All posts by Lori Henderson

Lori Henderson is the writer and reviewer for the manga blog, Manga Xanadu. She also keeps a personal blog at Fangirl Xanadu, and a writing blog at Muse of Xanadu. She contributes to the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. As the mother of two teen daughters, she needs all the escape she can get, which reading and writing about manga gives her.

Final Battle

This is an extract I wrote for a possible future for one of my Alternate Gargoyles Universe characters, Ebony. She became my main character, though I hadn’t really intended it to happen. One of the joys of creative writing. This story takes place in the not so distant future, where a lot went down, and it wasn’t all good for her. Of course as a writer I have to abuse my main character. 🙂 This is a kind of finale for the first part of her story. It’s also long, over 2300 words, so be prepared.

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Don’t Speak

I love using songs as inspiration. So many songs already have a narrative, that it isn’t too hard to come up with a story. This is one such attempt. It is inspired by the song Don’t Speak by No Doubt, and features the original gargoyle characters Steelheart and Eponine that I created for the Alternate Gargoyle Universe Mailing List.

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Late Night Out Part 3

Sorry this is late. I meant to have it done last weekend, but RL  had other ideas. I hope you enjoy the end.

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Late Night Out Part 2

Here’s part 2. Enjoy!

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Late Night Out Part 1

On my Fangirl Xanadu blog, I talked about a severe lack of Gargoyles/Doctor Who crossover fanfics. And now, I’ve decided to do something about it. This features the 11th Doctor and my own characters from the AGU from 15+ years ago. This is my first attempt to write any kind of fanfic with a Doctor. I hope he comes off authentic.

Summary: The Doctor runs into three Gargoyle children and takes them on a quick night out on the universe.

11th Doctor/AGU Gargoyles Ebony, Amber, and Jasper. Doctor Who is © BBC. Gargoyles © Walt Disney Company. Gargoyles characters are my own.

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Oh My Godzilla!

This story was originally written for a fanfic mailing list for the TV show Gargoyles that my husband and I ran back in the middle nineties. It features original characters that were created for the list.

Timeline: Non-timeline (October 1996)
Part 1/1
Summary: When a meteor threatens to expose the monastery, it is up to Black Steel, Jasmine, Matt, and Ebony to defend it with the help of a … giant green lizard?
Humor

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Lunch Date

This is my first attempt responding to a writing advice post from Sparkler Magazine’s tumblr about “un-packing”. It was a thought-provoking exercise. Though I do try to be more descriptive in my writing, I did hit a few bumps in writing this simple piece.

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