Independent 25: “There Ought to Be Clowns” – Story Index

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Fic: Independent 25, “There Ought to Be Clowns (the Lying Eyes Remix)”, 1/1

( “There Ought to Be Clowns” )

“There Ought to Be Clowns”, End notes

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2016 Circle of Friends stories

 
This year’s Circle of Friends Remix — at cof_remix — is now finished. This was a thorny one, for three reasons. First, one of our intended participants vanished after signing up, and we’ve heard nothing since. Second, sroni (who finished her own assignment handily enough, and did a pinch-hit for eilandesq to tide things over) has had occasional health issues that prevented her from another pinch-hit she fully intended to do, so that the circle is, for the first time, not complete.

The third reason was me. I had serious problems.

I knew the story I wanted to tell. I knew how I wanted it to end. Getting there, however, fought me every step of the way. Even when I finally had the story finished, I wasn’t confident in it, so I sought opinions elsewhere and let it sit for a while so I could go back to it with sorta-fresh eyes … with one thing and another, I now have it posted exactly two months after the announced deadline. Need to not do any more of that.

At any rate, the listing is as follows:
    • eilandesq: remix of jedibuttercup, with “Memories of a Fallen Technopagan”
    • jedibuttercup: remix of sroni, with “Some Reassembly Required”
    • sroni: remix of sevendeadlyfun, with “Bittersweet Symphony”
    • sevendeadlyfun: defaulted
    • sroni: remix of eilandesq, with “Sharp Knife of a Short Life” (‘filler’ story while aadler’s fic was still in process)
    • aadler: remix of eilandesq, with “There Ought to Be Clowns”

I recommend that anyone who hasn’t already done so go check out these stories, and offer your appreciation to the authors.