I know it's Kerth season, because both the posting and commenting on multi-part stories has slowed down quite a bit. I just wanted to keep this one going, because according to the view counter column, somebody's reading. And I want everyone whose taste runs parallel to mine to enjoy this tale.

As always, feedback is strawberry ice cream to a hungry, dieting person.


Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing