Ok, for the record, things in this universe, more or less, follow the natural laws of physics, reaction, and people stuff. Normal people cannot do impossible things, peroid.

Nevertheless, Barker has just caught a bullet. With his fingers. You may draw your own conclusions.

Also, I've been told that it's not entirely clear whether or not this really is Barker. It is. The glowy thing on his forhead is NOT a rank insignia or initiation design but something else entirely. He did not have it before Lucy shot him in Plateau City. It's a very important thing and will be explained later.

In other news: IT'S OCTOBER! You know what that means?...

...no? You don't? NaNoWriMo is a little under four weeks away! This is my third year in a row. Last two years's novels were a horror novel that will never see the light of day if I can help it, and a sci fi novel. This year it's fantasy.

I am also going to announce, official, that my goal for the next year is to finish, rewrite, and SELL, yes, you heard me, SELL, either the sci fi or the fantasy manuscript. To a real publisher, not LuLu.com or a vanity press. It's going to be a lot of work, but professional writers do it, and my long-term goal is to BE a professional writer. Why am I announcing it?...'cause if it's official I just might do it.

OK, gang. Take care, and enjoy.

oh, and next week you get three updates.

CW - Chelsea Gaither