update schedule: busy busy busy

Apologies for leaving this by the wayside, but a couple of other projects have reared their heads that might actually yield something should they succeed. This, while fun, just doesn't pay dividends. I'm hoping to update again before the end of the month, and hopefully finish off Mr. LaSalle's tale soon.

Stay tuned.

update schedule: the butcher cometh

I will very soon begin the introductory story arc of the mysterious third clerk. As before, I try to write ahead of what I post so I can keep up with editing, but I've finally come to the end of what I had prepared and from now on we sail by instinct.

The character of Spencer LaSalle has always been a problem for me in past incarnations of The Last Clerks. This is due in no small part to the fact I never really worked the grocery store job I've based the character upon. He is also unlike the other characters in a few fundamental ways, as will be seen.

What I can promise is that the violence in this story will be excessive in ways that make even me question my sanity. A new update should come down hopefully by Friday, but might need to wait until Monday. In the meantime, I'm working on compiling the stuff that's coming before so you can read up.

Until then.

update schedule: oops

I realized I forgot to add a post and have essentially left out part of Patrick's story. This is my own damned fault for not looking more carefully at what I was posting, and the result is it mucks up the entire progression. I will have it up after I get home from fucking work today, with apologies. It takes place between "nothing but time" and "cool, dark places."

update schedule and thanks where it's due

Patrick's story arc has taken a fair amount of time, and it's my intention to power on through it before the month is out. Part of this is because I've just come to a revelation on exactly what the story of our shadowy third clerk will center upon. I had always envisioned some details of his first story arc but until last night really had no clear idea just what the central conflict of his tale would be.

I should of course mention that I did not come to this epiphany on my own, but, as usual, received some help from Sean K, the same rowdy son of a bitch who has created virtually every piece of art for this site (often at a moment's notice). He has been in on The Last Clerks since the very beginning, and has always been a sounding board for the frequently ridiculous ideas I come up with. In this case, the seed he planted in my head for the first story arc of Spencer LaSalle has blossomed into a horrific, disfigured tree that gushes blood rather than sap when stabbed.

Which is to say, it's perfect. Stay tuned.

update schedule announcement

More to come soon as I muddle through a busy week at work and focus on conducting research on some of the firearms and tactics to be used in the upcoming main story. The wiki is in a state of flux right now as I organize things. Our intrepid man on the inside Charles Clark is beginning to take shape. For now, enjoy that, another wiki entry, and another posting to the main story.

real world alert #2: update schedule and comments

Okay, so it is now possible to leave comments without needing a gmail or blogger account, which is nice because seriously.

I'm out of town for the weekend and forgot to pack my laptop, so I'll be putting up another main story update as soon as I return. There's a possibility I put something together for the wiki this weekend. If that's the case I'll link to it.

I still need tales of retail terror, as per the post preceding this one. This is one area where I know people can help, so add your voice below.