Some Things Can't Be Fixed
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| Title: | Some Things Can't Be Fixed |
| Publisher: | In Person Press |
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| Author(s): | Hutchrules3 |
| Cover Artist(s): | April Valentine |
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| Date(s): | October 2001 |
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| Fandom: | Starsky and Hutch |
| Language: | English |
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Some Things Can't Be Fixed is a 129-page gen Starsky and Hutch novel by Hutchrules3. It is based on the SH episode, "The Fix" in which the partners must deal with the aftermath of Hutch's forced addiction to heroin.
The color cover is by April Valentine. It has no interior art. Art samples are included on Fanlore with the publisher's permission.
From the publisher: "Hutch struggles against his personal demons. Starsky fights to be there for his partner."
About
From the zine's introduction: "It's based on the episode 'The Fix,' and though this episode has been written about extensively in Starsky & Hutch fanfiction, I don't think it's ever been explored to this extent, so you're in for an interesting read... In Person Press has always welcomed both slash and non-slash material and though it is known to publish mostly slash, the long running anthology, The Fix, has always encouraged gen writers to submit stories. There haven't been that many submissions that aren't slash to The Fix recently; perhaps this will make up for that, as well as open the door to future non-slash stories being submitted. All facets of the Starsky & Hutch relationship are interesting and valid, whether the story involves a slash relationship between the characters or a hurt/comfort scenario, or all three."
Opening Excerpt
- The cottage was dark and silent. There was the sound of the water lapping gently outside, the occasional swish of a car passing by, but inside... nothing.
- Silhouetted at the window, looking out over the canal, stood a man's figure. The face was expressionless, the eyes hooded in the dark but somehow empty.
- A phone rang.
- The shadow did not move.
- Miles away, another man hung up his phone and sat motionless in the light of a single lamp, trying to decide what to do.
Later Excerpt
- Only by the longest stretch of the imagination could the noise Hutch made in response be called a laugh, and Starsky felt a physical ache somewhere in the region of his chest. They had known each other for years, they had been through a hundred crises together, and they had always known how to cheer each other up, comfort each other, take care of the problem.
- But this was different. Nothing could erase what had happened to Hutch. They both knew it, and they sat there with the knowledge yawning between them, an unaccustomed cavern of discomfort and uncertainty about how to behave.
- Hutch took in a breath; let it out slowly. "Look, Starsk, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but I don't think you can help me out this time."
- "Bullshit," Starsky declared. "Since when do you have troubles big enough I can't be there for you?"