Story recommendation: Collaborators · 5:51am Nov 27th, 2014
The second-place story from the latest write-off, Collaborators, by the mysterious and diabolical Baal Bunny, went live a few hours ago, with significant changes to the beginning and the ending.
(Still no kissing, though. 
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Ahuizotl threatens to sue A. K. Yearling for libel unless she stops writing the Daring Do books. She makes him a counter-offer.
This story starts clever, dips into scary, then goes all heartwarming. If you like 50,000-word shipfics, you might find the second half of the story too fast for your tastes. This is not really a shipfic except in my head, but it is about a relationship, and people who like relationship stories tend to like long, slow relationship stories. Hence my only hesitation in recommending this one--it's 10,000 words, but you might wish it had been a lot longer.
It has pyramid traps, man. Pyramid traps. Now that's classic villain action. If only pyramids weren't so expensive these days.
The relationship character arc is tied to the plot, and there's a second character arc tied to the first character arc, though it's a little sparse. The underlying logic that connects the different pieces of the story is strong, and interesting.
Can't I just wait for the inevitable audiobook?
Making a short shipfic is easy. Making a good shipfic is long. Making a believable shipfic is tough. Makine a short believable good shipfic is much like rowing up a waterfall.
I do believe this rowboat did it just fine.
I seriously considered putting in a kiss just for you, sir. But then I put in molé instead, and that's just about as good. Isn't it?
Thanks for the boost!
Sure I'll give it a go.
I'll happily add my recommendation to this story!
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You pose a difficult question, sir.
Ha, afraid
the changelinghorizon beat you to it!As for pyramids, why buy one? There a tons of pre-built ones all over the place, in many styles to fit all tastes. Granted the big ones in Giza are already occupied, but there are plenty of others.