Amazing. I am completely awestruck. You handle the time changes so smoothly- and in fact the jumping around is part of what makes this story so awesome. Your writing is... wow. I'm speechless. This is now my favorite Alias fic. Ever.

This has got to be one of my favorite Alias stories-put it somewhere in the top three.

What I love about your fics (I sent you feedback for "Say What" a while ago) is that they are so well-written. I don't know how you approach the art and craft of writing (in terms of the number of drafts and idea formulation), but I do know (from what I can tell) that you don't half-ass anything: everything is well-crafted and polished and sounds just right. "Cold as Any Stone" is an all-around great story-from concept to execution.

What I love about this story in particular was the creative approach, the way the story was told out of order but made sense as the transitions were thematically connected.

I was also impressed by the way you maintained the tension throughout, even though the story starts out at the end. That's something: you didn't rely on the audience asking "what's going to happen in the end?" in order to build the suspense.

And like I said earlier, "Stone" is well-written and well-crafted, but because of the fractured narrative, it remains a little rough: it somehow strikes a fine balance between polished and raw.

So great job. Consider me a fan, because I've been reading some of your other fics and I don't even watch Buffy. I look forward to your reading more of your stories (for Alias hopefully)...

i can't remember who put up a rec for this story, maybe TWoP, but anyway, i am really glad i listened, it was really very well written, i'm going to read more of your stuff right now.

I've read a lot of fics by a lot of different authors... Yours have always stood out to me, because you're so incredibly talented. "Say What?" will always be my favorite fic of all time, and I believe this one has kicked its way to the top as well. This left me speechless, and I've already read it more than once. I hope you feel inspired to write more Alias fics, because you are so amazing.

*Duck

wow. very good. the jumping back and forth from present to past was a little confusing, but i caught on after a while.

i was really afraid he was going to die! im glad you arent one of those vaughn-killing authors. :)

Loved that - like the complex way it was written - that's the way I'd love to write, but I think too linearly... ...cool but v weird ending though... are you going to do a follow up?

Yay! Finally another Alias story. I've been killing myself waitng for another one from you guys! Say What was the best and normally I don't really like action kind of ones but I love yours!

Ages ago I wrote to you asking for advice and you wrote back with a whole page. Thankyou so much! I can't tell you how much that meant to me. I took all your advice and I'm writing two Alias stories at the momment.

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou so much.

Please write more Alias fics!

omg, that was ABSOLUTELY fantastic, just great. throughout the whole story you cautiously let us know what was going on, it was just great. write more! expand this! whatever, something!

OMG. What a fantastic story! It was brilliantly planned and executed and really had the feel of an episode. I didn't find it difficult to follow and I love the ambiguity of the ending. The characters were pitch perfect, and I'm glad you had Vaughn ask the question about hiding the ampoule, because I wondered that myself! The only tiny quibble I have is your use of the word "petrol" instead of "gas", which you may want to edit.

Very well done and I look forward to more of your work!

ok.. im confused... the plot was to jolty...

ok.. im confused... the plot was to jolty...

Wow. This story was amazing. It was a little difficult to follow at first but got alot better. Very suspenseful! I think you wrote Sydney's character very well, great job! Im looking forward to more! (0:

Wow. I'm totally totally blown away by this awesome piece of fic. You wrote my all time favorite story, "Say What?", and this comes to a close second. This had me twisted around, the way I like it, and just... I'm at a loss for words.

Huh? What is that ening suposed to mean? It left me with an impending sense of doom.Really cool story though. Where did you get that idea. i could have never thought of that.

Wow. That was... wonderful. I don't quite know what to say. It was just... wow. Great job!