Haunted (Blake's 7 story)

Fanfiction
Title:	Haunted
Author(s):	Nickey Barnard
Date(s):	1999
Length:
Genre:	gen
Fandom:	Blake's 7
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Haunted is a gen Blake's 7 story by Nickey Barnard.

It was published in Pressure Point.

Reactions and Reviews

Nickey Barnard's 'Haunted' is a bit *too* bleak for my taste but the writing is excellent, and if you like bleak (a lot of B7 fans do) this would have to be highly recommended.

"Haunted" by Nickey Barnard is my favourite among the stories, though it will certainly not be to the taste of many fans. The story is set two years after Aftermath and is told from the point of view of a fifteen-year old Carl Decca, one of the three children Blake was framed for having abused. The reason why I like it is because it deals with a topic rarely approached in Blake's 7 fanfiction: the fact that Blake would face hostility from people who believed that he molested those children. Mr. Barnard's story frankly says that the reason for Blake's failure against the Federation was due to the fact that enough people believed the lies told by the latter. Of particular interest is that these people have a seemingly convincing reason to believe the Federation.

...make[s] one look differently at the series afterwards.

Haunted by Nickey Barnard: This is the one story that doesn't feature Avon, leading to the zine being described as having a lot of Blake. There's just one without Avon in it! That said - this actually is a very interesting story for Blake fans (though it's about the child-abuse charges, and why the Federation knew they would stick), and I love Dupe, but mostly I would say this isn't a Blake-centric zine/he doesn't come off that well in anything but the last two. The ending feels a bit rushed, but some of the stuff about watching Blake and how difficult it is to be the sort of person he is is lovely/very sad.