Tales of the Parodyverse - Looking before leaping?

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Let's kill two birds with one stone. We rent out a villa in Geneva and meet up there in the Summer for our "let's all write, alright?" reunion?

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Hey, it worked for Mary Shelley!

It also worked for the others. Byron's story, "Fragment of a Novel" want nowhere, but fellow house-guest John Polidori reworked its main character Augustus Darvill PVB-style into his own tale, "The Vampyre", the first English-language published vampire story. Shelley wrote "Fragment of a Ghost Story", and also wrote up five spooky tales from visiting gothic novelist "Monk" Lewis.

So that Geneva trip gave the world both Frankenstein and vampires.

The way those creators interacted was remarkably similar to the way this board has sometimes sparked, although as far as I know nobody had impregnated anybody in real life, nor brought their sister along for similar treatment.

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Untold Tales of the Lair Legion #353: After the Bookkeeping · Another double-length follow-on from... the Hooded Hood. This could be a sickness. · Wed Jan 20, 2016 at 05:53:12 am EST
- It's going to be a rough day when CSFB! is giving good advice about handling the media... · WGMY 104.1 · Tue Jan 26, 2016 at 05:41:42 pm EST
  - It wasn't the media he was filmed handling. · HH · Wed Jan 27, 2016 at 01:13:10 am EST
- Another enjoyable read. · Manga Shoggoth · Sun Jan 24, 2016 at 04:53:26 pm EST
  - I think they're getting longer. They feel to be getting longer. · HH · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 08:36:44 am EST
    - Perhaps you should type faster - according to Relativity things get shorter if you move faster. · Manga Shoggoth · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 02:45:00 pm EST
      - I'd have to type in a rocket ship accellerating away from Earth. · HH is considering this · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 09:16:35 pm EST
        
        All our Shoggoth links · Al B. Harper · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 09:46:54 pm EST
        
        They're not so much links as baffling conduits. · HH · Tue Jan 26, 2016 at 06:28:37 am EST
        
        Ah. That's why my cuffs don't stay closed... · Manga Shoggoth (Al - hopefully this is what you wanted...) · Tue Jan 26, 2016 at 06:46:17 pm EST
        
        Sorry, can't download that. (no text) · HH suggests you could e-mail it · Wed Jan 27, 2016 at 08:09:31 pm EST
        
        Information now recieved, thanks. (no text) · HH · Fri Jan 29, 2016 at 04:08:56 pm EST
        
        Ditto (no text) · Al B. Harper · Fri Jan 29, 2016 at 09:32:58 pm EST
        
        I don't think attachments are attaching at present. Alas. (no text) · Al B. Harper · Wed Jan 27, 2016 at 04:44:56 am EST
- An epilogue that's just as detailed and filled with dramatic tension as the main story? Yep, it's an Untold Tales arc! (no text) · CrazySugarFreakBoy! · Sun Jan 24, 2016 at 02:49:07 am EST
  - It's an obsession, is what it is. Just when I thought I was out... (no text) · HH · Sun Jan 24, 2016 at 03:17:15 am EST
- Alternate story title: Intricately Planned ParentHood (no text) · killer shrike enjoyed this · Sat Jan 23, 2016 at 06:36:48 pm EST
  - The Hood didn't split up Danny and Kerry so his boy could impregnanate Liu Xi in this one. (no text) · HH · Sun Jan 24, 2016 at 03:18:48 am EST
- Re: Irrelevant Distractions · J. Jonah Jerkson · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 03:32:56 pm EST
  - Don't need letters to be of service to queen and country, dash it. Told that Woolley blighter as much · Sir Mumphrey answers the protocol issues. · Sat Jan 23, 2016 at 10:40:59 am EST
    - I love it when he goes the full Mumph. (no text) · Al B. Harper · Sat Jan 23, 2016 at 09:20:04 pm EST
      - Fortunately the world is replete with ticks, oiks, weasels, and cads. (no text) · HH · Sun Jan 24, 2016 at 03:19:50 am EST
- Comes a lie down on a sofa with a cold drink? · Al B. Harper · Thu Jan 21, 2016 at 05:11:29 pm EST
  - Comes payment due, which happens to be the working title of UT#354. · HH · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 12:41:58 am EST
    - Can I still get the cold drink? · Al B. Harper · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 04:52:55 pm EST
      - I think there are vending machines in the lobby, if you can pry thuddy off them. · HH · Sat Jan 23, 2016 at 08:32:48 am EST
        
