Midnight Pals: The Future is Now (Patreon)

Tim Boucher: hello fellow authors!Boucher: it's me, tim Boucher -- author!Boucher: and boy, as an author, let me tell youBoucher: us authors sure love to author aroundPoe: something's not right here

Boucher: i've written 97 stories in the last month!Boucher: while we're talking, i'm writing 3 moreKing: that's impossible! no one can write that fastKing: except for mercedes lackeyPoe: oh yeah she's like a machine

Boucher: yup yup i wrote 97 stories in the last monthPoe: how's that possibleBoucher: well see i bought this thing from l ron hubbardPoe: ah ok now i get it

Boucher: that's right, I'm an author!Boucher: as you can see by my cardBoucher: [hands business card that says "Tim Boucher, Author"]Boucher: and my hatBoucher: [points to hat that says "Authhor" in sequins]Poe: so what do you write?Boucher: write?

Boucher: today's modern a-go-go authors don't write!Boucher: we have the AI do it for usKing:Poe:Koontz:Barker:Lovecraft:Boucher: the future is now!

Boucher: i wrote 97 storiesBarker: well i've never heard of youBoucher: oh you will!Boucher: i'm getting lots of media attention for being the guy who wrote 97 stories with AI!

Boucher: you fat cat writers have hogged all the glory for too long!Boucher: what about all the talentless hacks out there?Boucher: you saying we shouldn't get the glory just cuz we're bad at our jobs?Boucher: sounds kind of elitist to me!

Boucher: now that we can just have computers to write for usBoucher: now everyone can enjoy the life of a rich successful author!Boucher: [cashing 2 cent royalty check] yeah see this is what you fat cats were trying to keep away from us!

Gretchen Felker-Martin: see the thing about writing isFelker-Martin: you do the work or it doesn't get doneTim Boucher: not anymore!Boucher: [ladling out slop] here, everyone! have some slop!Boucher: don't hold back, there's plenty for everyone!