(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Fiction Works-In-Progress: July 23 [1] ['Alan Singer', 'Chitown Kev', 'Belinda Ridgewood'] Date: 2026-07-23 In this diary/article/story series, you’re invited to use the comment thread for chapters, excerpts, and requests for help/feedback on your writing. (In Write On! posts we do theory & practice.) The image below shows a comment format helpful for readers looking for your writing each week, but you’re free to format as suits you best. Original Work Original work. FWIP is published weekly by comment-writers taking turns. Look for the schedule comment in the thread if you’d like to sign up. Click here for how to post for this group. A WORD OF CAUTION Many agents and editors reject material that’s been published anywhere else in part or whole, including online, due to the risk of a copyright lawsuit by someone who saw your work, ripped it off, and then claims it’s their own. So, if you hope to sell your writing professionally, you probably don’t want to post it in DK. But if you only plan on self-publishing, the risk is yours alone — you can publish here or not, whichever you think best. If you don’t plan to sell it anywhere, then it’s probably no tribble at all! horizontal rule Unknown Calendar as currently known June 25 WO strawbale – – – – – – – – FWIP sagesource July 2 WO mettle fatigue – – – – – – FWIP dconrad July 9 WO dconrad – – – – – – – – – FWIP sagesource July 16 WO Aashirs nani – – – – – FWIP mettle fatigue July 23 WO mettle fatigue – – – – – FWIP dconrad July 30 WO strawbale – – – – – FWIP sagesource August 6 WO ________ – – – – – – – . FWIP dconrad August 13 WO ________ – – – – – – . FWIP sagesource [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/7/23/800074203/community/fiction-works-in-progress-july-23/ Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/