        Isn't he still stuck inside one of them? · Al B. Harper · Sat Jan 23, 2016 at 09:13:09 pm EST
        
        Depends whether he teleported the one he was attached to with him when he jumped out of that bathroom. · HH thinks we may not know until Dancer gets back to her apartment. · Sun Jan 24, 2016 at 03:34:44 am EST
        
        Well that's likely to never happen! · Al B. Harper · Sun Jan 24, 2016 at 05:40:45 pm EST
        
        Then thuddy had better make himself comfortable. · HH · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 08:44:14 am EST
        
        With you throwing me bones like the Tanner/Haggatha story pointer inside I'll be the one making myself comfortable, thanks. · Al B. Harper · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 07:48:44 pm EST
        
        Proceed. · HH · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 09:08:25 pm EST
        
        Proceeded. · Al B. Harper · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 11:58:31 pm EST
        
        Procode. · HH · Tue Jan 26, 2016 at 06:24:02 am EST
        
        Postcode 5555442 · Al B. Harper · Wed Jan 27, 2016 at 05:15:18 am EST
        
        Postcode or convict number? · HH couldn't resist. He is horrible. · Thu Jan 28, 2016 at 03:43:59 pm EST
        
        Nah, that's Coromandel 2 153 78957 1449167 2509. Convict numbers are complicated. · Al B. Harper Wears it with pride. · Fri Jan 29, 2016 at 04:21:10 am EST
        
        Coromandel is a great character name. Noted. · HH · Fri Jan 29, 2016 at 03:54:20 pm EST
        
        It is isn't it? After the Coromandel Coast, so good for a southern Indian or Sri Lankan character perhaps. · Al B. Harper · Fri Jan 29, 2016 at 09:10:57 pm EST
        
        Possibly related the the Chola Tamil Dynasty, descended from one of the "Three Crowned Kings". · HH · Sat Jan 30, 2016 at 07:22:06 am EST
        
        Or a Prince of Serendip. · Al B. Harper · Tue Feb 02, 2016 at 06:00:20 am EST
        
        Continued in the UT #354 reply thread (no text) · HH · Tue Feb 02, 2016 at 10:51:06 am EST
    - Re: Comes payment due, which happens to be the working title of UT#354. · J. Jonah Jerkson , who unfortunately had another choleric episode in RL and is recovering · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 01:15:05 pm EST
      - Hope you recover quickly again! (no text) · Al B. Harper · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 05:12:30 pm EST
- Another UT, another note about Ham-Boy... · L! · Wed Jan 20, 2016 at 06:13:27 pm EST
  - I'm clearly out of practice. · HH hopes it did not spoil your enjoyment too much · Thu Jan 21, 2016 at 01:36:42 am EST
- After excessive bookkeeping, I tend to prefer a nice nap. Actually, that usually goes for during the bookkeeping. · Visionary believes in being well-rested when letting things sort themselves out. · Wed Jan 20, 2016 at 02:08:55 pm EST
  - Isn't 'excessive bookkeeping' a tautology? · HH · Thu Jan 21, 2016 at 02:12:03 am EST
    - I suppose that a librarian might argue that. · Visionary · Thu Jan 21, 2016 at 01:30:52 pm EST
      - Ah, he's dead. · HH · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 01:00:52 am EST
        
        They say that about print in general. · Visionary · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 11:47:24 am EST
        
        Print book sales actually rose by 3% last year. · HH · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 03:32:26 pm EST
        
        Really? Time to reinvest in paper then! · Visionary · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 10:52:12 pm EST
        
