In which I give tantalizing bits of story...

[Freeky]

...Because these bits are particularly funny.

"It didn't look so scary to him. Ugly, yes. Poorly thought out, yes. A curse on mankind and having something akin to a malevolent proto-sentience, no. "

Tucson summed up in a single sentence, right there.

[Rococo Modem Basilisk]

(Can I join in? I have story fragments I'd like to post)

[Freeky]

Um... No. Please to make your own thread.

[Doktor Howl]

(Can I join in? I have story fragments I'd like to post)

This thread is about HER novel, jackass.  Goddammit.

[Freeky]

Nikki hung around in the dark, hiding from the brightness of the flood lights, waiting for the pool to empty of swimmers. She disliked bathing this way, but the "weirdos," as she thought of them, who shared the space under her bridge had put their foot down, saying they wouldn't let her sleep there until she had cleaned up some. She sniffed in pique. It wasn't like she smelled any worse than feral cats in heat, she thought. 

[Richter]