fia,
your post really makes me want to read the book now. i love the reference to the head shaking. the things you have to do to get back to reality, or to escape it and free yourself. how sad the notion of nathan having to do the gesture for so long that he finds it easy to do.
you WERE dead.
i know.i agree, the supernatural element is nice here. i like to think they are both together in spirit now. i'm not so creeped out by scary stories or ghost stories. i just don't like gore.
in the past, i've done a few "supernatural" bbm slash stories... one is called
i love you, goodbye. it's sorta like the ending of dream boy, as dead jack is able to visit ennis one last time.
oh wow, how unfortunate about the IMDB message boards. why on earth would they put an end to it?? sigh... hopefully the messages that are already there remain in place.