        At the same time, predictions of increase in the e-book market proved over-optomistic · HH suspects there my be a saturation point of kindle users · Sat Jan 23, 2016 at 09:16:42 am EST
        
        Still, my mother started reading ebooks, which I feel must represent some kind of tipping point... · Visionary · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 01:23:38 am EST
        
        The end times? · HH · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 09:48:10 am EST
        
        I think once she doesn't need to call me to ask me how to do something on her tablet we'll have a better understanding of how close we are. · Visionary · Tue Jan 26, 2016 at 01:52:45 pm EST
        
        On the other hands, she did push you through her birth canal. That has to have been inconvenient for her. · HH spoent an hour supporting his septegenarian cousin through getting kindle on her tablet recently. · Wed Jan 27, 2016 at 02:08:06 am EST
        
        True, but to be fair I've bought her more than 40 nice greeting cards thanking her for that. · Visionary · Thu Jan 28, 2016 at 03:12:08 pm EST
        
        Jumping in because I can · Al B. Harper · Fri Jan 29, 2016 at 04:33:18 am EST
        
        Looking before leaping? · HH · Fri Jan 29, 2016 at 04:06:45 pm EST
        
        Plunging in blind! · Al B. Harper · Fri Jan 29, 2016 at 09:19:36 pm EST
        
        Eyes shut is different to blind. · HH · Sat Jan 30, 2016 at 07:24:07 am EST
        
        Same result, however. Unless you are the Daredevil. · Al B. Harper · Tue Feb 02, 2016 at 06:01:43 am EST
        
        She must be so proud · HH · Thu Jan 28, 2016 at 07:29:40 pm EST
        
        And, for no other reason than I found it while hunting GNS material, here is a link to Paris in December by Dancer · HH really liked this one · Wed Jan 27, 2016 at 02:42:15 am EST
        
        That is a very special story indeed... · Visionary · Thu Jan 28, 2016 at 12:46:54 am EST
        
        As I recall... · HH · Thu Jan 28, 2016 at 04:01:33 pm EST
        
        Good story, that one. (no text) · Al B. Harper · Wed Jan 27, 2016 at 11:50:05 pm EST
- Ever after? · Anime Jason · Wed Jan 20, 2016 at 01:17:13 pm EST
  - Maybe · HH · Thu Jan 21, 2016 at 01:52:10 am EST
    - Re: Maybe · Anime Jason · Thu Jan 21, 2016 at 09:05:35 am EST
      - Re: Maybe · HH · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 12:11:09 am EST
        
        Re: Maybe · Anime Jason · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 08:16:18 am EST
        
        Re: Maybe · HH · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 08:44:24 am EST
        
        Re: Maybe · Anime Jason · Fri Jan 22, 2016 at 12:46:04 pm EST
        
        Re: Maybe · HH · Sat Jan 23, 2016 at 09:22:53 am EST
        
        Re: Maybe · Anime Jason · Sat Jan 23, 2016 at 01:24:29 pm EST
        
        Re: Maybe · HH · Sun Jan 24, 2016 at 03:40:46 am EST
        
        Re: Maybe · Anime Jason · Sun Jan 24, 2016 at 12:30:48 pm EST
        
        Robots Rights · HH · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 08:52:34 am EST
        
        Re: Robots Rights · Anime Jason · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 06:17:59 pm EST
        
        Re: Robots Rights · HH · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 09:24:29 pm EST
        
        Re: Robots Rights · Anime Jason · Mon Jan 25, 2016 at 11:27:02 pm EST
        
        Re: Robots Rights · HH · Tue Jan 26, 2016 at 05:00:08 am EST
        
        Re: Robots Rights · Anime Jason · Tue Jan 26, 2016 at 01:28:41 pm EST
        
        Re: Robots Rights · HH · Wed Jan 27, 2016 at 02:20:23 am EST
        
        Re: Robots Rights · Anime Jason · Wed Jan 27, 2016 at 09:11:04 pm EST