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Seven Days in November

By Brandon D. Ray
publius@avalon.net
 

Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998

DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT:  Anywhere and everywhere, so long as my name
stays on it and no money changes hands.

FEEDBACK:  Oh, hell yes....

Ephemeral: *FEEDBACK*publius@avalon.net

SPOILER WARNING:  Hrmm.  Thinking about it...Minor ones for Anasazi/The
Blessing Way/Paperclip...can't think of anything else
off-hand...apologies in advance if I've forgotten something.

RATING:  PG or PG-13, depending on your opinion of the "f" word.  No
hanky panky to upset Mrs. Grundy, but a fair number of PDA's.  Some
violence, but on the other hand any project more involved than a
schoolyard swing involves some potential loss of human life.  (Paraphrased from RAH, "The Star Beast")

CONTENT WARNING:  ScullyAngst, both Bill, jr., and Dana.  Also,
not-too-graphic presentation of a patient in a psychiatric hospital who
has been mistreated.

CLASSIFICATION:  C,A; also M/S friendship; Crossover is with "Seven Days
in May" by Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey II.  This story stands
on its own, however; you don't have to have read the book to "get it".

The book was also made into a damned fine film, written by Rod Serling,
starring Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster and Fredric March; there was a
remake on HBO in the early 90s called "The Enemy Within", which wasn't
nearly as good, but which was watchable.  Oh, and if you DO happen to be
as much in love with this source material as I am, be ye warned that I
have taken some liberties with Knebel and Bailey's plot and characters.

DEDICATION:  To Nonie, for tireless beta reading.  To Tracy, who
patiently answered a number of silly questions concerning the MATS
system, and who in so doing unwittingly inspired a radical change (and
improvement) in the underlying plot.  And, of course, to Eleanor, my one
in five billion.

DISCLAIMER:  Nope, I don't own these characters or situations.  If I
were THAT smart, I'd be rich.  And, um, I guess I have to disclaim
ownership to the lyrics to "Heartbreak Hotel", as well as those to "This
One's For You".  God forbid someone would think *I* would write such,
um, stuff.  I feel so unclean...  ;)

I also need to acknowledge "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", written
by Mack David, Jerry Livingston and Al Hoffman.  That's one I DO wish
I'd written, but I didn't, and that goes a long way towards explaining
why I'm stuck in this lousy job trying to raise a family while making
too little money.

Finally, the poem Bill Scully quotes from in the coffee shop is
"Lucasta", by Richard Lovelace, and I don't have to disclaim anything in
this case since Lovelace has been dead for more than three centuries,
but I wanted to mention it anyway, just to prove that I'm eddicated.  ;)

Well, that's enough crap; let's get on with the good stuff...

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