Want to write a story for a good cause? Want to win some money, too?
Check out this mind-boggling story contest, courtesy of the inimitable team-up of John Scalzi, Wil Wheaton, artist Jeff Zugale and the Lupus Alliance of America:
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/05/30/fanfic-contest/
In short, if you can write a story based on the picture, you can enter it in the contest, and have a chance to get in print, all while giving a much-needed boost to a worthwhile charity. Doesn’t that make you feel all warm and fuzzy?
So move over, Boris Vallejo — here comes the sinewy might of the clown warrior astride his epic kitten steed! Now THAT’S something you don’t see every day.