Title: Where the Dead Live
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Eames/Arthur
Categories: Dark, Horror, Supernatural, Vampire
Length: Long (16,238)
Warnings: Violence, Gore, Minor Character Death, Character Un-Death (ha)

Author on LJ: mirabella
Author Website: N/A

Author's Summary:
There's a monster in Arthur's basement. Maybe he shouldn't have invited it in.

Review:
Honestly, I would count this more creepy than straight up horror, but your mileage may vary. But it is rather dark, which is something I apparently adore (as long as I get the requisite feeeeelings along with flying severed heads--I don't even know anymore). I do have to say this: the character death isn't really? But I figured since technically death occurs, well.

But, more seriously, this is a great fic. It's atmospheric and creepy, and yet there's Eames and Arthur who manage to make me crack a grin even under the fingernails-down-one's-spine feeling. It does get a little gory in a couple of parts, but even with a severed head I don't feel as if it goes overboard. The gore adds to the atmosphere, it doesn't overpower it, which is a plus.

Most of it focuses on Arthur and Eames's relationship, with Arthur trying to deal with the fact that Eames is a monster. A very charming monster, but a monster nonetheless. Then there's the sense of inevitability, that Arthur really doesn't have much of a choice in what will happen, and the ending had me torn between 'oh no' and 'yes please'.

A great read with just the right amount of spookiness without going overboard.

Where the Dead Live