March…something! (Patreon)

I still don't have a "big" project in mind, at least not exactly. But, I'm considering doing a short story collection, mostly of previously-published work…but I'd like to have something new.

So, I think I'm going to go back and try to resurrect something old.

Back in the days of the Megamorphics APA, I wrote exactly two things that never got published anywhere else—because they never got finished. One of them was called "Bed & Breakfast," which featured the first story appearance of Kani the coyote. A much later version of Kani appeared, ironically enough, in the only unfinished story for this Patreon. One day I will figure out how to tell a story with Kani that actually has an ending.

The other story was a novella called "Gates," about a bored tech worker whose company accidentally opens a gate to another dimension just long enough for a giant fox'taur woman to be pulled through it. Frankly, I'm not sure why I stopped working on it, although it's been so long that I'm not sure how I envisioned it ending. (Maybe that's why I stopped working on it!) What I'd like to do is bring that back starting in March. The as-yet-unfinished draft definitely shows its age in some ways, but I also think there's something worthy there beyond "giant fox'taur woman." (Although there is, to be clear, a giant fox'taur woman.)

I'm going to have to take a little time to both revise what I wrote all those years ago and, of course, go back to the plot and figure out how it's supposed to end. But with any luck this should be underway by mid-March. If I stick to my Wednesday posting schedule, that might begin on the 13th, although that's also the day I leave for Texas Furry Fiesta, and it's also, you know, just two weeks away. There's nothing that requires Wednesday stay the posting day, and I could push it to the 20th if I have to, but you've all been patient with me noodling around the last couple of months and I want to make sure the Patreon doesn't stay idle for too long.

As always, thanks for supporting me!

— Arilin