Hearth's Warming Special Bonus Extra-length Chapter

Dear friends,

I'm sad to tell you that today's regularly scheduled Tuesday update has been moved to the 25th. Take heart, however, for it is a special extra-long bonus chapter, clocking it at nearly three times the usual length.

This extra-long chapter should serve to move the plot forward, and set up the next parts of the arc, as well as cast off the shroud of plot inertia that I've previously struggled with. Hereafter, the chapter lengths will be substantially longer, at between eight and ten thousand words. For those of you who find my endless jokes about willies funny, this is certainly good news. I wish you all a merry Saturnalia, Christmas, Winter Period and so on.

Your faithful author, etc.