be sure to check out Joan's latest on her website:

be sure to check out Joan's latest on her website: http://www.joanhilty.net/ (usually she updates her blog every Sunday evening but she can and will surprise you) **Special Note: all of Joan's archives are now up--almost ten years of 'bitter girl.' As Joan says, go wild!**

Friday, September 23, 2022

Paradise Regained: Carolyn's Fan Fiction: Arrival in London Pages 1-4



P. 1: First Glimpse.

P.2: Bathroom Detail
P. 3: And Here is Michael! 
P.4: Don & the Car; And Here's Doofus!
All artwork, layout & coloring by Ponymaan of dA.
Carolyn is going through a very stressful time in her life so she writes this to escape from her shuttle training (actually she just had a bad dream about Francois, her family's chef whom she had a crush on and never really got over, that she's trying to forget) so she sits down to pen this. I guess therapy does take many different forms.
I realize the projection here is complex, but no more so that Chaucer making himself a character who goes on the pilgrimage along with all the other funky pilgrims to Canterbury in his Tales
Oh, and about the names: Sim and Don are getting new identities (Sarah & Harold, the latter sometimes Harry). Kind of sort of like the Barbra Streisand character in What's Up, Doc? who keeps calling the Ryan O'Neal character Steve when his name is really Howard. I know, really obscure, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
Here is a link to the book online.

Rascal Redux: The Sequel pages 6 & 7

 


P. 6: Confrontation Diffused
P. 7: Christina & Julie Take A Shower While Marci & Natasha...?

Friday, September 16, 2022

Rascal Redux: The Sequel Pages 4 & 5

 

P. 4: Marci X Natasha
P. 5: Confrontation

Friday, September 9, 2022

Rascal Redux: The Sequel Pages 1-3 (In Medias Res)

 

P. 1: After Party Epilog
P. 2: Complications

P. 3: The Next Day.

For all of you diehard Marci & Rascal fans, obviously much has happened since we last left our intrepid heroes at last twilight, ill met by moonlight, but not in that movie (Henry V, dir. by Sir Kenneth Branagh) thank Christ, by jolly and by Jove, by folly and by queen's cove consort! The three former private detectives, Christina, Julie & Marci, are now FBI cadets in training at Quantico, VA. The new girl, Natasha, doesn't yet know about the true natures of either Rascal or Christina, either fairies or mortal, but she is beginning to suspect that all is not as it appears to be. She will soon receive more than she bargained for when the truth about the 'dog' and the princess is revealed, in tongues both swollen and seductive. Marci is trying her best to maintain Rascal's perfunctory prosaic domestic status but it's getting more and more difficult, as time goes by. As you see, when two lovers woo, they still say, "I love you." The fundamental things apply; no matter what the future brings.

                                           P.S. More to come so stay tuned!