Continued from the Make Your home COLLINWOOD!!! thread....


DARK SHADOWS: THE LABYRINTH OF SOULS
Outtake #2

The cold dawn of a new day found Julia Hoffman already out of bed, dressed, and hard at work on her research of the venom in Carolyn's blood. In the last 24 hours, she had discovered no new properties, isolated no unusual compounds, observed no variation in fresh samples, or otherwise made any more headway than she had on the first night. She felt thoroughly frustrated and very nearly defeated.

She was about to mount another specimen on the stage of the microscope when the phone rang. Her heart skipped a beat. Not again, she thought.

"Hello?" she whispered.

"Hello, Julia," came a soft, half-familiar feminine voice. "I have to tell you.... Carolyn is simply not suitable for Quentin. No one is suitable for Quentin."

"Except for you, don't you mean?"

"Exactly."

"Do you know what you are?" Julia snapped.

"Full of shit?"

"Absolutely right."

"Ah."

"Do not call here again," Julia said sternly, clenching one fist in anger. "If you do, I will turn you over to Sheriff Patterson and then you'll only get one phone call. I doubt you will wish to waste it on me."

"Don't bet on it, Julia."

"I'm going to say good-bye now. Remember my advice."

There was a round of muted giggling, a click, and then the line went dead. Julia gently placed the receiver back on its cradle, wondering why this mysterious caller--and her giggling friend--continued to plague her. The caller seemed to know too much about her--and the whole Collins family.

Perhaps the strange, deluded woman simply watched too much television.

End of Outtake #2

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Elizabeth: Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Carolyn: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper

Roger: Wonder Boy by The Kinks

David: I Think I'm in Trouble by Lindsay Buckingham

Julia: Doctor, Doctor by the Thompson Twins

Quentin: Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon (when he's not listening to Shadows of the Night, of course)

Mrs. J: Cleanup Woman by Betty Wright

Cassie: Witchcraft by Frank Sinatra

Nickie: Smiling Faces by the Undisputed Truth



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Hmm......

((Trying to figure out if there's a place in LABYRINTH where I can write in Connie calling Julia and being told she's full of shit....))

Well, you never know when you're going to need some comic relief...and truth is always sillier than fiction.

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Ralph, Alice, Ed, and Trixie are my favorite character names.

You know, those distant relatives that stayed in the less-expensive wing that overlooked the run-down courtyard....

I think they all spring from Dorcas Trillings's branch of the Collinsport clan.

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1)  View Master reel set--mint condition;

2)  Original copy of Sam Hall's TV Guide article: "In Case You're Curious. . ."

3)  Original copy of TV Guide article: "Where Have All The Werewolves Gone?"

1) 1,699

2) 1,699

3) 1,699

See if that don't just floor ya.

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(Note all of the above prices are in Japanese Yen. Conversion rates available upon request.)

And thanks for having a bald guy in the story!   Please keep it coming!

What was I thinking? In the text of the story, please change the line where Dr. Karswell introduces himself so that it reads:

"Good morning. My name is Ringo Karswell. Yes, it's true... I have no hair."

I meant to do that originally, but at the last minute I totally forgot about it.

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Depressed about not being able to go to the fest this year, I spent most of the weekend writing a new chapter of DARK SHADOWS: THE LABYRINTH OF SOULS. So, okay, I had fun. And though I'm not making any money off this, it was a lot cheaper than flying to Anaheim and staying at a hotel. On the other hand, I didn't get to hang out with any stars.

D A N G I T !
and all that.

So you lucky people coming back from the fest have more DS to occupy your time, if you're so inclined. I imagine some of you might not have even read the previous chapter(s) yet, since I managed to zap them out pretty quickly, one after the other. So here's the links to the three most recent:

NEW: Chapter Six http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey/labyrinth06.htm

Chapter Five http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey/labyrinth05.htm

Chapter Four http://home.triad.rr.com/smrainey/labyrinth04.htm

Well, I hope you find these entertaining. HarperCollins don't know what they missin...  

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