DargonZine
Volume 15, Number 9 |
Distributed: 10/27/2002
Circulation: 644 |
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Editorial
efore the customary editorial speechmaking, let me get one bit of
business out of the way. If you're a Hotmail or MSN mail user, you
probably didn't receive our last issue: Volume 15 Number 8. That's
because on September 30th, when the issue was distributed, Microsoft was
experiencing a service problem that returned all DargonZine mail with
the error message "service unavailable". This is actually the third time
in the past year that we've experienced a widespread outage when
distributing issues to Hotmail users, and I'm hoping that this month's
mailing will go through properly. If you're a Hotmail or MSN user, be
warned that you're likely to occasionally miss DargonZine mailings due
to their system problems.
If you did miss 15-8, I urge you to fetch it from our Web or FTP
sites (listed in the masthead above), because the stories in this issue
are continuations of stories that we printed last month.
Of course, Dafydd's ongoing "Talisman" series continues with part
three of "Talisman Nine". The earlier parts appeared in our previous two
issues. I hope you're up to speed on the whole Talisman epic, because
we're making the final turn and heading for the home stretch.
And this issue contains the second half of P. Atchley and Dave
Fallon's "Heir to Castigale". This story began in our last issue, and is
something of a departure for us. Allow me to explain ...
One typically expects a well-written story to tie up all its loose
ends, leaving the reader with no unanswered questions. And, for the most
part, that's what DargonZine's writers value and try to provide in their
stories.
But "Heir to Castigale" is very different. Castigale is our newest
"communal event": something that will provide an interesting way for
several writers to collaborate, and also give Dargon a more unified feel
for our readers. As you read the story, you'll notice that instead of
having all its loose ends neatly tied up, "Heir to Castigale" leaves a
troublesome mess of unanswered questions. That's because the authors
wanted to provide plenty of "hooks" or "points of entry" that other
writers could pick up and run with. They've established a framework that
other writers will be building on in future works, which we'll bring you
just as soon as they're ready for publication.
So if you haven't read the first part of "Heir to Castigale", go
fetch yourself a copy of DargonZine 15-8 and get caught up! And as you
read the chapter that appears in this issue, consider what's been left
out, and what you'd like to see more of. I guarantee you'll see
additional stories that will flesh out the unspoken details of this
plot, and there'll be plenty of surprises along the way.
I hope you enjoy it!
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