New one-shot story: The Bridge Over The River WHY? (Patreon)

I know.  I said Glimmer, and that's why Glimmer will probably lead off June:  I don't want to let it go without an update for too long.  But there's a pair of factors which went into today's one-shot.  

The first is that I went for my pre-writing walk this morning to try and focus thoughts, and I wound up bringing back a plot bunny.  Sometimes when you get a fresh idea bouncing around in the hopper, the thing to do is getting it out as quickly as possible.  Clearing space for whatever should be coming next.  So I dealt with the story idea through writing it out:  8900 words' worth.

And second...  

...have you seen what I posted this month?  

You probably have.  (You're my sponsors.  I have a vague hope that some percentage of you are actually reading the work.)  The ongoing stories have been exploring some pretty dark places, and the other one-shot was a fairly emotional piece where two characters spent a lot of time reopening old wounds.  And I was going directly from that back into Glimmer, which actually has the Dark tag and is going to make multiple attempts at living up to it.

I felt like I needed a break of sorts.  A laugh.  And if I need that from writing all of this, there was a chance that at least one reader would benefit from a change of pace.

So I went for comedy.  Made sure the rating could stay at Everyone, and just tried for that Impending Sense Of Doom:  Lighthearted Edition.   

We can dip back into the shadows next month.  But for now...  I just want to see if I can at least get a smile out of someone.  I think we could all use a smile now and again.

There's a whole musical number about it and everything.