I've held for a long time that a shared community of this kind needs at least eight active posters who'll read and respond to everything. Without that feedback the unique selling points of such a place are lost. We've been below that number for quite some time and the momemuntum can't carry on forever.

I don't think you should feel to blame. People's lives change and they move on. Internet posting is a young man's game, or at least a single man's game. Many writers founder in their calling when they're overwhelmed with the more urgent demands of work and family. Communities like the PVB have their time and then folks move on.

That said, there's clearly a lot of affection for the old place from some alumni, and even a vague intention from some to return some day. I don't think it's time to sell up and walk away unless the costs of maintainance become prohibitive in time or cash. I'm always pleased to review whatever collaborators here present, however intermittently that might be. This site is still my homepage.

Regarding your work, I think you're right to shift the focus away from characters whose posters no longer have an active stake in shared stories, towards a Jason-verse of your own. Your natural tendencies to introduce shocking turnarounds and sudden changes is best suited to an environment and characters you can fully control. No-one can justifiably accuse you of abusing characters that you have created (except in a narrative sense, where they can be abused as dramatically as possible). I think your stories and style have matured; too much Parodyverse pandering would now water them down and weaken them.







I keep telling writers that the ability to finish stories is one of the key literary skills - or disciplines. And it feels so good!







I gather from the news that this has now been resolved.







One of my correspondents had around 70 longboxes of silver age comic books in a hired storage space in New York. The floods got them. He isn't insured.