I voted that I would read it, but I'd hope for a sequel. I'm not sure that this is the right answer, though. I'd rather that you managed to undo the tragedy within the one story.
Thing is, on the one hand, I don't want to read something that is going to be unremittingly sad and depressing. On the other, I don't really like the conventions of folcdom -- or the constraints we put on ourselves -- that say writing deathfics is taboo. Okay, that's putting it a bit strongly, but I think you get the idea.
If we know that a character is going to survive, then it takes away some of the tension that builds up in the story, and that's a shame.
So, on a personal level, I wouldn't want to see Alt Clark dead at the end of the story. On a wider level, I'd encourage you to write it, if that is what your muse is telling you to do.
Hope that makes sense.
Chris
