Rags (X-Files story)
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| Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | Rags |
| Author(s): | Jill Selby |
| Date(s): | summer 1997 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | The X-Files |
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Rags is an X-Files story by Jill Selby.
It was one of the stories commented on in the later-controversial post REVIEW: Fan Fic, Summer '97.
Reactions and Reviews
"Rags," by Jill Selby, is a masterpiece in the realm of pure x-file. As I said, there weren't many written this Summer, and perhaps writers were daunted by this very work. In "Rags," Mulder and Scully are investigating some mysterious goings-on in Salzburg, Vermont, that seem linked to a local woman who makes rag dolls for the area's children. Never fear, this is not a "precocious child" story, but a story that stretches Mulder's "believer" and Scully's "skeptic" stances to the limit. Selby does an excellent job of writing believable "X-Files" lines and scenes. It was easy for me to picture the events as they happened. Easy to imagine watching TV with scenes and cuts. Easy to picture the words coming from DD and GA's mouths. I heard that many of us encouraged Selby to write her story up in script format and submit it to the show. That is not something I would suggest lightly, but Selby has captured a typically good "X-Files" episode and put it to words. If you're missing the show during this looooong break (and who isn't?), this is the story to turn to. Another award nominee in my book.[1]