I will not be continuing this fanfiction.

I greatly appreciate the reviews and feedback I've gotten for this, but, as you know, writing fanfiction does not pay the bills. Sure, it's a fun hobby (or it can be). I have too many ideas in my head that could be turned into publishable works, and I couldn't bear the thought of leaving you hanging, wondering when I'd have a new chapter of this to give you. I simply don't have it in me anymore to give this sort of thing away.

I will, however, be reworking the story and publishing it . . . someday. (Under what nom de plume, I'm not sure yet.)

So, yes, I will leave the opening chapters up on FFN. No, this is not exactly how the book is going to start out. It'll probably be a bit darker, too, at least in some parts. If you really want an update on how this and other stories are coming along, go to my blog at

macabrevel . webs . com

(Remove the spaces, of course.)

Peace and love, dearies.