Revisionist Diaries developmental fiction -- Skinthief

[esche]

Excerpt from an anonymous diary, found on an unidentified corpse.Old Mercy has finally granted me one of his finest gifts. Today I wore the skin of another man for the first time, and words cannot express the joy I felt as my soul, my consciousness blended with his. Like an innocent and tender youth I felt again, in the hands of that beautiful

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[foxish]

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This shit ain't half-bad. o.o

[esche]

Yeah, I can crank out some good fiction when I put my mind to it, and actually have the inspiration to write. Granted, that inspiration doesn't come very often; I wish it did.

[foxish]

I'll second the notion about the muse. Mine seems to be a stoner junkie who's in prison most of the time.

But I'll say this--if this wound up on a retail shelf, I'd buy it. And I don't game. It'd be the same odd fascination that buried me under White Wolf's stuff in the 90's--abject fascination.

[esche]

Oh, I'm not writing a tabletop RPG. As far as I'm concerned, those are pretty much dead as far as marketability.

This is something far more interesting, but it's too early to really go into any more detail.

[tracerj]

Damn. That's very nearly a complete very-short story in itself. I heartily approve this product and/or service.