Title: Tiger by the Tail
Author: LS
Link to story: Not online
Zine: Not in a zine
Available: Proslib CD (search under story title to find)
Short review:
Tiger by the Tail is actually a gen story, but I was totally able to read it as "pre-slash" - it didn't hurt that I'd read the slash sequel (Action of the Tiger by EPS) first! Actually, I think I enjoyed the "gen" story almost more than the slash sequel - there's some lovely partner worry, and h/c to be going on with, and even if the lads haven't realised it yet, it was perfectly clear to me as the reader that they were deeply bound to each other.
Action of the Tiger swings immediately into slash territory though, following straight on from Tiger by the Tail. It's angsty and action-y, and interesting, and if I thought the lads were maybe a little soppy at times the story made it reasonably easy to skim over with a quick wince! (I just can't see them calling each other "lover", though I know other people are perfectly happy with that!) There's a few continuity niggles too, but again I was able to ignore them - it's lovely and long too, so there was space to get over them... *g*
There's an alternative gen sequel too - "Bull by the Horns" by LS - which is also on the CD. I've not read that one yet, and might not, because I want the prequel resolved into slash, but then again, I did enjoy Tiger by the Tail so...
So - has anyone else read any of these stories? What did you think?! *g*