Fortress - Master Post

[glasslogic]

Fic title: Fortress
Author name: glasslogic
Artist name: silviakundera
Genre: wincest, slash
Pairing: Sam/Dean, very brief mentions of Sam/Ruby
Disclaimer: I have no rights to any of the copyrighted characters/material in this fic, and I make no profit from it.
Rating: NC-17
Word count: 94,242
Warnings/Spoilers: dub-con, blood-play, ...bad language? But hey - it has a quest, and a road-trip!

Summary: Seven years ago Dean Winchester paid his due to the Crossroads Demon and fell into Hell. Grief almost killed Sam, a demon blood addiction came closer, but he rid himself of demonic attachments and spent years building himself a prison where no demon can set foot, determined to take himself out of the apocalyptic game that had crushed his family. But each year on Earth is an eternity in Hell, and now Dean is back. Angry, powerful, and demonic; he has a plan to wreck vengeance on those who destroyed his life. A plan that will shake the foundations of the Pit and send shock-waves into Heaven. Dragging a reluctant Sam in his wake, will Dean manage to pull it off before the combined legions of Hell get their act together enough to stop him?

*You can still see the original art for Fortress on the MasterFic page and on section one of the story. This new art was a gift from DavidoFF (not on LJ), who found the story by reading SlytherinPunk's in-process Russian translation (posted here when complete.) Thank you to both of them! I love Sil's banner too, but I wanted to give this one some face time since it is also fantastic!

Links to Individual Sections on LJ

1   :   2   :   3   :   4   :   5   :   6   :   7 :   8   :  9 :  10 :  11

Stories in this Series
Fortress -- Skin and Bones -- Static -- The Things You Keep -- Requiem

Link to Art Master Post

Author's Notes
First off, make sure you go and check out the the master art post! Sil made banners, a fanmix, and even a vid for this story! Her work is awesome and everyone should stop in and take a good look. I know some of it didn't turn out quite like she had intended, but it looks wonderful, really - go! Excellent stuff. And she formatted and posted the complete file versions for download, so those of you who prefer to do your reading that way know who to thank!

A lot of people provided me excellent feedback and advice with this monster of a fic. Some of them only looked at sections, and a few brave and hardy souls did the entire gauntlet. I am deeply grateful for all of their assistance, and hope that I might return the favor in the future. vodou-blue got entangled with this project actually as a result of mistaken identity. She thought I was another author and was offering to help me out with a story, and I managed to shang-hai her into this one when it was still a few sketches and some loose plotting. She has provided constant feedback and outstanding technical support. Her lightening fast grammar beta work should be the stuff of fandom legend. elusive_life_77 and dime_for_12 have been my constant writing buddies through email and chat clients for months now. Both of them have done their own BigBang stories for this challenge, and I have spent many hours looking over their fics while they provided the same service for me. I like to think I helped make their stories a little better, I know they both contributed greatly to the quality of mine. Other people who have come along this journey are wickedlilwitch, fickleanactoria, Cait - who's journal I can't seem to find at the moment, and Leyla. Anyone else who helped and I have overlooked, drop me a line so I can credit you properly!

Comments

[amalthia]

Thank you so much for the epub version! I can't wait to read your story. :)

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

The epub version was the doing of my artist, for which I am endlessly grateful. I hope you enjoy the fic!

[amalthia]

I'm glad she took the effort and again thanks for the single file version. :)

[hime2emeh.livejournal.com]

i fucking LOVE this! :D

your version of dean is definitely favorable compared to canon-s4!dean; whose tears could flood the Nil. and i fucking hate that. kinda makes me lost interest in the show :(

thank you for such enjoyable read! :)


*mem'd*

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it so much - it was fun to write and it's great to hear back from people who have enjoyed the reading too!

[vodou-blue.livejournal.com]

Can you har me squeeing from there? *g*

Well, you already know how much I love this fic; I made sure to let your artist know what a great job she did. You guys, just... wow!

I'm jealous of your new icon, btw. *g*

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

I wondered what that sounds was! *grins*

I do, it would probably not have existed without you - I picked up some excellent helping hands later on, but it wouldn't have made it out of the cradle without your enthusiasm and time. Thank you!

I love this icon! It was the last thing Sil sent me, I didn't even know she was making them. There were a couple, but this is my favorite. Once the shiny wears off I will start cycling the others in.

[flawlessglitch.livejournal.com]

Aha! I finally found it. I knew you must have been posting soon!

This turned out wonderfully and is still one of my favorite Big Bangs I got to help out on this year. Glad I got to be a part of it :D

Great job!

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

I have no idea why I had trouble finding your journal to credit! I wasn't sure if I should have sent out a note when the story posted or if everyone had had enough of it already *wryly* so I'm glad you found it. Thanks for all your help, and I'm really glad you enjoyed the fic!

Do let me know if you want in on the next carousel *grins*

[flawlessglitch.livejournal.com]

It's all good! I had been keepin an eye out for you so I could rec it to my friends :)

And heck yeah I want in! Well..depending...I'm writing for the reverse big bang so my life is basically grinding to a halt while I do that :P But after, I'm game!

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

I think I'm signed up for that too... and, um, a whole bunch of other things I'm pretending don't exist *winces* So you're probably clear on my end for Static at least until January *dryly*

Fabulous

[lmb713.livejournal.com]

Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous, fabulous story. I hope there will be a sequel.

Re: Fabulous

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! And I am certainly planning on it - just takes some time.

[solitudecoven.livejournal.com]

Hey there!

I wanted to keep your story for archive but can't seem to download the file, by any chance you could e-mail me the e-pub version of it?

Thanks.

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

Sure! Or some variation thereof anyways, have to see what I have in the file. Is Word okay? Also - need an email addy. You can PM me or contact me at this name @gmail.com

[kali-ya.livejournal.com]

That? Was Amazing!!! I didn't want to stop reading!! I had been looking for an epic story for awhile and this filled that gap nicely - sad it's over. Or is it? Is there a sequel? I'd LOVE to know more about Dean! Yeah greedy me ;-)! Thanks for the excellent read :-)!

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! There should be a sequel, but I committed to a bunch of things *winces* and I don't want to make any promises on when. It will probably either be my SPN J2 BB entry for next year, or post about the same time next summer. Thanks for commenting!

here via rec of amothea

[ender24]

I had been spending until 3AM in the MORNING/NIGHT to read your fic.
hell. godsheaven, that was a ride!
I think I collapsed over the keyboard, but it was totally worth it!


I hope, its been true, and not some fidget of my imagination, that I have been seeing somewhere in the comments you are going to do a sequel!!!

it doesnt matter when it comes, 6 month from now, or one year, I will be totally here again, to see more of this demon!dean!

Re: here via rec of amothea

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Well, I'm certainly glad you liked it this much - but I hope you got some sleep! There should be a sequel out sometime next year. Exactly _when_ is a little more dicey. Thank you for commenting!

[goth-prostitute.livejournal.com]

gonna sit down to this one too... omg so much reading....

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

They say reading is good for you *solemnly* Let me know what you think about the story!

[evilpyrokitty17.livejournal.com]

This may be my most favorite Supernatural fic ever. Wonderfully written, excellent mythology. I will definitely check out your other work. <3

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'm ...really flattered! I'm really pleased you enjoyed the fic this much and I hope you find the other stories to your taste as well. Thanks for commenting!

[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to let you know this story was rec'd at sawedoff_recs. I love the epic-ness of it, and the details of the 'verse you've created!

[glasslogic.livejournal.com]

Wow, I'm flattered! And very pleased you enjoyed the story - thanks for the rec!