
AUTHOR: Laura Smith
RATING: R
SUMMARY: He had no one to fall on but me
DISCLAIMER: This fic is original for all intents and purposes. Written based on the lyrics of The Drive By Truckers'/Jason Isbell's "Decoration Day"
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks to inlovewithnight for the beta. Written for sionnain as a Yuletide New Years Resolution story

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yuletide, behind the song, fic - 01/10, ficathons

Comments 10

inlovewithnight January 2 2010, 05:31:50 UTC

Creepy and sad and good. Goes so well with the creepy/sad/good of the song. Goddamn, that song...

(...my feedback gets WORSE BY THE DAY. /o\)

romanticalgirl January 2 2010, 06:40:17 UTC

That *song*. I have a million different things that could be what the feud is, but this one worked out for the story. And, you know, I got to pretend I had a use for that journalism degree of mine.

inathunderstorm January 2 2010, 06:22:08 UTC

GOD LAURA I AM ALL FLAILY OVER THIS YOU ARE SO AWESOME OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU <3333!!!!!!

romanticalgirl January 2 2010, 06:46:38 UTC

I hoped and hoped and hoped that I would get your request for Yuletide, but this way you got TWO things you wanted! Yay!

samstareagle January 2 2010, 07:04:51 UTC

As a native southerner, bravo for capturing the whole style and atmosphere of what makes a great southern story. :D

And awesome punctuation with the news obituaries...;)

romanticalgirl January 4 2010, 17:47:42 UTC

Thank you so much! I was going for southern gothic, so I'm glad that came through.

chrismm January 4 2010, 03:32:19 UTC

This is just heartbreaking, gorgeous, and haunting. Sort of literally--I dreamed about the characters in it last night. :D

romanticalgirl January 4 2010, 17:48:19 UTC

Thank you. And eek! I'm not sure *I'D* want to dream about them!

harmonyangel January 27 2010, 19:47:25 UTC

Ok, I've heard this song a bunch of times, but I'd never actually paid attention to the lyrics, so this whole story was a surprise to me, from beginning to end. And it's just GORGEOUS. Wonderfully atmospheric, perfect southern gothic, unfolding bit by bit in a way that ratchets up the tension incredibly well and pays off horrifyingly and perfectly in the end. This is just... I'm not sure I have enough words to describe how awesome this is, but I'm so glad I finally got to this in my bookmarks.

romanticalgirl February 1 2010, 03:50:24 UTC

Thank you so much. There were a lot of ideas of where and how this story should and could go, but I liked how this one worked out. I'm so glad you liked it!