hlh_shortcuts de-anonymized over the weekend. Many correctly guessed me in the guessing game, which is fine; except for temporarily witholding full endnotes and not commenting on quite all the stories before reveals, I didn't at all try to hide! I hope that my easily identifiable writing habits are benign. (If not, hey, take me aside and gently help me improve them, please. Seriously.)
"Promises and Promissory Notes"
G, gen, ~6K words
Duncan & Amanda; with OCs, Joe, and MethosPassing through Gilded Age San Francisco, Duncan runs into Amanda and tries very hard to avoid getting sucked into her latest shady scheme.
I've added the full endnotes. I'd like to thank
dlyt and
chelseagirl for brainstorming with me! And
celli for encouraging me! And very much
havocthecat for beta-reading, most specifically for identifying rough spots in my Amanda depiction and the balance of loose/tied plot threads!
( A long-ish chat about writing the story )