Two recs and a promise

The next chapter of Inevitable will be out tomorrow, and I know this because I am halfway through the chapter now and I know exactly what I need to finish before posting. It'll be an odd chapter, with characters moving in odd directions and having the final piece of the puzzle laid in for the story finale. Plus, full moon.

Now, two recs.

Firstly, an X-Men movie fic that came out before X-Men 3 and is quite possibly the creepiest thing I've ever read. It's brilliant and I wish X3 had been like this. It's Jean-centric, told through Scott's eye.

Bring Out Your Dead by Apathy.

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Now, a book rec, actually a series recommendation. The Smoke series by Tanya Huff (andpuff) is a follow-up to the Blood series, centring on 24-year-old Tony Foster, former street kid and current Production Assistant on a vampire show in Vancouver (mad props to the home town, yo). Tony finds the whole thing rather surreal, especially considering he's friends with 450-year-old vampire Henry Fitzroy.

These books (Smoke and Shadows, Smoke and Mirrors, and Smoke and Ashes) are horror/comedy/drama and are, on all counts, fantastic reads. Smoke and Ashes just came out in June, so you'll only be able to find it in hard cover, but do yourself a favour and pick these books up for a read.

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