Valley So Low and coda Riding the Rim by kimonkey7.

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Follows all the criteria and hits it out of the ball park. Dean runs away from a
spider and falls down a ravine. He breaks nearly everything in his body, can’t
rescue himself. The details of his horrific accident are marvelously well done and
I enjoyed being in Dean’s head as he assesses the damage and sets himself to
wait for Sam to rescue him. Which he does in Riding the Rim. I was so peeved
at the end of Valley So Low because that’s all there was and the author had
determined that that’s all there was gonna be. Someone, however, talked her
out of it (or threatened her, I’m not sure which), for we get the sequel.

I wish the first story had all been in Dean’s head, and the second one all in Sam’s.
That would have made this a much stronger duo, though, I’ll have to admit I was
mollified by being in Dean’s head in the hospital because I got to listen to
him rail against the nurses. The weakest point, then of this story is the POV,
but that’s my own little monster, I doubt whether anyone else will notice,
or if they do, it won’t bother them. It’s really only a slight issue here anyway.

The writing itself is stirling, if a bit terse. Sorta leaning towards Hemingway.
Lots of good imagry, good voices. Lots of real stuff here, realism being the
very strongest part. When you get hurt as Dean has been, you bleed and you
can’t rescue yourself. I love the bit where Sam is holding Dean’s boots, not wishing to
dispose of them even though they are soaked with blood. Boots, in the first story,
represent Dean’s not giving up. Lovely symbolism there, if you are barefoot, then
you are giving up, being barefoot means that you aren’t prepared to walk very far.

My only complaint is that I want more. I would definately read more of this writer’s
work.