I want to thank everyone who's read my stories and given me some really nice words.I hadn't planned on it, but a few years ago reading "The Phantom of Manhattan" made me so angry that I took up writing again. The result is what you see. I'd like to write more Phantom stuff. I really would. Getting feedback from people here is a lot more satisfying than the endless rejection letters from scifi mags. But it must be done. I have plenty of ideas for Phantom fic, and even a longish novella type thing that still needs some work, but I'm writing a book and writing original stories and working full time. I guess the point is that I feel badly for not being more involved here, and not being able to respond to all your lovely feedback, and I wanted to take this space to do so. Thanks a lot! And maybe someday when I'm independantly wealthy or have given up on a writerly career, I'll post some more. Or maybe if I'm just really bored at work one day.
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