==THE SPLATTER FACTORY==

This is a substantial(ish) re-write of my debut work, 'The Death Factory'.

It features the rape, torture and mechanized slaughter (sometimes all at the same time) of pretty young women and girls (ages 8+) in a modern, custom-built dungeon. You can look forward to mashed and crushed bodies, liquidized innards, snapped limbs, fountains of blood and fabulous screams. Also drilling, sawing, slicing, tearing apart, mangling, shredding and squishing. Especially squishing. Also, there is some incidental scat, psychological torment, and just enough plot to hold it all together and hopefully create some tension. There's a bit of humour too.

I'm sorry I've been away so long. Personal circumstances and lack of internet being the main reasons. At the time of writing, reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

I got tired of writing too. So I left it on the back-burner for 6 months, until I started to even forget what I'd written.

Then I re-read it. Parts that I previously thought were good now seemed less so. And the last chapter, 17, was *really bad*. So I thought I might as well start over and rework the whole thing.

It's the same story. Same basic plot, characters and machines. So what has changed?

1. The title. I think "Splatter Factory" is more descriptive, and besides, there are at least two other works called "Death Factory".

2. In the old version, chapter lengths were all over the place. Now I've rationalised things into more evenly spaced, bite-sized chunks. Generally the chapters are shorter, because there are more of them.

3. Chapter 1 has been almost completely re-written. The original suffered from being the very first piece of creative writing that I'd ever attempted. So I slashed and burned. Also I thought that it took a bit too long to get to the action, so I added a juicy scene right at the beginning to set the mood for the rest of the story.

4. I haven't made too many changes to the middle chapters, I was mostly happy with those. But I might add a chapter or two when I get to that point.

5. Chapter 17 sucked balls. It's rushed, there's not enough tension, it contains egotistical self-referential bullshit, and it unfairly and snidely mocks Edward Hyde's excellent work. So I decided to scrap it completely and start again. If you're reading this, Mr. Hyde, I'm sorry for being a dick.

So, if you're new to this, don't bother reading "The Death Factory", just read this one. And if you've already read that, and are now a cobweb festooned skeleton forlornly awaiting the next installment, please accept my apologies.

I'd like to thank everyone (and I mean ''everyone'') who made comments and suggestions on the old thread. The encouragement I've received has been more than I could ever have imagined, just thinking about it chokes me up. I certainly couldn't have continued without you guys.

To Bloodlust, Loke, Salem Burns, Sol, Kari and The Dark Hero, please know that your characters have not been forgotten, and in the coming chapters we will be meeting:

* Beth, Kay, Alex and Barb (Salem)
* Luna (Sol)
* Cassy, Hannah, Erika, Billie, Sophie, Lynn, Faye, Hayley and Harley (TDH)
* Emily (Loke)
* Julie (Bloodlust)
* Kari

I wanted to do this on a first-come-first-served basis, but due to plot considerations, things are likely to get mixed up a bit. Your collective patience is appreciated.

'The Death Factory' is in the archive, in case anyone is interested in the original.