Carl was banging away at the typewriter, the noise filling the small midwestern hotel room where he and Buster were staying the night

Navaan. In case you wondered why you haven't been pestered for the rent or your stories, you may be interested to know I have left the island.She'd probably noticed, Carl. Since there'd been no dog or grouchy editor ( Read more... )

This wasn't New York. That was obvious, and Karel had no idea how he'd gotten here ( Read more... )

[The part of Carl Kolchak, forty-something investigative reporter of direct Polish descent from 1974, is now being played by a thirty-something Irish actor, born in the seventies.]

It had been a long trip from L.A. (as evidenced by a whole episode without him in it due really to contract re-negotiations) and Carl had fallen into bed as soon as he' ( Read more... )

If anyone has a piece of Resistance news for something that happened Sunday in UMBRIDGE WORLD that they want printed in Monday's resistance paper, let me know! Monday's paper is gonna be a bit thin >_>

Carl Kolchak is an investigative reporter and has been for over twenty years. Unfortunately, not all of those years have been spent at the same paper. Or even in the same city ( Read more... )

Carl waved his beer at the bartender. "And after driving all the way across the country, they tell me the job is taken. Can you believe it?"

The bartender was silent but nodded sympathetically as he wiped another glass.

"I was practically promised that job. Promised! And he gave it to some cub, just out of journalism school. Who cares if he's ( Read more... )

There was silence for a moment. Then Carl's voice came through: "Hello? Anyone there? Is this the answering service? I was told this was the number for the free answering service... Hello?"

Someone wasn't sure what voicemail was. Leave a message. He's smart, he'll get it eventually.

Somewhere, Carl had scrounged up an actual answering machine:

"You have reached the office of the Fandom Island Gazette, your island's proud provider of all the news that you deserve to know about. Carl Kolchak, editor. Please leave your message at the tone and remember, home delivery subscriptions are still available."

And there was an actual

"Hiya, Mr Kolchak!"

"Hi, Suzy. Anything in box 13?"


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Carl was at his desk, frantically typing away. He finally had a story and he was going to publish it next week! 'Giant Panda Anniversary Dairy Sale at Turtle and Canary' be damned! This was NEWS!

Of course, this week's glorious paper was already on the stands. Well, stand. Okay, box on his desk.

He really needed some newsies.

Fandom Island ( Read more... )