New story everyone should read, especially because it isn't by me · 11:39pm Oct 8th, 2019
So apparently there's a new story everyone should read, especially because it isn't by me. After the break...
At the end of Roam-Springa, Mayor Mare admits that she's found a romantic interest, but she's not ready to say who it is. In the author's note for the last chapter, I hinted that a side story was in the works that would expand on that. I even went as far as to say Present Perfect was going to write it!
I won't rehash all the stuff in that author's note that's relevant to this. Suffice it to say a lot of that story was invented through discussions PP and I had, and he was interested in writing that side story, but eventually, he lost the thread of what he wanted to do with it. I was never going to get it written myself before the show ended, so I went looking for other authors to victimize invite. It'd obviously be very beneficial if they'd read and liked Roam-Springa, so that they'd be motivated and informed enough to have it fit well. I sent out a couple of feelers, and most people didn't have time, but I snagged a good one in Orbiting Kettle. Check out his new story Fulcrum to find out who's captured Mayor Mare's fancy. I wanted to leave it mostly up to him how he wanted to write it, so all I gave him was my plan for who her love interest was and a few of the thematic elements from Roam-Springa that would make good tie-ins. The plot was entirely in his hands, and he's done a wonderful job with it. Now go enjoy it! I love atmospheric stories, and Fulcrum has that in spades.
I'm so pleased this happened. :)
It was a great coda to your story.