Prosfic Bingo: E is for Echo, O is for Out on the Streets

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Echo by Ellis Ward is a sci-fi AU that was mentioned more than once during the Bistocon rec panels. I liked this fic fairly well. The sci-fi setting was imaginative and the plot, while slow in places, was interesting overall. The issue I had was with the the romance between Bodie and Doyle; I felt as if I had to take the author's word about their feelings for each other rather than seeing those feelings develop organically over the course of the story. I found that frustrating. 50,368 words. B/D slash.

I actually read Out on the Streets by jat_sapphire a couple of months ago and I have been waffling since about whether I want to put it on my bingo card. Recently, I've started to worry about finishing all of my open cards by the end of the year, however, so I'm including it now.

Although jat_sapphire may be my favorite currently active Pros author, I didn't like this fic. Its historical setting was intriguing, but I didn't feel as if the readers saw enough of it to make it really come alive. Nor did we get very much information about how it related to Ray's past. There were also a couple of parts in this fic that I found confusing. Overall, it didn't connect. 10,011 words. B/D slash.


A: Arcadia by Sineala (89,908 words)
B: Bare Ruined Choirs by jat_sapphire (3,594 words)
C: Calibre by JGL (40,659 words)
D: Decrescendo by erushi (2,533 words)
E: Echo by Ellis Ward (50,368 words)
F: The Fool's Journey by MJ (11,200 words)
N: Never Let Me Down by Shoshanna (56,802 words)
O: Out on the Streets by jat_sapphire (10,011 words)
P: Poetry to Protect Us by The Hag (10,106 words)
S(1): Special Men by Sineala (24,871 words)
S(2): Secure Yourself to Heaven by LilyK / sc_fossil (61,789 words)

Total words: 361,841