Fic: 'A Grimly Ghost' (Flight of the Heron)

[regshoe]

Said I during the read-along of chapter 5.4:

And then the 'creeping sense of chill' as we learn of poor Lachlan's quest for vengeance. The sense of the supernatural in the scene with Ewen and old Angus is powerful and eerie—reading it, I was reminded of sanguinity's recent ghost fic and how very well ghosts fit into this world... Hmm, perhaps there's some potential in a story where Lachlan HAS died, either from Keith's pistol-shot or otherwise, but his vengeful shade nevertheless continues to pursue Keith...?

And here it is :D

A Grimly Ghost (18526 words) by regshoe
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Flight of the Heron - D. K. Broster
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Ewen Cameron & Lachlan MacMartin, Lachlan MacMartin & Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron/Keith Windham
Characters: Lachlan MacMartin, Keith Windham, Ewen Cameron
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Undeath, Character Death Fix
Summary:

Lachlan is killed by Loch Tarff, when he attacks Keith and Keith shoots him in self-defence, after all. But that's not going to stop him...

This is the longest story I've written to date, and a definite success for my recent experiments with writing more as I go rather than outlining in detail first. I think this method makes it easier to write longer fics, really, because there's less need to comprehend the whole thing in one go right at the start.

Comments

[sanguinity]

I had wondered if your regshoe was that Reg Shoe! Happy 25th of May!

[regshoe]

Aww, it certainly is, he's a long-time fave :) And the same to you—truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love and a hard-boiled egg!