Introductory short story I wrote today, inspired by my character from The Opera...I don't know if I'm satisfied with it or not. Feel free to stroke my ego (or beat it within an inch of its life, whatever works).
-Carl, lacking things to say.
Eh, but you knew that.
Don't be dissuaded by the lack of replies.
Of course, I'm being a little hipocritical with this commentary, the writing is already better by far than I can do, but I've never been very good writing fiction.
Douglas Adams, 1952-2001