A
few notes on Kiss of Shadows
Hi! I
don't usually
do this – write a bunch of explanatory notes about a story I've written
– but there
really isn't any way around it this time. So here goes.
If
you've come here
from somewhere other than the contents page, this is a sequel to my
earlier,
much inferior, story, 'Kiss the Steel'. Joe Dawson is dead, the victim
of a
vicious murder on Duncan's barge. Mac and Methos were
lovers for a short
time and then Mac split. (I still cop shit for that one :) The barge and their old lives
in Paris are all gone. That's probably as
much as
you need to know.
Now for
Kiss of
Shadows... The more observant of you will notice a few things:
- That I completely ignore Endgame
canon. That's mostly because Endgame was still a pipedream when this
story was conceived and came out during the writing of it. I couldn't
deal. I still can't. It's an awful movie (though Methos and Duncan are
awfully pretty). If you haven't seen it – go read some good fanfic
instead, you'll feel better.
- That I mention a lot of real
places, events and a couple of real people in the course of the story.
The war, the country and the political climate are as real as I can
make them – the plot exists only in my own mind.
- The really observant will notice
that while this story is supposed to be taking place in 2003, the war
in Angola largely ended in 2002 with the
death of Jonas Savimbi, leader of Unita. What can I say? They'd been
fighting for 25 years when I started writing this, and being Africa I was fairly confident they'd
still be fighting in 2003. Boy was I wrong. I'm glad to be wrong,
rarely gladder, actually, but it does throw the story into a historical
alternate universe. Which I can live with if you can.
- I did an absolute shitload of
research for this story, but if you notice something I flubbed,
anything at all, please let me know. I don't bite. Unless asked. That
line forms to the left.
Now
go read the story...