Chapter 26 is now available on my new-look fiction website at
http://www.dogscoff.co.uk/fiction/
Please note that what used to be chapters 23 and 24 have been broken up, expanded and re-written into chapters 23, 24 and 25, so I recommend re-reading from at least chapter 23. My new-look site has a neat "story so far" feature to remind what has happened (especially useful since updates tend to be months apart.) You could even go right back to chapter 1 and re-familiarise yourself with the entire story by means of the chapter summaries. It only takes a few minutes=-)
Please also have a play with the quote-o-matic. I put a lot of time into that=-)
Finally, the new page requires a browser that supports frames and javascript, and I haven't (yet) put up a low-tech alternative page. If anyone is unable to read the new chapter, please post here and I'll sort something out.
Oh, and really finally, I wrote all the javascript myself, so please be patient with it if it doesn't work, works slowly or wierdly, or spontaneously becomes self-aware and attempts to conquer the galaxy. Just hit refresh a few times, that will probably sort it out.
[ March 13, 2004, 20:52: Message edited by: dogscoff ]