Corpse

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Title: Corpse
Author(s): Livengoo
Date(s): June 11 - July 24?, 1995
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Fandom(s): X-Files
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External Links: online here (original?) and here (revised)
earlier links here

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Corpse is an X-Files story by Livengoo.

cover for the revised edition, artist is MustangSally

Second place winner of two 1995 Spooky Awards for Best Long Story and Best Original Villain. Winner of 1995 EMXC Award for Most Carteresque.

Summary

"The UFO killer has come to town, and Mulder and Scully aren't far behind. Their search for the killer through the eyes of small city lawyer Emma Courtland. Story 'mentioned' in 'Entertainment Weekly'."

Reactions and Reviews

1997

... long, detailed case story that makes excellent use of Mulder's fear of fire and of his background. Since it is an X-file, we also get Scully, a plus in almost any story. This is even longer than Oklahoma, but what are winter evenings for?[1]

2016

The perfect early-series case-file story (it was written in 1995), told from the perspective of a small-town lawyer watching Mulder and Scully work a case. Like a real episode, but better.[2]

2022

This story is from the POV of one of the best and most fully-realized OCs I’ve ever read in fanfiction—and her presence provides a necessary lever, peeling Mulder and Scully apart and letting us see into their relationship, and serving as an avatar for the town that’s been unsettled by violent crime. Also, the fic continues past “catching the bad guy” into the trial and recovery period—something that neither fanon nor canon usually touches, and which is really interesting and makes it feel real.[3]

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