A tip of the ol' Freedom Fighter fedora to Robert Brown for supplying me with links to Bookshire's page after Ratman took his ball and went home. NOTICE: Bookshire's Website is COMING BACK ONLINE! So some of the stories which weren't available for a time will be readable once more. And there was much rejoicing. Yay!
Shadows
of Evil by Robert Brown and Francis Tolbert.
This particular installment in the Brown and Tolbert epic (and I
mean epic!) signals a shift in the story but is still an
impressive narrative. There are challenges to face, made all the more
challenging because several wishes made by the players are either undone
or doubled back onto themselves. And one very underutilized
character really gets to shine. [Courtesy of Tyro's Sonic site]
Happy
Solstice
by Bookshire Draftwood.
Bookshire wrote this one about his character, Todd, in the days
before
Mobius was taken over by Robotnik. A quiet little story which
helps set
the mood for what everyday life on Mobius must have been like;
I'm a
sucker for those kind of stories myself.
Power
of Love
by Bookshire Draftwood and Morgan Ingersoll.
Based solely on a fragment of animation used in the opening
credits of
"Sonic the Hedgehog", Draftwood and Ingersoll set up a romance
between
Bunnie and Rotor. Again, a departure from the action genre to
something
more intimate.
Sonic the
Barbarian by Robert Haynie as "Mandar the Insomniac."
I couldn't have written "My Quills Are Quick" if Robert Haynie
hadn't
been the first to explore the realm of genre parody. It's the
Sonic
cast in a sword-and-sorcery tale. A hoot!
Dead
Squirrel Walking by Will Wells (aka "Chaos Omega")
While some of us fanfic writers have vowed to keep writing about
Princess Sally despite her demise in the pages of the Archie
comic, one
writer used the cover of Sonic #47 to inspire this three-parter.
A
gutsy challenge but he pulls it off well; the ending is
especially taut.
[Available courtesy of: The Acorn Archive]
The
Storyteller" by Roland Lowery (aka "Jim Doe")
Jim Doe has written a truly chilling example of Mobian history
gone
wrong. A demonstration that mythology, as well as history, is
written
by the victors. [Available courtesy of: Sonic the Webhog Fanfic
Index]
Selective Amnesia: Part 1
Selective Amnesia: Part 2
Selective Amnesia: Part 3
Matt Page (aka: Fallout) sent me this story as an attachment to some
e-mail and I have to say I was VERY impressed! A lot of fanfic fails if
the characters are off, and Matt managed to get it right. This story of
a best-laid plan spinning out of control also answers a question posed
by Sonic fan Richard Smyers: "Does Sally have ANY character flaws?"
Once again, Matt, great job.
Blue Star: Quest For Peace by James Lutz
Jim Lutz, A Sonic fan, contacted me and asked for help with a fanfic he
was working on. Here are the results, admittedly still a little rough
around the edged. But I learned what it truly takes to be an editor:
the ability to find the story in the words.
Over The Hills And Far Away by "Ian The
Potto"
The Sonic fan named Ian the Potto set himself a challenge: think of the
most impossible, most outlandish Sonic crossover possible (that Archie
Comic hasn't used yet), write it up in a fanfic and make it WORK! On
the whole I think he's succeeded admirably. If you can't guess what the
crossover element is from the title, I won't spoil the surprise. Much
as I'd like to.