“‘I imagine them in front of me, tiny pieces of what was once a whole onion. They move backwards in my swirling imagination, becoming uncooked, then unchopped, then taking their places in the larger onion that was once their life.’” Rated PG. (6 K)
Marguerite, “MY LIFE AS AN ONION”
Mulder is visited by ghosts of his past as he lays dying.
“Look.” Jack sighed and held up the handcuffs. “See these? They’re what I wore during my life, but I never realized it until I didn’t have life anymore. I was a guy who knew what he wanted. A cop who loved the job and …
Rated PG. (50 K)
Anjou, “SALT”
“It was skulking now near the garage, and she could see why. Walter was coming home from the store and an orange juice run, pulling his car inside. The sight of Walter always seemed to drive it mad, and it was slavering and clawing on the siding, bloodying itself in its impotent rage. That was …
A vigilant night of mourning. Rated PG. (32 K)
Marguerite, “HOW GLORY GOES”
Mulder connects with William. Rated PG. (21 K)
Caldwell, Samantha L., “EXEMPTION”
“This is who Mulder was. This is who you will someday be.” Rated PG. (27 K)
Alanna, “FOUX”
“Doggett had been right: she had lost her edge. She had unknowingly slipped into depression, its hold dulling her senses and smudging the tactical defense skills she had learned at Quantico and honed to a sharp blade over the years. A year ago, she would never have trailed a suspect into a closed space such …
Mulder is on the run to protect Scully and William. Scully wonders how to make up for his absence. Rated PG. (20K)
Buckingham, “THE PROVISIONAL WORLD”
“We’ve tried to protect her from everything…. The world, the whole universe is full of pain, and not even a mother’s arms can keep all tragedy at bay.” This is a collection of several separate stories, arranged chronologically, including the backstory, “THE LITTLE FIGHT.” Rated PG. (354 K)
McCole-Cupp, Erin, “THE CHILDREN’S TEETH”