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Batman Meets Rainbow Brite: the beauty and horror of internet fan fiction

Posted on January 10, 2007, 10:45 pm, by Andy, under Roleplaying, Writing.

I spent a few hours the other day reading Transformers fan fiction. I know some of you are shaking your heads and thinking, “I always knew he would come to this point… but I hoped he wouldn’t.” And for the rest of you, yes: I am talking about fan-written fiction based on the world of [...]

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Scribblings from my notebook: the Case of the Overdue Book

Posted on October 27, 2006, 4:48 am, by Andy, under Writing.

“I’m not sure I follow.” “Think it through again.” Mike leaned forward suddenly, his eyes burning with excitement born of an epiphany. “We know from Paulus’ diary”–he jabbed his forefinger at a thin leather journal, one of many such volumes strewn haphazardly across the desk—”that he had the book when he rode into town.” A [...]

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