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Merry Christmas

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I was checking my story stats and noted that this week marked over 800,000 downloads. More important, there were almost 17,000 times someone took the trouble to vote. I'm not sure if the downloads measure the times a whole story was read or just a chapter. Whatever the measurement, I appreciate you readers and raters very much.

Since my neck injury a little over a year ago, my ability to concentrate has suffered, and my work in progress is stalled. I hope to get back to it soon.

I'm about to have a pleasant Christmas with family and hope that whatever holidays you celebrate around this time are happy for you as well.

Mike

Update

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Good intentions slowed.

I had fully intended to complete and post The Beard long before now, but...

1) My committee of proofreaders, readers, and editors are pretty adamant that it needs new chapters, expansions, and resolutions.

2) Last October, I fractured several cervical vertebrae and injured some other stuff. What I hope is the third and final surgery was on July 20th. Just got out of the hospital and recovering well, but the fingers still work wonky.

3) Some forthcoming travel (50th anniversary) may continue to slow things...

It has been heartening to see that my stories continue to be read, the ratings climb a little on some. THANKS for both.

Benjin Story - The Gangriel Incident

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The Gangriel Incident posts sometime today.

Reminder: This is a DARK story with triggers. Please pay attention to the codes.

The Gangriel Incident is the last Swarm Cycle story written by Benjin, and contributes to the overall gestalt. However, I asked the moderators to turn off voting for this one, but feel free to comment.

I checked this morning, and found Benjin has read your comments, and in some cases, responded to them. I'm glad he is seeing the continued interest in his stories.

Benjin Story Comments

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Upon reading some of the comments on Benjin's stories, I responded, then decided to summarize here.

You folks have some good and interesting thoughts. Here are some of mine:

Early on, one of my editors and I set out to proofread Benjin's stories. As you said, there are both typos and 'expressions' that come from his native German. We got through one and half of another, and I decided it wouldn't work without Benjin participating. A BIG reason was the temptation to edit as well as proof, and the 'flavor' changed. Another was that there would be two versions of the same story on different sites. I didn't even keep the two stories in my own files.

On the other items, you have to remember that these are stories that were written very early in the Cycle. Other authors, including me, have expanded on such ideas. One reason we are so protective of 'canon' is to let us poke at ideas without treading on each other. I think it works pretty well. Above all, I wanted to 'port Benjin's stories to show the origin of some of the basic ideas/tenants of the Cycle. Benjin laid a LOT of the foundation.

If we could get permission, I'd be more than happy to 'port other stories from ASSTR, but we do need to consider copyrights.

Omachuck

Benjin's Swarm Story - Nova Guardian

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I'm back in the USA, and as promised, 'porting the remainder of Benjin's stories from ASSTR.

Nova Guardian
is a very short, non-canon story set in the Swarm Cycle's universe. I'm pretty sure it was Benjin's 1st story in the cycle and intentionally violates the 'rules' of the universe. It contains no sex whatsoever.

Look for chapter one sometime Friday, depending where you live.

I'll post The Gangriel Incident the following weekend. Gangriel is the story about an almost collapsing colony. It is a disturbing story that involves rape, torture, and cannibalism. One reader has urged me not to 'port it, but as it does contain elements referred to in other stories, it really needs to be here. I will likely turn off voting but not comments. Be warned!

 

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