What can I say? I began work on SP four years ago. Wow. I ofttimes talk like Shaula in real life, so his character was easy enough for me to imagine, relate to and develop. The setting I chose allowed me to cheat all I wanted to on the science end of the work. AGNUS-G reminded me of the computer companion from the Red Dwarf (Brit comedy) TV series. She would fill in as Shaula?s female entity, although she is not actually a she. And Noreen with the family farm simply cracks me up. The whole serial is told through a series of S.O.S. transmissions. It?s a tale that bakes drama, humor, poetry and horror ? oh yeah, and science fiction too ? into a wacky batch of cosmic cookies.

I had Jim Baker or J ? can?t recall - look at SP a while ago. They thought it was good stuff but hard to place being somewhat experimental. I got a ?no thanks? for trying, so in the file cabinet it went. When I rediscovered it a few months ago, I figured the Creator?s Club was the perfect site for an odd piece like SP, especially since I?m the Editor. Well, tee-hee and duh to you and me both.

There was just one problem. I actually didn?t want to work on the serial alone ? too ambitious for moi - so I thought of asking somebody else to do the artwork, and to get a second person to help with the writing and tweaking. I first e-met Terrie Relf and Teri Santitoro (7ARS) years back through Tom Brinck?s Scifaiku poet list. I begged all the list members to submit their three-liners to Jim and J after I had warmed them up to the style.