New (Old) Section Added to Zebragirl.net!

 Listen, everyone! Listen! Here’s a story about stories. Once upon a time there were tales of Zebra Girl, and the world she lived in. Ones which I didn’t write! Authored by imaginative and talented fans over the years, they brought me enormous pride and satisfaction. I read them again and again, and maybe you did too. Sometimes I even made original illustrations, just for these special stories!

Sadly, one day Zebra Girl’s online home burned to the ground, and we were forced to migrate to a new server. That’s life in the Internet. But starting a new site from scratch wasn’t easy, and I left behind many of the features I loved. Zebra Girl’s galleries of fan art and fiction became things of the past, and I missed them every day.

But not anymore! You’ve all been so patient and supportive while I make my way towards future projects like the Omnibus. And the work that some of you put into Zebra Girl from your side deserves to be enshrined! So, after long days and nights of digging through files, research, reformatting, coding, spitting and polishing dusty troves of data, and ironing out wrinkles, I finally reconstituted the entire Zebra Girl Library of Fan Fiction! Complete with illustrations where applicable, including particular work I did for Mawgan Dell, Stacy Dooks, Skullduggerant, and Hemlock Trinity! I hope you’re out there, guys, and that you know I didn’t forget.

I also hope that you enjoy being able to read these stories again as much as I will. And I certainly invite anyone who might be inspired to add to the collection! It’s been a long time, and I’d like to think it’s a possibility. Heck, I took the liberty of including a particularly creative comment left under page 721 as the first new entry! I hope you don’t mind, Fishamaphone, if you’re reading.

I hope you’re all reading. I was always honored by the effort that so many of you put towards enriching my work with your own talents. For now the new “Fanwork” tab in the site’s navigation bar goes right to the fiction, but who knows? If I could scrape this all back together, maybe there’ll be a fan art section again too one of these days.

Not soon, though. If I’m not working on the Omnibus then you better believe I’ll be working on my taxes this month! How’s that for a reality check? Better get that nose to the grindstone.

But when I need a break I know I’ll have plenty of reading material.

-Joe