That's CC Aiken's wonderful
Clark Uncaged . Great story! And your comment about the author not being featured here yet almost put me off, Kaylle - at least one of CC's stories has been used in this thread.
Here you go - another one to test your memories.
Looking at the still large stack of papers on his lap, Lois ventured, "And what else? I'm almost afraid to ask."
"Well, there are a whole bunch of different ones here that I'm sure you'd get a big a kick out of as I did, but it's not just the stories I find interesting--it's some of these authors. Take these stories, for example."
He handed Lois another large stack of papers. "They're written by some morbid guy named Grenade...no, Tank," he corrected, leaning over to verify the author's name on the top sheet. "I mean, what must his life be like to write such depressing endings for *fun*??"
Wendy
