At this point I'm half-convinced we're going to find mass graves.

So, I took it back to the drawing board, to see if I could write more than a reaction to a pop-cultural touchstone. I think I was too busy cackling and rubbing my hands together - "Let's see these fuckers get outta this one" - to judge it on merit, but I'll give it a little time...

The original version was pretty much just what it said on the tin - a werewolf survives the sinking of the Titanic. It was part of the Half Million anthology in 2000; I'd pretty much forgotten about it until I was going through some files this past July.

For some reason, I found it hilarious.

...feels more affordable already... :P

I dunno. I think I lost a few brain cells reading that.

I've been purging the word Alpha from my older stories one rewrite at a time, but some of them rely on a strong top-down social structure. I rationalize the remnants by indicating that they are half-human, after all, so not all behaviors and interactions are going to be based on wolves.

Producers, man...

You know, this is actually edible? I mean, it's a LITTLE bit dry. I've certainly had worse.

I'd carve it up before serving it, though. It looks like a raisin. I think people would look at it and go, "What did you do, shoot it into the sun?"

*looks at turkey critically*

Well...we learned something today.

First thing we learned is that this brand of turkey is pumped full of water. It looks like it shrank in the wash.

Every once in a while I wonder what kind of chat rooms these people are spending their time in. Some of their ideas don't seem very healthy.

"But how about Nestle and Wal-Mart and Disney and Microsoft and..." Look, I'm trying to score easy points here.