Rec: Land of the Setting Sun
Title: Land of the Setting Sun Author: Road to Anywhere Format: Short story Published/Free: Free Length: 8k Status: Complete Rating: Teen Warnings: Warnings not provided Link: http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2646245/1/Land_of_the_Setting_Sun Summary: The Gilded Age of American History was characterized by industrialization in the East, and conflict between cowboys and Indians in the west...But whoever said that natives and white men have to be enemies? Review: I'm absolutely horrid with reviews so I will use fragments of a review posted on fiction press by Keeper of Your Soul: "First of all, wow RtA, seriously wow. You managed to turn a genre that focuses on the most manly aspect of our society, the grit of a hardboiled, normally unshaven cowboy surviving against the harsh unknown of the wild west, fighting Injins and winning the heart of some blonde Southern Bell, with no real personality outside of Jesus, and turn it into a gay love story between a Western Romeo and Julian. So I must say, bravo. Bravo. (...) It was a bit short (Short story? I get it!), it was an interesting (and by "interesting" I mean sad, depressing, and only mildly happy-feely) tale and I liked River. He was the dark, mysterious Indian we all secretly wish for, with his dark eyes, his delicious body..." (Original Post)