Where You Have Yet To Go
Where You Have Yet To Go is a story written by Ogiwara Saki and illustrated by pseudonymeter. It ran in Issue 28 at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/161792.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/where-you-have-yet-to-go/.
Summary
From the author: "In which there are war reporters, an unexpected roommate, and all the wrong words."
From http://secretsolitaire.livejournal.com/159060.html: "It's the story of Asim, a writer who returns home to the U.S. after covering the Iraq war to find that he's lost both his apartment and his ability to write."
From isweedan.livejournal.com: "a story about Asim, a war reporter who returns from iraq with a writer's block only to find his apartment rented out to somebody else, and has to crash with luke, a photographer he more than often gets paired together on assignments."
He didn't return from the war a wreck. He didn't return riddled with dreams of dust, sand, and glass. He didn't return with a bullet wound in his leg or a voice in his head. He didn't return a hero or a ghost. However, he did return home to an empty apartment, an uncooperative landlord, and all of the right words missing.
External Reviews
I love s2b2, I think that the stories posted there are generally of good quality. I read this one yesterday, and I adored it to bits: it's fluently written and the characters feel very real, forged and scarred by the experiences they've lived. I found myself both laughing and with tears in my eyes and in the end I wanted to read it again, to catch things I'd missed. I suck at reviews, so I suggest you go and read it ^_^
- http://deedlit50.livejournal.com/65590.html
- shadow-birds.tumblr.com: "YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THEY ARE PARTNERS IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD WHO’VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS AND ALWAYS BEEN IN LOVE WITHOUT REALIZING IT AND THE REVEAL IS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL FUCK. I’M STILL NOT OVER IT."
