We have lots of thank yous to make:

Firstly, thank you to dun, who embraced the mood of the story and produced beautifully creepy artwork. We love every piece she did, and hope to see more of her art popping up in LJ. Her way of interpreting the stories she's illustrated is dead on every time.

Secondly, thank you to jennylynneh, who did the perfect alpha read and even read it to her mom! Mom liked the story, although was a little undecided about the sex. 1,000 thanks also to mais_fica, our fabulous beta. She asked many questions, fixed many errors, and did it all without having MS Word on her Surface!

Lastly, there is the indefatigable wendy, who, year after year, offers this amazing forum for us to produce illustrated longfic that keeps us reading for the rest of the summer. Her skill at organization makes everything possible, and she makes it seem effortless.

The story evolved out of watching "No Exit" and turning it on its head. We feel a little guilty making so many black dudes bad guys. We promise never to do that again.




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