Author: Sterling Title: Explanation of the Bargain Basement folder. NOTE that this folder is completely OBSOLETE as of 9/22/2020. All of the stories here have been copied to the main directory, so this survives just for historical interest and in case some external links have paths pointing into this subfolder. ------------------------------- Old description: What's this folder? I've created it to hold stories that don't live up to the standards I set for "Sterling". I had also thought of calling it "Grade B Stroke Stories" or "Sterling's Farm Team". A fantasy often comes to me and I write for a while, but then I lose interest. I don't want to develop it into a full story with plot, but I still think it's kind of cool. It has stroke value to me. I've often noticed that some of the stroke stories by other authors that I find hottest aren't objectively very good writing, but I appreciate them. So I offer these stories to the world in the same spirit -- and the writing's not actually bad by any means. I may put other stories here that are half-baked in some way. I suppose sufficient reader enthusiasm might goad me to develop one of those ideas further. Another reason for the change is that at this writing Sterling has more than 50 stories. I find that when I'm looking at other authors with that many stories, my eyes kind of glaze over. My writing has improved over time. Some of the earlier things I wrote (especially before March of 2010) aren't as good technically as later works. But I'm not going back to rewrite history; I'm only putting stories in the bargain basement going forward from today (6/15/2011). Feedback welcome at sterling27@live.com. Sterling